2024 NBA Season

[freedomgo]

Another loss by the warriors, the suns which is a shitty team in the last season just beat them.
I cannot wait to for the regular season to start so I can confidently beat on the warriors regardless of the odds, I know they'll do better when wins
already counted.

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[Jating]

Another loss by the warriors, the suns which is a shitty team in the last season just beat them.
I cannot wait to for the regular season to start so I can confidently beat on the warriors regardless of the odds, I know they'll do better when wins
already counted.

Well there's a lot of technical fouls called in the game and Steve Kerr was mad and I say that they have lost their cool in the game. Its very strange for them to act like this but it seems they're really ready for this season that's why they take every game very seriously.

Just imagine Green and Cousins getting a lot of technical fouls, Lmao, so its really up to Kerr to control however, it looks like he led some bad example in the games against the Phoenix Suns.

[justspare]

Oh god dejounte murray will be out for this year because of his ACL injury during the preseason game.

Why can't the spurs ever catch a break, they had a all-defense member point guard who was great at passing out to teammates, defend really well and rebound incredibly while having a huge wingspan making team defense better while having rudy gay and lamarcus and pau gasol with him would create a full court wingspan between them...

Now he has to sit for the whole year and spurs fans have to hope that patty and lonnnie (maybe derrick white too) is enough for the whole season, between them there is not a single starter caliber player but its spurs lets hope they found a way.

It is always sad to see a player get injured for a whole season.

[Reid]

Looks like Kawhi and DeRozan are both enjoying the trade that had happened.
Seen some good plays on their pre season games and they are in good shape.

Rondo, Mcgee and Stephenson are also doing great plays.
But how about Stephenson who did not change his facial actions after one good play.
I just hope Lebron like this kind of actions from his team mates.

[bitcoinmaster44]

Excited for tomorrow's game. GSW vs Lakers. Do you think players will play for 100%?

[Japinat]

Excited for tomorrow's game. GSW vs Lakers. Do you think players will play for 100%?

We cannot be sure of that, the warriors has not been playing well this Pre season so I guess they'll just not focus on this game.
It's still exciting as long as Lebron will play and we can all witness a little playing time for the stars, but we cannot consider this game as a basis on the possible regular season match up, it's gonna be different.

[harizen]

Excited for tomorrow's game. GSW vs Lakers. Do you think players will play for 100%?

The playing time is limited for starters so expect that we can't really sees some push from both teams.

But yeah players are playing seriously even for a pre-season games so just enjoy watching the game.

If knicks get both butler and kyrie to their lineup thats going to be a beastly team. I mean nowhere near what the top teams are but definetly the best knicks team ever since ewing days. Think about it, kyrie at the helm, butler defending, porzingis scoring and defending like maniac unicorn he is and kanter as a valid center option.

There are other pieces that can be used on rotations but honestly just 3 big dudes like irving butler and porzingis can make knicks a legit eastern playoff team. Nothing more tho, I still believe raptors and celtics would be better and even sixers would beat them. They need more pieces to succeed because their rotation sucks.

That will be a good lineup, no doubt about that. But only if:

a) Kyrie Irving will be healthy for a long period.

b) No tantrums for Jimmy Butler. lol.

[justspare]

No one plays 100% in a preseason game. Lakers will not play lebron too much and probably won't play other vets neither, they just gonna abuse the minutes of players like hart and ingram and even maybe kuzma, they just want to see how the young players do during preseason and try some tactics and strategies against teams like warriors which would be west opponents if they face each other, which means we may see a new system for lakers but not 100% given by the players, so the result of this game would be futile. On paper warriors are still marginally better than lakers in every position except small forward which is damn close with lebron and kd positioned there.

[Reid]

No one plays 100% in a preseason game. Lakers will not play lebron too much and probably won't play other vets neither, they just gonna abuse the minutes of players like hart and ingram and even maybe kuzma, they just want to see how the young players do during preseason and try some tactics and strategies against teams like warriors which would be west opponents if they face each other, which means we may see a new system for lakers but not 100% given by the players, so the result of this game would be futile. On paper warriors are still marginally better than lakers in every position except small forward which is damn close with lebron and kd positioned there.

True. They are just going to let the 9th - 15th player showcase their skills.  

I watched Thunders and Bucks play and it is all just the conversations of the commentators that I am looking forward. Somehow they are updating games on the other side and team's rosters.

It is just funny that George and the other stars of Oklahoma just find out that the stars of the Bucks are just sitting while George is already 19 minutes in.  

And it still went to overtime with George at 26 points.  
Maybe he just to heat up his body. 

[Jating]

No one plays 100% in a preseason game. Lakers will not play lebron too much and probably won't play other vets neither, they just gonna abuse the minutes of players like hart and ingram and even maybe kuzma, they just want to see how the young players do during preseason and try some tactics and strategies against teams like warriors which would be west opponents if they face each other, which means we may see a new system for lakers but not 100% given by the players, so the result of this game would be futile. On paper warriors are still marginally better than lakers in every position except small forward which is damn close with lebron and kd positioned there.

Exactly, Lakers will just play with some bench guys and see how they perform. There could be new plays for the Lakers specially with Lebron but they won't display it and I'm sure that someone will take that position if they decided to try that play and see how it goes.

Of course Warriors is still the team to beat this season. They are better in every angle, but we love to see James and KD going at it again. hehehe.

Edit: Lakers won 123-113.

[mirakal]

No one plays 100% in a preseason game. Lakers will not play lebron too much and probably won't play other vets neither, they just gonna abuse the minutes of players like hart and ingram and even maybe kuzma, they just want to see how the young players do during preseason and try some tactics and strategies against teams like warriors which would be west opponents if they face each other, which means we may see a new system for lakers but not 100% given by the players, so the result of this game would be futile. On paper warriors are still marginally better than lakers in every position except small forward which is damn close with lebron and kd positioned there.

Exactly, Lakers will just play with some bench guys and see how they perform. There could be new plays for the Lakers specially with Lebron but they won't display it and I'm sure that someone will take that position if they decided to try that play and see how it goes.

Of course Warriors is still the team to beat this season. They are better in every angle, but we love to see James and KD going at it again. hehehe.

Edit: Lakers won 123-113.

Warriors are really giving other team to win, lol.
I like the Lakers with Lebron, I did not see the full game but saw the highlights, man they are a big line up, McGee is performing
and they are really working hard because Lebron take the game seriously.

Congratulations to the Lakers, hope they will be able to bring that A game in the regular season.

[Ewinsane]

That game had 63 free throws! I hope regular season doesn't go along this way, I hate to see a game take this long, we are not watching nfl or something, this is nba, we love it because of the showcase players put up every night and not just want to watch people shoot 20 free throws a night.

One of the biggest reasons people do not like James harden because he tries to get fouled every night and shoot 20+ free throws a night. If this continues during the regular season I am pretty sure they will lose viewers and adam silver will get in and fix that and get it fixed.

This "less defense more offense" seriously started to be too much punishment for proper defending.

[Reid]

That game had 63 free throws! I hope regular season doesn't go along this way, I hate to see a game take this long, we are not watching nfl or something, this is nba, we love it because of the showcase players put up every night and not just want to watch people shoot 20 free throws a night.

One of the biggest reasons people do not like James harden because he tries to get fouled every night and shoot 20+ free throws a night. If this continues during the regular season I am pretty sure they will lose viewers and adam silver will get in and fix that and get it fixed.

This "less defense more offense" seriously started to be too much punishment for proper defending.

They should consider looking at how Harden is doing that kind of bait to get a free throw.
That is almost like an offensive foul for he is the one attacking the defender. True that is not entertaining to see. Somehow I am also in a bad temper when I see him does that kind of play.

It is dirty and not the kind of basketball that we want to watch. Just to get free points he would go that far and abuse the call since there is no rule for it.
Maybe when the referee is not calling that as a foul during the Finals against GSW is to teach him a lesson not to mess with the game.

[harizen]

Warriors are really giving other team to win, lol.
I like the Lakers with Lebron, I did not see the full game but saw the highlights, man they are a big line up, McGee is performing
and they are really working hard because Lebron take the game seriously.

Congratulations to the Lakers, hope they will be able to bring that A game in the regular season.

LeBron James only played during first half and sitted out the whole second half. Young cores like Brandon Ingram, Kyle Kuzma and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope are showing a good performance this pre-season games. If they will maintained that kind of plays this upcoming season, Lakers fan can expect an unexpected event that they didn't see this past years.

On the other hand, Splash Brothers + KD are still deadly as usual. Their deadly shooting outside the rainbow area should again not be taken easy and as much as possible, must always be contested. Their starting Center Damian Jones got my attention not just on these recent game but on their previous pre-season games. I like to see how Kerr will able to utilized the potential of this young guy. If used properly, he might become one of the greatest defender in the league.

[Theb]

No one plays 100% in a preseason game. Lakers will not play lebron too much and probably won't play other vets neither, they just gonna abuse the minutes of players like hart and ingram and even maybe kuzma, they just want to see how the young players do during preseason and try some tactics and strategies against teams like warriors which would be west opponents if they face each other, which means we may see a new system for lakers but not 100% given by the players, so the result of this game would be futile. On paper warriors are still marginally better than lakers in every position except small forward which is damn close with lebron and kd positioned there.

Yup that is why we are seeing a lot of supposed to be weaker teams winning the game because they are really not making their game serious. In pre-season games we see more players with a bench role have more minutes as this is how the teams assess if they will make the cut or not. A lot of things can seriously change once the regular season started, all of the teams will up their game by that time.

[Natalim]

No one plays 100% in a preseason game. Lakers will not play lebron too much and probably won't play other vets neither, they just gonna abuse the minutes of players like hart and ingram and even maybe kuzma, they just want to see how the young players do during preseason and try some tactics and strategies against teams like warriors which would be west opponents if they face each other, which means we may see a new system for lakers but not 100% given by the players, so the result of this game would be futile. On paper warriors are still marginally better than lakers in every position except small forward which is damn close with lebron and kd positioned there.

Yup that is why we are seeing a lot of supposed to be weaker teams winning the game because they are really not making their game serious. In pre-season games we see more players with a bench role have more minutes as this is how the teams assess if they will make the cut or not. A lot of things can seriously change once the regular season started, all of the teams will up their game by that time.

Just like today, The Raptors beat the NOP with their starters not playing.
The Raptors are a good team but with Davis playing hard I think they can easily beat them, it's the NOP who's the favorites here but
they did not even compete in the 4th quarter that is why they were dominated.

[LogitechMouse]

No one plays 100% in a preseason game. Lakers will not play lebron too much and probably won't play other vets neither, they just gonna abuse the minutes of players like hart and ingram and even maybe kuzma, they just want to see how the young players do during preseason and try some tactics and strategies against teams like warriors which would be west opponents if they face each other, which means we may see a new system for lakers but not 100% given by the players, so the result of this game would be futile. On paper warriors are still marginally better than lakers in every position except small forward which is damn close with lebron and kd positioned there.

I agree with this. The young players of Lakers will just be the one playing with most time here to prevent injuries on their veteran players. The vets will play definitely but it will not be as long as they play in regular season. They want to see how other players play so that they can adjust with their play. I think preseason doesn't play that much by vets because they don't want other teams see their strategy. Lakers are becoming better and better each year and the addition of these veteran players will make better and can compete to the playoffs.

[Ranly123]

No one plays 100% in a preseason game. Lakers will not play lebron too much and probably won't play other vets neither, they just gonna abuse the minutes of players like hart and ingram and even maybe kuzma, they just want to see how the young players do during preseason and try some tactics and strategies against teams like warriors which would be west opponents if they face each other, which means we may see a new system for lakers but not 100% given by the players, so the result of this game would be futile. On paper warriors are still marginally better than lakers in every position except small forward which is damn close with lebron and kd positioned there.

I agree with this. The young players of Lakers will just be the one playing with most time here to prevent injuries on their veteran players. The vets will play definitely but it will not be as long as they play in regular season. They want to see how other players play so that they can adjust with their play. I think preseason doesn't play that much by vets because they don't want other teams see their strategy. Lakers are becoming better and better each year and the addition of these veteran players will make better and can compete to the playoffs.

Of course it's a pre-season only which is done to take the rust off on the players game. Maybe we can see better plays come the regular seasons and the vets will surely dominate the floor most specially in the Lakers team.

[tabas]

No one plays 100% in a preseason game. Lakers will not play lebron too much and probably won't play other vets neither, they just gonna abuse the minutes of players like hart and ingram and even maybe kuzma, they just want to see how the young players do during preseason and try some tactics and strategies against teams like warriors which would be west opponents if they face each other, which means we may see a new system for lakers but not 100% given by the players, so the result of this game would be futile. On paper warriors are still marginally better than lakers in every position except small forward which is damn close with lebron and kd positioned there.

I agree with this. The young players of Lakers will just be the one playing with most time here to prevent injuries on their veteran players. The vets will play definitely but it will not be as long as they play in regular season. They want to see how other players play so that they can adjust with their play. I think preseason doesn't play that much by vets because they don't want other teams see their strategy. Lakers are becoming better and better each year and the addition of these veteran players will make better and can compete to the playoffs.

They won't even show the total potential of their veterans but I disagree a bit with this. They will let the veterans play so they could test some of the plays that they have been playing and it cannot be denied that they are doing pretty well with some preseason games. It looks like they aren't just playing but they are serious with it somehow.

[FlightyPouch]

No one plays 100% in a preseason game. Lakers will not play lebron too much and probably won't play other vets neither, they just gonna abuse the minutes of players like hart and ingram and even maybe kuzma, they just want to see how the young players do during preseason and try some tactics and strategies against teams like warriors which would be west opponents if they face each other, which means we may see a new system for lakers but not 100% given by the players, so the result of this game would be futile. On paper warriors are still marginally better than lakers in every position except small forward which is damn close with lebron and kd positioned there.

I agree with this. The young players of Lakers will just be the one playing with most time here to prevent injuries on their veteran players. The vets will play definitely but it will not be as long as they play in regular season. They want to see how other players play so that they can adjust with their play. I think preseason doesn't play that much by vets because they don't want other teams see their strategy. Lakers are becoming better and better each year and the addition of these veteran players will make better and can compete to the playoffs.

Of course it's a pre-season only which is done to take the rust off on the players game. Maybe we can see better plays come the regular seasons and the vets will surely dominate the floor most specially in the Lakers team.

Well, this is the time when players just take the games so lightly. It is like a warm up to them and a practice too for the upcoming season. With the pre season, they would be able to make plays that they can use. Also, they can also see how will they be able to create great offensive and defensive plans or strategies based on the games of each player. It is really exciting to watch the upcoming season when players are taking the games seriously.