2024 NBA Season

[beerlover]

Kobe was just mocking man, if you watched the full video he says no right afterwards, it's Jimmy Kimmel, that is a silly having fun interview. Kobe won't return no matter what, he already built himself a life after retirement, dude even won a freaking oscar (albeit could be really because he is Kobe and not because the short movie deserved an oscar). I think Kobe is not even that much in the Lakers world at all, he probably watches them but that is about it.

Anyway Lakers got their win, as is tradition from suns, even Lebron didn't played too much because almost half of the game was garbage time, good thing is this year young players seems to be getting more attention and getting much better stats and games whereas they are going to still be a playoff team.

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[Theb]

Kobe was just mocking man, if you watched the full video he says no right afterwards, it's Jimmy Kimmel, that is a silly having fun interview. Kobe won't return no matter what, he already built himself a life after retirement, dude even won a freaking oscar (albeit could be really because he is Kobe and not because the short movie deserved an oscar). I think Kobe is not even that much in the Lakers world at all, he probably watches them but that is about it.

You are right Kobe won't chase another ring anymore and he won't win another one considering that the Lakers team now is really just built around Lebron. Kobe Bryant is already busy doing things regarding his new hobby/job which is investing and I don't think he can now manage doing both especially when his mind is on his investments. Let us not forget that his reason for his retirement is because his body cannot take it anymore and he made that clear in his retirement letter.

[Harlot]

Like I said, I don't really understand why people are all-eyes to Lakers. There are other teams to watch too.

I think it has something to do with Lakers being one of the most popular basketball teams in the world. Globally they are successful as it has brought many fans around the world because of their team's accomplishments. Them being popular globally will make them the most talk about team in the world and even in the internet including this forum. Just by typing Los Angeles Lakers in Facebook you will see dozens of fan pages and groups centered around them, it wouldn't be a surprised that some of this fans are around here as well.

[bisdak40]

Oh really? Now they are at 1-3, how about that. It's all a matter of pacing on how to jel with his teammates and not about any promises. I also think the Lakers is not aiming for a championship this year but the pride of James to be at that level is still there. So let's see what he can bring to the table because it is still to early to say what they are capable of doing.

Well, Indeed they won against the "SUNS!", though win is a win. Lebron may not be aiming for the championship, but the management always do.

Lebron is always aiming for that championship trophy because that is a player's dream to hug that trophy but he need a lot of help in doing so. The good thing for James this season is that the expectation for him to reach the finals is a little bit low and that seems to lessen the load that he carries.

[Oasisman]

Kobe was just mocking man, if you watched the full video he says no right afterwards, it's Jimmy Kimmel, that is a silly having fun interview. Kobe won't return no matter what, he already built himself a life after retirement, dude even won a freaking oscar (albeit could be really because he is Kobe and not because the short movie deserved an oscar). I think Kobe is not even that much in the Lakers world at all, he probably watches them but that is about it.

You are right Kobe won't chase another ring anymore and he won't win another one considering that the Lakers team now is really just built around Lebron. Kobe Bryant is already busy doing things regarding his new hobby/job which is investing and I don't think he can now manage doing both especially when his mind is on his investments. Let us not forget that his reason for his retirement is because his body cannot take it anymore and he made that clear in his retirement letter.

Theres no way he can come out of his retirement, after all of his achievements, influence, sweat and blood, he has nothing to prove anymore. He's already one of the best to ever lace in the history of basketball. Even without the Jimmy Kimmel show, I can say he's not coming back.

On the other hand, Chef Curry just dropped 51 pts 11 3's in just 3 Quarters. Crazy shooting skills 

[mirakal]

Westbrook was back in the game against the Celtics, they were on a big lead but because of his poor shooting, the Celtics were able to rally and win the game. His shot selection is awful, I think I know the reason now why Durant left him in OKC.

[batang_bitcoin]

The Lakers badly need a win now

Bashers are making fun of him now and there's a joke that has been rotating on social media.

Kobe Bryant jokes that he would come out of retirement if the Lakers start 0-5
Kobe Bryant jokes he will return to the Lakers if they start 0-5

They need seriously our Kobe!  

Well, Kobe will not return because they won against Suns today. Its their first win and Cavs-turn-Lakers fans now are happy because Lebron got his first win already in LA.

I'm not saying that the Lakers are not a good team but for me, I think they cannot compete with the other all star teams like Warriors or Rockets. They are too overrated and we see that most of their players are young and inexperienced. This is my opinion only and I wish the Lakers will go to playoffs (I think they will yeah) /

Though that's a joke and congratulations to Lakers for winning their first win.
They might no match to those super teams but its a long way to go for this conference and we'll see more surprises in the future once they've built themselves playing together.

While its a sadder part for the Cleveland Cavaliers, they just met their fifth lost having a standing of 0-5.  

Westbrook was back in the game against the Celtics, they were on a big lead but because of his poor shooting, the Celtics were able to rally and win the game. His shot selection is awful, I think I know the reason now why Durant left him in OKC.

Sad for him and the game ended up with 6 points lead and OKC got their fourth lost on their home court.

[Distinctin]

The Lakers finally had their first win at home, the suspension of Rondo and Ingram was maybe a blessing in disguise for them because they won 2 straight games and they beat the undefeated team Nuggets.

The scoring was balance, Lebron had tripple double and I hope they can bring this momentum when they face the Spurs and take their revenge.

[LogitechMouse]

The Lakers finally had their first win at home, the suspension of Rondo and Ingram was maybe a blessing in disguise for them because they won 2 straight games and they beat the undefeated team Nuggets.

The scoring was balance, Lebron had tripple double and I hope they can bring this momentum when they face the Spurs and take their revenge.

The suspension of the 2 important players of Lakers are indeed a blessing in disguise because it pushed them to play harder that is why they won in their last 2 games.

I think they got the momentum already and when the 2 players will be back for game, they will be stronger.

While its a sadder part for the Cleveland Cavaliers, they just met their fifth lost having a standing of 0-5. 

For me, I expect that this will happen with the Cavs. They relied too much on Lebron when he was there and some players got traded already. With the loss of Lebron, I think the Cavs will be the same when they got Kyrie only I think 3-4 years ago when they are not that good team.

[Ranly123]

Oh really? Now they are at 1-3, how about that. It's all a matter of pacing on how to jel with his teammates and not about any promises. I also think the Lakers is not aiming for a championship this year but the pride of James to be at that level is still there. So let's see what he can bring to the table because it is still to early to say what they are capable of doing.

Well, Indeed they won against the "SUNS!", though win is a win. Lebron may not be aiming for the championship, but the management always do.

I don't think that any player will not be aiming for the championship. I mean that is the reason why they play in certain reason. Also, I don't think that there are other reasons to play the NBA but to win the championship right? If they don't aim for the championship, they what are they aiming? Fame? to be the Best? If they want to be famous and to be called the "best" player or team of that certain season, they should be able to take the championship or even join or compete for the conference finals.

It's about building the team for the future. What I am trying to say is for now they have their objective to make chemistry among players and the team. Yet if opportunity comes to win the championship then that's the bonus aside from their main objective. Ofcourse championship is the reason they play but it will take time to have it.

[Baofeng]

The Lakers badly need a win now, the line open at -3 I guess and closes at -5.5, I guess the public is pushing this line and I also
think they will have a win tonight because of the line movement. Worst team against another worst team but the Lakers have Lebron, so Lakers has an edge.

The the Lakers have Lebron, the reason why they will lost! lol Tonight, someone will be homeless. haha

Lebron won the game easily, and I think a lot of people won big bucks because they were able to dominate the game.
Their next game is tougher because they will face the number 1 team in the West which is the Denver Nuggets, this one, I don't think Lebron can still survive.

Unfortunately though, Lakers survived and handed Denver's first lost this season and Lebron got his first triple double in Lakers uniform. So it looks like they're blending so well and they are sending signals to the rest of the NBA that Lakers is a team to reckon with James at the top.

I watched the first 3 quarters of the Boston vs OKC and it was really a good game and I thought that OKC is going to win but I was quite surprised the Boston pull through in the last quarter.

[morvillz7z]

While its a sadder part for the Cleveland Cavaliers, they just met their fifth lost having a standing of 0-5.  

Ty Lue has 0-5 record as a head coach in the NBA, previous three years he was an assistant coach to LeBron. 

I can clearly see Cavs tanking this year, I'm sure Dan Gilbert wants his hands on the first pick again. Zion will sell tickets like crazy (the other day, there were tickets reselling for as low as $2 dollars for the Cavs game lol). I also expect half of the team roster to be gone by the end of the trade deadline in February.

[harizen]

NBA games today are high scoring since the season opener.

It's tempting me to go on Over Points now whatever the match is which is not my usual picks (my preferred is ML and Handicap).

But how it turned out like this? It's not just a simple no defense scheme I guess.

[Reid]

Okay, should we change the thread name to LA Lakers updates and Lebron James discussion?  

I think for the meantime yes.. As long as there is a pure hater and pure fan here of Lakers or should I say Lebron, this will be a non-sensestop discussion. Like I said, I don't really understand why people are all-eyes to Lakers. There are other teams to watch too.

There are lots of happenings in the league now that is not being discussed here even how good it is because of that LeBron hype. Maybe because the only team they know is Lakers, Warriors, Rockets etc.. lol.

Examples are:

a) Blake Griffin's 50 points (it's now rare to see these days a power forward making a big production like that because they are also focus on defense.)

b) Nikola Jokic'swonderful record of  posting a triple-double with 30 or more points without missing a field goal. That's insane.

c) Steph Curry's set a new record of getting the Rank 5th in 3-point scoring leaders. And I think he will nailed the 1st Rank soon if he continue to play like that.

and many more......

Nikola Jokić - Ooohh this guy. I remember Kevin Love in him when it comes to playing basketball.
Remember Love's record of surpassing Karl Malone streak of double double which is 51. Kevin did 53. Rawr.
Now this guy Jokić.
He got a lot of talent with that big body of his. He just needs more improvement if ever he will be facing big men like Capela or Embiid.

Another is this guy. Fred Van Vleet upping his game. Although it cannot be seen in his stats, the way he plays the game at Toronto really changed.

I am just hoping to see this guys to stay healthy so we could watch some good games. Great players are scattered all over now.

[Ewinsane]

After starting with 3 losses in a row Lakers turned it around and won twice in a row. Without Ingram and Rondo that is a great accomplishment. I do not know why Michael Beasley is not playing in the games, last night he had like 2 minutes of playing time total, he could really help the team on the 4-5 spot when Mcgee is not playing, the only weak position of Lakers.

Considering Lebron has been really caring about the team again (he didn't really played, he "lecoast"ed first games thinking he can get away with it) we will see a different Lakers team this time around. They started out with a mindset of "lets see how this goes" and quickly realized if they do not give their best effort they can't reach to playoffs in western conference. They need to really work hard to be in the playoffs, Lebron can't lecoast and be in 4th 5th position like he did in the east.

[Maricel2017]

After starting with 3 losses in a row Lakers turned it around and won twice in a row. Without Ingram and Rondo that is a great accomplishment. I do not know why Michael Beasley is not playing in the games, last night he had like 2 minutes of playing time total, he could really help the team on the 4-5 spot when Mcgee is not playing, the only weak position of Lakers.

Considering Lebron has been really caring about the team again (he didn't really played, he "lecoast"ed first games thinking he can get away with it) we will see a different Lakers team this time around. They started out with a mindset of "lets see how this goes" and quickly realized if they do not give their best effort they can't reach to playoffs in western conference. They need to really work hard to be in the playoffs, Lebron can't lecoast and be in 4th 5th position like he did in the east.

I think for this there are gsw fans will react again and will say lebron can not make lakers go to finals because basketball is not one man team but the main tought is any team in the nba can bring into the playoffs even in the nba final by lebron james. I do not think anyone of the superstar of gsw can do what lebrons did.

[carlfebz2]

After starting with 3 losses in a row Lakers turned it around and won twice in a row. Without Ingram and Rondo that is a great accomplishment. I do not know why Michael Beasley is not playing in the games, last night he had like 2 minutes of playing time total, he could really help the team on the 4-5 spot when Mcgee is not playing, the only weak position of Lakers.

Considering Lebron has been really caring about the team again (he didn't really played, he "lecoast"ed first games thinking he can get away with it) we will see a different Lakers team this time around. They started out with a mindset of "lets see how this goes" and quickly realized if they do not give their best effort they can't reach to playoffs in western conference. They need to really work hard to be in the playoffs, Lebron can't lecoast and be in 4th 5th position like he did in the east.

I think for this there are gsw fans will react again and will say lebron can not make lakers go to finals because basketball is not one man team but the main tought is any team in the nba can bring into the playoffs even in the nba final by lebron james. I do not think anyone of the superstar of gsw can do what lebrons did.

Theres no question if we do talk about the capability of Lebron but I would still say that a good teamwork and collaboration will really be a great factor for them to reach into playoffs or even to finals.There might be some decisions had been made but they do saw that it doesn't really work.It just really needs time for it to be polished.There are really things that no other superstar can beat up on what Lebron did.

[Natalim]

NO pelicans stayed hot, they are trailing but were able to beat the Nets in the dying seconds.
I am impressed with the composure they have, I hope they will become as one of the best contended in the West.

On the other hand, it's the Depending Champ who are killing the Knicks in the 4th quarter alone, what a Choke job done by the Knicks.

[Reid]

NO pelicans stayed hot, they are trailing but were able to beat the Nets in the dying seconds.
I am impressed with the composure they have, I hope they will become as one of the best contended in the West.

On the other hand, it's the Depending Champ who are killing the Knicks in the 4th quarter alone, what a Choke job done by the Knicks.

It is just that GSW's chemistry is so freaking good.
They know who is hot and where to pass the ball. They know how their team mates move. It is like a brotherhood already with the same mind set.

It can be beaten but what team really plays like that?
They lose against Denver but just for a little deficit. Houston seems to be whack when CP3 is not around and their style is full of isolation plays. I would very much like to see games that includes every player on the court.

[morvillz7z]

NO pelicans stayed hot, they are trailing but were able to beat the Nets in the dying seconds.
I am impressed with the composure they have, I hope they will become as one of the best contended in the West.

On the other hand, it's the Depending Champ who are killing the Knicks in the 4th quarter alone, what a Choke job done by the Knicks.

It's the other way, Knicks didn't choke, they're just not that good of a team and despite having a close game until the middle of the fourth quarter. Warriors can finish ANY given game in a matter of minutes. Exactly what happened last night, Durant took over and it was all over in 4 minutes.

The team that really choked was the Nets, they had a 7pt lead with 1:50 left, then with less than 8 seconds on the clock, Nets had the ball and 1pt lead + no timeouts for Pelicans, instead of just holding the ball and getting fouled, stupid D- Lo turns the ball over for no fucking reason. After that Nets got a tech and another turnover trying to inbound the ball. This is a CHOKE JOB.