2024 NBA Season

[TravelMug]

The Los Angeles Lakers is leading this poll to become 2020 champions but they are not doing great at this early stage. There chemistry is to be found yet. Is it me or you also guys noticed Lebron declining? The king is old and it is showing lately. He is not that physical nowadays. 

You are not the only one noticing James changes his style play. He is going old, no question about that but at his age he is still playing good basketball in my opinion. Yes he is not physical, but I guess he evolved and he knows that he can't go physical and not suffer a injury just like what happened to him last season.

And it's also evident because we have someone that we compare to Lebron, and that is Kawhi Leonard.

So people are now seeing how Lebron plays, specially in their first game wherein Lebron was not aggressive enough while Kawhi at his prime, playing good defense and can score more points. But that's how it is, James is more of a play maker now in Lakers, although they have Rondo to do that, but Lebron will take the bulk of play making and maybe that's the reason why he is not that physical but instead just outside and shoot. But there's no doubt that he can still penetrate and give us some high lights dunks.

[jakelyson]

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yeah but these are still the first two matches. there is still a chance in the next match. but if GSW doesn't change the strategy and only rely on Curry, I think the results will be the same in the next match. and let's hope that Thompson will recover from his injury soon and be able to play again for the Warriors

He will play again for the warriors but not this season. Whatever improvement GSW has in their mind, they must do it with their current roster.

Is it me or you also guys noticed Lebron declining? The king is old and it is showing lately. He is not that physical nowadays. 

It is expected. It is his 16th season in NBA already. Even how great Lebron is, he cannot deny that father time has caught up with him. Changing how he plays is the only way to cope up with it.

[spadormie]

The season barely began. It is obvious from the very start that GSW will not be the top team this year because of losing key players like Iggy, KD and KT. And the new players will have to learn their system. The soonest the new starting line up can adapt to the level of play the previous members used to play, the sooner they can compete competitively. Maybe we can see improvements in the middle of this season.

There's a meme in FB where Steph was laughing during their game between the OKC. And then the caption of the meme was like the laughing in the end of the dynasty. What do you think? Is it the end of the dynasty? Well, we can't just see the best team last year to fall down easily just like that since KT isn't playing yet. Steve Kerr should be making some serious changes in here.

[V1saya]

The season barely began. It is obvious from the very start that GSW will not be the top team this year because of losing key players like Iggy, KD and KT. And the new players will have to learn their system. The soonest the new starting line up can adapt to the level of play the previous members used to play, the sooner they can compete competitively. Maybe we can see improvements in the middle of this season.

There's a meme in FB where Steph was laughing during their game between the OKC. And then the caption of the meme was like the laughing in the end of the dynasty. What do you think? Is it the end of the dynasty? Well, we can't just see the best team last year to fall down easily just like that since KT isn't playing yet. Steve Kerr should be making some serious changes in here.

GSW dynasty ended last season. They lost too many players and they only have Steph and Dray and let us consider Looney too, but the rest are new and they need to adapt Kerr's system. Klay maybe can return end of regular season but the question is, can this present players accomplish the mission of proceeding to the playoffs? I love to see them in the playoffs with Klay but it will be very difficult with many new strong teams competing to join the playoffs like Minnesota and Dallas.

[justdimin]

Curry has been trying to get into a rhythm and because there is not that many shooters around him anymore its getting harder for him to score that awesomely from three just for these two games. Of course, there is 80 more to go so they may get a lot better, remember last year when Klay played like shit for 5-6 games and started the season horribly and than dude broke the three point record?

Well, same goes for curry, dude is a beast and he could totally do that kind of crazy stuff after a while, I guess we can assess how they are in maybe 20th game, if they are still not that great and if Curry is still not a 30+ point 5+ three guy like he used to be than we can officially call dead on warriors dynasty.

I just feel like they didn't smush well with D'Lo that's all, if the team finds a way to involve those two together better than they may have a shot at a good playoff run but no matter what happens this season (including Klay coming back if he can) there is still no way they are becoming champions this year.

[chaser15]

Curry has been trying to get into a rhythm and because there is not that many shooters around him anymore its getting harder for him to score that awesomely from three just for these two games.

Since he is now the GSW's main offensive point, expect the increase of numbers in his field goal attempt compare to his usual. Noticeably, we can see that he is really trying to catch his phase. He used to work with other sharpshooters around so it's really a big change that suddenly, he will now shift into making lots of field goals attempts during the offense.

I just feel like they didn't smush well with D'Lo that's all, if the team finds a way to involve those two together better than they may have a shot at a good playoff run but no matter what happens this season (including Klay coming back if he can) there is still no way they are becoming champions this year.

DLO is overhyped even back on his Lakers days. He is inconsistent. If Brooklyn Nets does have another superstar or all-star caliber on that team, expect that DLO will not be their main gunner.

[Ziskinberg]

DLO is overhyped even back on his Lakers days. He is inconsistent. If Brooklyn Nets does have another superstar or all-star caliber on that team, expect that DLO will not be their main gunner.

I think this depends on the team play, nets and warriors have different team play.
Look at Irving now, he is given full authority to shoot and that is why he scored a lot of points but of their 3 games, nets only won 1 game yet.
Warriors are different, they are moving the ball pretty well and they have curry and other players that that could step up anytime.
At the current state of the warriors now, its still curry who is the main scorer and Thmpson might be 2nd when he is back, so DLO needs to adjust according to his new role.

[Lucas*]

Houston Rockets will face Oklahoma City Thunder, well Russell Westbrook will play against his old team it's a nostalgia for him, with the Duo Harden and Westbrook the Rockets became strong more than the last season, I will bet for them to win this game.

[Ranly123]

Curry has been trying to get into a rhythm and because there is not that many shooters around him anymore its getting harder for him to score that awesomely from three just for these two games. Of course, there is 80 more to go so they may get a lot better, remember last year when Klay played like shit for 5-6 games and started the season horribly and than dude broke the three point record?

Well, same goes for curry, dude is a beast and he could totally do that kind of crazy stuff after a while, I guess we can assess how they are in maybe 20th game, if they are still not that great and if Curry is still not a 30+ point 5+ three guy like he used to be than we can officially call dead on warriors dynasty.

I just feel like they didn't smush well with D'Lo that's all, if the team finds a way to involve those two together better than they may have a shot at a good playoff run but no matter what happens this season (including Klay coming back if he can) there is still no way they are becoming champions this year.

If GSW can sign a bigman that is capable of scoring in the inside, Curry and the other shooters will be open. They don't have an offensive threat inside the paint that's why their opponents defense is focused on their three which is the reason their offense does not work well anymore.

[harizen]

The Los Angeles Lakers is leading this poll to become 2020 champions but they are not doing great at this early stage.

Once playoffs came, standings will reset to 0-0, no matter how good or worst the performance of those teams that will be included in the top 8.

And I don't know what kind of "GREAT" performance you are looking for the Lakers that you want to see at an early stage. It's just 3 games already and they won 2 of them. Do you mean their loss against the Clippers? If they were able to win that, they are now showing great?

How about Phoenix Suns beating LAC? Should we look at them now as showing great performance compare to Laker's performance?

A poll is just for reference and viewer's speculation. Not a basis that they will show great throughout the season.

[Lucas*]

A blow out loss for the warriors this time against OKC. I think there is something wrong with how the warriors are playing. It seems that they don't have that championship grit that they have the previous season.

There are obviously many problems on the Warriors team at the moment. in these first two matches, the Warriors received a painful defeat. Game 1 they lost to the Clippers with a final score of 122-141, and today is worse. "The reality is that we fu***** suck right now," admitted Draymond Green after losing 28 points to the OKC today.

Did Draymond said in the past that they don't need Durant? lol.. look what happen to the team now.
That's a worst start for the Warriors, we are not expecting they will be a champ this season but either, we also don't expect that they will start pretty bad.

After watching this game I've thinking about the end of erea of Cleveland Cavaliers after the gone of LeBron James, Kyrie Irvings and other stars.. The same thing this season repeated with Golden State Warriors they will miss Kevin Durant a lot! As we see they are suffering a lot in their game, Curry try to play alone to make the difference but he can't do it alone, they will pay hard.

[Kasabus]

If GSW can sign a bigman that is capable of scoring in the inside, Curry and the other shooters will be open. They don't have an offensive threat inside the paint that's why their opponents defense is focused on their three which is the reason their offense does not work well anymore.

They have Draymond Green already, he is capable of scoring in the inside, what they need is their defense inside the paint which W. Cauley-Stein will provide once he comes back, and its pretty bad today because K. Looney is also out due to  right hamstring tightness which I think he got During the last NBA finals, he is still not 100% yet, so they are vulnerable of losing.

[Lucas*]

If GSW can sign a bigman that is capable of scoring in the inside, Curry and the other shooters will be open. They don't have an offensive threat inside the paint that's why their opponents defense is focused on their three which is the reason their offense does not work well anymore.

They have Draymond Green already, he is capable of scoring in the inside, what they need is their defense inside the paint which W. Cauley-Stein will provide once he comes back, and its pretty bad today because K. Looney is also out due to  right hamstring tightness which I think he got During the last NBA finals, he is still not 100% yet, so they are vulnerable of losing.

Well if they want to enter in competition this season they should thinking about another one like the star of Milwaukee Bucks Antetokounmpo or someone else, with this level Golden State Warriors can't be in top 8 they are sooo bad, they already miss Durant and Klay Thompson, in their 3 games I've watched Curry play alone and other players play like they don't exist they are like 4 woods..

[chaser15]

The same thing this season repeated with Golden State Warriors they will miss Kevin Durant a lot! As we see they are suffering a lot in their game, Curry try to play alone to make the difference but he can't do it alone, they will pay hard.

Warriors reached the top even without Durant.

Wait for the comeback of Klay Thompson and I'm sure they will back again at being a contender. But you know it's pressure if Warriors will just rely on Curry, their team members should do their job too and be hungry with the title. Curry takes I think 4 to 5 season before reaching the superstar status so I think one of their team members will be like that and step up. I'm not expecting with D'Lo, Warriors should trade him to get a better package in return.

[Botnake]

The same thing this season repeated with Golden State Warriors they will miss Kevin Durant a lot! As we see they are suffering a lot in their game, Curry try to play alone to make the difference but he can't do it alone, they will pay hard.

Warriors reached the top even without Durant.

Wait for the comeback of Klay Thompson and I'm sure they will back again at being a contender. But you know it's pressure if Warriors will just rely on Curry, their team members should do their job too and be hungry with the title. Curry takes I think 4 to 5 season before reaching the superstar status so I think one of their team members will be like that and step up. I'm not expecting with D'Lo, Warriors should trade him to get a better package in return.

Klay has to come back soon its not gonna be this yer for year, the injury was serious and they cannot afford to make him play and might again re injured him. The Warriors will be very careful with Klay since they sign him with max contract, ...
https://warriorswire.usatoday.com/2019/07/01/klay-thompson-agrees-to-five-year-190-million-max-deal-with-warriors/
and therefore they need to protect their investment, actually if he can't comeback this year, it would be alright to see him next season with a fully healthy Warriors line up. 

[Reid]

Since he is now the GSW's main offensive point, expect the increase of numbers in his field goal attempt compare to his usual. Noticeably, we can see that he is really trying to catch his phase. He used to work with other sharpshooters around so it's really a big change that suddenly, he will now shift into making lots of field goals attempts during the offense.

One good point here.
This one could be used if they cannot make a new gameplay for the others.
Make Russell play like Klay. Run with Steph without the ball. I think he could do that.
The good thing is, there wont be an overhaul needed for the team. The offense changes will be easy, it is just the defense which they lack. They cannot rotate better.

They have Draymond Green already, he is capable of scoring in the inside, what they need is their defense inside the paint which W. Cauley-Stein will provide once he comes back, and its pretty bad today because K. Looney is also out due to  right hamstring tightness which I think he got During the last NBA finals, he is still not 100% yet, so they are vulnerable of losing.

I am still in question about what Draymond told in one interview about changes in his game.
Does someone see it now? I havent tried to focus on him yet and I dont want to watch their replays because it really sucks to see them like that.

[goinmerry]

it is just the defense which they lack. They cannot rotate

I do agree with that.

Look at how far Clippers and Thunders made against them. It's ok to lose but on that 2 games, they lose at about 20+ lead which just shows that their defense might currently suck.

And as I noticed, Steve Kerr fairly distributes playing time on all members of the roster like he is observing each including the bench. It looks like he is testing some rotations and just needs a few games before it will totally be called a strategy.

[wheelz1200]

Bad decision for the Jazz to trade their players for Mike Conley, he is an aweful shooter now, he shoot 3-11 in this game and I think he shot a very bad percentage in the 1st game as well.

You can't blame Jazz in trading for Mike Conley. The dude is a 15 pts+ a game and it's still the first game. Anything can happen in the next games.

Conley is not yet as productive as he was before traded and this is bad for Jazz. However, their loss is not only because of one man, it's of their mistake since they stand as a team and take responsibility on what would be the outcome of their game. Aside from him, what I see why they lose against is their lack of defense. If you noticed, James and Ad can easily connect inside and as well as Howard.

It's literally 2 games...how can you compare 2 games to years worth of production.  It takes some time to get going.  It will even be hard after November is over to gauge how the trade is.  Need a decent body of work like a half a season at least.  Conley will be fine he is a good player you dont just lose that

[Oasisman]

it is just the defense which they lack. They cannot rotate

I do agree with that.

Look at how far Clippers and Thunders made against them. It's ok to lose but on that 2 games, they lose at about 20+ lead which just shows that their defense might currently suck.

And as I noticed, Steve Kerr fairly distributes playing time on all members of the roster like he is observing each including the bench. It looks like he is testing some rotations and just needs a few games before it will totally be called a strategy.

Steve Kerr is already worried during the pre season, he knew this was coming. Let's see how well he transform this current GSW roster to become a playoff contender. I don't want to say they are a championship contender yet, without Klay, It's gonna be a hundred percent they wont reach the NBA finals.
2 game blow out is something to be worried of. Yet, I believe Steve will sort things out before mid season.

[joshy23]

it is just the defense which they lack. They cannot rotate

I do agree with that.

Look at how far Clippers and Thunders made against them. It's ok to lose but on that 2 games, they lose at about 20+ lead which just shows that their defense might currently suck.

And as I noticed, Steve Kerr fairly distributes playing time on all members of the roster like he is observing each including the bench. It looks like he is testing some rotations and just needs a few games before it will totally be called a strategy.

Steve Kerr is already worried during the pre season, he knew this was coming. Let's see how well he transform this current GSW roster to become a playoff contender. I don't want to say they are a championship contender yet, without Klay, It's gonna be a hundred percent they wont reach the NBA finals.
2 game blow out is something to be worried of. Yet, I believe Steve will sort things out before mid season.

They managed to win with 11 points deficit, finally they've got the rhythm and the right blending of players, the shooting percentage is impressive with Curry and Russell leading the scoring Dept. Though still not the same GSW but possibly coach Kerr is now getting a good response from he's players inside the court, surviving now but it's a long season to play they've need more game like this to continue their journey.