2024 NBA Season

[rig4hodlers]

What I noticed is everytime Westbrook faced Durant, he seemed to get better, and I'm pretty much impressed with Westbrooks 3 point shooting that night as he got a good shooting percentage, especially the last shot which give them a very good win. Westbrook shot 4/7 from 3 point, you don't see that every game.

indeed! It was incredible the Westbrooks performance. I could never imagine that Nets will lose this match, even when I thought they had the 'threes' available but I don't know why James Harden didn't play a single minute this time, probably he had some issues or who knows. Really disappointed with the final score. I am a big NET fan & supporter!

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[rig4hodlers]

Clippers 16-5
Jazz 15-5
Lakers 15-6
Sixers 15-6

I voted for Lakers to get first 20 wins. Clippers is leading now.

I could also say the same but I bet on Clippers.
Did you see the kawhi Leonard and Paul George performance? lol I really love this team. We can not forget about Utah Jazz, they are doing an amazing campaign, so this is my choice:

Clippers-Jazz-Lakers-Sixers

[Lanatsa]

Does anyone know what is with the unlucky situation Nets keep having? We have seen Harden playing awesome 2 nights ago and they won, but they lacked Durant that game, now I checked and Harden was missing but durant was there? First of all they missed Irving for many games as well and now he is back. I feel like we never truly see the regular starting 5 for too many minutes together, they always have this kind of rotational problem at Nets and always missing some people.

I do not even know the reason, I didn't really bothered with checking because no player there would be one I like and their trio is literally the most joked and hated players of all time, Durant because of how he left OKC to ring chase in Warriors and called a snake, Harden because of his obvious flopping and foul getting, Irving because of how his mental state is weird, but in the end I would love to see them all play their best anyway as a fan of entertainment even if not of the team.

Every player would have corresponding criticism towards them which it is really expected yet you cant please everyone so you would really be ending up those kind of comments.

Same as you observed, we do only see a few times on where this 3 had able to play together and the rest is just having that alternate game time which people do really end up

making some presumption that Harden is much better when he play because they do win rather than on KD on the court etc etc.

[stadus]

What I noticed is everytime Westbrook faced Durant, he seemed to get better, and I'm pretty much impressed with Westbrooks 3 point shooting that night as he got a good shooting percentage, especially the last shot which give them a very good win. Westbrook shot 4/7 from 3 point, you don't see that every game.

indeed! It was incredible the Westbrooks performance. I could never imagine that Nets will lose this match, even when I thought they had the 'threes' available but I don't know why James Harden didn't play a single minute this time, probably he had some issues or who knows. Really disappointed with the final score. I am a big NET fan & supporter!

This was the reason why we didn't see James Harden in this game.

Nets' James Harden (thigh contusion) out vs. Wizards

He will be back soon, don't worry we will see the big 3 playing together again, but their defense is the worse to be honest.

[gagux123]

Well, I have been following LaMelo Ball's performance for a while now, and I realized that he is managing to maintain consistency in his acting.
Do you think he's one of the favorites to win the rookie of the year award?

Are there other players?

[Natalim]

Well, I have been following LaMelo Ball's performance for a while now, and I realized that he is managing to maintain consistency in his acting.
Do you think he's one of the favorites to win the rookie of the year award?

Are there other players?

I think he stood out among the rest, it's a unanimous win for him this season if he continues to be consistent, Lamelo is just a rookie but the team already trusted him so much, that simply says he will be the future star of the team.

according to the betting odds, https://www.sportsbettingdime.com/nba/rookie-of-the-year-odds/

Lamelo is the favorites with -125, so he has not failed our expectation.

[gagux123]

Well, I have been following LaMelo Ball's performance for a while now, and I realized that he is managing to maintain consistency in his acting.
Do you think he's one of the favorites to win the rookie of the year award?

Are there other players?

I think he stood out among the rest, it's a unanimous win for him this season if he continues to be consistent, Lamelo is just a rookie but the team already trusted him so much, that simply says he will be the future star of the team.

according to the betting odds, https://www.sportsbettingdime.com/nba/rookie-of-the-year-odds/

Lamelo is the favorites with -125, so he has not failed our expectation.

Yes, I also agree with you. I confess that I would never imagine LaMello standing out like he is now, especially in the 1st year of the league.

If he continues doing a good job and being consistent, I don't doubt him winning the prize.
Who knows if in the future he will not be the star of the team? Although there are other players who are good and can improve performance, for example, Rozier and Hayward

[Natalim]

Well, I have been following LaMelo Ball's performance for a while now, and I realized that he is managing to maintain consistency in his acting.
Do you think he's one of the favorites to win the rookie of the year award?

Are there other players?

I think he stood out among the rest, it's a unanimous win for him this season if he continues to be consistent, Lamelo is just a rookie but the team already trusted him so much, that simply says he will be the future star of the team.

according to the betting odds, https://www.sportsbettingdime.com/nba/rookie-of-the-year-odds/

Lamelo is the favorites with -125, so he has not failed our expectation.

Yes, I also agree with you. I confess that I would never imagine LaMello standing out like he is now, especially in the 1st year of the league.

If he continues doing a good job and being consistent, I don't doubt him winning the prize.
Who knows if in the future he will not be the star of the team? Although there are other players who are good and can improve performance, for example, Rozier and Hayward

Hayward is not doubt the star of the team now, that's pretty evident by his contract with the team. However, he is already at 30 and soon retirement will come. Hornets as a team is not consistent also but we are just amaze that there's a name Lamelo Ball who pop op every time they have a good win.

This team is underrated, and I Like backing them against the most favorite teams in the NBA, just recently they beat the Bucks by 12 points.

[gagux123]

Well, I have been following LaMelo Ball's performance for a while now, and I realized that he is managing to maintain consistency in his acting.
Do you think he's one of the favorites to win the rookie of the year award?

Are there other players?

I think he stood out among the rest, it's a unanimous win for him this season if he continues to be consistent, Lamelo is just a rookie but the team already trusted him so much, that simply says he will be the future star of the team.

according to the betting odds, https://www.sportsbettingdime.com/nba/rookie-of-the-year-odds/

Lamelo is the favorites with -125, so he has not failed our expectation.

Yes, I also agree with you. I confess that I would never imagine LaMello standing out like he is now, especially in the 1st year of the league.

If he continues doing a good job and being consistent, I don't doubt him winning the prize.
Who knows if in the future he will not be the star of the team? Although there are other players who are good and can improve performance, for example, Rozier and Hayward

Hayward is not doubt the star of the team now, that's pretty evident by his contract with the team. However, he is already at 30 and soon retirement will come. Hornets as a team is not consistent also but we are just amaze that there's a name Lamelo Ball who pop op every time they have a good win.

This team is underrated, and I Like backing them against the most favorite teams in the NBA, just recently they beat the Bucks by 12 points.

Yes, true. I would like to see Hayward as he played in Jazz, he was really good and he was the reference in the team, but unfortunately with that injury when he was signed to Celtis I feel that he is no longer the same

LaMello may have Hayward as a player reference and an example to be followed, as LaMello has a great career ahead of him

[chaser15]

This team is underrated, and I Like backing them against the most favorite teams in the NBA, just recently they beat the Bucks by 12 points.

Bucks is not that a threat although they should win in that game against the Hornets.

Hornets is not underrated. They aren't just recognized.

I will wait if they can able to get a slot in the playoffs.

[rig4hodlers]

This was the reason why we didn't see James Harden in this game.

Nets' James Harden (thigh contusion) out vs. Wizards

He will be back soon, don't worry we will see the big 3 playing together again, but their defense is the worse to be honest.

Thanks for the info, I didn't research on google what happened to be honest. Talking about the defense, I agree, they can not be worse on that. If you keep an eye on Kyrie Irving defense, it is like his opponent is playing alone. I suppose that they have to play 3 games per week and the defense level can not be too high for some players (like Kyrie in this case) but it is pathetic watch a NBA game and nobody defense a sh...t.

[boyptc]

This was the reason why we didn't see James Harden in this game.

Nets' James Harden (thigh contusion) out vs. Wizards

He will be back soon, don't worry we will see the big 3 playing together again, but their defense is the worse to be honest.

I hope that he recovers fastly.

Is he going to play tomorrow against the Clippers? This is hell of a match and we'll see a match between two good teams.

Hard to decide where I'll be if Nets is complete tomorrow.

[Pamadar]

This was the reason why we didn't see James Harden in this game.

Nets' James Harden (thigh contusion) out vs. Wizards

He will be back soon, don't worry we will see the big 3 playing together again, but their defense is the worse to be honest.

I hope that he recovers fastly.

Is he going to play tomorrow against the Clippers? This is hell of a match and we'll see a match between two good teams.

Hard to decide where I'll be if Nets is complete tomorrow.

Hopefully he's okay now, as per news update he's expecting to play tomorrow.

It's a great game since they'll be facing another great team, heavy favorite Clippers will test this new trio. Let see if how things will work
after harden's injury, he's doing great after the transfer to Nets, chemistry is now starting to builds up as this trio is really working to carry one another.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Atlanta Hawks played a home game against LA Lakers last night. Lakers managed to beat them 107-99. Lakers got their 12th away win in this season. On Hawks side, T. Young made a double-double (25 points, 16 assists). Collins got 22 points, 7 rebounds. Capela also made a double-double (16 points, 13 rebounds). On Lakers side, A. Davis got 25 points. Lebron got 21 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists.

[wheelz1200]

Well, I have been following LaMelo Ball's performance for a while now, and I realized that he is managing to maintain consistency in his acting.
Do you think he's one of the favorites to win the rookie of the year award?

Are there other players?

I think he stood out among the rest, it's a unanimous win for him this season if he continues to be consistent, Lamelo is just a rookie but the team already trusted him so much, that simply says he will be the future star of the team.

according to the betting odds, https://www.sportsbettingdime.com/nba/rookie-of-the-year-odds/

Lamelo is the favorites with -125, so he has not failed our expectation.

Honestly I think quickley is going to give a good run for ROY this year.  He has almost taken over the starting spot from elfrid Payton and is always in in tight or late game situations.  He is highly efficient besides a couple game run where he couldn't find the basket.  He plays like a seasoned vet already.  Kid has a nasty floater and can shoot from anywhere but isn't a chucker. 

[Reid]

Does anyone know what is with the unlucky situation Nets keep having? We have seen Harden playing awesome 2 nights ago and they won, but they lacked Durant that game, now I checked and Harden was missing but durant was there?

Load management or they are just protecting their stars.
Because of their injury history Nets management might not want to maximize their minutes and use them at full blast in the playoffs.
That's all I can think of the reason behind all of these missing games.
Of course, they won't tell anyone about it and doctors would agree.

Well, I am more excited watching Jazz and Nuggets now. Could Jazz repeat that long streak again?

[yazher]

This was the reason why we didn't see James Harden in this game.

Nets' James Harden (thigh contusion) out vs. Wizards

He will be back soon, don't worry we will see the big 3 playing together again, but their defense is the worse to be honest.

I hope that he recovers fastly.

Is he going to play tomorrow against the Clippers? This is hell of a match and we'll see a match between two good teams.

Hard to decide where I'll be if Nets is complete tomorrow.

They need to play the game tomorrow as an all-out team because it might be a preview of the NBA finals. If they can play well with Houston Rockets tomorrow then we will have another great battle in the NBA finals if those two teams will face each other in the Finals. However, they need to make sure they won't choke like the last time especially that Clippers when they faced the Nuggets last season.

[jostorres]

Well, I have been following LaMelo Ball's performance for a while now, and I realized that he is managing to maintain consistency in his acting.
Do you think he's one of the favorites to win the rookie of the year award?

Are there other players?

I think he stood out among the rest, it's a unanimous win for him this season if he continues to be consistent, Lamelo is just a rookie but the team already trusted him so much, that simply says he will be the future star of the team.

according to the betting odds, https://www.sportsbettingdime.com/nba/rookie-of-the-year-odds/

Lamelo is the favorites with -125, so he has not failed our expectation.

I definitely agree that Lamelo has a chance to win the rookie of the year, however he has something that other players do not have, which is a star on his position at his team. James wiseman doesn't get that much minutes neither, he gets 21 minutes, Anthony Edwards gets 26 minutes which a rookie can hope to get, whereas Lamelo gets 25 minutes on a team that has Terry Rozier as starter and suddenly dude is getting minutes even from him. That is why I think Lamelo definitley deserves ROTY award if he gets it, but I wouldn't be shocked if he doesn't get it neither.

I believe this dude is definitely on a path that would allow him to be a great player in the future, he definitely needs to figure out how to shoot a lot better, he chucked up 40 foothers when he was 14 years old or so but this is NBA and you need better mechanics. If Blake Griffin can become a good shooter so can anyone, I feel like Lamelo needs to work out with Blakes shooting coach. That would make him elite level.

[blockman]

I guess this is still relevant. What can you say about the recent news about Lebron James and that woman who has her husband got ejected in the courtside. The article includes the video of the woman mouthing on the courtside.
(https://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2021/2/1/22261796/lakers-lebron-james-courtside-karen-tweet-atlanta-hawks-fan-drama-explained)

[Rikafip]

Is he going to play tomorrow against the Clippers? This is hell of a match and we'll see a match between two good teams.

Hard to decide where I'll be if Nets is complete tomorrow.

It's confirmed that Harden should be ready for game tonight, but even with him back my money will be on the Clippers. I do expect tough game though, best offensive vs one of the best defensive teams.

Well, I am more excited watching Jazz and Nuggets now. Could Jazz repeat that long streak again?

I honestly doubt that when you look at their schedule. In the next 10 games they will play 2x vs Clippers, 76s, Bucks, Celtics and Pacers. Don't get me wrong, 11 games winning streak they did wasn't easy at all no matter the opponents and I am their big fan but realistically, beside Bucks and Nuggets, rest of the teams they faced were average at best. Lucky for them that they play against Pistons tonight, so that is a good chance to get back on the track immediately vs one of the worst teams in the league.