2024 NBA Season

[Questat]

Today's talk around the NBA seems to be that Lonzo Ball is likely to be traded to the Chicago Bulls.  I was sort of hoping to see him end up back on the Lakers, but if he wants to go to Chicago, more power to him.  It's gotta be tough seeing his little brother do so well in the NBA while he's considered to some to be a bust, although his shooting and numbers are looking better year after year.  Maybe he wants to get to a place where he feels he'll be able to do a little more for his team instead of being the 4th option. 

Hopefully he will find a place where he will enjoy playing more and he can show his real potential.

If he will be traded again, this will be his 3rd team and if he still does not improve based on our expectation, then I think we can conclude that that's all he can give and nothing more. LaMelo is going to be an all star soon, Lonzo has no chance if he plays the same.

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[Pamadar]

The teams I am curious about what they will do in the playoffs the most are Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers and Milwaukee Bucks. These are really the surprising teams of this season and they are at the top places in their conference. In my opinion, Lakers and Clippers have more potential than any other team for the championship but of course it is still too early to make predictions for now. We aren't even in the half of the season and as we know there are going to be 72 games in the regular-season different than usual.

There are lots of changes as trades still open for each teams.

Things have a lots of possibilitises considering which team are capable in winning the title, Lakers and Clippers are both still the favorites as they are residing from the top 4 of the West side, Both Sixers and Jazz are on the top from East and West though not the basis to assume the title but they are also contender.

[wheelz1200]

The teams I am curious about what they will do in the playoffs the most are Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers and Milwaukee Bucks. These are really the surprising teams of this season and they are at the top places in their conference. In my opinion, Lakers and Clippers have more potential than any other team for the championship but of course it is still too early to make predictions for now. We aren't even in the half of the season and as we know there are going to be 72 games in the regular-season different than usual.

There are lots of changes as trades still open for each teams.

Things have a lots of possibilitises considering which team are capable in winning the title, Lakers and Clippers are both still the favorites as they are residing from the top 4 of the West side, Both Sixers and Jazz are on the top from East and West though not the basis to assume the title but they are also contender.

Whatever happens i hope the knicks don't dig into their pile of 1st round picks.  Anything else I'm game for the knicks but I can't go through another decade of them dumping top picks just to make a subpar team.  If anything I would mind them dumping a good pice (not randle, robinson, barret, or quickley) for some more draft capital.  Draft capital is king in future trades.

[danherbias07]

The Pistons won against the Nets.
Great game for the Pistons but bad for the Nets. It's like Irving is out with a mental break.
He even shot an air ball at the three point line. Defense is also weak. He just keeps on leaving his man.

Grant tied his career high at 32.
Then Saddiq Bey helped a lot with perfection at the 3 point area.

[yazher]

The New Orlean Pelicans shows some good defence in the early game which made them lead the score throughout the game. It is entertaining to watch the explosive Alley-oops by Williamson. He is just getting some improvement day by day by competing these guys. they are a few games away from getting to the top 8. they're winning straight games, I hope they can at least force they way to top 8 or 7 because playoff games are different because the game is so intense as everyone is hungry to get to the NBA Finals.

[Ziskinberg]

The New Orlean Pelicans shows some good defence in the early game which made them lead the score throughout the game. It is entertaining to watch the explosive Alley-oops by Williamson. He is just getting some improvement day by day by competing these guys. they are a few games away from getting to the top 8. they're winning straight games,

Great game by Pelicans they are now in the winning track and that is good to see, unfortunately their opposing team which is the Rockets are having a consecutive loses, Christian Wood is really a big loss for this team.

I hope they can at least force they way to top 8 or 7 because playoff games are different because the game is so intense as everyone is hungry to get to the NBA Finals.

It's still too early, they'll certainly get in the playoff spot if they'll continue to play with consistency.

They are at the number 10 spot now, (https://www.nba.com/standings)

[OgNasty]

The New Orlean Pelicans shows some good defence in the early game which made them lead the score throughout the game. It is entertaining to watch the explosive Alley-oops by Williamson. He is just getting some improvement day by day by competing these guys. they are a few games away from getting to the top 8. they're winning straight games,

Great game by Pelicans they are now in the winning track and that is good to see, unfortunately their opposing team which is the Rockets are having a consecutive loses, Christian Wood is really a big loss for this team.

I hope they can at least force they way to top 8 or 7 because playoff games are different because the game is so intense as everyone is hungry to get to the NBA Finals.

It's still too early, they'll certainly get in the playoff spot if they'll continue to play with consistency.

They are at the number 10 spot now, (https://www.nba.com/standings)

It would be great to see Zion in the playoffs. I was hoping they’d make it last year but fell just short. They have a lot of talent on that team but they’re still very young. Even some of the players like Brandon Ingram that are considered their leaders don’t seem very mature. It would be scary if Lonzo’s shot kept improving and they held onto all their young guys, but I have a feeling that team will be making some moves soon to get more shooters around Zion.

[Maslate]

The New Orlean Pelicans shows some good defence in the early game which made them lead the score throughout the game. It is entertaining to watch the explosive Alley-oops by Williamson. He is just getting some improvement day by day by competing these guys. they are a few games away from getting to the top 8. they're winning straight games,

Great game by Pelicans they are now in the winning track and that is good to see, unfortunately their opposing team which is the Rockets are having a consecutive loses, Christian Wood is really a big loss for this team.

I hope they can at least force they way to top 8 or 7 because playoff games are different because the game is so intense as everyone is hungry to get to the NBA Finals.

It's still too early, they'll certainly get in the playoff spot if they'll continue to play with consistency.

They are at the number 10 spot now, (https://www.nba.com/standings)

It would be great to see Zion in the playoffs. I was hoping they’d make it last year but fell just short. They have a lot of talent on that team but they’re still very young. Even some of the players like Brandon Ingram that are considered their leaders don’t seem very mature. It would be scary if Lonzo’s shot kept improving and they held onto all their young guys, but I have a feeling that team will be making some moves soon to get more shooters around Zion.

Zion's injury was the reason why they fell short and he has not played a lot during the playoffs due to some protocol they need to follow IIRC. This time, if they make it to the playoffs and Zion remains healthy, I think they have a chance to upset a higher ranking team, even if it's the Lakers or the Clippers.

[SammyBiG]

I think the saying "if you can't beat em, leave em" 🤭 Is what happened with the Nets and Piston. I knew those young blood have a good D in place and they've showed they need to improve with more strategic offences and boom🔥
3rd last minutes were Nets 80- 86 Piston for a while and even Kyrie was lost on court.
Ps. Again no Rose

The Jazz guys are promising.... Good streak thus far
Wasn't expecting it this easy for them but I guess hard work pays.


Heat are getting the motive again! Herro, Bam, Jimmy distributed the morale for the team

[Rikafip]

Who would have thought that Jazz will be the first team to reach 20 wins? I certainly didn't and based on the poll results, no one did either as they didn't receive a single vote. We all knew they are good  and well balanced team with deep roster, but I didn't expect them to be ahead of the Lakers & Clippers.

Last night's win vs Celtics was their 5th in a row, so maybe @Reid was onto something when he asked can they repeat previous winning streak that was ended by Nuggets. It will be tough though as in the next 5 games they play Bucks, 76s and 2x Clippers and Conley is questionable as he missed last two games.

So, if anyone wants to jump on the bandwagon ( Mavericks fans maybe? ) here is the form:

[Kelvinid]

Who would have thought that Jazz will be the first team to reach 20 wins? I certainly didn't and based on the poll results, no one did either as they didn't receive a single vote. We all knew they are good  and well balanced team with deep roster, but I didn't expect them to be ahead of the Lakers & Clippers.

Last night's win vs Celtics was their 5th in a row, so maybe @Reid was onto something when he asked can they repeat previous winning streak that was ended by Nuggets. It will be tough though as in the next 5 games they play Bucks, 76s and 2x Clippers and Conley is questionable as he missed last two games.

So, if anyone wants to jump on the bandwagon ( Mavericks fans maybe? ) here is the form:

I don't expect that it will happen but there's no need for me to fill up that bandwagon form as I'm already a fan of the Jazz ever since. I'm happy for them, their healthy squad was really the main reason why they are almost unstoppable this season, taking the number 1 spot now and they seem to continue making another long win streak.

[arwin100]

Who would have thought that Jazz will be the first team to reach 20 wins? I certainly didn't and based on the poll results, no one did either as they didn't receive a single vote. We all knew they are good  and well balanced team with deep roster, but I didn't expect them to be ahead of the Lakers & Clippers.

They totally have a great ball rotation this season and I never think that they will come this far since the one came in my mind when talking about strong teams in the west Lakers,clippers,Nuggets,Dallas and Spurs I never though they will placed first behind on this teams. Seems Jazz is a  good title contender this year and its really a big boost  to their rooster since Clarkson is playing good at the  bench, Hoping the see  him grab the  6th man of the year this season.

[Reid]

So, if anyone wants to jump on the bandwagon ( Mavericks fans maybe? ) here is the form:

Nah, thanks.  I am still a Nuggets and Mavs fan whatever happens.
Of course, it will always be the Nuggets first.
Jokic won't just stop impressing me. I hope Murray hits his head and goes back to the way he played during the playoffs against the Lakers and Clippers so that they could end this losing streak.

Jazz has good chemistry but IMO they are still not the championship team for me.

[akirasendo17]

Who would have thought that Jazz will be the first team to reach 20 wins? I certainly didn't and based on the poll results, no one did either as they didn't receive a single vote. We all knew they are good  and well balanced team with deep roster, but I didn't expect them to be ahead of the Lakers & Clippers.

They totally have a great ball rotation this season and I never think that they will come this far since the one came in my mind when talking about strong teams in the west Lakers,clippers,Nuggets,Dallas and Spurs I never though they will placed first behind on this teams. Seems Jazz is a  good title contender this year and its really a big boost  to their rooster since Clarkson is playing good at the  bench, Hoping the see  him grab the  6th man of the year this season.

its only 20 games win, still a lot to go, most teams start to go hard when the playoffs get near so that they can reserve more energy in the playoffs, I think jazz will make it to the playoffs but, they won't make it to the west finals as the west are so loaded with good teams, if they want to compete for the spot, they need to double their performance in the playoffs.

[Expecto]

Who would have thought that Jazz will be the first team to reach 20 wins? I certainly didn't and based on the poll results, no one did either as they didn't receive a single vote. We all knew they are good  and well balanced team with deep roster, but I didn't expect them to be ahead of the Lakers & Clippers.

They totally have a great ball rotation this season and I never think that they will come this far since the one came in my mind when talking about strong teams in the west Lakers,clippers,Nuggets,Dallas and Spurs I never though they will placed first behind on this teams. Seems Jazz is a  good title contender this year and its really a big boost  to their rooster since Clarkson is playing good at the  bench, Hoping the see  him grab the  6th man of the year this season.

its only 20 games win, still a lot to go, most teams start to go hard when the playoffs get near so that they can reserve more energy in the playoffs, I think jazz will make it to the playoffs but, they won't make it to the west finals as the west are so loaded with good teams, if they want to compete for the spot, they need to double their performance in the playoffs.

I also agree that Jazz won't have any problem making it to the playoffs. I even think that they will finish the Western Conference at least as the 3rd. But there is a way different atmosphere in the playoffs. It won't be like regular season games for sure. I hope they can have a draw against Lakers or Clippers in the playoffs and we can see whether they will be really powerful in the playoffs too. 

[Serious475]

DRose can bring intensity to the whole team once he started to spark, just like an engine when got heated he's going to bring great performance.

I'm a DRose fan but we have to accept that there's no already spark in him. He is inconsistent for several seasons now and it's understandable. Feel sad for him that he ended up being traded for several teams. If there's a spark, then he won't be considered trading at all.

Knicks just accept the trade as maybe because DSJ doesn't really fit on their chemistry. That's the problem too why he was being traded from Dallas to Knicks. He's always acted as a leader even Luka is performing better. Maybe ego because DSJ was drafted first.

We cannot say that Derrick Rose has no spark already in him because he cannot move what he wants because the job of a player is to follow what the coach commands. Derrick Rose won't lose his own spark and maybe he is only in a team that is not very comfortable for himself. I think he can go all out when they have chemistry because even all-stars that have no team chemistry can easily be defeated by any weak team that has good chemistry. Team chemistry is one of the most important factors in basketball because without it, no team will work as one and all want to score while there are no one wants to sacrifice their skills. We know that the Knicks are not a good team and it only won the championship two times and it is about a half-century ago but they can win with Derrick's skill and if they have good chemistry.

[ingiltere]

Question:   First Team to get 20 Wins?
Lakers   - 18 (64.3%)
Sixers   - 3 (10.7%)
Celtics   - 0 (0%)
Suns   - 1 (3.6%)
Clippers   - 5 (17.9%)
Bucks   - 0 (0%)
Other   - 1 (3.6%)

Total Voters: 28

Thanks to 28 voters but nobody can guessed it right (maybe 1 person who chose Other but I don't think so ) and Utah Jazz (20-5) is the first team that get 20 wins in the league.
Lakers was also really close, they are 19-6. Both teams had 5 games winning streak.

That was a fun poll. Do you have any suggestions for new poll?

[ultrloa]

DRose can bring intensity to the whole team once he started to spark, just like an engine when got heated he's going to bring great performance.

I'm a DRose fan but we have to accept that there's no already spark in him. He is inconsistent for several seasons now and it's understandable. Feel sad for him that he ended up being traded for several teams. If there's a spark, then he won't be considered trading at all.

Knicks just accept the trade as maybe because DSJ doesn't really fit on their chemistry. That's the problem too why he was being traded from Dallas to Knicks. He's always acted as a leader even Luka is performing better. Maybe ego because DSJ was drafted first.

If he has no spark for sure he is out on the NBA and look at his stats he contribute decently even though he have limited minutes on his plays. Also every player have a role and it's just he is not the first option in terms of offense that's why we cannot see him do well compare on his bills days and sadly those past injuries really hurt his career since by now he cannot get back on his foot to get a bigger role on his team.

[stomachgrowls]

DRose can bring intensity to the whole team once he started to spark, just like an engine when got heated he's going to bring great performance.

I'm a DRose fan but we have to accept that there's no already spark in him. He is inconsistent for several seasons now and it's understandable. Feel sad for him that he ended up being traded for several teams. If there's a spark, then he won't be considered trading at all.

Knicks just accept the trade as maybe because DSJ doesn't really fit on their chemistry. That's the problem too why he was being traded from Dallas to Knicks. He's always acted as a leader even Luka is performing better. Maybe ego because DSJ was drafted first.

If he has no spark for sure he is out on the NBA and look at his stats he contribute decently even though he have limited minutes on his plays. Also every player have a role and it's just he is not the first option in terms of offense that's why we cannot see him do well compare on his bills days and sadly those past injuries really hurt his career since by now he cannot get back on his foot to get a bigger role on his team.

Agree on what agustina2 said about those inconsistencies throughout on several seasons which we can clearly say that he doesnt already had that spark compared on what we've seen before.

Yes, he might give out some decent contribution recently but we are expecting something more than that.I dont know if injuries can really be a viable or solid reason for a certain player

to degrade that much when it comes to play or performance or just simply this is some sort of psychological issue?

[ziyaaa]

Question:   First Team to get 20 Wins?
Lakers   - 18 (64.3%)
Sixers   - 3 (10.7%)
Celtics   - 0 (0%)
Suns   - 1 (3.6%)
Clippers   - 5 (17.9%)
Bucks   - 0 (0%)
Other   - 1 (3.6%)

Total Voters: 28

Thanks to 28 voters but nobody can guessed it right (maybe 1 person who chose Other but I don't think so ) and Utah Jazz (20-5) is the first team that get 20 wins in the league.
Lakers was also really close, they are 19-6. Both teams had 5 games winning streak.

It was a big surprise for many of us that Jazz made it.   I wonder whether they will maintain their awesome form for a long time in the regular-season. They played a game against Clippers and won it. They haven't played a game against Lakers yet. That is one of the games I can't wait to watch. It is early to talk about playoffs but for the regular-season, I think Jazz will be at one of the top positions at the end.