2027 NBA Season

[SATWAT]

I think Leonard have medical dispute made before even if Spurs has declared that he's already fine. I think he seek for second opinion and since I think he didn't feel that he's fine at that time.

Also Leonard think that he's been mishandled by Spurs at that time that's why there's tension growing. Then he's been traded and rest is history then he became a champion in Raptors.

But maybe if he didn't became an injury prone player maybe he could do more better for his career and aligned with those HOF guy, but unfortunately those issues stop him to be like those guys on top.

Kawhi was "cleared" by Spurs doctors, so he went and got another "opinion" from outside to be able to not play. And I can understand, if you do not feel 100% and not want to play that is fine and you do not have to, but that is also a reason the team may want you out as well.

I mean if the teams doctors tells the team that he is ready t o play and the player still goes out and gets a report that shows he can't, that's fine, the team can't make him play, but they can get him traded. Ever since those days, I always knew that he wasn't really a great locker room guy and should not be considered as a person who would be good for any team at all. He has done wonders at Toronto for one year, that was good, but ever since then, he just lays around.

[LogitechMouse]

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Is it really a problem to have two guards in the same position?
Sure, they could use the trade to gain more shooters, but I think AR being there could help secure some of their problems if ever Luka were injured.

Is it a waste of salary cap?
AR could also shoot, and he is a good player. Adjustments could be made, and they can make him focus on shooting if both play at the same time.

Both can shoot, score, pass, and rebound. Both have similarities, but they still have differences as well. Luka is one of the best in lob pass, Reaves on the other hand is better at defending than Luka. Luka is more efficient when it comes to passing while Reaves is more of a score-first kind of guy.

Respect to Horry, but I think both of them can play together in LA. Well, this season is a test for them if they really are good backcourt duo. Seeing them playing in just a few games isn't enough for me to conclude that both of them can't play together. As for a waste of salary cap, it wasn't. It's just that, Reaves will ask for a higher contract once his current contract is over, and he already declined the previous offer of the Lakers for him.

Adjustments will be made yes, and like what I said, this upcoming regular season will be a test for them. Also, it's also a test for Reaves if he's worth the value that he's asking (around $30m), or not.

[OgNasty]

Clippers needs to realize, they are the "other" Los Angeles team and will never be good. I think the best would seriously be just move to some other city, start rebuilding, and get Kawhi out, and try to gather many picks. Owner wanted them to move to Seattle, and bring Supersonics back, that could be a huge idea.

Agreed on this. Lakers is too popular to be overshadowed by other team located on same city.

The owner target the LA market which has a lot of potential customers on their venue regardless of being a 2nd team since LA has a lot of basketball fan.

I don’t know about reviving back supersonics since I believe can start a new team instead of keep sharing the spotlight to other known team.

The Clippers might be the other team in LA but it is still a massive market and I could see players like Kawhi who would rather be on the clippers being more common in the future. Kids nowadays grew up watching the Lob City Clippers highlights. Balmer is also a good owner. I think they have a bright future after this latest issue blows over.

The Rockets just lost their PG Van Fleet to an ACL injury. Bad start for the KD Rockets.

[livingfree]

His suggestion is valid since AR is a starter player too same with Luka so there’s a conflict on position. This will work if the other player will change his role or dedicate himself as second unit point guard as substitute for Luka.

AR already have a decent value which Lakers can use to trade for a better role player that can compliment Luka play style since they will focus more on Luka now when building their roster.

AR is a good PG but Luka is much better.

I am seeing that one day that the Lakers will have to do this trade.

It's true that AR's value has gone up as well and playing with Lebron, he has taught a lot and learned from that.

Improved a lot and so, if they're going to make assets from this roster. Luka will be the first one on their roster and will have to trade others for added value and help for reaching a title.

[avp2306]

His suggestion is valid since AR is a starter player too same with Luka so there’s a conflict on position. This will work if the other player will change his role or dedicate himself as second unit point guard as substitute for Luka.

AR already have a decent value which Lakers can use to trade for a better role player that can compliment Luka play style since they will focus more on Luka now when building their roster.

AR is a good PG but Luka is much better.

I am seeing that one day that the Lakers will have to do this trade.

It's true that AR's value has gone up as well and playing with Lebron, he has taught a lot and learned from that.

Improved a lot and so, if they're going to make assets from this roster. Luka will be the first one on their roster and will have to trade others for added value and help for reaching a title.

But for me I think Lakers don't need to trade AR, they already prove that he can blend well together with their stars. Lakers should find good solution to create good chemistry with their current roster now since they already have solid players on their team.

This is projected starting line up of Lakers.

PG Doncic
SG AR
SF LBJ
PF Rui
C Ayton

Maybe what they need is build a solid second unit since it seems that this is where they might get a problem especially if their stars will rest or worst will get injured.

[tech30338]

His suggestion is valid since AR is a starter player too same with Luka so there’s a conflict on position. This will work if the other player will change his role or dedicate himself as second unit point guard as substitute for Luka.

AR already have a decent value which Lakers can use to trade for a better role player that can compliment Luka play style since they will focus more on Luka now when building their roster.

AR is a good PG but Luka is much better.

I am seeing that one day that the Lakers will have to do this trade.

It's true that AR's value has gone up as well and playing with Lebron, he has taught a lot and learned from that.

Improved a lot and so, if they're going to make assets from this roster. Luka will be the first one on their roster and will have to trade others for added value and help for reaching a title.

But for me I think Lakers don't need to trade AR, they already prove that he can blend well together with their stars. Lakers should find good solution to create good chemistry with their current roster now since they already have solid players on their team.

This is projected starting line up of Lakers.

PG Doncic
SG AR
SF LBJ
PF Rui
C Ayton

Maybe what they need is build a solid second unit since it seems that this is where they might get a problem especially if their stars will rest or worst will get injured.

What they really need is a true center while Hayes is trying his best to be their center, its not enough the guys is young and needs to develop, in the crucial moment he is learning, someone who can defend at the moment, Ayton I'm not sure, if he can play again like before, some news he got issues, if he will be an issue with the team then they will go down, no disrespect but if he can focus and make blocks rebound, then they are good, but if he will go whining that's a different story.

[batang_bitcoin]

What they really need is a true center while Hayes is trying his best to be their center, its not enough the guys is young and needs to develop, in the crucial moment he is learning, someone who can defend at the moment, Ayton I'm not sure, if he can play again like before, some news he got issues, if he will be an issue with the team then they will go down, no disrespect but if he can focus and make blocks rebound, then they are good, but if he will go whining that's a different story.

Hayes is actually good one but they're not giving him the longer playing time that they need. But if it's given to him, sometimes he's inconsistent and that's why the time that should be for him was changed and didn't went for him. Ayton has got some numbers and he also scores, so having big man like that is what they really need. IMO, they can get all the big men that they need and still underperform if there's no chemistry to the players that are playing altogether inside the court. That's what they are probably practicing right now, to have the right chemistry.

[OgNasty]

What they really need is a true center while Hayes is trying his best to be their center, its not enough the guys is young and needs to develop, in the crucial moment he is learning, someone who can defend at the moment, Ayton I'm not sure, if he can play again like before, some news he got issues, if he will be an issue with the team then they will go down, no disrespect but if he can focus and make blocks rebound, then they are good, but if he will go whining that's a different story.

Hayes is actually good one but they're not giving him the longer playing time that they need. But if it's given to him, sometimes he's inconsistent and that's why the time that should be for him was changed and didn't went for him. Ayton has got some numbers and he also scores, so having big man like that is what they really need. IMO, they can get all the big men that they need and still underperform if there's no chemistry to the players that are playing altogether inside the court. That's what they are probably practicing right now, to have the right chemistry.

Ayton was the number one pick. I remember them saying g he was the next Hakeem… He definitely has some skills and I think if he is put in a situation like Los Angeles it could motivate him to get to the next level. That or he will crash in spectacular fashion and this will be a quick stay in LA for him. We’ll see soon.

[sana54210]

I still remember the reason why he became an injury-prone player. It all started with that dirty play by the Warriors’ Zaza Pachulia that got him injured in the playoffs. After that, the team could no longer win without him. Sometimes it doesn’t matter how much players take care of themselves, with a dirty opponent, something like this can happen.

While that Zaza situation was the start of everything, we can't blame all of Kawhis career on it. The injury Kawhi had was something many people came back from, and nobody was as injury prone as him. Dude missed more games than anyone else, hell dude was missing games even before that.

So it's clear we are seeing a situation where it is not getting any better, and can't really consider this as a way to grow better. Kawhi can't blame anything else, it's just not the reality and can't be that great anymore. He got older too now, so he is definitely a minimum salary player, nothing more and can't really be any better. This needs to be something that needs to be taken care of on the long term and that's what they will do.

[OgNasty]

I still remember the reason why he became an injury-prone player. It all started with that dirty play by the Warriors’ Zaza Pachulia that got him injured in the playoffs. After that, the team could no longer win without him. Sometimes it doesn’t matter how much players take care of themselves, with a dirty opponent, something like this can happen.

While that Zaza situation was the start of everything, we can't blame all of Kawhis career on it. The injury Kawhi had was something many people came back from, and nobody was as injury prone as him. Dude missed more games than anyone else, hell dude was missing games even before that.

So it's clear we are seeing a situation where it is not getting any better, and can't really consider this as a way to grow better. Kawhi can't blame anything else, it's just not the reality and can't be that great anymore. He got older too now, so he is definitely a minimum salary player, nothing more and can't really be any better. This needs to be something that needs to be taken care of on the long term and that's what they will do.

Kawhi definitely isn't a minimum salary player by anyone's standards.  When he is healthy he is a top 10 player in the NBA on both ends of the floor.  Sure, he isn't healthy very often, but even if you only get the guy for 30 games a year he is still well above a minimum salary player.  They should probably just let him sit on ice until the playoffs every year if that's what it takes.  It does make you wonder how great he would have become had Zaza never happened...  Still, I believe he has the highest winning percentage of any player ever.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

Kawhi definitely isn't a minimum salary player by anyone's standards.  When he is healthy he is a top 10 player in the NBA on both ends of the floor.  Sure, he isn't healthy very often, but even if you only get the guy for 30 games a year he is still well above a minimum salary player.  They should probably just let him sit on ice until the playoffs every year if that's what it takes.  It does make you wonder how great he would have become had Zaza never happened...  Still, I believe he has the highest winning percentage of any player ever.

Well to be fair, Leonard at age 34, even healthy, is in my eyes not a top 10 player anymore. That's just my opinion though. This last story unfolding now was just the final straw for me not respecting him any longer. It was already ridiculous enough how his whole career went into a downwards spiral but at some point you really have to be fed up with his character. He always seemed like the humble calm guy but deep inside (also because of outside influence of his "crew") this looks totally different.

[TravelMug]

We can say that they are pretty much stack up before, but not sure what really happens to Clippers, it's like the team is curse. When they gotten Paul George, we thought that they can be a contender.

But him and Kahwi didn't click or shall we say that they didn't play that much because of the injuries. They've supposed to be the duo that will make the Clippers a great team again. However, it was not meant to be, now it seems that they should be thinking of rebuilding again after the Kawhi case and perhaps trade him already after the investigation is released to the public and who is guilty or not.

Might be the next step that they need if the management still wanted to chase for that ring, though we really can't tell what they aiming possible also that they just wanted to continue business and even Kahwi not that playing much, as long as he still in their uniform the fans will still buying merchants and tickets, everything will be reveal itself once the investigation comes up, the concluding part of Kawhi's contract might be announce either they'll keep him or they will trade him up.

It might be a slow process though, they already lead go of PG and pretty sure that could be the start of their rebuilding silently. And again, maybe after this ordeal, they might let go of Kawhi and traded him for some big names or for me the best one is to just go for future picks.

Maybe a sold role player because I think they are still good with the current lineup even with Leonard as they are used to seeing it. Just hope that they future picks will turn something to gold just like what happened to OKC when they traded some of their big names years ago to get SGA and Williams and Chet and now it bring them their championship.

[ultrloa]

We can say that they are pretty much stack up before, but not sure what really happens to Clippers, it's like the team is curse. When they gotten Paul George, we thought that they can be a contender.

But him and Kahwi didn't click or shall we say that they didn't play that much because of the injuries. They've supposed to be the duo that will make the Clippers a great team again. However, it was not meant to be, now it seems that they should be thinking of rebuilding again after the Kawhi case and perhaps trade him already after the investigation is released to the public and who is guilty or not.

Might be the next step that they need if the management still wanted to chase for that ring, though we really can't tell what they aiming possible also that they just wanted to continue business and even Kahwi not that playing much, as long as he still in their uniform the fans will still buying merchants and tickets, everything will be reveal itself once the investigation comes up, the concluding part of Kawhi's contract might be announce either they'll keep him or they will trade him up.

It might be a slow process though, they already lead go of PG and pretty sure that could be the start of their rebuilding silently. And again, maybe after this ordeal, they might let go of Kawhi and traded him for some big names or for me the best one is to just go for future picks.

Maybe a sold role player because I think they are still good with the current lineup even with Leonard as they are used to seeing it. Just hope that they future picks will turn something to gold just like what happened to OKC when they traded some of their big names years ago to get SGA and Williams and Chet and now it bring them their championship.

They are now facing serious issue and once they would find out that they made a huge mistakes from the past deals they made this could affect Clippers badly and maybe automatically they would enter on a rebuilding phase.

So before anything bad happen maybe its time for them to decide to trade Kawhi on other team so that at least they can get an exchange if something bad happen.

Hard to achieve what OKC get and they need to get a good scouts for that to happen so that they can really use well all of their future picks.

[Fredomago]

They are now facing serious issue and once they would find out that they made a huge mistakes from the past deals they made this could affect Clippers badly and maybe automatically they would enter on a rebuilding phase.

So before anything bad happen maybe its time for them to decide to trade Kawhi on other team so that at least they can get an exchange if something bad happen.

Hard to achieve what OKC get and they need to get a good scouts for that to happen so that they can really use well all of their future picks.

Yeah right, better to make that hard decision while Kawhi still have that decent value, and similar to what you mentioned OKC waits long time before they manage to win a title, that's a long time rebuilding process which they managed to earn decent young stars who really help them to accomplished what other teams and stars wanted to have in thier resume.

Let see if what Clippers will do now that they are in the middle of investigation and the chance might be affected for them being competitive this upcoming season.

[batang_bitcoin]

What they really need is a true center while Hayes is trying his best to be their center, its not enough the guys is young and needs to develop, in the crucial moment he is learning, someone who can defend at the moment, Ayton I'm not sure, if he can play again like before, some news he got issues, if he will be an issue with the team then they will go down, no disrespect but if he can focus and make blocks rebound, then they are good, but if he will go whining that's a different story.

Hayes is actually good one but they're not giving him the longer playing time that they need. But if it's given to him, sometimes he's inconsistent and that's why the time that should be for him was changed and didn't went for him. Ayton has got some numbers and he also scores, so having big man like that is what they really need. IMO, they can get all the big men that they need and still underperform if there's no chemistry to the players that are playing altogether inside the court. That's what they are probably practicing right now, to have the right chemistry.

Ayton was the number one pick. I remember them saying g he was the next Hakeem… He definitely has some skills and I think if he is put in a situation like Los Angeles it could motivate him to get to the next level. That or he will crash in spectacular fashion and this will be a quick stay in LA for him. We’ll see soon.

We'll see.
I guess that they have conditioning training for him and he's the one that will be dependable on their offensive and defensive rebounds. He's also a scorer so that's a good role that he's playing for the team. It will be his confidence that shall make him play better and as he's traded to them. It only means that he's valued by the team and many players do want to go to the Lakers because of its fan base, this could be his time in getting known more often.

[OgNasty]

Zion Williamson in an interview today said that, "I haven't felt like this since college."

Could this be the year he stays healthy and breaks out into one of the best players in the league? I sure hope so because he could’ve been one of the greatest ever, but so far has been a disappointment.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

Zion Williamson in an interview today said that, "I haven't felt like this since college."

Could this be the year he stays healthy and breaks out into one of the best players in the league? I sure hope so because he could’ve been one of the greatest ever, but so far has been a disappointment.

Just probably hyping himself and his fans that he is ready to go for this season. But we have seen it already that even if he has lost a lot of weight last season, he is still injury prone and can't lead his team. But since, BI has been traded or no longer with the team, Zion should be their number one option now.

So let's just hope without any hype that he can play much of the duration of the season. It's a grueling 82 games and with history, maybe he will missed some games but the injuries might not be serious and he can go back and play the rest of the regular or even in the playoff if he can bring the Pels under his shoulder.

[Yaunfitda]

They are now facing serious issue and once they would find out that they made a huge mistakes from the past deals they made this could affect Clippers badly and maybe automatically they would enter on a rebuilding phase.

So before anything bad happen maybe its time for them to decide to trade Kawhi on other team so that at least they can get an exchange if something bad happen.

Hard to achieve what OKC get and they need to get a good scouts for that to happen so that they can really use well all of their future picks.

Yeah right, better to make that hard decision while Kawhi still have that decent value, and similar to what you mentioned OKC waits long time before they manage to win a title, that's a long time rebuilding process which they managed to earn decent young stars who really help them to accomplished what other teams and stars wanted to have in thier resume.

Let see if what Clippers will do now that they are in the middle of investigation and the chance might be affected for them being competitive this upcoming season.

It's not even a hard decision the way I see it, the owner and Kawhi or even some players relationship might have been cracked already with the allegations on Leonard and then the owner admitted in a interview that he felt that he is the victim here and been scammed by Kawhi himself. And the owner has the total control, so after the investigation, it's not hard to predict that he might want to part ways with Leonard and could make a trade. Even if they got the short end of the deal, Steve Ballmer might just want to get rid of Leonard because of what had happened. So there could be a rebuilding phase already in the upcoming season to the next.

[tech30338]

They are now facing serious issue and once they would find out that they made a huge mistakes from the past deals they made this could affect Clippers badly and maybe automatically they would enter on a rebuilding phase.

So before anything bad happen maybe its time for them to decide to trade Kawhi on other team so that at least they can get an exchange if something bad happen.

Hard to achieve what OKC get and they need to get a good scouts for that to happen so that they can really use well all of their future picks.

Yeah right, better to make that hard decision while Kawhi still have that decent value, and similar to what you mentioned OKC waits long time before they manage to win a title, that's a long time rebuilding process which they managed to earn decent young stars who really help them to accomplished what other teams and stars wanted to have in thier resume.

Let see if what Clippers will do now that they are in the middle of investigation and the chance might be affected for them being competitive this upcoming season.

It's not even a hard decision the way I see it, the owner and Kawhi or even some players relationship might have been cracked already with the allegations on Leonard and then the owner admitted in a interview that he felt that he is the victim here and been scammed by Kawhi himself. And the owner has the total control, so after the investigation, it's not hard to predict that he might want to part ways with Leonard and could make a trade. Even if they got the short end of the deal, Steve Ballmer might just want to get rid of Leonard because of what had happened. So there could be a rebuilding phase already in the upcoming season to the next.

Maybe they need to finish this coming season before they move, harden and Leonard should be traded and start the rebuilding process no matter what the result is, throw some trade for a upcoming star, but the question is could other team offer for this players, I'm not sure how many years left on their contract, but getting them out, should open a cap space for pre-agent stars on the market.

[HistoLock]

NBA (National Basketball Association) games are different from all others and it is very difficult to predict, this is a surprise for this game. Although in different games we can predict in advance, but in NBA games it is not possible. However, if you watch for a long time after the game starts, you will get some guesses about which team will play well, but you cannot completely say which team will win. However, I bet and predict in all other games, but I am not that interested in this game, although the game is interesting.