2024 NBA Season

[matchi2011]

IN this game, I like the Mavericks and Doncic again... another triple double for him. 35 points 11 assist and 10 rebounds, and playing only 25 minutes.

How was that?

Really amazing. For that short period he already have this numbers. Luka is almost everywhere hope to have more healthy seasons for him,
He added lots of excitement to this league and carrying the team to have more fans to like them.

Pretty face with really good basketball skills. What more more to ask for this kid..

[Oasisman]

O oh! Not a good start for Melo. Shooting 4/14 in the field , turn overs and 2 offensive fouls and a big L. It seems that he's still lost, he had a couple of bad shooting selections, putting too much body causing less control with shooting the ball.
I hope he really works out for the Blazers. An off night on the debut leaves a bad impression to the fans.

Of course he can't perform well since it's his first game since the start of the season. Although he's on a bad start, I think he can come back in this loss and maybe become better as the season goes by.

I can somehow consider it, but the fact that he frequently hit the gym while he was out from the NBA, he should've done better than that. I mean I was expecting a lot from him, he was an allstar and a future hall of famer. I really hope he's going to be okay this season with the Blazers, because if his not, Blazers might not guarantee his contract.

[Jating]

Miami Heat, 75 points at halftime. The projection for their final score maybe 140+. It's one of the highest record scores for the franchise prior to halftime. Just a 15 point short to the Houston Rockers who established 90 points in the first half during 2017.

Next to this tonight is the Dallas Mavericks scored 74 points in the half time and they end up with 142 points int he full game.
Heat had a high scoring first half but ended only 124 points, way below your prediction.

IN this game, I like the Mavericks and Doncic again... another triple double for him. 35 points 11 assist and 10 rebounds, and playing only 25 minutes.

How was that?

Dallas Mavericks destroys a hapless GSW 142-94, that's 48 point lost and I think this is one of the worst franchise lost for Golden State. As usual, Doncic put up a spectacular show here 33 point just in the first half.

The East has the history of playing good defense in the NBA, with teams such as New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons, Bulls and Indiana Pacers. But it looks like time has change, three points and no or pretty decent defense that's why we have high scoring games today. But I'm sure as we gets closer to the playoffs, defense will be the key to win games.

[Ranly123]

Miami Heat, 75 points at halftime. The projection for their final score maybe 140+. It's one of the highest record scores for the franchise prior to halftime. Just a 15 point short to the Houston Rockers who established 90 points in the first half during 2017.

Next to this tonight is the Dallas Mavericks scored 74 points in the half time and they end up with 142 points int he full game.
Heat had a high scoring first half but ended only 124 points, way below your prediction.

IN this game, I like the Mavericks and Doncic again... another triple double for him. 35 points 11 assist and 10 rebounds, and playing only 25 minutes.

How was that?

Really Duncic is phenomenal in this era of basketball. His touches on the offensive end is incomparable and the one two combo of Mavericks in Duncic and Porzingis is considerably deadly to any team this season.

[Rikafip]

It is really weird to see Golden State Warriors being trashed like this, after years of dominance. At least they will have solid chances to get nr1 pick in the next draft. With a bit of luck  and healthy team,   they might be contenders again next year.

With that being said, does anyone follow next year draft prospects, it it expected to be good year?

[bisdak40]

It is really weird to see Golden State Warriors being trashed like this, after years of dominance. At least they will have solid chances to get nr1 pick in the next draft. With a bit of luck  and healthy team,   they might be contenders again next year.

With key players out with injuries, this is expected of them but definitely they bounce back next season. This may be a good opportunity for them to get the no.1 pick in the draft that could boost their roster next year. One thing is for sure, they will be contender next season, no doubt about that.

[Ranly123]

It is really weird to see Golden State Warriors being trashed like this, after years of dominance. At least they will have solid chances to get nr1 pick in the next draft. With a bit of luck  and healthy team,   they might be contenders again next year.

With that being said, does anyone follow next year draft prospects, it it expected to be good year?

They weakened since their top scorers are out because of injury. It seems embarrassing for the warriors to be this weak even with Draymond Green as their focal point in the offense and defense. I think they should give up this early and scout for top prospect for the up coming drafting.

[Questat]

It is really weird to see Golden State Warriors being trashed like this, after years of dominance. At least they will have solid chances to get nr1 pick in the next draft. With a bit of luck  and healthy team,   they might be contenders again next year.

With that being said, does anyone follow next year draft prospects, it it expected to be good year?

They weakened since their top scorers are out because of injury. It seems embarrassing for the warriors to be this weak even with Draymond Green as their focal point in the offense and defense. I think they should give up this early and scout for top prospect for the up coming drafting.

There is no reason that the team will be embarrass on their struggle now because the fans will understand, curry, and Thompson are injured, what can we expect on the current warriors line up. Literally, the starters are actually injured.

Russell was injured https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/dangelo-russell-injury-update-warriors-guard-out-at-least-two-weeks-with-sprained-right-thumb/
Green's update https://www.rotoworld.com/basketball/nba/player/29835/draymond-green

[Rikafip]

It is really weird to see Golden State Warriors being trashed like this, after years of dominance. At least they will have solid chances to get nr1 pick in the next draft. With a bit of luck  and healthy team,   they might be contenders again next year.

With that being said, does anyone follow next year draft prospects, it it expected to be good year?

They weakened since their top scorers are out because of injury. It seems embarrassing for the warriors to be this weak even with Draymond Green as their focal point in the offense and defense. I think they should give up this early and scout for top prospect for the up coming drafting.

As @Questat said, i don't think that this is embarrassing, this is simply reality due all those injuries and everyone is aware of that. I just said that it it still feels a bit weird to see these kind of results, as we all got used to strong GSW.
They indeed already gave up this season, even Curry said that he won't be back at all this  season, as there is no point to rush back. It is better to properly heal, relax, and get ready for the  next season.

[Reid]

Is it really adaption which we are seeing or is it just because he is being surrounded by superstars?

Yeah! He adapt. Look at his present physique and compare it into his prime days, there's a big differenece right? He change his body because he knew that O'Neal kind of Centers (huge but slow) are out — versatile Centers are in today. Those players do not only protects along the paint but also fast, has a good perimeter range and in some cases some of them know how to shoot 3's . Don't get me wrong, I know that being in an All Star team like Lakers is a significant factor to be considered why Howard seems strong but still the majority of his improvements are due to his hardwork of cours.

No, his present physical attribute had been the same since he was in Orlando, actually he is slower now because of age.
It is just that he has more will power now because of the critics (specially O'Neal) who made fun of him because of his comic moves.
Also I would mention his minutes now. If he still had the same energy then he would still be playing 34 minutes. But that is not the case, he is playing
20 MPG now.

We are the problem, not him. But he does not know that. He thinks he is the problem. He should just play the game.

You have a point mate but do you really think Melo got no problem at all? I don't think so. Okay let's disregard first the critics from the crowd. Melo did a 4/14 FG, turnovers and 2 offensive fouls (according to the post above). See? He is inefficient at the moment, so I think it is fair to conclude that he served more of a burden rather a relief for their team.

He had problems. I didn't say he didn't. Mentioned here before about his locker room problems against his team mates.
I don't think that he is still doing that by now for preservation of his career.
Now about his stats, the dude just got back from all those different ruckus about him.
Maybe next time, he won't be a burden anymore.

[Finestream]

Miami Heat, 75 points at halftime. The projection for their final score maybe 140+. It's one of the highest record scores for the franchise prior to halftime. Just a 15 point short to the Houston Rockers who established 90 points in the first half during 2017.

Next to this tonight is the Dallas Mavericks scored 74 points in the half time and they end up with 142 points int he full game.
Heat had a high scoring first half but ended only 124 points, way below your prediction.

IN this game, I like the Mavericks and Doncic again... another triple double for him. 35 points 11 assist and 10 rebounds, and playing only 25 minutes.

How was that?

Really Duncic is phenomenal in this era of basketball. His touches on the offensive end is incomparable and the one two combo of Mavericks in Duncic and Porzingis is considerably deadly to any team this season.

Dallas is rank 12 in power ranking - https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28100085/nba-power-rankings-week-5-houston-surges-top-3-golden-state-hits-rock-bottom

and no. 5 in the standing in the west, https://www.nba.com/standings.. so definitely we can say that this team is really competing and improving at the same time.  They are one of the hottest team now with 3 winning streak, and in these wins, Doncic was really outstanding.

There next opponent is Cleveland Cavaliers and they will be playing at home, I guess I will count this to 4 winning streak already.

[jakelyson]

It is really weird to see Golden State Warriors being trashed like this, after years of dominance. At least they will have solid chances to get nr1 pick in the next draft. With a bit of luck  and healthy team,   they might be contenders again next year.

With that being said, does anyone follow next year draft prospects, it it expected to be good year?

It will be weird if they are full cast and healthy and got trashed. But with the current injury-riddled state of GSW fighting a good caliber team, it is forgivable. They'll regroup next year when their stars are healthy. This year, they can give all the exposure and court experience their bench and rookie players can have.

[danherbias07]

It is really weird to see Golden State Warriors being trashed like this, after years of dominance. At least they will have solid chances to get nr1 pick in the next draft. With a bit of luck  and healthy team,   they might be contenders again next year.

With that being said, does anyone follow next year draft prospects, it it expected to be good year?

There is still trading which will happen December 15. I bet the rosters will be more confusing. Prepare editing your NBA Live games. 
About the GSW though. It is much weirder not seeing the superstars play and it doesn't look like GSW anymore.
New names are playing and the chemistry is not there yet.
Yes, maybe next year will be their come back for some winning streaks.

Curry was all healthy before NBA starts and yet accidents happen.

[sana54210]

What makes Doncis such a weird enigma is that his defense is not horrible neither. Now we have seen a ton of players who are amazing on offensive end but some of them don't even work that hard on defense, Lebron didn't even cared about defense in the previous couple years (he does now) Doncic is not a black hole on defense tho, that is a great deal for him.

People being shocked about Doncic always gives me a laugh, this kid was always great, I watched him since he was 15-16 years old and I watched him on euroleague as well and was there when he got the MVP trophy too, dude was magical and I expected him to be this great easily. However, I could have been wrong, I thought Ricky Rubio would have been a super star in NBA as well but he is just a good player, not a star.

[Harlot]

It is really weird to see Golden State Warriors being trashed like this, after years of dominance. At least they will have solid chances to get nr1 pick in the next draft. With a bit of luck  and healthy team,   they might be contenders again next year.

With that being said, does anyone follow next year draft prospects, it it expected to be good year?

I think they are literally doing this on purpose just to get a higher chance of getting the first pick. First of all seeing their stars injured like this as well with a very long time frame for their recovery is something to be suspicious off Curry, Draymond, and Russell are all gone and they really have the worst roster right now to win some games. Another point is that one of their healthy players which is DLo (injured as of the moment) is on the trading block to lure in some draft picks or some key pieces its obvious that they are really preparing more for the next season rather than win some games this season.

[bestcoins1]

OMG! Luca Doncic! what a fantastic player! in his Maverick victory against Warriors today he scored 35 points! here it is another very tough match for Warriors looks right GSW game worsened due to the effect left by the players who are still injured

[rosezionjohn]

This is a bit of an old news but I'm surprised no one has talked about Pau Gasol being waived by the Blazers. The reason was that he's recovery from surgery seems to be longer than expected. They are currently looking at a possibility of giving him a coaching role instead while recovering in Portland.

It's probably a good call by the team and for Pau to retire. He's already accomplished a lot when he was a Laker.

[wheelz1200]

[snip]

Again, let's do the talk after several games. Their next game is against the Milwaukee Bucks. One of the tough teams in the league that needed a serious approach in terms of defense. Let's see how Melo will deal on this.

Okay, let's see his next performance. I really hope *crossing my fingers Melo could add more points to his team for their upcoming match against Greek Freak's team which is also one of the strong teams in Eastern. Honestly, this would be a tough one and I have a gut feel (just a gut feel so don't be triggered again, chill ) that he won't get a better result not only because of strong opponents but also due to homecourt disadvantage. It seems that everything is in favor of Bucks this time so Blazers should definitely make extra efforts if they want to win .

Lol okay he has 24 minutes of game time under his belt now we can see this game and base the decision if he is worth it or not.  Good thing you arent a gm, as previously said all the starters sucked.  Would you boot them all off the team too now.  And they had 10 games to play plus preseason plus training plus, etc etc.  Everyone just needs to chill.

[Golftech]

This is a bit of an old news but I'm surprised no one has talked about Pau Gasol being waived by the Blazers. The reason was that he's recovery from surgery seems to be longer than expected. They are currently looking at a possibility of giving him a coaching role instead while recovering in Portland.

It's probably a good call by the team and for Pau to retire. He's already accomplished a lot when he was a Laker.

Giving him spot inside the coaching role is a good call instead of trying to recover and play back, he already proven he's worth he should give his spot to another players who can help the team. Considering the performance of Blazers even after adding Melo they need another quality player to help them up and make a good impact to the team. The team barely need to have good adjustment to whoever player to fill the position.

[carlfebz2]

Just to post the current season standings.


Seems like hardcore fans of GSW is too quiet now.