2024 NBA Season

[Yamifoud]

I'm impressed with Gordon, it was a good decision by the Nuggets to acquire him, ever since he started playing, Nuggets have not loss a single game yet. On this game (Nuggets vs Clippers), Gordon scored 14 points only but had 6 assists and 3 steals, I guess that's good enough and he was really enjoying with how the way he is playing.

[Botnake]

I'm impressed with Gordon, it was a good decision by the Nuggets to acquire him, ever since he started playing, Nuggets have not loss a single game yet. On this game (Nuggets vs Clippers), Gordon scored 14 points only but had 6 assists and 3 steals, I guess that's good enough and he was really enjoying with how the way he is playing.

They really looked improve with him, he is not making points like 20 to 30 points but his contribution in the floor does not destroy the chemistry of a team. I'm sure Nuggets are happy with the result because their expectation has come into reality.

Aaron Gordon, Nuggets believe they can be an upgrade for each other

[danherbias07]

I'm impressed with Gordon, it was a good decision by the Nuggets to acquire him, ever since he started playing, Nuggets have not loss a single game yet. On this game (Nuggets vs Clippers), Gordon scored 14 points only but had 6 assists and 3 steals, I guess that's good enough and he was really enjoying with how the way he is playing.

But that is not his real highlights. Trying to stop Kawhi Leonard was his role and he accomplished it quite well.
It's not an easy task and despite that Leonard (24 points) still keeps on making offensive attacks that is not easy to defend.
In my opinion, they expanded their defensive line now rather than having Gary Harris which is smaller.
Nuggets now have the size and speed to top against any team in defensive strategies.
Their deal to trade Harris is a win to upgrade their roster.

[Kasabus]

I'm impressed with Gordon, it was a good decision by the Nuggets to acquire him, ever since he started playing, Nuggets have not loss a single game yet. On this game (Nuggets vs Clippers), Gordon scored 14 points only but had 6 assists and 3 steals, I guess that's good enough and he was really enjoying with how the way he is playing.

But that is not his real highlights. Trying to stop Kawhi Leonard was his role and he accomplished it quite well.
It's not an easy task and despite that Leonard (24 points) still keeps on making offensive attacks that is not easy to defend.
In my opinion, they expanded their defensive line now rather than having Gary Harris which is smaller.
Nuggets now have the size and speed to top against any team in defensive strategies.
Their deal to trade Harris is a win to upgrade their roster.

I agree, that was really his rule and with his size and quickness, he can guard anyone in the league, I think he can also guard Lebron James. Gordon was a star player in his previous team, but he knows his role with the Nuggets and with his new role, he is not prone to injury as Nuggets are a team that loves everyone to get involve, hence the minutes are properly manage.

[akirasendo17]

I only take the top 10 in the ranking. Liking the Jazz and Nets as they stay consistent, whiel 76ers also have some great performance despite missing Embiid. 

Yeah, I watched the 76ers a lot of times trying to analyze how they can still win the game without Embiid.
There is actually a simple answer. The floor had been spread more unlike last year.

With Danny Green and Seth Curry being a threat in the 3 point field, Harris and Simmons can move freely and attack the paint.
Howard stats is the best product at 18 points and 15 rebounds against the Cavs. This team is for sure a championship contender, better than how they are against the Raptors losing at the lucky shot of Kawhi.

Well, the Sixers could've a shot at the NBA finals this year If the Nets didn't modified their roster into a more stronger line up.
They (Sixers) have a good player rotation even If Embid misses a few games and I was ready betting at them all the way to the ECF. Everything's changed when the Nets are obviously trying to have an easy way to get a ring.
Anyway, the Bucks, Heat, and the Sixers have still their shot at defeating the very stacked Nets team.
This season isn't a good season by the way, because of the injuries.

I agree I want to see the nets go through a 7 game series, if it's going to be a sweep every series then its safe to say that no team can beat them in the east and can also walk out the finals champion, but with the west being so loaded will be more challenging to them, but if the sixers are healthy they are the only team that can stop the nets, I want healthy nets and opponent for them so there will be no excuses, although they have higher chances now to win it all.
It looks like Nets are the most favored team now to win, no team can beat them in the East, and even the current Lakers line up, people still think that a healthy Nets will dominate them. I hope they are wrong, I like to see a good match up in the East and the West and does not like the Nets to dominate in the East, at least take it to game 6 or 7.

[Spack17]

NBA power ranking report.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/powerrankings/

*Keep in mind that our Power Rankings are based on the team's performance the previous week, not the entire season.

1, Nets
2. Jazz
3. Bucks
4. Clippers
5. 76ers
6. Suns
7. Nuggets
8. Trail Blazers
9. LA Lakers
10. Mavericks.

I only take the top 10 in the ranking. Liking the Jazz and Nets as they stay consistent, whiel 76ers also have some great performance despite missing Embiid. 

Nets have been great for many weeks that's for sure. LA Lakers have been playing without Lebron for some time and it affects them really badly. Jazz actually have the best form in the recent times as they have a 7-win streak which is really awesome.

[el kaka22]

I think Nets are having the wildest of years and they are definitely going to be doing great in the near future as well but the fact is that they are just way too newly gathered and they are a bit on the older side and they have a coach that is brand new to the work and they lack chemistry for now (even if you think it is good, it can get better) and they have too many people keep missing games constantly.

All of these together do not mean anything when they are on playoffs and all players plays, but if that is not the case and they are doing fine that means it will be good, but if they are like this again and they keep missing stuff that will be a lot worse for them. Injuries can make a team or break a team, it even works for opponents, Toronto Raptors managed to get a ring only because Warriors had many injuries, so it was obvious that injuries mean a lot.

[Dave1]

I only take the top 10 in the ranking. Liking the Jazz and Nets as they stay consistent, whiel 76ers also have some great performance despite missing Embiid. 

Yeah, I watched the 76ers a lot of times trying to analyze how they can still win the game without Embiid.
There is actually a simple answer. The floor had been spread more unlike last year.

With Danny Green and Seth Curry being a threat in the 3 point field, Harris and Simmons can move freely and attack the paint.
Howard stats is the best product at 18 points and 15 rebounds against the Cavs. This team is for sure a championship contender, better than how they are against the Raptors losing at the lucky shot of Kawhi.

Well, the Sixers could've a shot at the NBA finals this year If the Nets didn't modified their roster into a more stronger line up.
They (Sixers) have a good player rotation even If Embid misses a few games and I was ready betting at them all the way to the ECF. Everything's changed when the Nets are obviously trying to have an easy way to get a ring.
Anyway, the Bucks, Heat, and the Sixers have still their shot at defeating the very stacked Nets team.
This season isn't a good season by the way, because of the injuries.

They can still be beaten though, good defense still win games in the NBA, so if the Bucks, Sixers or Miami Heat can pla solid defense for the whole 48 hours, they still have a shot at the stacked Nets team.

But if there is a team that can beat the Nets, I think it will be Sixers, that is, if they can get Joel play again 100%. It's 1-1, Nets win the first game against the Sixers, but then Sixers come back strong in their second match.

[Questat]

I only take the top 10 in the ranking. Liking the Jazz and Nets as they stay consistent, whiel 76ers also have some great performance despite missing Embiid. 

Yeah, I watched the 76ers a lot of times trying to analyze how they can still win the game without Embiid.
There is actually a simple answer. The floor had been spread more unlike last year.

With Danny Green and Seth Curry being a threat in the 3 point field, Harris and Simmons can move freely and attack the paint.
Howard stats is the best product at 18 points and 15 rebounds against the Cavs. This team is for sure a championship contender, better than how they are against the Raptors losing at the lucky shot of Kawhi.

Well, the Sixers could've a shot at the NBA finals this year If the Nets didn't modified their roster into a more stronger line up.
They (Sixers) have a good player rotation even If Embid misses a few games and I was ready betting at them all the way to the ECF. Everything's changed when the Nets are obviously trying to have an easy way to get a ring.
Anyway, the Bucks, Heat, and the Sixers have still their shot at defeating the very stacked Nets team.
This season isn't a good season by the way, because of the injuries.

They can still be beaten though, good defense still win games in the NBA, so if the Bucks, Sixers or Miami Heat can pla solid defense for the whole 48 hours, they still have a shot at the stacked Nets team.

But if there is a team that can beat the Nets, I think it will be Sixers, that is, if they can get Joel play again 100%. It's 1-1, Nets win the first game against the Sixers, but then Sixers come back strong in their second match.

The problem is Sixers tank during playoffs, I hope they'll improve now, and they can't just rely on Embiid while the Nets had everyone on the floor who can score and contribute for the team to win. What if they can limit Embiid, where would the Sixers get their offense?

[blockman]

NBA power ranking report.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/powerrankings/

*Keep in mind that our Power Rankings are based on the team's performance the previous week, not the entire season.

1, Nets
2. Jazz
3. Bucks
4. Clippers
5. 76ers
6. Suns
7. Nuggets
8. Trail Blazers
9. LA Lakers
10. Mavericks.

I only take the top 10 in the ranking. Liking the Jazz and Nets as they stay consistent, whiel 76ers also have some great performance despite missing Embiid. 

Just because of Lebron having some injury, the stat made became lower for the Lakers. No doubt about the Nets and the Jazz.
There's no question on them being at the top. I think that list is fair enough if we're going to look at their matches and stats.

[Russlenat]

NBA power ranking report.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/powerrankings/

*Keep in mind that our Power Rankings are based on the team's performance the previous week, not the entire season.

1, Nets
2. Jazz
3. Bucks
4. Clippers
5. 76ers
6. Suns
7. Nuggets
8. Trail Blazers
9. LA Lakers
10. Mavericks.

I only take the top 10 in the ranking. Liking the Jazz and Nets as they stay consistent, whiel 76ers also have some great performance despite missing Embiid. 

Just because of Lebron having some injury, the stat made became lower for the Lakers. No doubt about the Nets and the Jazz.
There's no question on them being at the top. I think that list is fair enough if we're going to look at their matches and stats.

That's a weekly report, that could change next week or the succeeding weeks, but one thing is sure, as long as no injury in a certain team, they will not easily slide down on ranking, Nets is already consistent despite of some injury but Bucks and Jazz will remain consistent in the following weeks.

BTW, let's look at the Nuggets, they are in win streak now and Gordon is a big piece of their success.

[Oasisman]

I will never count out LeBron, but he’s gonna need to do something special to take down this Nets team. Aldridge went off in his debut tonight with a nice little streak early on. His teammates were stoked. If he’s playing like this and Durant comes back healthy, they’re the best team ever.

https://youtu.be/_zXyICNVgOk

9reb/6ast/11pts, indeed a good  Nets debut from Aldridge.
I wouldn't call them the best team in the NBA yet until they never win a chip. Though looking at their résumé they're indeed the best line up in the NBA.
On the other hand LeBron and the Lakers would probably do something about it and one of the plan is to acquire Drummond, which eventually happened. Trade deadline is up and the least the Laker team could do is to heal up 100% and get back to business and they should re-acquire the title as the best defensive team in the NBA.

[dwyane36]

I think Nets are having the wildest of years and they are definitely going to be doing great in the near future as well but the fact is that they are just way too newly gathered and they are a bit on the older side and they have a coach that is brand new to the work and they lack chemistry for now (even if you think it is good, it can get better) and they have too many people keep missing games constantly.

I agree that Nash is still a newbie as a coach, and he probably has difficulties managing such all-star players, but he has an experienced mentor in the person of D'antoni. By the way, the Nets' chemistry is looking much better than it was at the beginning of this season.

[LogitechMouse]

I think Nets are having the wildest of years and they are definitely going to be doing great in the near future as well but the fact is that they are just way too newly gathered and they are a bit on the older side and they have a coach that is brand new to the work and they lack chemistry for now (even if you think it is good, it can get better) and they have too many people keep missing games constantly.

With all of the problems they are facing right now, they managed to get the top 3 spot as of this moment.

A brand new coach?? Maybe but lets not underestimate Coach Steve Nash. Yes he is just a new coach and now he is coaching a bunch of an superstar players and has a 41 total all-star appearances but we are seeing that he is capable of coaching them right? Chemistry is the one that they are lacking probably but that will change overtime the next games go by. The acquisition of these all star players put them as a candidate for winning the championship alongside Lakers. These might be their wildest year because of their new roster but if they will stay healthy in the next years and will stay intact, A back-to-back championship for them might happen.
I'm just browsing the social media minutes after and I just saw the Raptors-Warriors game and.. I don't know if I'm the only one who is shocked for a few seconds and browsed it and the lead is 58 as of this moment 128-70 with 3 minutes remaining. A quick search in Google and the Largest deficit that the Warriors got is 63 against the Los Angeles Lakers’ 1971-1972 and they might broke it today. Curry and Green didn't play though .

[gagux123]

Any updates on Harden's injury?

I am saddened about what happened, I confess that lately he was playing well.

I think this is one of the main obstacles for you to have several all-star players in your team, if a player gets hurt, the team misses him, so I think it's interesting the team have good reserves to compensate that player's is injured

[danherbias07]

Any updates on Harden's injury?

I am saddened about what happened, I confess that lately he was playing well.

I think this is one of the main obstacles for you to have several all-star players in your team, if a player gets hurt, the team misses him, so I think it's interesting the team have good reserves to compensate that player's is injured

There's a benefit also with superstars playing with roleplayers.
They are learning more on skills and strategies of how this players move. a possibility of applying it in game is high.

James Harden - hamstring tightness.

Harden (hamstring) underwent an MRI on Thursday and it came back clean, Kristian Winfield of the New York Daily News reports.

It's good news for Harden as it doesn't look as if he'll have to miss too many more games, if any, due to tightness in his right hamstring. Coach Steve Nash said Harden is feeling "pretty good," which is another indicator that the injury isn't too serious. The team's next game comes Sunday at Chicago, so it's conceivable that Harden could return for that one.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/players/playerpage/1685255/james-harden

I won't worry much about their performance. They are still packed with good players that would fill Harden's role.

[carlisle1]

I think Nets are having the wildest of years and they are definitely going to be doing great in the near future as well but the fact is that they are just way too newly gathered and they are a bit on the older side and they have a coach that is brand new to the work and they lack chemistry for now (even if you think it is good, it can get better) and they have too many people keep missing games constantly.

I agree that Nash is still a newbie as a coach, and he probably has difficulties managing such all-star players, but he has an experienced mentor in the person of D'antoni. By the way, the Nets' chemistry is looking much better than it was at the beginning of this season.

He have someone behind him, and it's really good because they respect each other.

He might be new but the experienced playing and with a good mentor behind we are seeing the results of this newly formed super team.
They are performing and they are really enjoying each games that they have.

More are expecting them to reach the finals, too early but with this kind of performances they are slowly moving upwards.

[mezzaluna]

I only take the top 10 in the ranking. Liking the Jazz and Nets as they stay consistent, whiel 76ers also have some great performance despite missing Embiid. 

Yeah, I watched the 76ers a lot of times trying to analyze how they can still win the game without Embiid.
There is actually a simple answer. The floor had been spread more unlike last year.

With Danny Green and Seth Curry being a threat in the 3 point field, Harris and Simmons can move freely and attack the paint.
Howard stats is the best product at 18 points and 15 rebounds against the Cavs. This team is for sure a championship contender, better than how they are against the Raptors losing at the lucky shot of Kawhi.

Well, the Sixers could've a shot at the NBA finals this year If the Nets didn't modified their roster into a more stronger line up.
They (Sixers) have a good player rotation even If Embid misses a few games and I was ready betting at them all the way to the ECF. Everything's changed when the Nets are obviously trying to have an easy way to get a ring.
Anyway, the Bucks, Heat, and the Sixers have still their shot at defeating the very stacked Nets team.
This season isn't a good season by the way, because of the injuries.

Its really sad to see lot of injuries. On the other hand, Nets and Sixers will probably go head to head in the playoffs at some point because they are really doing well in their games currently and we must hope that there would be no more casualty of injuries. Nets really wants that Chip and its surprising that they have got the line up that can do it. We must expect the return of Durant and Kyrie to be normal because seeing Durant recovering from his injuries just tells us that he is still a great player. He can still deliver a better performance since he is not scared of getting injury.

[TravelMug]

I think Nets are having the wildest of years and they are definitely going to be doing great in the near future as well but the fact is that they are just way too newly gathered and they are a bit on the older side and they have a coach that is brand new to the work and they lack chemistry for now (even if you think it is good, it can get better) and they have too many people keep missing games constantly.

With all of the problems they are facing right now, they managed to get the top 3 spot as of this moment.

A brand new coach?? Maybe but lets not underestimate Coach Steve Nash. Yes he is just a new coach and now he is coaching a bunch of an superstar players and has a 41 total all-star appearances but we are seeing that he is capable of coaching them right? Chemistry is the one that they are lacking probably but that will change overtime the next games go by. The acquisition of these all star players put them as a candidate for winning the championship alongside Lakers. These might be their wildest year because of their new roster but if they will stay healthy in the next years and will stay intact, A back-to-back championship for them might happen.
I'm just browsing the social media minutes after and I just saw the Raptors-Warriors game and.. I don't know if I'm the only one who is shocked for a few seconds and browsed it and the lead is 58 as of this moment 128-70 with 3 minutes remaining. A quick search in Google and the Largest deficit that the Warriors got is 63 against the Los Angeles Lakers’ 1971-1972 and they might broke it today. Curry and Green didn't play though .

Yeah, I bet on Warriors ML, only to realised that Curry and Green are not going to play, ouch!!

And I have seen that from the first quarters, the Warriors will be losing the game. But I didn't think that Toronto will build such a lead more than 50++.

For Harden's injury, it will be treated as day-to-day basis. His been playing MVP levels for the Nets, so the team has to readjust their rotation again.

[Fredomago]

Yeah, I bet on Warriors ML, only to realised that Curry and Green are not going to play, ouch!!

That's really Ouch!! only to  realized when the game started that the key players are not there to support the
entire team, the very reason I always bet on the live event (personal opinion)

And I have seen that from the first quarters, the Warriors will be losing the game. But I didn't think that Toronto will build such a lead more than 50++.

Toronto  take the advantage and they surely deal with it without any questions, putting 53 points to conclude the game that's really wild.

For Harden's injury, it will be treated as day-to-day basis. His been playing MVP levels for the Nets, so the team has to readjust their rotation again.

They will, besides they've got more stars to cover him, the rotations will be adjusted we are going to expect more on Kyrie
to bring extra efforts while working with any available teammates inside the court.