2024 NBA Season

[Russlenat]

2 times Giannis won as the regular season MVP, 2 times he was exposed as well. Bucks are the same team, so most probably they will also not advance in the Finals or even in the ECF. I have no expectation on the bucks anymore, instead aside from nets, I like the 76ers to advance.

Everyone had high expectations for them in the NBA playoffs but they cannot do things as usual because the game in the playoffs is not the same anymore. If you watch more carefully teams that are playing in the playoff not really allowed to give one basket easily. As if they playing for championship games already. This is the game the Bucks are missing because they don't adjust their games when it comes to playoffs. especially after getting one step closer to their conference finals.

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It's a best of 7 series so its expected that adjustment will happen as its necessary, players will not adjust if there's no order from the coaching stuff, thereore it's the coachin stuff is at fault here beause Bucks are winning and looks very dominant in the regular season but in the playoffs they struggle or choke, and the worst thing is that it's consecutive playoffs where they still fail to advance, they even got almost swept by the Heat last playoffs.

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[ChiBitCTy]

I know I'm a little late on this, but I am curious what you guys thought of the huge Bulls trade getting Nikola Vucevic and sending of a couple first rounders to the Magic for him.  As a life long Bulls fan, I am personally just happy that they are making moves and not trying to sit on players they plan to "develop" for years on end that never end up panning out.  I am pumped that we finally have what seems to be a competent management team..finally ( Gar/Pax were a nightmare).

This depends on their performance, and so far, I think Bulls are impoving and Nikola Vucevic seemed fit playing with the Bulls type of play.  Actually I'm happy they won their last 2 games, and they are slowly going up to playoff standing. Current rank at number 10, if they'll maintain that, they have a chance to fight for a playoff spot.

Yeah they certainly have started to play a bit better of late and they aren't too far out for a playoff spot.  The Bulls have been in "purgatory" for so many years, making the playoffs or just missing, which only hurt their chances of getting a better draft pick position, but now that they have two all stars, I think they certainly have a better chance of continuing to build on a playoff run even if they are booted out in round 1. 

[mezzaluna]

2 times Giannis won as the regular season MVP, 2 times he was exposed as well. Bucks are the same team, so most probably they will also not advance in the Finals or even in the ECF. I have no expectation on the bucks anymore, instead aside from nets, I like the 76ers to advance.

Everyone had high expectations for them in the NBA playoffs but they cannot do things as usual because the game in the playoffs is not the same anymore. If you watch more carefully teams that are playing in the playoff not really allowed to give one basket easily. As if they playing for championship games already. This is the game the Bucks are missing because they don't adjust their games when it comes to playoffs. especially after getting one step closer to their conference finals.

That is true because they will not just be playing to win to create a better standing within the season but its already the matches on how they can win the Championship. Being in the playoffs would include a lot of mental strength against the opponents because they will be facing each other up to 7 matches. Giannis and the Bucks is surely facing this problem specially when we are seeing them winning this Best of 7's against other teams. Some of Giannis's teammates does not have the mentality to play likes its always the last minute and that really shows a lot of mistakes but they know that "whats done is done" so lets just hope for them to finally reach the Finals this season.

[carlisle1]

2 times Giannis won as the regular season MVP, 2 times he was exposed as well. Bucks are the same team, so most probably they will also not advance in the Finals or even in the ECF. I have no expectation on the bucks anymore, instead aside from nets, I like the 76ers to advance.

I still consider Bucks as a good team. But that's it, the other teams are having better stats and that's no lie because stats don't lie. The most favorites are those at the top 1 and 2 for both conferences including the Lakers. There's also the good team of Clippers. Well, there's a lot of those teams to expect play good as they goes to the playoffs.

Playoffs will unmasked those teams who truly deserve their position, first round is just nothing as everything will be push hard when

it comes to playoffs, I still like to see how Bucks will adjust competing with both Nets and Sixers, this two hot teams got a much deeper squad and they are really showing how good they are right now.

ECF might be interesting if upset might happened, Oh well everything still possible.

[el kaka22]

Nets are seen as the best team in the league by way too many people. I end up thinking have you guys never watched NBA before to talk so sure about everything. In NBA we have seen Warriors having the best team ever for 2 seasons, first one was 73 win one and lost to Cavs in the finals, and another one when Toronto became champions because injuries prevented Warriors to win it.

Now we are talking about Nets like they are so surely the winners of the league when they had so many players missing all the time. What if playoffs comes and Irving gets injured? Maybe Durant goes down with him? What if Harden misses games? I mean we should not be talking so surely about Nets winning the league like it is guaranteed. Nobody could have guessed a Miami finals last year neither, they talked about Bucks and Sixers and so forth like they were the best but Miami showed up. We should not put any team over another when it is playoffs.

[blockman]

2 times Giannis won as the regular season MVP, 2 times he was exposed as well. Bucks are the same team, so most probably they will also not advance in the Finals or even in the ECF. I have no expectation on the bucks anymore, instead aside from nets, I like the 76ers to advance.

I still consider Bucks as a good team. But that's it, the other teams are having better stats and that's no lie because stats don't lie. The most favorites are those at the top 1 and 2 for both conferences including the Lakers. There's also the good team of Clippers. Well, there's a lot of those teams to expect play good as they goes to the playoffs.

Playoffs will unmasked those teams who truly deserve their position, first round is just nothing as everything will be push hard when

it comes to playoffs, I still like to see how Bucks will adjust competing with both Nets and Sixers, this two hot teams got a much deeper squad and they are really showing how good they are right now.

ECF might be interesting if upset might happened, Oh well everything still possible.

There really will be some upset that we might see, there's always some twist that happens every season and that's for sure. Every team that has been good at the start will always rake and won't have any problem from coping up the standings and they're working hard to get into the playoffs. We don't believe anymore that the best teams are always at the bottom and going up from the top when the deadline is about to end or nearly over. We'll soon see a filter and only those best shall remain.

[Fredomago]

Nets are seen as the best team in the league by way too many people. I end up thinking have you guys never watched NBA before to talk so sure about everything. In NBA we have seen Warriors having the best team ever for 2 seasons, first one was 73 win one and lost to Cavs in the finals, and another one when Toronto became champions because injuries prevented Warriors to win it.

Now we are talking about Nets like they are so surely the winners of the league when they had so many players missing all the time. What if playoffs comes and Irving gets injured? Maybe Durant goes down with him? What if Harden misses games? I mean we should not be talking so surely about Nets winning the league like it is guaranteed. Nobody could have guessed a Miami finals last year neither, they talked about Bucks and Sixers and so forth like they were the best but Miami showed up. We should not put any team over another when it is playoffs.

Good point as that thing already happened with the warriors way back, expecting for a sweet grand-slam but ends up losing
with Kawhai leading Raptors..

We can't assure anything as there are injuries that might happened along the way, it can only decide  when the finals end, and the team was crown as a tittle champ!

But, in anyhow if both Lakers and Nets have their healthy squad, meeting in the finals are very possible and no doubts fans
will surely love this.

[Spack17]

Nets are seen as the best team in the league by way too many people. I end up thinking have you guys never watched NBA before to talk so sure about everything. In NBA we have seen Warriors having the best team ever for 2 seasons, first one was 73 win one and lost to Cavs in the finals, and another one when Toronto became champions because injuries prevented Warriors to win it.

Now we are talking about Nets like they are so surely the winners of the league when they had so many players missing all the time. What if playoffs comes and Irving gets injured? Maybe Durant goes down with him? What if Harden misses games? I mean we should not be talking so surely about Nets winning the league like it is guaranteed. Nobody could have guessed a Miami finals last year neither, they talked about Bucks and Sixers and so forth like they were the best but Miami showed up. We should not put any team over another when it is playoffs.

There is nothing for certain. Nets are really doing great but if one or two of the KD - Harden - Irving trio gets injured, they can have a really tough time. But when they are all together, it's really like they are unstoppable. They are one of the biggest favourites for the championship with Lakers. We'll see what's gonna happen in playoffs.

[chaser15]

Nets are seen as the best team in the league by way too many people. I end up thinking have you guys never watched NBA before to talk so sure about everything.

Sounds like an NBA pro analyst lol. Of course, people will think of the Nets as the best team in the league for an obvious reason.

The injury you are talking about is just another advanced speculation.

We can counter your statement with another what if, which is the other way around - what if no injury will happen? Just wait for the Playoffs to Finals as no one knows here, even the top analyst, what will happen in the future.

[Natalim]

Nets are seen as the best team in the league by way too many people. I end up thinking have you guys never watched NBA before to talk so sure about everything.

Sounds like an NBA pro analyst lol. Of course, people will think of the Nets as the best team in the league for an obvious reason.

The injury you are talking about is just another advanced speculation.

We can counter your statement with another what if, which is the other way around - what if no injury will happen? Just wait for the Playoffs to Finals as no one knows here, even the top analyst, what will happen in the future.

Injury is possible but at least we've seen the nets playing without a one or two of their star player and they are still winning, that's their advantage because they have 3 star players and if one is down, they are still a good team. We've seen the win streak of the Nets when Durant was still resting due to injury, I guess that's enough to prove that even Harden and Irving could carry this team.

[Maslate]

Memphis at New York

This is an exciting game, we have some Knicks fans here, maybe you guys can give your opinion regarding this game, do you think Knicks could win against  the Memphis who won 4 straiht already. Knicks has a decent home record with 14-10 while Memphis got 14-9 on the road.

[Sanitough]

Memphis at New York

This is an exciting game, we have some Knicks fans here, maybe you guys can give your opinion regarding this game, do you think Knicks could win against  the Memphis who won 4 straiht already. Knicks has a decent home record with 14-10 while Memphis got 14-9 on the road.

I'm betting on the Kncks here, they are the underdog because Memphis was really doing good in the past few games, but they are at home and they need a win here, so probably if this is going to be like a close game, Knicks will have the advantage as they are more hungry for the win to break the losing streak.

With taht record, I think the road record is more impressive than the home record because it's not easy to win on the road, but that doesnt' change my stand for this game, I'm still with the NYK. 

[agustina2]

We can counter your statement with another what if, which is the other way around - what if no injury will happen? Just wait for the Playoffs to Finals as no one knows here, even the top analyst, what will happen in the future.

Correct and I agree. Also like to support the next reply after that post which is, even KD or Durant aren't playing, the Nets are still intact.

There are only a few games overall where their 3 main superstars played together but the Nets still have a great winning percentage. We can't blame the people if they are looking for the Nets as an unstoppable team right now in the NBA.

[Viscore]

We can counter your statement with another what if, which is the other way around - what if no injury will happen? Just wait for the Playoffs to Finals as no one knows here, even the top analyst, what will happen in the future.

Correct and I agree. Also like to support the next reply after that post which is, even KD or Durant aren't playing, the Nets are still intact.

There are only a few games overall where their 3 main superstars played together but the Nets still have a great winning percentage. We can't blame the people if they are looking for the Nets as an unstoppable team right now in the NBA.

They become more unstoppable when they sign LA and Griffin, these are big contributors to the team especially in the playoffs as they both have the experience, and I'm sure with the current line up, they will be more confident on playing as they see their team as the best team now, also, if they ever think of making a revenge against Lebron, this is the best time.

[OgNasty]

Nets are seen as the best team in the league by way too many people. I end up thinking have you guys never watched NBA before to talk so sure about everything.

Sounds like an NBA pro analyst lol. Of course, people will think of the Nets as the best team in the league for an obvious reason.

The injury you are talking about is just another advanced speculation.

We can counter your statement with another what if, which is the other way around - what if no injury will happen? Just wait for the Playoffs to Finals as no one knows here, even the top analyst, what will happen in the future.

I don’t know... The Nets feel like the dominant Warriors teams. They have too much talent. Without injuries or a historic performance from the King, I don’t think anyone has much of a chance. They should be considered the favorites every night when everyone is healthy. They could probably hold their own against an All Star team.

[Reid]

I don’t know... The Nets feel like the dominant Warriors teams. They have too much talent. Without injuries or a historic performance from the King, I don’t think anyone has much of a chance. They should be considered the favorites every night when everyone is healthy. They could probably hold their own against an All Star team.

76ers is filled with stars too.
January - Nets won
February - 76ers won

They will meet again this April 15. Let's see if the gap grew from inheriting new players and KD being healthy.
Every team will still fight for the championship. All-Star or not, they will not get the ring that easily.

[TravelMug]

Nets are seen as the best team in the league by way too many people. I end up thinking have you guys never watched NBA before to talk so sure about everything. In NBA we have seen Warriors having the best team ever for 2 seasons, first one was 73 win one and lost to Cavs in the finals, and another one when Toronto became champions because injuries prevented Warriors to win it.

I agree with you, but we are talking about the current situation, Durant, Irving and Harden getting healthy. Aldridge showing signs when he with San Antonio early on his career, Griffin as well, still can dunk. So getting that into account, we say that they are going to be the favourite.

As for the injuries, knock on woods, we don't want players to have one specially superstars. We want them healthy as possible. But if it does come, as we don't have control over it, then the odds might chance. But for now with the way the Nets are playing I would say they could be the potential champion barring injuries from key players.

[dwyane36]

Memphis at New York

This is an exciting game, we have some Knicks fans here, maybe you guys can give your opinion regarding this game, do you think Knicks could win against  the Memphis who won 4 straiht already. Knicks has a decent home record with 14-10 while Memphis got 14-9 on the road.

Both teams are currently standing in 8th position in their conferences, but I guess winning this match will be more important for the Knicks. I mean, the Knicks need to defend their current position to keep an opportunity to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2013.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

Memphis at New York

This is an exciting game, we have some Knicks fans here, maybe you guys can give your opinion regarding this game, do you think Knicks could win against  the Memphis who won 4 straiht already. Knicks has a decent home record with 14-10 while Memphis got 14-9 on the road.

Both teams are currently standing in 8th position in their conferences, but I guess winning this match will be more important for the Knicks. I mean, the Knicks need to defend their current position to keep an opportunity to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2013.

Knicks won in OT, finally they manage to win as they have been losing close game with 3 or fewer points. And I thought that this will be the same game, but they forced an OT and finally was able to get a good lead and never give it up. So a good win for them and keep their hopes alive at least for the 8th spot.

[danherbias07]

Victor Oladipo injury update: Heat guard to miss Miami's four-game road trip after hurting knee Thursday
X-ray results was negative. Next is MRI.
The real problem would be what the Heat will be up against while they check Oladipo's knee.
4 road game against Trail Blazers, Suns, Nuggets, and Timberwolves. They need all the help they could get and they just lost one.
They are in 6th, Celtics and Knicks are just in their tail aiming for that safe spot. They would not want to have a losing streak this time.