2024 NBA Season

[harizen]

That's right, actually even if Westbrook were struggling last season but as long as AD were healthy, most likely Lakers will still have a shot in the NBA finals. With Lebron and AD leading the team, we've seen that before already when they won a championship.

That makes sense and I'm with it. Yes, we can't hide the fact that Westbrook is struggling but we can't really just point that as a reason why Los Angeles Lakers suffers last season. Anthony Davis is consistent but the problem is, he becomes soft. How many games did he just play last season? LeBron James is also being sidelined for several games and that's understandable. Their bench is not even deep and all their supporting cast are not consistent. Westbrook can't carry anymore a team as he did in OKC. Can't be compared too to the capability of LeBron carrying a team.

That's why I believed trading Westbrook won't be the key to saving the Lakers from being sh*t last season.

[OgNasty]

That's right, actually even if Westbrook were struggling last season but as long as AD were healthy, most likely Lakers will still have a shot in the NBA finals. With Lebron and AD leading the team, we've seen that before already when they won a championship.

That makes sense and I'm with it. Yes, we can't hide the fact that Westbrook is struggling but we can't really just point that as a reason why Los Angeles Lakers suffers last season. Anthony Davis is consistent but the problem is, he becomes soft. How many games did he just play last season? LeBron James is also being sidelined for several games and that's understandable. Their bench is not even deep and all their supporting cast are not consistent. Westbrook can't carry anymore a team as he did in OKC. Can't be compared too to the capability of LeBron carrying a team.

That's why I believed trading Westbrook won't be the key to saving the Lakers from being sh*t last season.

Today's rumor is that they're trying to find a trading partner in the Spurs to take Westbrook off their hands.  The Lakers seem prepared to eat his salary and cut him if they can't find a place to dump him and are even willing to package picks to make it happen.  I'm sure there's an owner around the league somewhere who is willing to pay $40 million for 2 draft picks or a trade they can get into.  We'll find out who soon I suspect.

[LogitechMouse]

If AD avoids any major injury this season, I believe the Lakers could successfully run this roster again next season.

That's right, actually even if Westbrook were struggling last season but as long as AD were healthy, most likely Lakers will still have a shot in the NBA finals. With Lebron and AD leading the team, we've seen that before already when they won a championship.

Next season is going to be the last chance of this tamdem I believe, if they will still fail, most likely a trade is gonna happen.

The question right now is what are the chances that AD will not get injured? Because after the title that he got in the Bubble, he has been very inconsistent and unreliable because of injuries. He's very fragile that you can't rely on him. I'll just hope for him to be healthy all throughout the season and in the playoffs but will not be surprised if he will get injured because it is what is happening to him for the last 2 seasons.

The chances of the Lakers winning a title will be higher if AD will not get injured and Westbrook will improve and adjust. I believe that Lebron can still win a title with the Lakers. Just give him good teammates that will help him. I agree that this upcoming season will be the last chance not only for AD but also for Westbrook and if they still fail then they will be traded.

[jakelyson]

If AD avoids any major injury this season, I believe the Lakers could successfully run this roster again next season.

That's right, actually even if Westbrook were struggling last season but as long as AD were healthy, most likely Lakers will still have a shot in the NBA finals. With Lebron and AD leading the team, we've seen that before already when they won a championship.

Next season is going to be the last chance of this tamdem I believe, if they will still fail, most likely a trade is gonna happen.

The question right now is what are the chances that AD will not get injured? Because after the title that he got in the Bubble, he has been very inconsistent and unreliable because of injuries. He's very fragile that you can't rely on him. I'll just hope for him to be healthy all throughout the season and in the playoffs but will not be surprised if he will get injured because it is what is happening to him for the last 2 seasons.

The chances of the Lakers winning a title will be higher if AD will not get injured and Westbrook will improve and adjust. I believe that Lebron can still win a title with the Lakers. Just give him good teammates that will help him. I agree that this upcoming season will be the last chance not only for AD but also for Westbrook and if they still fail then they will be traded.

But that always has been a problem with AD ever since he came to the league. He is very talented but his availability is limited because of injury. Maybe there is something wrong with his physical training or something, but they have to do something about it. He is still very young so he should not be easily injured like this. Westbrook can have chemistry with AD and Lebron if they can play together more and that all relies on AD not getting injured.

[Baofeng]

That's right, actually even if Westbrook were struggling last season but as long as AD were healthy, most likely Lakers will still have a shot in the NBA finals. With Lebron and AD leading the team, we've seen that before already when they won a championship.

That makes sense and I'm with it. Yes, we can't hide the fact that Westbrook is struggling but we can't really just point that as a reason why Los Angeles Lakers suffers last season. Anthony Davis is consistent but the problem is, he becomes soft. How many games did he just play last season? LeBron James is also being sidelined for several games and that's understandable. Their bench is not even deep and all their supporting cast are not consistent. Westbrook can't carry anymore a team as he did in OKC. Can't be compared too to the capability of LeBron carrying a team.

That's why I believed trading Westbrook won't be the key to saving the Lakers from being sh*t last season.

Today's rumor is that they're trying to find a trading partner in the Spurs to take Westbrook off their hands.  The Lakers seem prepared to eat his salary and cut him if they can't find a place to dump him and are even willing to package picks to make it happen.  I'm sure there's an owner around the league somewhere who is willing to pay $40 million for 2 draft picks or a trade they can get into.  We'll find out who soon I suspect.

I heard it will be the Jazz, Lakers and New York Knicks to have Westbrook and Mitchell ship out.

But as you have said, it will take like a team to really willing to pay $40 million for Westbrook. And so far we haven't heard anything except rumors like I mentioned and it should include a 3rd one.

So let's see, if there is any team that might really take interest on Westbrook then it might be the Utah Jazz.

[carlisle1]

If AD avoids any major injury this season, I believe the Lakers could successfully run this roster again next season.

That's right, actually even if Westbrook were struggling last season but as long as AD were healthy, most likely Lakers will still have a shot in the NBA finals. With Lebron and AD leading the team, we've seen that before already when they won a championship.

Next season is going to be the last chance of this tamdem I believe, if they will still fail, most likely a trade is gonna happen.

The question right now is what are the chances that AD will not get injured? Because after the title that he got in the Bubble, he has been very inconsistent and unreliable because of injuries. He's very fragile that you can't rely on him. I'll just hope for him to be healthy all throughout the season and in the playoffs but will not be surprised if he will get injured because it is what is happening to him for the last 2 seasons.

The chances of the Lakers winning a title will be higher if AD will not get injured and Westbrook will improve and adjust. I believe that Lebron can still win a title with the Lakers. Just give him good teammates that will help him. I agree that this upcoming season will be the last chance not only for AD but also for Westbrook and if they still fail then they will be traded.

But that always has been a problem with AD ever since he came to the league. He is very talented but his availability is limited because of injury. Maybe there is something wrong with his physical training or something, but they have to do something about it. He is still very young so he should not be easily injured like this. Westbrook can have chemistry with AD and Lebron if they can play together more and that all relies on AD not getting injured.

I also observe that unlike LeBron, who's very concern with his physical condition, maybe AD needs to work it out for him to

be more useful in this upcoming season. They can work together if they will play longer, but I also the management needs to work with

the role players, having a deeper bench with lots of talents can give good time for your star to rest and have enough breathing.

That's the edge of GSW, the 2nd unit can perform the same system and they are executing things as almost the duplicate of

how the starters do things around the court.

[Yaunfitda]

If AD avoids any major injury this season, I believe the Lakers could successfully run this roster again next season.

That's right, actually even if Westbrook were struggling last season but as long as AD were healthy, most likely Lakers will still have a shot in the NBA finals. With Lebron and AD leading the team, we've seen that before already when they won a championship.

Next season is going to be the last chance of this tamdem I believe, if they will still fail, most likely a trade is gonna happen.

The question right now is what are the chances that AD will not get injured? Because after the title that he got in the Bubble, he has been very inconsistent and unreliable because of injuries. He's very fragile that you can't rely on him. I'll just hope for him to be healthy all throughout the season and in the playoffs but will not be surprised if he will get injured because it is what is happening to him for the last 2 seasons.

The chances of the Lakers winning a title will be higher if AD will not get injured and Westbrook will improve and adjust. I believe that Lebron can still win a title with the Lakers. Just give him good teammates that will help him. I agree that this upcoming season will be the last chance not only for AD but also for Westbrook and if they still fail then they will be traded.

But that always has been a problem with AD ever since he came to the league. He is very talented but his availability is limited because of injury. Maybe there is something wrong with his physical training or something, but they have to do something about it. He is still very young so he should not be easily injured like this. Westbrook can have chemistry with AD and Lebron if they can play together more and that all relies on AD not getting injured.

Probably its AD genetic make up, or his body can't really hold that's why he is always injured. Nevertheless he has one solid season for the Lakers during the time they won the championship in the bubble and hopefully they can replicate it.

Watching some Pat Bev's interview and it's a good one, his relationship with Lebron, his defense with Westbrook and others. You can check it out here, interesting as he is now a Lakers and what he can add and bring to the table for the team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbhjNlH35E8

[btc_angela]

We've got some rumors about Carmelo Anthony. He's likely to go with the Boston Celtics. He's a potential signee for them.

While the recent news about Gallinari's going to Boston, there's the most recent news that he's got injured and that's why Melo is being considered for a potential contract.

Yeah, it looks like the Celtics were unlucky with Gallinari as they only signed a contract with him in July, but he has already managed to get seriously injured. As for Melo, I think he is still a great scorer and can be useful to any team. So the Celtics management will make the right decision if they decide to sign him. Although I'd rather see him in Lakers uniform again.

No problem in terms of scoring because Melo could provide that so most provably he is a good addition on Celtics since he will be a good fit on their system knowikg that they need perimeter shooters on their rooster. They just need to work out their defense since most provably Melo will struggle on this end and maybe other team will this as their weakness inside the court.

He did try to improved his defense with the Lakers though, but for sure the Celtics didn't sign him to be a defensive player. His veteran and leadership is needed because this want lacks in their finals with the Warriors last season. No doubt that Melo has that sweet jumpshot or even a 3 point, so that will be his key contributions to the Celtics to open up the space. And if you haven't noticed, Tatum has improved a lot in terms of his passing ability. So Tatum will definitely find Melo always open when he drive and penetrate and then throwing the ball outside for an assists. He attracts a lot of defense, sometimes triple him.

[ultrloa]

I'd say that he is still worth the chance to prove his capabilities this coming season and have the same faith that coach Darvin Ham gave to him. We never know, Westbrook might be more effective this time because he knew that this is his last chance to prove his worthiness in the league as this is his last season too before he lands in free agency.

Of course, Westbrook still has a chance to prove to all the haters and team management that he can still be effective throughout the season. However, it will be very hard for him both mentally and physically. To be honest, I'm leaning toward the fact that the upcoming season may be the last time in Westbrook's career that he gets such a huge paycheck.

It's hard for Westbrook part last season because we know how emotionally hard for him to be part of Lakers especially all of the blame comes to him that's why his game change and he's totally affected by all of bashing. Next season he need to prove to his haters that his still a all star caliber and he's worth all the dime he receive thru his contract. It will be his last season to get huge payment if he cannot produce a good performance next season so he need to work hard on this.

That's right, he became the main reason and took all the bashing why the Lakers haven't reached far enough last season because he is not playing effectively in his given role. I see that Westbrook really tried hard but it seems like it's really hard for him transitioning from the main baller to being a supportive role to AD and Lebron.

Well, Westbrook has been silent since the season ended and he may be undergoing intensive training to be more effective this coming season and give the Lakers the puzzle they've been missing all this time. We never know, right?

But what good thing about his last performance with lakers his consistency on the game he played 78 games and that's a lot. For sure Lakers need a consistent player and they just need to motivate him to play more better basketball next season. 

Westbrook absorb so many bashing last season so he need to train more so that he can prove his basher that he's still the beast and can provide triple double which he was known for.

[Sanitough]

Westbrook absorb so many bashing last season so he need to train more so that he can prove his basher that he's still the beast and can provide triple double which he was known for.

He can train hard but to average a triple-double again, that's not gonna happen with the LA Lakers because he is not anymore the main man, he can only achieve that again if he will be the main man in a team as he can dictate his teammates to do his stat padding activity.

[yazher]

Watching some Pat Bev's interview and it's a good one, his relationship with Lebron, his defense with Westbrook and others. You can check it out here, interesting as he is now a Lakers and what he can add and bring to the table for the team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbhjNlH35E8

Hopefully, he can be a reason to change the tide of the Laker's destiny since they were in a drought for the last two years due to some injuries and not winning enough games. The dude might not be a star player but can really contribute with the defense because he knows what his role is and he can boost the Laker's defense when he is on the court. It might be not the same years when the Lakers were dominating the league but still, with the star players on their rosters the chance is still high even though they still fixing their game chemistry.

[danherbias07]

That's right, actually even if Westbrook were struggling last season but as long as AD were healthy, most likely Lakers will still have a shot in the NBA finals. With Lebron and AD leading the team, we've seen that before already when they won a championship.

That makes sense and I'm with it. Yes, we can't hide the fact that Westbrook is struggling but we can't really just point that as a reason why Los Angeles Lakers suffers last season. Anthony Davis is consistent but the problem is, he becomes soft. How many games did he just play last season? LeBron James is also being sidelined for several games and that's understandable. Their bench is not even deep and all their supporting cast are not consistent. Westbrook can't carry anymore a team as he did in OKC. Can't be compared too to the capability of LeBron carrying a team.

That's why I believed trading Westbrook won't be the key to saving the Lakers from being sh*t last season.

Today's rumor is that they're trying to find a trading partner in the Spurs to take Westbrook off their hands.  The Lakers seem prepared to eat his salary and cut him if they can't find a place to dump him and are even willing to package picks to make it happen.  I'm sure there's an owner around the league somewhere who is willing to pay $40 million for 2 draft picks or a trade they can get into.  We'll find out who soon I suspect.

I hope it's not Jordan. He did make a lot of mistakes when it comes to picking players. Now he has a good roster and it would be a shame if he will wreck it again.

It is said that the Spurs could be the best spot for Westbrook to land because of the amount of space their salary cap has.
This should happen. I want it to come true.
I also want to see how Westbrook will be disciplined by Coach Pops. We know a lot of players that came out differently after being under his wing.
DeRozan is an example as he changed the way he plays and suddenly became a team player.

[Natalim]

If AD avoids any major injury this season, I believe the Lakers could successfully run this roster again next season.

That's right, actually even if Westbrook were struggling last season but as long as AD were healthy, most likely Lakers will still have a shot in the NBA finals. With Lebron and AD leading the team, we've seen that before already when they won a championship.

Next season is going to be the last chance of this tamdem I believe, if they will still fail, most likely a trade is gonna happen.

The question right now is what are the chances that AD will not get injured? Because after the title that he got in the Bubble, he has been very inconsistent and unreliable because of injuries. He's very fragile that you can't rely on him. I'll just hope for him to be healthy all throughout the season and in the playoffs but will not be surprised if he will get injured because it is what is happening to him for the last 2 seasons.

The chances of the Lakers winning a title will be higher if AD will not get injured and Westbrook will improve and adjust. I believe that Lebron can still win a title with the Lakers. Just give him good teammates that will help him. I agree that this upcoming season will be the last chance not only for AD but also for Westbrook and if they still fail then they will be traded.

No one could guess if a player will be injured or not, and it's not good to wish that he will be injured, so I'm wishing he will be healthy most of the time and if ever he gets injured, I'm hoping it will not be a serious injury so he can be back soon. All we can do now is just hope that the lakers season will improve and they'll be in the playoffs again.

[LogitechMouse]

We've got some rumors about Carmelo Anthony. He's likely to go with the Boston Celtics. He's a potential signee for them.

I thought he will go to the Knicks, not sure how he will fit in Boston though, probably what he has given to the Lakers, off the bench and then maybe had a good shooting night, 20+ ppg in he stay with them throughout the season. And it's good to see still play and the Celtics need a veteran like him in the bench.

Melo to Warriors!!!!!

There was some rumors about this right? So I will push with Melo to Warriors . Kidding aside, with Gallinari getting injured, adding Melo might be a big help in the bench and he is a veteran as well. Putting him a bunch of young and talented players might help the whole team so I guess adding Melo is a good addition. Hoping for Gallinari to recover and still play for the Boston so that Melo will go to the Warriors .

[Reid]

We've got some rumors about Carmelo Anthony. He's likely to go with the Boston Celtics. He's a potential signee for them.

I thought he will go to the Knicks, not sure how he will fit in Boston though, probably what he has given to the Lakers, off the bench and then maybe had a good shooting night, 20+ ppg in he stay with them throughout the season. And it's good to see still play and the Celtics need a veteran like him in the bench.

Melo to Warriors!!!!!

There was some rumors about this right? So I will push with Melo to Warriors . Kidding aside, with Gallinari getting injured, adding Melo might be a big help in the bench and he is a veteran as well. Putting him a bunch of young and talented players might help the whole team so I guess adding Melo is a good addition. Hoping for Gallinari to recover and still play for the Boston so that Melo will go to the Warriors .

You're forcing it.  It's not that bad though, there is a chance. Perhaps he will best suit there. Warriors let go of many roleplayers in their roster so it can happen. A veteran contract, maybe? I think Melo would accept that with some roles of being a back up shooter.
The only wall that I see is the demanding contract of Draymond which will mean the Warriors may stop adding more players because of the luxury tax.

[dimonstration]

Mitchell doesn't really want "out" of Jazz, that is just a product of the rebuilding process they are getting into. Which means that Mitchell has no purpose in there, so both the team and him have an understanding that the team wasn't doing good and didn't look like they would make a big change, so in the end they just went different roads.

Donovan Mitchell is the type of player you have in a championship level team, not all by himself but he could be a second or at least third option. Westbrook could be a great deal for this, you could give westbrook and some picks and whatever, which will help Utah rebuild and would give Lakers a great player instead.

I’m surprised that you are still giving Westbrook a big confidence to be main scorer despite his performance on Lakers. Actually his field goal percentage is very low even he is with OKC with lots of 3ple double stats. Westbrook is good on his prime but he is already not on that same level that can carry the team since he has the chance to do this on Lakers by the time AD and Lebron is out but he keeps to disappoint fans for doing poor performance all throughout the season.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

Watching some Pat Bev's interview and it's a good one, his relationship with Lebron, his defense with Westbrook and others. You can check it out here, interesting as he is now a Lakers and what he can add and bring to the table for the team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbhjNlH35E8

Hopefully, he can be a reason to change the tide of the Laker's destiny since they were in a drought for the last two years due to some injuries and not winning enough games. The dude might not be a star player but can really contribute with the defense because he knows what his role is and he can boost the Laker's defense when he is on the court. It might be not the same years when the Lakers were dominating the league but still, with the star players on their rosters the chance is still high even though they still fixing their game chemistry.

Going back again to the narrative on their last championship, they have guys like Caruso and KCP that can play defense. Last year, it was all veteran but there's none of a defense that Caruso offer when he was with the Lakers. And perhaps this is the reason why they get the services of Pat Bev to be the anchor in their defense because we've seen him play that hard when he was with the Wolves. Yes he might not be the super star but he can still contribute on other facets of the game. So he will be a big boost for the Lakers this season. Maybe he will be task to shutdown players like CP3, Booker or even Luka and of course Steph Curry in the West alone.

[ChiBitCTy]

Mitchell doesn't really want "out" of Jazz, that is just a product of the rebuilding process they are getting into. Which means that Mitchell has no purpose in there, so both the team and him have an understanding that the team wasn't doing good and didn't look like they would make a big change, so in the end they just went different roads.

Donovan Mitchell is the type of player you have in a championship level team, not all by himself but he could be a second or at least third option. Westbrook could be a great deal for this, you could give westbrook and some picks and whatever, which will help Utah rebuild and would give Lakers a great player instead.

I’m surprised that you are still giving Westbrook a big confidence to be main scorer despite his performance on Lakers. Actually his field goal percentage is very low even he is with OKC with lots of 3ple double stats. Westbrook is good on his prime but he is already not on that same level that can carry the team since he has the chance to do this on Lakers by the time AD and Lebron is out but he keeps to disappoint fans for doing poor performance all throughout the season.

Yeah at this point it’s impossible to say if Westbrook had any chance at reclaiming his “glory” (so to speak). The guy has a hall of fame career but I just don’t see him being able to revive his career and play the way he once used to at this point. He’s simply getting old (in sports terms anyhow). I think he could be a nice fit off the bench but not sure they’ll play him like that.

[CryptoBuds]

Watching some Pat Bev's interview and it's a good one, his relationship with Lebron, his defense with Westbrook and others. You can check it out here, interesting as he is now a Lakers and what he can add and bring to the table for the team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbhjNlH35E8

Hopefully, he can be a reason to change the tide of the Laker's destiny since they were in a drought for the last two years due to some injuries and not winning enough games. The dude might not be a star player but can really contribute with the defense because he knows what his role is and he can boost the Laker's defense when he is on the court. It might be not the same years when the Lakers were dominating the league but still, with the star players on their rosters the chance is still high even though they still fixing their game chemistry.

^ The Lakers have not provided the perfect outcome for the fans. At least not at the level that they should have in my opinion. I still don't think that Westbrook will be able to perform at the level that the fans want him to. I think that he should realize what he is doing wrong and he must think at this point that there is a reason why people are so mad because of his performance.

LeBron James and AD are going to be the players who the Lakers are going to be depending on to perform well. If Westbrook can turn things around and perform well he will also be trusted by people and I am also quite sure that the team is going to trust him a lot more as well.

[Ayers]

Mitchell doesn't really want "out" of Jazz, that is just a product of the rebuilding process they are getting into. Which means that Mitchell has no purpose in there, so both the team and him have an understanding that the team wasn't doing good and didn't look like they would make a big change, so in the end they just went different roads.
Donovan Mitchell is the type of player you have in a championship level team, not all by himself but he could be a second or at least third option. Westbrook could be a great deal for this, you could give westbrook and some picks and whatever, which will help Utah rebuild and would give Lakers a great player instead.

I’m surprised that you are still giving Westbrook a big confidence to be main scorer despite his performance on Lakers. Actually his field goal percentage is very low even he is with OKC with lots of 3ple double stats. Westbrook is good on his prime but he is already not on that same level that can carry the team since he has the chance to do this on Lakers by the time AD and Lebron is out but he keeps to disappoint fans for doing poor performance all throughout the season.

i honestly don't think it is going to be a voice decision to rely too heavily on Westbrook in the future
at least based on his performance, this does not seem to be the case
there is no doubt that LeBron James and AD are going to be the most reliable players for the Lakers, it is also likely that Mitchell hasn't mentioned publicly that he is interested in leaving Utah, but what i have been hearing and reading on social media has led me to believe that he is interested in leaving