2025 NBA Season

[agustina2]

The comment above was right, Lakers problem is when LeBron try to take over and hold the ball, his teammates are all waiting for him to call the play and will end up throwing a force shot, unlike when he's not around, all the guards are aggressive, and they are finding an open man to take the shots.

Why it became a problem when in the first place, that was Lebron's way of playing? The whole team just become sucks at the end and it's not right to blame their loss on one player. That was a 17-point lead and if you are talking about Lebron's way of holding the ball then that's the offense side. The problem with why they lost against the Pacers and blew that lead is a lack of defense while at the same time, the Pacers are really draining those shots even with a proper defense by the Lakers.

That was a tough loss and was supposed to be 3rd winning streak for the Lakers.

The Pacers just give their best and they should be the topic here, not the Lakers.

[laurenB7742]

Tough loss again for the Lakers. Leads 17 points at one point of the game and blew it up because of the lack of defense outside the paint, when it's clearly the Pacers are red hot in the 3s. Bryant didn't have enough minutes while the Pacers are betting them with the rebounds. Last but not the least, the Lakers biggest problem this season is LeBron and Ham.
LeBron tends to die down his teammate's momentum, when he's holding the ball his teammates will stop moving, and then they will forced to a low percentage shot.

Sure this loss is not really good for the Lakers because they were way up ahead by double digits but that's just how it goes. They badly needed that win to further push their rank forward to be able to get close in the playoff tree but this is not the last chance and they have plenty of time to work for securing the win next time when they are gone ahead like this one. I hope they were able to learn their miscalculations today so that they won't make the same mistakes again and the rumors right now are good for them because it's saying that,

Kyrie Irving will be a Los Angles Laker by December” Source

Yeah, it was really a hard pill to swallow lost for the Lakers, maybe they are not lucky and didn't play defense but this is the Lakers that he have known last year and part of it shows this year until Davis took over and they have a good successive wins.
But it seems they are back to their old self and just a simple slip of concentration cause this huge game. I consider this huge game because they are trying to built a momentum run with Lebron back on their line up.

The comment above was right, Lakers problem is when LeBron try to take over and hold the ball, his teammates are all waiting for him to call the play and will end up throwing a force shot, unlike when he's not around, all the guards are aggressive, and they are finding an open man to take the shots.
Not sure how coach Ham will be managed and see this, but like what you said, it is the same Lakers last year when LeBron is inside.
They need more good adjustments to fix this problem and they need to play as one with more confidence and not to look for LeBron or AD
to orchestrate the offense.

This was a really close game and Lakers were really close to winning. In the end, they lost by a score of 115-116. Westbrook, Anthony Davis, and LeBron James played well for Lakers. If they had a little more support from their teammates they could have surely won the match.

Regarding the Kyrie Irving situation, I don't know if it's just a rumor or if it actually has any basis for it. However, if the Lakers are able to get him, then it is going to be very beneficial for the team in the long run.

[Yaunfitda]

Could be a win win for the Mavs and Kemba. I think Kemba can still play, he just need a team that will bring him the confidence that he had.

We know that his injury really ruined his career now, but this is his second chance and hopefully he can at least contribute 20 minutes a game and have like 10+ ppg and assists which is very important as Luka is struggling and so is the rest of the team.

This is definitely good news for Kemba Walker, but it's not good news for Facundo Campazzo because the Mavs decided to waive him ahead of Kemba's signing. In any case, it's great that Kemba had the opportunity to return to the NBA, though it's unlikely that he'll return to his former playing shape. However, I think he can be very useful to the Mavs as a sixth player.

Yes, we forget about Facundo Campazzo, I mean he was a great contributor in the team, so I was surprised that we was waved by the Mavs team specially that they don't have Brunson who left for the Knicks.

Yes, this is a opportunity for the seasoned Kemba Walker to play again in NBA. When he was in his prime in Charlotte, he was really a fan favorite because of his cross over moves. But when he got traded he has been on a difficult journey jumping from one team to another. Specially in the Celtics uniform wherein we thought that he can compliment Tatum and Smart and Jalen Brown.

[Pamadar]

Could be a win win for the Mavs and Kemba. I think Kemba can still play, he just need a team that will bring him the confidence that he had.

We know that his injury really ruined his career now, but this is his second chance and hopefully he can at least contribute 20 minutes a game and have like 10+ ppg and assists which is very important as Luka is struggling and so is the rest of the team.

This is definitely good news for Kemba Walker, but it's not good news for Facundo Campazzo because the Mavs decided to waive him ahead of Kemba's signing. In any case, it's great that Kemba had the opportunity to return to the NBA, though it's unlikely that he'll return to his former playing shape. However, I think he can be very useful to the Mavs as a sixth player.

Yes, we forget about Facundo Campazzo, I mean he was a great contributor in the team, so I was surprised that we was waved by the Mavs team specially that they don't have Brunson who left for the Knicks.

Yes, this is a opportunity for the seasoned Kemba Walker to play again in NBA. When he was in his prime in Charlotte, he was really a fan favorite because of his cross over moves. But when he got traded he has been on a difficult journey jumping from one team to another. Specially in the Celtics uniform wherein we thought that he can compliment Tatum and Smart and Jalen Brown.

It was a given opportunity for Kemba, and he needed to show something here if he really wanted to make a good comeback. Still have the game but he needs to have more exposures a good timing since Luka needs additional scorer.

Kemba's game style might be fits for the Mavs, he's a natural scorer and if Luka will allow him
the way he allows Brunson's before, it will be a good combination for the Mavs, though still on
coach Kidd's calls if he will use both or he will bring Kemba as good backup for Luka when he
need some rest.

[bitgolden]

Tough loss again for the Lakers. Leads 17 points at one point of the game and blew it up because of the lack of defense outside the paint, when it's clearly the Pacers are red hot in the 3s. Bryant didn't have enough minutes while the Pacers are betting them with the rebounds. Last but not the least, the Lakers biggest problem this season is LeBron and Ham.
LeBron tends to die down his teammate's momentum, when he's holding the ball his teammates will stop moving, and then they will forced to a low percentage shot.

Unfortunately, they are just crumbling down and crashing right now. This season is even worse than last year and they did absolutely nothing compared to last year to make it any better so it is understandable for them to be this bad.

The horrible part is that, there are other teams that are crashing too, and tanking and getting bad results but those teams own their own picks, whereas Lakers do not even own their own pick which means it's doing very bad, even if they finish dead last, they won't have their own picks and they are not going to get any good players. This means that they need to blow it all up this off-season and another 4-5 seasons before they could ever be good again.

[passwordnow]

That's the same thought I've got, the help isn't enough since they're lackluster at the moment. Honestly, I like the roster of Mavs and I've been a fan of it since Nowitzki's days until another young caliber and likely to stay on them just as Dirk's stay which is through Luka.
Those teams that have too many superstars aren't showing what's expected of them to be shown. Tomorrow, it will be Mavs and Warriors and these two teams both aren't at the good spot at the moment.

This shows that superstars is not really necessary since it will just give them a huge problem in terms of chemistry that's why teams should look for players which can fit on the position since from this it will be beneficial for them knowing there are so many  players who aren't superstars which good team player. There's no ego hit since they are willing to pass the ball to anyone so I guess none of Brooklyn and Lakers will win a championship this season since they are kinda at low in standing at the moment. Tomorrow is exciting game for Warriors vs Mavs and let see what will happen since for sure fans will enjoy this.

I think they're still necessary per team and that's why a team should have at least 1 of them and having more than 2 is going to be a harder thing for them.
It's because we don't know the mindsets of these superstars and it's possible that they'll be playing competition against their own another teammate probably with another superstar if a team has more than 1. And that's not a good thing for a team, we've seen it for many teams and mostly it didn't work. I'm sure that the teams have been learning on this matter and they are having the thoughts already of instead of getting a superstar with a huge contract, they should stick to whatever they've got and train all of them including the bench players.

[OgNasty]

Julius Randle is having himself quite a night as the Knicks beat down the Pistons. Looking like he might go for 50 if they leave him in, which they probably won’t since they’re currently up by 32 in the 3rd quarter.

On the TNT doubleheader things are looking pretty even so far between the Mavs and Warriors at halftime. Klay hasn’t made a shot yet which I think is why the Warriors aren’t winning. I think he’ll find his rhythm in the second half and help the Warriors get the W.

[danherbias07]

Julius Randle is having himself quite a night as the Knicks beat down the Pistons. Looking like he might go for 50 if they leave him in, which they probably won’t since they’re currently up by 32 in the 3rd quarter.

140 points were allowed by the Pistons. Like they never did any defense. 
Randle was on fire. Maybe this is like revenge for what happened against the Grizzlies on Monday.

On the TNT doubleheader things are looking pretty even so far between the Mavs and Warriors at halftime. Klay hasn’t made a shot yet which I think is why the Warriors aren’t winning. I think he’ll find his rhythm in the second half and help the Warriors get the W.

That was the worst night for Steph's teammates.
Luka Doncic punished them for not playing defense and he ended it with a win and a triple-double. 41/12/12
The Warriors had been winning their road games recently, I hope this will not start a new streak of their losses in road games.

[dwyane36]

Tough loss again for the Lakers. Leads 17 points at one point of the game and blew it up because of the lack of defense outside the paint, when it's clearly the Pacers are red hot in the 3s. Bryant didn't have enough minutes while the Pacers are betting them with the rebounds. Last but not the least, the Lakers biggest problem this season is LeBron and Ham.
LeBron tends to die down his teammate's momentum, when he's holding the ball his teammates will stop moving, and then they will forced to a low percentage shot.

The Lakers have won 2 of 3 games since LeBron came back. So I don't think he's the biggest problem for his teammates and the team as a whole. By the way, he was on the court for 36 minutes in the last game, and that didn't stop Davis from scoring 25 points and Westbrook from scoring 24 points. Of course, the other players were less productive, and their minutes might have been reduced because of LeBron. However, proper rotation of players is primarily the responsibility of the head coach, and that's really a problem for the Lakers because Ham doesn't have enough experience yet.

[Botnake]

Big 4th quarter by the Clippers, they beat the home team (Blazers) with their run in the 4th quarter, 36-17, what a run. Now, it seemed like the number 1 and 2 team before in the West which are the Jazz and Blazers are struggling, they can't maintain their ranking as they are losing some games, especially the Jazz who are in a losing streak.

[ajanwalker]

In the matches played last night, the surprise result was played between Dallas and Holden state and Dallas defeated Golden State 116-113 at home. At Golden State, Klay Thompson is back to score. In the game played the other day, the Los Angeles Lakers lost 1 point to Indiana at home. The stars of the Los Angeles Lakers gave the necessary contribution as a score, but they could not prevent the defeat. The Boston Celtics, on the other hand, are progressing in form.

[yazher]

Big 4th quarter by the Clippers, they beat the home team (Blazers) with their run in the 4th quarter, 36-17, what a run. Now, it seemed like the number 1 and 2 team before in the West which are the Jazz and Blazers are struggling, they can't maintain their ranking as they are losing some games, especially the Jazz who are in a losing streak.

It's really hard to maintain at the top especially when you don't have enough players to take responsibility because star players also can feel tired and they need to rest well especially after putting on some show to win more games than usual. It's just another bad day for the Blazers because they weren't strong enough to stop the counter of Clippers throughout the game and they lose but they still doing good because both Jazz and Blazers are still in the playoff tree.

[Questat]

Big 4th quarter by the Clippers, they beat the home team (Blazers) with their run in the 4th quarter, 36-17, what a run. Now, it seemed like the number 1 and 2 team before in the West which are the Jazz and Blazers are struggling, they can't maintain their ranking as they are losing some games, especially the Jazz who are in a losing streak.

It's really hard to maintain at the top especially when you don't have enough players to take responsibility because star players also can feel tired and they need to rest well especially after putting on some show to win more games than usual. It's just another bad day for the Blazers because they weren't strong enough to stop the counter of Clippers throughout the game and they lose but they still doing good because both Jazz and Blazers are still in the playoff tree.

Blazers still does not have Lillard, what do you expect?
Even if Simons and Grant will drop 30 points each night, it's still not enough if they don't have their best player.
At least the Blazers are playing their best, they were able to win some games and they are not at the bottom.

Right now they are at top 7 with 11-10 record, still above .500

[danherbias07]

Blazers still does not have Lillard, what do you expect?
Even if Simons and Grant will drop 30 points each night, it's still not enough if they don't have their best player.
At least the Blazers are playing their best, they were able to win some games and they are not at the bottom.

Right now they are at top 7 with 11-10 record, still above .500

Yes, they are a decent team even without Damian Lillard. I actually took a bet for them to win against the Clippers as I know Simons could sometimes catch fire and be dominant.
Then there's PG13 and Kawhi to miss the game so they will have the upper hand. Good game though, both starless and yet entertaining. A really big 4th quarter for the Clippers' bench to get the win. They may have lost in 3 quarters but they came back strong.

Tomorrow 13 games. Trail Blazers will play again and now it's versus the LA Lakers. High chance the Lakers will get the W here in a blowout game.

[carlisle1]

Big 4th quarter by the Clippers, they beat the home team (Blazers) with their run in the 4th quarter, 36-17, what a run. Now, it seemed like the number 1 and 2 team before in the West which are the Jazz and Blazers are struggling, they can't maintain their ranking as they are losing some games, especially the Jazz who are in a losing streak.

It's really hard to maintain at the top especially when you don't have enough players to take responsibility because star players also can feel tired and they need to rest well especially after putting on some show to win more games than usual. It's just another bad day for the Blazers because they weren't strong enough to stop the counter of Clippers throughout the game and they lose but they still doing good because both Jazz and Blazers are still in the playoff tree.

Blazers still does not have Lillard, what do you expect?
Even if Simons and Grant will drop 30 points each night, it's still not enough if they don't have their best player.
At least the Blazers are playing their best, they were able to win some games and they are not at the bottom.

Right now they are at top 7 with 11-10 record, still above .500

They are playing all the best that they can, but in the final quarter the eagerness of Clippers to win is the one that dominates.
I agree that even Grant and Simon put on those huge numbers, but without Lilard, the chance of winning is slim.

We might see them win some games but in a tough competitions chances of losing are not by far,
let's wait for Lilard to return and see what fate Blazers have this season.

Still above .500 means that still good to move forward for the next round.

[Botnake]

Big 4th quarter by the Clippers, they beat the home team (Blazers) with their run in the 4th quarter, 36-17, what a run. Now, it seemed like the number 1 and 2 team before in the West which are the Jazz and Blazers are struggling, they can't maintain their ranking as they are losing some games, especially the Jazz who are in a losing streak.

It's really hard to maintain at the top especially when you don't have enough players to take responsibility because star players also can feel tired and they need to rest well especially after putting on some show to win more games than usual. It's just another bad day for the Blazers because they weren't strong enough to stop the counter of Clippers throughout the game and they lose but they still doing good because both Jazz and Blazers are still in the playoff tree.

Blazers still does not have Lillard, what do you expect?
Even if Simons and Grant will drop 30 points each night, it's still not enough if they don't have their best player.
At least the Blazers are playing their best, they were able to win some games and they are not at the bottom.

Right now they are at top 7 with 11-10 record, still above .500

They are playing all the best that they can, but in the final quarter the eagerness of Clippers to win is the one that dominates.
I agree that even Grant and Simon put on those huge numbers, but without Lilard, the chance of winning is slim.

We might see them win some games but in a tough competitions chances of losing are not by far,
let's wait for Lilard to return and see what fate Blazers have this season.

Still above .500 means that still good to move forward for the next round.

We can expect that they'll be better with Lillard, at least during his absence his teammates are more exposed with more playing time and we can see the chemistry that everyone wants to win. This is a TrailBlazers 2.0, it's the best version of Blazers I've seen so far although they haven't prove anything yet this season.

[jakelyson]

Tomorrow 13 games. Trail Blazers will play again and now it's versus the LA Lakers. High chance the Lakers will get the W here in a blowout game.

That is a lot of games again. I like it when there are lots of game, plenty of games to bet on.

The Lakers will need that win against Portland tomorrow because after that they will be on the road against 500 teams in the east. If they do not win it, they will be on a long losing streak again. I think their next 5 games are against 500 teams.

Tough loss again for the Lakers. Leads 17 points at one point of the game and blew it up because of the lack of defense outside the paint, when it's clearly the Pacers are red hot in the 3s. Bryant didn't have enough minutes while the Pacers are betting them with the rebounds. Last but not the least, the Lakers biggest problem this season is LeBron and Ham.
LeBron tends to die down his teammate's momentum, when he's holding the ball his teammates will stop moving, and then they will forced to a low percentage shot.

The Lakers have won 2 of 3 games since LeBron came back. So I don't think he's the biggest problem for his teammates and the team as a whole. By the way, he was on the court for 36 minutes in the last game, and that didn't stop Davis from scoring 25 points and Westbrook from scoring 24 points. Of course, the other players were less productive, and their minutes might have been reduced because of LeBron. However, proper rotation of players is primarily the responsibility of the head coach, and that's really a problem for the Lakers because Ham doesn't have enough experience yet.

The problem is when Lebron is inside the court and he tried to control the ball, his teammates become idle until he releases the ball in the last seconds. The ball is stuck in his hands and there is very little rotation. That is bad for the team.

That 2 win was against the Spurs which are below 500 and rebuilding. They lost against the Pacers who is above 500. Now that Lebron is back, I expect that they would have won against Pacers easily, but they blew 17 points lead in the last 9 minutes of the game. They were not able to protect a huge lead, from a team that has AD, WB, and Lebron. And that is because in the 4th quarter, the ball is either stuck on Lebron or WB and they failed to utilize AD. They should do better if they want to beat Bucks, Wizards, Cavs, Raptors, and Sixers on the road.

[Japinat]

I'm excited about Celtics' performance in this season as well. Because they have made a really solid start to the regular season. They are the leader in the Eastern Conference currently and their performance is really promising for playoffs too. They must be aiming to finish the incomplete job they had in the finals of the previous season.

This time Warriors don't seem very impressive but we are still in the earlier stages of the season as well. Curry is still showing a high level of performance as usual. They just need to be better as a team. Their recent form is good actually. They need to keep this up to secure a stronger position.

Yes, I'm also expecting that this time around they will make sure that they are more competent and much more ready than what they had last season. I know that they aren't expecting like that to happen last season that they will participate in the Finals but with the dedication they had, they managed to climb the ladder and almost defeated the scorching Warriors. Look at them now, the Celtics leads the whole league and not just the conference, they got the most games won and least games lost.

If ever the Warriors and the Celtics will have a match-up in the Finals again, I bet the Warriors will fail this time because they almost got no defensive players left while the Celtics got the same roster and much more experienced this time around.

[freedomgo]

Tough loss again for the Lakers. Leads 17 points at one point of the game and blew it up because of the lack of defense outside the paint, when it's clearly the Pacers are red hot in the 3s. Bryant didn't have enough minutes while the Pacers are betting them with the rebounds. Last but not the least, the Lakers biggest problem this season is LeBron and Ham.
LeBron tends to die down his teammate's momentum, when he's holding the ball his teammates will stop moving, and then they will forced to a low percentage shot.

Sure this loss is not really good for the Lakers because they were way up ahead by double digits but that's just how it goes. They badly needed that win to further push their rank forward to be able to get close in the playoff tree but this is not the last chance and they have plenty of time to work for securing the win next time when they are gone ahead like this one. I hope they were able to learn their miscalculations today so that they won't make the same mistakes again and the rumors right now are good for them because it's saying that,

Kyrie Irving will be a Los Angles Laker by December” Source

Yeah, it was really a hard pill to swallow lost for the Lakers, maybe they are not lucky and didn't play defense but this is the Lakers that he have known last year and part of it shows this year until Davis took over and they have a good successive wins.

But it seems they are back to their old self and just a simple slip of concentration cause this huge game. I consider this huge game because they are trying to built a momentum run with Lebron back on their line up.

The comment above was right, Lakers problem is when LeBron try to take over and hold the ball, his teammates are all waiting for him to call the play and will end up throwing a force shot, unlike when he's not around, all the guards are aggressive, and they are finding an open man to take the shots.

Not sure how coach Ham will be managed and see this, but like what you said, it is the same Lakers last year when LeBron is inside.

They need more good adjustments to fix this problem and they need to play as one with more confidence and not to look for LeBron or AD
to orchestrate the offense.

I have no hate on Lebron but he should really go instead of giving suggestions to the management that they should get this and that because he is the one who is destroying the team, the Lakers doesn't need him anymore. Even coach Phil Jackson said that they should let him go if they still want to reach far this season and in the upcoming seasons, they should trade him while he still have got value because time will past by, he won't what he is today anymore.

[dezoel]

In the matches played last night, the surprise result was played between Dallas and Holden state and Dallas defeated Golden State 116-113 at home. At Golden State, Klay Thompson is back to score. In the game played the other day, the Los Angeles Lakers lost 1 point to Indiana at home. The stars of the Los Angeles Lakers gave the necessary contribution as a score, but they could not prevent the defeat. The Boston Celtics, on the other hand, are progressing in form.

It is not that much shocking considering Dallas has been great when Luka gets some help, and Luka has been playing at an MVP level as well, dude is young but he is a superstar for sure, whereas Warriors lack the defence they were so famously known for, and that causes them to lose some games, they might be the latest champions but this year hasn't been dominant at all.

I guess that Warriors would be in playoffs and would still be a title contender, but not as great as they used to be, there is a doubt over them and that matters. At the very least, I know I wagered on Dallas to win and that's a good thing, not really Dallas to win but basically "warriors not winning by 6 points" because of handicap and I won .