2025 NBA Season

[ultrloa]

Looks like the front office of the Grizzlies have enough of him already. His destroying the reputation of the team with his trash talks, and I guess we will all agree if I will say that he's the one who trash talks the most in the whole Grizzlies roster, but isn't converting it into stats, and still performing very awfully all throughout the season, and in this last playoffs against the Lakers.

Nevertheless, now that we know that the Grizzlies will not get him again, I wonder which team will try to get him? I hope that the Warriors will get him.   I mean Westbrook and Beverley became teammates in the Lakers at the start of the season, and we know the beef between the two of them back a few years ago. Don't take what I said very seriously because I don't think that the Warriors will get him anyway. Overall, I'm excited on which team will try and get him after what happened.

I don't that the Warriors is willing to take a player with that kind of attitude, and it's a very different story with Westbrook and Pat Bev, yeah they trash talk but at the end of the day they try to deliver and it's part of their competitive nature.

As compare to Brooks, who says up front that he doesn't like the Warriors including Draymond and the rest. So that's attacking the team itself and there's no competitiveness in that statement, it's just pure hate or he is really envious of the success of the Warriors organization. And he talking about dynasty? right now players are going to laugh at this fool for his statements and his performance in the playoffs.

To bad for brooks he is really a total bad ass which create a bad vibes on their team. And now nba fans throw so much hate on him and provably it can affect his teammates to so provably he will be totally kick out on Grizzlies since he is bad influence to Ja and Bane.

Also for sure even Warriors will not want that guy to be part of that team since Brooks always says bad words against them especially to their stars so it will be bad if they let this guy enter on their rotation since this will be a huge mess for them.

[Yamifoud]

Looks like the front office of the Grizzlies have enough of him already. His destroying the reputation of the team with his trash talks, and I guess we will all agree if I will say that he's the one who trash talks the most in the whole Grizzlies roster, but isn't converting it into stats, and still performing very awfully all throughout the season, and in this last playoffs against the Lakers.

Nevertheless, now that we know that the Grizzlies will not get him again, I wonder which team will try to get him? I hope that the Warriors will get him.   I mean Westbrook and Beverley became teammates in the Lakers at the start of the season, and we know the beef between the two of them back a few years ago. Don't take what I said very seriously because I don't think that the Warriors will get him anyway. Overall, I'm excited on which team will try and get him after what happened.

I don't that the Warriors is willing to take a player with that kind of attitude, and it's a very different story with Westbrook and Pat Bev, yeah they trash talk but at the end of the day they try to deliver and it's part of their competitive nature.

As compare to Brooks, who says up front that he doesn't like the Warriors including Draymond and the rest. So that's attacking the team itself and there's no competitiveness in that statement, it's just pure hate or he is really envious of the success of the Warriors organization. And he talking about dynasty? right now players are going to laugh at this fool for his statements and his performance in the playoffs.

To bad for brooks he is really a total bad ass which create a bad vibes on their team. And now nba fans throw so much hate on him and provably it can affect his teammates to so provably he will be totally kick out on Grizzlies since he is bad influence to Ja and Bane.

Also for sure even Warriors will not want that guy to be part of that team since Brooks always says bad words against them especially to their stars so it will be bad if they let this guy enter on their rotation since this will be a huge mess for them.

The problem with him is that his stats have dropped a lot this season. Being a trash talker is not new to him, but the team wants someone who can do the job inside the court.

According to https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/brookdi01.htm

His PPG average this season is only 14.3

While the last  3 series are higher.

2019-20 16.2 pts
2020-21 17.2 pts
2021-22 18.4 pts

You can see that there's a huge decline.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

Damn, we are on a road trip so I couldn't watch the Warriors, 1st playoff game I missed this postseason.

Just watched the highlights and it was just as expected, huge problems under the basket because of Davis.

Dubs shot almost 40% from 3 and it still wasn't enough, probably because of the off game of Klay.

Watched the highlights without knowing the result and had high hopes when GSW tied the game short before the end thanks to a 14:0 run, and that was it.

Next game might be do or die already. If they lose this one they have to win 3 games in LA, tough task.
Lebron won't go shooting 9/24 again so they better be ready.

[dwyane36]

That's why Anthony Davis is the key to another championship if he can stay healthy throughout this series and win it because they know how to beat the Denver if they ever met at the Western Conference finals because they beat them once already in the past without a problem. I'm sure the GSW will gonna fix their game and will try hard to make a comeback because this round is so much important for them. they are facing the Lakers and LBJ which we know have been rivals for years now and also the fans already making huge noise after that 1 win by the Lakers.

Davis certainly performed very well in the first game against the Warriors. However, if the Lakers really want to contend for another championship, they need Davis to be not only healthy but stable as well. For example, there were at least a couple of games in the previous round where Davis was terrible on offense and couldn't really score. At times like this, the Lakers look helpless and overly dependent on Davis' performance.

[NotEssBeeF]

why is harrell not getting enough run with embiid out?

I've been waiting to smash some harrell props but nothing is even registerings

cleaned up on some a few years ago for 5figs+ and chasing that high

[Jating]

Looks like the front office of the Grizzlies have enough of him already. His destroying the reputation of the team with his trash talks, and I guess we will all agree if I will say that he's the one who trash talks the most in the whole Grizzlies roster, but isn't converting it into stats, and still performing very awfully all throughout the season, and in this last playoffs against the Lakers.

Nevertheless, now that we know that the Grizzlies will not get him again, I wonder which team will try to get him? I hope that the Warriors will get him.   I mean Westbrook and Beverley became teammates in the Lakers at the start of the season, and we know the beef between the two of them back a few years ago. Don't take what I said very seriously because I don't think that the Warriors will get him anyway. Overall, I'm excited on which team will try and get him after what happened.

I don't that the Warriors is willing to take a player with that kind of attitude, and it's a very different story with Westbrook and Pat Bev, yeah they trash talk but at the end of the day they try to deliver and it's part of their competitive nature.

As compare to Brooks, who says up front that he doesn't like the Warriors including Draymond and the rest. So that's attacking the team itself and there's no competitiveness in that statement, it's just pure hate or he is really envious of the success of the Warriors organization. And he talking about dynasty? right now players are going to laugh at this fool for his statements and his performance in the playoffs.

To bad for brooks he is really a total bad ass which create a bad vibes on their team. And now nba fans throw so much hate on him and provably it can affect his teammates to so provably he will be totally kick out on Grizzlies since he is bad influence to Ja and Bane.

Also for sure even Warriors will not want that guy to be part of that team since Brooks always says bad words against them especially to their stars so it will be bad if they let this guy enter on their rotation since this will be a huge mess for them.

The problem with him is that his stats have dropped a lot this season. Being a trash talker is not new to him, but the team wants someone who can do the job inside the court.

According to https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/brookdi01.htm

His PPG average this season is only 14.3

While the last  3 series are higher.

2019-20 16.2 pts
2020-21 17.2 pts
2021-22 18.4 pts

You can see that there's a huge decline.

You are right, but still though, he can still play defense, but the thing is that he had this attitude, the negativity that every time he open is big mouth, you will hear blabber and I do agree that it is a very negative vibes for the team and the organization he represents which is Memphis. And it did carry to others as well, we know that issues with Ja Morant last February or March and it created more negativity when Brooks attitude, his technical fouls. It will be ok if he can back up the talks, but when he faces like the Lakers this series or even Warriors in the regular season, he can't deliver any.

@NotEssBeeF - Maybe coach Doc Rivers insists on getting small in this series so that they can run. And maybe Harrell is not a good fit on their current system. He could play but not against the Celtics.

[blockman]

Yes, the Lakers stole one game on the road, and they are very hyped up right now. However, I wouldn't join in on the hype because it's just one game. The Warriors could still come back with good adjustments

It's okay that you won't join the hype and bandwagon as this is normal whenever rivals are playing and this isn't the finals game. We've got all our favorite teams and we expect more for our supporting team to come back which is the GSW. That shot of Poole has made rounds and it's funny that everyone is certainly feeling bad about that shot. If everyone's feeling bad on it, how much more Poole and the entirety of Golden State Warriors.

[Shamm]

Yes, the Lakers stole one game on the road, and they are very hyped up right now. However, I wouldn't join in on the hype because it's just one game. The Warriors could still come back with good adjustments

It's okay that you won't join the hype and bandwagon as this is normal whenever rivals are playing and this isn't the finals game. We've got all our favorite teams and we expect more for our supporting team to come back which is the GSW. That shot of Poole has made rounds and it's funny that everyone is certainly feeling bad about that shot. If everyone's feeling bad on it, how much more Poole and the entirety of Golden State Warriors.

Lakers in game 1 against warrior this season is so good and very accurate as well know that they have a good teamwork in order to beat warriors in their first meet in semifinals in this season. But it just a 1 game ahead so there's a chance for warriors that they will bring their best the game two and in upcoming matchup. We all know that warriors is a very strong team and even the series are 2-0. There's a chance that they can get up and with until the game 7 but Anyways congratulations for the  winners who bet Lakers in game 1.

[RealMalatesta]

^^ Sooner or later there will be blaming games and pointing finger as to what cause Memphis that series against the Lakers. Obviously, two of them, Ja Morant's interview, "I'm fine in the West" comment and then Brooks disrespecting Lebron and "poking the bear" and until someone drops 40 on him. Yeah, the last game of the series, the Lakers won by 40 point lead, and Brooks performance in that series was garbage.

And with that, perhaps management said that they have enough of this clown, and as Draymond said, "The dynasty starts after you, not with you”. So good riddance for Brooks, and let's see if a team is going to pick him up, or going to Shanghai Sharks, 

Ja may not be the best person you want on your team, but at least he is a great player, whereas Brooks talks so much and yet can't back that up, that's the difference. Morant may do some wild stuff and definitely would rather have Tim Duncanesque type of player who is a calm leader and not some wild youth who acts out, but at least Ja can drop 40 on a game, he has done that and can do that for a long time, dude can jump higher than Lebron, he was good.

Brooks on the other hand talked like he was some big deal, and then he ended up getting served, I am sorry but if you can't back up your talk then you are only hurting the team. Poke the bear if you going to beat the bear, but also keep the bear under 20 points or inefficient game if you can, if you can't then it makes no sense.

[ajanwalker]

New York managed to beat Miami this time in the second round of the second round matches, but I can still say that Miami has the advantage. New York managed to win the game played tonight, 111-105, with their game in the last quarter. Jalen Brunson scored 30 points, R.J.Barrett 24 and Julius Randle 25 points for New York. Kevin Love played ineffectively in Miami. In the other game of the night, the Los Angeles Lakers took the field advantage with a flash away win. Anthony Davis and LeBron dominated the game. Setphen Curry and Klay Thompson were effective in Golden State, but they could not prevent the defeat. Los Angeles defeated Golden State 112-117.

[Distinctin]

In another news, karma is a bitch:


https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/1653431147509043200

I heard about this and I can't really believe that the Grizzlies will do something like this for Brooks. I mean, I know he's not that kind of player that contributes within a decent average per game but sometime, his antics are somehow helpful for the team because he gets into the other team's heads. It's just that he crossed some lines doing such thing towards LeBron James and I'm even under the impression where the Grizzlies will praise him if his antics will be proven successful and that LeBron will ruin his own gameplay because of Brooks but because the opposite happened, Brooks was thrown under the bus so that the franchise will not be connected to the hate.

[Botnake]

Bookies are insisting that Knicks are the better team in this series vs Heat and I see totally different than them. I see Heat as a finals contenders right now and last night it was Heat to played poorly rather than Knicks played good but I can see this series going down until game 7 with Heat moving further.

That is good for us, I'm not complaining because I get to bet on the Miami Heat with a juicy moneyline because the bookies are favoring the Knicks compared to the Miami Heat. Which I can't really blame them because Heat got two good and important players injured, namely Herro and Oladipo, and that might be the reason behind why.

But remember that in Game 2, without Jimmy Butler, the Heat almost got the win. So, what more if Jimmy was there. Let's just ride with it mate, it's no biggy, really.

[carlisle1]

Yes, the Lakers stole one game on the road, and they are very hyped up right now. However, I wouldn't join in on the hype because it's just one game. The Warriors could still come back with good adjustments

It's okay that you won't join the hype and bandwagon as this is normal whenever rivals are playing and this isn't the finals game. We've got all our favorite teams and we expect more for our supporting team to come back which is the GSW. That shot of Poole has made rounds and it's funny that everyone is certainly feeling bad about that shot. If everyone's feeling bad on it, how much more Poole and the entirety of Golden State Warriors.

Lakers in game 1 against warrior this season is so good and very accurate as well know that they have a good teamwork in order to beat warriors in their first meet in semifinals in this season. But it just a 1 game ahead so there's a chance for warriors that they will bring their best the game two and in upcoming matchup. We all know that warriors is a very strong team and even the series are 2-0. There's a chance that they can get up and with until the game 7 but Anyways congratulations for the  winners who bet Lakers in game 1.

Lakers review the last game of GSW against the kings, as they really countered the known advantages of GSW. If you review how they made those counter attacks and how they limit the potential breakaway of the Warriors.

It's a team effort which is led by LeBron and Davis. Both are aggressive, not just with the offense, but also with the defense and rebounding.

But like what you said, it's just 1 game and the conclusion of the series will be decided once a team already won 4 games.

[OgNasty]

Yes, the Lakers stole one game on the road, and they are very hyped up right now. However, I wouldn't join in on the hype because it's just one game. The Warriors could still come back with good adjustments

It's okay that you won't join the hype and bandwagon as this is normal whenever rivals are playing and this isn't the finals game. We've got all our favorite teams and we expect more for our supporting team to come back which is the GSW. That shot of Poole has made rounds and it's funny that everyone is certainly feeling bad about that shot. If everyone's feeling bad on it, how much more Poole and the entirety of Golden State Warriors.

Lakers in game 1 against warrior this season is so good and very accurate as well know that they have a good teamwork in order to beat warriors in their first meet in semifinals in this season. But it just a 1 game ahead so there's a chance for warriors that they will bring their best the game two and in upcoming matchup. We all know that warriors is a very strong team and even the series are 2-0. There's a chance that they can get up and with until the game 7 but Anyways congratulations for the  winners who bet Lakers in game 1.

Lakers review the last game of GSW against the kings, as they really countered the known advantages of GSW. If you review how they made those counter attacks and how they limit the potential breakaway of the Warriors.

It's a team effort which is led by LeBron and Davis. Both are aggressive, not just with the offense, but also with the defense and rebounding.

But like what you said, it's just 1 game and the conclusion of the series will be decided once a team already won 4 games.

I think it was mostly Anthony Davis.  He exposed the Warriors as not being able to contain him.  They pretty much either have to not miss shots or hurt Davis in order to have a chance if the games keep being played this way.  The second half the Warriors did a little better job on him, but he also played a ton of minutes so he was probably tired.  I'm not sure how the Warriors are going to be able to handle such a large guy in Davis.  Maybe if they didn't trade away Wiseman they'd be able to run more fresh legs at him, but I think the Warriors have a problem on their hands if Davis stays healthy.

[mirakal]

That's why Anthony Davis is the key to another championship if he can stay healthy throughout this series and win it because they know how to beat the Denver if they ever met at the Western Conference finals because they beat them once already in the past without a problem. I'm sure the GSW will gonna fix their game and will try hard to make a comeback because this round is so much important for them. they are facing the Lakers and LBJ which we know have been rivals for years now and also the fans already making huge noise after that 1 win by the Lakers.

Davis certainly performed very well in the first game against the Warriors. However, if the Lakers really want to contend for another championship, they need Davis to be not only healthy but stable as well. For example, there were at least a couple of games in the previous round where Davis was terrible on offense and couldn't really score. At times like this, the Lakers look helpless and overly dependent on Davis' performance.

Anthony Davis himself knew that it might happen again somewhere in the future but I don't think he will just let it happen without making a fight or at least make himself useful in the defense because there was no night where Davis was useless in both offensive and defensive end, and I really think that is a fact unless he's injured and needed to rest on the sideline.

[wheelz1200]

Joel Embiid is the winner of this year’s MVP award. I personally don’t think he had a better year than Jokic, but I’m glad Jokic didn’t win it again. The NBA always gives people the MVP too early and leads to them getting snubbed later. I think that’s what happened to Jokic this year and giving the MVP to the ‘next up’ guy is why Rose stole one of LeBron’s MVPs and same with Nash stealing one from O’Neal. I could go on and on. Hopefully this Embiid MVP (which is more like a lifetime achievement award in this case) allows them to break that cycle and start giving the MVP to the player that had the most dominant season instead of the next superstar.

Yeah, it's good to see Jokic not winning the MVP this year, I'm not totally against him, but there were moments where in the MVP was announced to early as you have said. Even as early as Malone stealing one from MJ and then MJ came back in revenge to win the NBA finals.

The final games of both Jokic and Embiid has been the deciding factor IMO.
In the final games, Jokic sit out, and didn't play because of injury while Embiid is out there carrying his team. I guess that's the reason why Embiid has picked the winner. I mean in most of the regular season, we don't know who will be the MVP because both of them are playing very well. It's just that Jokic got injured, sit out in the final games of the regular season, and Embiid is still playing. Anyway, I won my bet on this one big time. Congratulations to Embiid as well. Still Larry Bird is still the last player to win MVP 3x in a row back in the '80's I think.

In another news, karma is a bitch:


https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/1653431147509043200

Looks like the front office of the Grizzlies have enough of him already. His destroying the reputation of the team with his trash talks, and I guess we will all agree if I will say that he's the one who trash talks the most in the whole Grizzlies roster, but isn't converting it into stats, and still performing very awfully all throughout the season, and in this last playoffs against the Lakers.

Nevertheless, now that we know that the Grizzlies will not get him again, I wonder which team will try to get him? I hope that the Warriors will get him.   I mean Westbrook and Beverley became teammates in the Lakers at the start of the season, and we know the beef between the two of them back a few years ago. Don't take what I said very seriously because I don't think that the Warriors will get him anyway. Overall, I'm excited on which team will try and get him after what happened.

I hope that wasn't the final draw.  There were plenty of games that embid sat out due to injury this year.  I honestly think it's more a, we should give it to someone new.  Jokic led his team to the 1 spot almost wire to wire this year.  All while sporting healthy numbers all around.  He easily could have gotten a third one but I think Philly might literally have burned down the NBA offices.  Good for embid but it could have go e either way and don't think any single game was a deciding factor.

[wheelz1200]

Bookies are insisting that Knicks are the better team in this series vs Heat and I see totally different than them. I see Heat as a finals contenders right now and last night it was Heat to played poorly rather than Knicks played good but I can see this series going down until game 7 with Heat moving further.

Lakers ...man , if somehow Lakers gets to win this NBA year , that would be totally unexpected because 2 months ago they were barely into play offs spots.

The heat are just the media darlings because of the whole 8 seed beat a 1 seed.  Everyone is saying how knxoks barely won last night while ignoring game one heat struggled to win with Randle out.  Randle is the Knicks leading scorer AND rebounder on the team.  I'm a knicks fan so I might be biased but I think the bookies AR spot on with this one they should be a slight favorite.  2 big games in Miami just hoping for a split to bring it back to NY.  Knicls annihilated the Cavaliers in theor previous series.  Don't know why they get so much disrespect.

[yahoo62278]

In another news, karma is a bitch:


https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/1653431147509043200

I heard about this and I can't really believe that the Grizzlies will do something like this for Brooks. I mean, I know he's not that kind of player that contributes within a decent average per game but sometime, his antics are somehow helpful for the team because he gets into the other team's heads. It's just that he crossed some lines doing such thing towards LeBron James and I'm even under the impression where the Grizzlies will praise him if his antics will be proven successful and that LeBron will ruin his own gameplay because of Brooks but because the opposite happened, Brooks was thrown under the bus so that the franchise will not be connected to the hate.

The Grizzlies had enough drama in the franchise dealing with Ja Morant and his offcourt issues. They didn't really need Brooks and his bs on the court. Every team has an enforcer so to speak, but this guy pushes the limits IMO.

[Natalim]

Yes, the Lakers stole one game on the road, and they are very hyped up right now. However, I wouldn't join in on the hype because it's just one game. The Warriors could still come back with good adjustments

It's okay that you won't join the hype and bandwagon as this is normal whenever rivals are playing and this isn't the finals game. We've got all our favorite teams and we expect more for our supporting team to come back which is the GSW. That shot of Poole has made rounds and it's funny that everyone is certainly feeling bad about that shot. If everyone's feeling bad on it, how much more Poole and the entirety of Golden State Warriors.

Yes, precisely. Everybody including these professional basketball players are also bound to make mistakes, it is somehow unreal if people will expect that Poole will always be successful on every shot that he's making especially during clutch time because even if he got lucky saving the team in various occasions, that is not enough to make him a clutch player, he still have a long way to go before he can reach that feat.

Moreover, I doubt that there will be a criticism if it happens Stephen Curry was in Jordan Poole's place and was the one who made the shot and failed. I definitely know that people will still find an excuse to excuse Curry from that mistake.

[Sanitough]

^^ Sooner or later there will be blaming games and pointing finger as to what cause Memphis that series against the Lakers. Obviously, two of them, Ja Morant's interview, "I'm fine in the West" comment and then Brooks disrespecting Lebron and "poking the bear" and until someone drops 40 on him. Yeah, the last game of the series, the Lakers won by 40 point lead, and Brooks performance in that series was garbage.

And with that, perhaps management said that they have enough of this clown, and as Draymond said, "The dynasty starts after you, not with you”. So good riddance for Brooks, and let's see if a team is going to pick him up, or going to Shanghai Sharks, 

Ja may not be the best person you want on your team, but at least he is a great player, whereas Brooks talks so much and yet can't back that up, that's the difference. Morant may do some wild stuff and definitely would rather have Tim Duncanesque type of player who is a calm leader and not some wild youth who acts out, but at least Ja can drop 40 on a game, he has done that and can do that for a long time, dude can jump higher than Lebron, he was good.

Brooks on the other hand talked like he was some big deal, and then he ended up getting served, I am sorry but if you can't back up your talk then you are only hurting the team. Poke the bear if you going to beat the bear, but also keep the bear under 20 points or inefficient game if you can, if you can't then it makes no sense.

The only downside I see towards Ja Morant is that currently he doesn't have a good environment that is why he's been in the middle of issues lately, mainly about that incident where he got suspended in the league and if I'm not mistaken he was also fined. But if Ja Morant will be surrounded with good folks that can help him improve and view things differently, then I bet his performance will be better than what we've see these past two season.

And for Dillon Brooks, he didn't see this coming though and maybe this will be even his last season in his whole career as there will be no team in the league that will show interest towards him because he doesn't have any talent that is worth the risk aside from talking nonsense and poking somebody.