2024 NBA Season

[Wapfika]

I can’t get over how bad Austin Reeves played yesterday. He went from leading the Olympic team (to a loss) to becoming a sub par NBA player in a matter of weeks…

He is just having a bad game. DLo is stepping which means he kinda outshine on playing unlike before during playoffs when DLo is struggling which he step up. Probably the pressure of having a lot of expectations is now making less productive compared last year.

You can’t blame him since he play like the main guy on olympics while he is just competing with DLo now to have a spot on the floor. AR is a great guy, He still has a lot of time to catch up again.

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[LogitechMouse]

Have you seen this play from Curry against Brooks?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VY8BEYWigo

You better watch out, folks! Curry pulled off an incredible move, and Brooks seemed completely lost when trying to guard him. I must say, I loved Curry's reaction. It's my opinion that Brooks had it coming, considering his history of disrespect towards Curry and his teammates in their past encounters, prior to his trade.

I wonder what if it happened in the home court of the Warriors? For sure fans will go nuts with what they saw.
TBH, I watched it more than 10x, and my reaction while watching it wasn't changed. Just surprising, but that's the reason why even the best defenders are having a hard time defending him.

What Curry is also doing this season is that he will shoot a three then he will go back to defend even though the ball didn't went in yet. Talking about the confidence from the greatest shooter of all time. Many are talking about the Bucks winning it all because of that trade, but people forget the tight competition in the West last season, and there's a chance that it might happen again since there aren't that much changes. Of course as a Warrior fan, I will root them as the winners of the West.

As for Brooks, he's a good defender, but he's a better dancer.

[Russlenat]

Have you seen this play from Curry against Brooks?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VY8BEYWigo

You better watch out, folks! Curry pulled off an incredible move, and Brooks seemed completely lost when trying to guard him. I must say, I loved Curry's reaction. It's my opinion that Brooks had it coming, considering his history of disrespect towards Curry and his teammates in their past encounters, prior to his trade.

I wonder what if it happened in the home court of the Warriors? For sure fans will go nuts with what they saw.
TBH, I watched it more than 10x, and my reaction while watching it wasn't changed. Just surprising, but that's the reason why even the best defenders are having a hard time defending him.

What Curry is also doing this season is that he will shoot a three then he will go back to defend even though the ball didn't went in yet. Talking about the confidence from the greatest shooter of all time. Many are talking about the Bucks winning it all because of that trade, but people forget the tight competition in the West last season, and there's a chance that it might happen again since there aren't that much changes. Of course as a Warrior fan, I will root them as the winners of the West.

Curry seems to have found his rhythm early this season by sharing some of the playmaking responsibilities with CP3. With CP3's strong court vision and ability to find open teammates, Curry has been able to focus more on his shooting. It's not just Curry who has benefited from this change because when we look at Klay Thompson's stats, we can see that he's also improved, with an impressive 5 out of 10 shots made beyond the arc on this particular game.

As for Brooks, he's a good defender, but he's a better dancer.

As for Curry's move in that game, it was truly a classic moment that people won't easily forget, especially considering that it's on Brooks.

[OgNasty]

Looks like James Harden got what he wanted… A trade to the Clippers. Sad state of affairs the way the players are running the show in the NBA.

[Coin_trader]

Looks like James Harden got what he wanted… A trade to the Clippers. Sad state of affairs the way the players are running the show in the NBA.

Clippers gave up a lot of player just to acquire Harden that has totally zero defense and less sharp shooter. The only way they can benefit on this trade is when Kawhi and PG can finish a whole season without any injury until finals.

I’m not a fan of Harden especially now that Big man is the new meta on NBA. I wonder how will Clippers can stop team like Nuggets or Bucks when they have this kind of line-up which is pure offense. They are heavily reliant to a complete star roster with this built.

[MK-74]

Philadelphia 76ers traded James Harden to the Clippers.
The league is going to mess up badly with this team. Jarden, Westbrook, Paul George and Kawhi Leonard are a very good squad, I hope they can be champions.

[xLays]

Philadelphia 76ers traded James Harden to the Clippers.
The league is going to mess up badly with this team. Jarden, Westbrook, Paul George and Kawhi Leonard are a very good squad, I hope they can be champions.

You forgot to mention John Wall. I don't really see the Clippers winning a championship, even though they have James Harden now, because they lack solid defense and a reliable center. Maybe they can also sign Dwight Howard since he is available right now (If possible why not). Let's see what happens this season as James Harden and Westbrook were teammates before on the Rockets and OKC. Hopefully, there will be a different outcome. A championship? 😮‍💨

[AHOYBRAUSE]

Philadelphia 76ers traded James Harden to the Clippers.
The league is going to mess up badly with this team. Jarden, Westbrook, Paul George and Kawhi Leonard are a very good squad, I hope they can be champions.

You forgot to mention John Wall. I don't really see the Clippers winning a championship, even though they have James Harden now, because they lack solid defense and a reliable center. Maybe they can also sign Dwight Howard since he is available right now (If possible why not). Let's see what happens this season as James Harden and Westbrook were teammates before on the Rockets and OKC. Hopefully, there will be a different outcome. A championship? 😮‍💨

The Clippers will still win nothing this season.
Every single player is past their prime, even PG13 and KL in my opinion. All these injuries and so on took a toll on them.

On paper they have good names but I don't see them as a good team still.

[Oasisman]

Philadelphia 76ers traded James Harden to the Clippers.
The league is going to mess up badly with this team. Jarden, Westbrook, Paul George and Kawhi Leonard are a very good squad, I hope they can be champions.

Uhmm they look scary on paper, but I still have doubts on whether or not they'll gonna gel together or at least how this team is gonna work. We've seen enough of old superstars stacking together on the same team, it usually ends up so bad.
Let's see how the Clippers are gonna make this team work, because IMO, this team aren't gonna beat the Nuggets though.
They have traded away most of their PF, so most probably they're gonna play small ball, something that don't work against a top rebounding team.

[OgNasty]

Philadelphia 76ers traded James Harden to the Clippers.
The league is going to mess up badly with this team. Jarden, Westbrook, Paul George and Kawhi Leonard are a very good squad, I hope they can be champions.

You forgot to mention John Wall. I don't really see the Clippers winning a championship, even though they have James Harden now, because they lack solid defense and a reliable center. Maybe they can also sign Dwight Howard since he is available right now (If possible why not). Let's see what happens this season as James Harden and Westbrook were teammates before on the Rockets and OKC. Hopefully, there will be a different outcome. A championship? 😮‍💨

The Clippers will still win nothing this season.
Every single player is past their prime, even PG13 and KL in my opinion. All these injuries and so on took a toll on them.

On paper they have good names but I don't see them as a good team still.

I agree. They’re all a bit older but mostly PG13 and Kawhi are injury prone while Harden is well passed his prime. This doesn’t even take into account they just traded half their team for Harden. I don’t think this works out for anyone except the players, who won’t win but will probably have a fun time hanging out and traveling together.

[danherbias07]

And here is the deal about the James Harden trade.

James Harden trade: Clippers land 76ers star and PJ Tucker for multiple picks, swap, four veterans

The Philadelphia 76ers are trading James Harden to the Los Angeles Clippers, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. The Clippers will receive Harden, PJ Tucker and Filip Petrusev while the 76ers will receive an unprotected 2028 first-round pick, two second-round picks, a first-round pick swap, Marcus Morris, Nic Batum, Robert Covington and KJ Martin. Additionally, Wojnarowski is reporting that another first-round pick will be rerouted to the 76ers from a third team. However, we do not know what that team is or what other players might have been involved to land that asset. The 76ers are waiving Danny Green to clear the roster space necessary to make the trade

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/james-harden-trade-clippers-land-76ers-star-and-pj-tucker-for-multiple-picks-swap-four-veterans/

Nic Batum. Oh, what a waste. One of their great defenders. KJ Martin is a young promising talent. Well, I think the Clippers still won this trade. But I do wish it would work out with so many guards on their roster now.
The "Win Now" motto is what Steve Ballmer wants and I do believe this should be it. He already filled his roster with high-paid players so if this still won't work then he might just wave the white flag and start all over again with young players.
I am not really a fan of superstars piling up on one team making it a super team so I don't like it and I believe this will not work out, in my own opinion only.
Well, Harden played with WB and WB played with PG13, who knows, they might build their own chemistry in a short span of time.

[carlisle1]

Philadelphia 76ers traded James Harden to the Clippers.
The league is going to mess up badly with this team. Jarden, Westbrook, Paul George and Kawhi Leonard are a very good squad, I hope they can be champions.

You forgot to mention John Wall. I don't really see the Clippers winning a championship, even though they have James Harden now, because they lack solid defense and a reliable center. Maybe they can also sign Dwight Howard since he is available right now (If possible why not). Let's see what happens this season as James Harden and Westbrook were teammates before on the Rockets and OKC. Hopefully, there will be a different outcome. A championship? 😮‍💨

The Clippers will still win nothing this season.
Every single player is past their prime, even PG13 and KL in my opinion. All these injuries and so on took a toll on them.

On paper they have good names but I don't see them as a good team still.

I agree. They’re all a bit older but mostly PG13 and Kawhi are injury prone while Harden is well passed his prime. This doesn’t even take into account they just traded half their team for Harden. I don’t think this works out for anyone except the players, who won’t win but will probably have a fun time hanging out and traveling together.

Maybe they can use that brotherhood to take pride and try to find the best way to win a game, but yeah, in terms of papers they are good in
numbers, with all 4 stars, are all offensive arsenals.

It will be on the side of the coaching staff to blend them together and put something to establish the kind of chemistry that will allow everyone to
play their role and,

who knows, maybe they can make the team as competitive as how the fans will expect them after acquiring Harden and Tucker.

[rdbase]

And here is the deal about the James Harden trade.

James Harden trade: Clippers land 76ers star and PJ Tucker for multiple picks, swap, four veterans

The Philadelphia 76ers are trading James Harden to the Los Angeles Clippers, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. The Clippers will receive Harden, PJ Tucker and Filip Petrusev while the 76ers will receive an unprotected 2028 first-round pick, two second-round picks, a first-round pick swap, Marcus Morris, Nic Batum, Robert Covington and KJ Martin. Additionally, Wojnarowski is reporting that another first-round pick will be rerouted to the 76ers from a third team. However, we do not know what that team is or what other players might have been involved to land that asset. The 76ers are waiving Danny Green to clear the roster space necessary to make the trade

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/james-harden-trade-clippers-land-76ers-star-and-pj-tucker-for-multiple-picks-swap-four-veterans/

Nic Batum. Oh, what a waste. One of their great defenders. KJ Martin is a young promising talent. Well, I think the Clippers still won this trade. But I do wish it would work out with so many guards on their roster now.
The "Win Now" motto is what Steve Ballmer wants and I do believe this should be it. He already filled his roster with high-paid players so if this still won't work then he might just wave the white flag and start all over again with young players.
I am not really a fan of superstars piling up on one team making it a super team so I don't like it and I believe this will not work out, in my own opinion only.
Well, Harden played with WB and WB played with PG13, who knows, they might build their own chemistry in a short span of time.

Harden to the Clippers must of been announced while the late games were still being played. While watching the usual sports shows nothing was mentioned by yesterday afternoon.
You knew something was going to happen with James Harden since he was missing team practice and then not in the lineup so a reshuffling within the 76er's team roster was bound to happen. And better to occur early in the season than after two months when the season is in full swing and the in-season tournament has already happened which is scheduled for early next month.

[rhomelmabini]

And, that's why Morris wasn't with the team during the last game, the report that he wasn't on the team maybe he was upset he got the news. Well, I'm a Clippers fan but I don't know how they would make this thing work out, their depth is good at least if they have all the healthy players though. I hope Harden just play better now that his wish was fulfilled and he should be or he would just to leave with another team again.

[ultrloa]

And here is the deal about the James Harden trade.

James Harden trade: Clippers land 76ers star and PJ Tucker for multiple picks, swap, four veterans

The Philadelphia 76ers are trading James Harden to the Los Angeles Clippers, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. The Clippers will receive Harden, PJ Tucker and Filip Petrusev while the 76ers will receive an unprotected 2028 first-round pick, two second-round picks, a first-round pick swap, Marcus Morris, Nic Batum, Robert Covington and KJ Martin. Additionally, Wojnarowski is reporting that another first-round pick will be rerouted to the 76ers from a third team. However, we do not know what that team is or what other players might have been involved to land that asset. The 76ers are waiving Danny Green to clear the roster space necessary to make the trade

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/james-harden-trade-clippers-land-76ers-star-and-pj-tucker-for-multiple-picks-swap-four-veterans/

Nic Batum. Oh, what a waste. One of their great defenders. KJ Martin is a young promising talent. Well, I think the Clippers still won this trade. But I do wish it would work out with so many guards on their roster now.
The "Win Now" motto is what Steve Ballmer wants and I do believe this should be it. He already filled his roster with high-paid players so if this still won't work then he might just wave the white flag and start all over again with young players.
I am not really a fan of superstars piling up on one team making it a super team so I don't like it and I believe this will not work out, in my own opinion only.
Well, Harden played with WB and WB played with PG13, who knows, they might build their own chemistry in a short span of time.

Its up to NBA now if they want to let this trade to happen but most provably they allow it to end up the beef between Sixers management and Harden. Now the request of Harden to play at Clippers already happen so let see if he's already fine on his new team since many expect that Clippers became so big now and they have 4 superstars in their team. Most provably their odds to win a championship became more higher since Harden can play point guard to this team and that's what Leonard want.

Although Clippers lost their solid defenders with this trade but since they get harden which can contribute on assist and offense still they are fine with that. There main concern now is they have a lot of players which is ball dominant and they need to make it work together to get better result for this season.

[Questat]

And, that's why Morris wasn't with the team during the last game, the report that he wasn't on the team maybe he was upset he got the news. Well, I'm a Clippers fan but I don't know how they would make this thing work out, their depth is good at least if they have all the healthy players though. I hope Harden just play better now that his wish was fulfilled and he should be or he would just to leave with another team again.

A team with four star players is quite uncommon, and it will be interesting to see how they perform together, especially since all four of them have been the main leaders in their previous teams. Westbrook and Harden have a history of playing together and achieving success. Perhaps this dynamic will work well for the Miami Heat now. However, in my opinion, it would be wise for them to continue considering Kawhi Leonard as their leader, given his consistency and performance within the team.

[Hypnosis00]

And, that's why Morris wasn't with the team during the last game, the report that he wasn't on the team maybe he was upset he got the news. Well, I'm a Clippers fan but I don't know how they would make this thing work out, their depth is good at least if they have all the healthy players though. I hope Harden just play better now that his wish was fulfilled and he should be or he would just to leave with another team again.

A team with four star players is quite uncommon, and it will be interesting to see how they perform together, especially since all four of them have been the main leaders in their previous teams. Westbrook and Harden have a history of playing together and achieving success. Perhaps this dynamic will work well for the Miami Heat now. However, in my opinion, it would be wise for them to continue considering Kawhi Leonard as their leader, given his consistency and performance within the team.

Don't forget Terrence Mann, who has been performing exceptionally well for the team. He's a young player with a lot of potential and can learn a great deal from the star players he's surrounded by. They say that building good chemistry can be challenging when there are multiple superstars on a team, and that's the task at hand for the Clippers. We'll have to wait and see if it works out. On another note, I'd like to inquire about the rumors regarding the NBA implementing rules to prevent the formation of super teams. Is there any truth to this?

[MK-74]

Philadelphia 76ers traded James Harden to the Clippers.
The league is going to mess up badly with this team. Jarden, Westbrook, Paul George and Kawhi Leonard are a very good squad, I hope they can be champions.

You forgot to mention John Wall. I don't really see the Clippers winning a championship, even though they have James Harden now, because they lack solid defense and a reliable center. Maybe they can also sign Dwight Howard since he is available right now (If possible why not). Let's see what happens this season as James Harden and Westbrook were teammates before on the Rockets and OKC. Hopefully, there will be a different outcome. A championship? 😮‍💨

Yes, I forgot John Wall, the squad has some really good names, but championships are not won with names.
Anyway, it looks like it's going to be an exciting league this year.

[Yogee]

And, that's why Morris wasn't with the team during the last game, the report that he wasn't on the team maybe he was upset he got the news. Well, I'm a Clippers fan but I don't know how they would make this thing work out, their depth is good at least if they have all the healthy players though. I hope Harden just play better now that his wish was fulfilled and he should be or he would just to leave with another team again.

I'm not even sure if their coach is built to handle this many all-stars in one team. The addition of Harden messes up the team chemistry of the three that's been built already.
It's a weird line up if all of them are in the court at the same time but I was thinking maybe it could work if Kahwi and PG will have to focus more on the defensive end while Harden and WB handles offense.

[Russlenat]

And, that's why Morris wasn't with the team during the last game, the report that he wasn't on the team maybe he was upset he got the news. Well, I'm a Clippers fan but I don't know how they would make this thing work out, their depth is good at least if they have all the healthy players though. I hope Harden just play better now that his wish was fulfilled and he should be or he would just to leave with another team again.

I'm not even sure if their coach is built to handle this many all-stars in one team. The addition of Harden messes up the team chemistry of the three that's been built already.

No, not yet. Let's refrain from drawing conclusions at this point. Even before they acquired Harden through a trade that involved multiple players, they had thoroughly analyzed this factor. They recognized that without changes to the team, reaching the Finals was unlikely. With Harden on board, even in the event of an injury to one of their starters, they still have three, so their main focus now, apart from building team chemistry, is to enhance their second unit.

It's a weird line up if all of them are in the court at the same time but I was thinking maybe it could work if Kahwi and PG will have to focus more on the defensive end while Harden and WB handles offense.

WB to handle the offense? Are you kidding me? No man, he can't shoot.