2024 NBA Season

[Yaunfitda]

Steve Kerr admitted in the press conference that he cannot find the connection yet. He keeps on rotating his players expecting something good will come out. Well, there are some although what Draymond Green did was just stupid. Stan Van Gundy said he didn't mean it, I doubt that. I am a Warriors fan and yet I don't like how Draymond is behaving. He is exaggerating contacts and it's not cool. That's the third time he was thrown out of the game like a guy who wants to be traded the next time it's available.
The Warriors are already having a bad season, it's time for him to grow up. They were defeated by a Suns team without KD. Ouch!
13 point lead gone in the 3rd quarter. The Suns bench stepped up their game, Metu, Okogi, and Goodwin. And I do love the unselfishness of Booker. He instantly passes the ball whenever the Warriors are pressing him with a double team.
That's what the Suns need especially without a point guard in their midst.

I think it's not the year for the Warriors, unfortunately, and with their aging stars, I doubt that they can compete with the current team right now. There's a lot of young team that really give no respect to the Warriors.

Well they are one of the most dominant teams, but I guess their era and dynasty might be over. Green and Thompson are no longer producing the numbers and basketball IQ that they used to have and I think it's only Steph Curry who are consistent in this season. I do agree that it's hard to find the connection, Kuminga, Wiggins, seems to be off with the current rotation.

[avp2306]

For winning a ROTY? I guess Wemby is totally out performed by Chet since he and his teammates are doing more better this season. So he have more higher chance to win that and provably a lot of people will agree.

I agree, if it's about the standing then no doubt that Chet is more desirable than Wemby. Too bad that the Spurs fan and everyone had a lot of expectations from him but it seems that it's not yet his time and there's more need for development.

While for Chet, he's doing good together with his teammates and they're having a good run on this season. Anyway, it's been the two that are being clocked in as the potential ROTY but it seems that Wemby will be out of that list.

And it's likely that Chet is going to be the one that shall receive the award of the ROTY but let's see, there are also other good candidates for it.

Its so bad that they might end on position that they don't like to be placed that's why I feel bad for Wemby since there's to much expectation on him regarding on winning the ROTY but his team cannot contribute and they are playing so bad now. I guess Spurs including Wemby know that they cannot win that trophy so maybe there focus change and they continue to focus on experimenting on how they can use him on the court.

Hopefully we can see Spurs get a good trades and find those players that can help him or even get a star also maybe some veteran to help them became more better each game the play.

[Russlenat]

Hopefully we can see Spurs get a good trades and find those players that can help him or even get a star also maybe some veteran to help them became more better each game the play.

They don't have a star player to trade, so if there's someone that will be traded, we can't expect a start player like Wemby in return. I think they'll have to build the team with the current line up, improve the chemistry and be healthy, eventually they'll be a tough team like the OKC.

Still too early to expect the SPurs to be playoff contender, it was just Wemby was overhyped resulting to people have a high expectation on him, but as we can see, he is going through a process and let's understand it would take time for him to be a complete player.

[Yogee]

Steve Kerr admitted in the press conference that he cannot find the connection yet. He keeps on rotating his players expecting something good will come out.

Yeah I think he needs to bring bench players more as starters and drop Klay and Draymond to the bench. They are more energetic and aggressive which makes them better to watch. Steph will still lead while CP3 creating plays for these younger guys.

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There's a lot of young team that really give no respect to the Warriors.

No team is to be feared at this point and that makes the league more interesting.

[boltz]

I had high hopes for Lakers to win especially after having 2 days break to recover from the finals but I guess they really went to party hard and simply forgot they will play MAVS who really loves to punish teams who are out of shape.

Suns once again beat GSW and they are up 2-0 so far during this season and also seems that Clippers are back in the game with 5 winning streak on home games and I think they won't stop anytime soon with this streak. 

[dwyane36]

The Lakers are kind of interesting to watch after their IST run because they became efficient and strong defensively. I'm not sure but LeBron may have influenced his teammates to play their best including AD. I noticed that LeBron's became more aggressive during the IST semis and finals. I hope he maintain that kind of energy throughout the season and most especially in the playoffs, because the whole team needs it.
Let's see if he will slow down or play the same against Dallas.

Personally, I've noticed something similar thing happening with LeBron for a while now. I mean, he usually shows little activity on the court at the beginning and middle of the regular season, then he gets more aggressive at the end of the season and tries to perform at the peak of his abilities in the playoffs. It looks like it's a very effective strategy that allows him to save enough during the long regular season. But this time, a new in-season tournament (new achievement) was apparently a trigger for him, and that's why he became more aggressive earlier than usual.

[OgNasty]

A bunch of games on today including a few mismatches that might be worth tossing into a parlay. First you have the 76ers playing the Pistons, who are struggling bad. Then you have the Pelicans playing the Wizards, also struggling bad… Finally you have the Lakers playing the Spurs. Very likely the Pistons, Spurs, & Wizards will all lose.

[Harkorede]

I had high hopes for Lakers to win especially after having 2 days break to recover from the finals but I guess they really went to party hard and simply forgot they will play MAVS who really loves to punish teams who are out of shape.

I was really quite confident that the Mavs would win the game, even with Kyrie out, Lakers are a very good defensive team, but their offense often doesn't complement how good their defense his, that's why you have guy like Prince, Cam Reddish and Vanderbilt on the court for well over 30 minutes and they can't score more than 10 points cumulatively most of the time, I just can't imagine the Lakers without AD/or Lebron for a long stretch this season, I'm pretty sure a post season adventure would be completely off the table, all they've got left is a consistently inconsistent D'Angello Russell to facilitate plays for them a role which he's suck all season long, Austin Reaves is the only standout player that can keep the team going when Lebron and Anthony Davis are not having their best night.

Suns once again beat GSW and they are up 2-0 so far during this season and also seems that Clippers are back in the game with 5 winning streak on home games and I think they won't stop anytime soon with this streak. 

Just a couple of observations from the Warriors team that I can point out are;

As much as he's a leader and voice in the locker room and on the sidelines, Draymond is a freaking liability to the team, Klay Thompson is  not the usually splash brother twin he used to be, so it wouldn't hurt to have him on a smaller role, coming of the bench, Kuminga, Podziemski and Moody are the future of this franchise and they need more time on the court. Curry, Klay, Wiggins, Draymond and Looney are no longer the best starting five in terms chemistry anymore, Looney is a great offensive rebound and rim protector, but having him and Green on the court together is a waste of time, Saric shoots better and possess a better court and ball movement awareness than Looney, and finally Stephen Curry isn't a machine, and he can't always do it all!, he needs a better complementing team, and finally Steve Kerr is really tactically looking outdated

[ChiBitCTy]

A bunch of games on today including a few mismatches that might be worth tossing into a parlay. First you have the 76ers playing the Pistons, who are struggling bad. Then you have the Pelicans playing the Wizards, also struggling bad… Finally you have the Lakers playing the Spurs. Very likely the Pistons, Spurs, & Wizards will all lose.

I was just looking at the lists of games today, checking spreads and what not trying to decide if I had any interest in betting any of these games.  Typically I bet games that I'm somewhat interested in watching, and really the only game today that I have much interest in is the Lakers versus Spurs game.  I haven't seen much of what's his name on San Antonio yet, plus I know the Lakers are kind of hot right now.  Prob put a few bucks on LA.

[danherbias07]

Have you guys watched the ejection of Nikola Jokic in the game between Chicago Bulls and the Denver Nuggets.
I watched it live 2nd half and Jokic was already gone. So just minutes ago I checked why he was thrown out and was shocked at what I witnessed.
He didn't do much, just asking for a foul as he goes back to defense. Then the referee, out of the blue just called the technical after their opponent  White was fouled.

My big question. Why a direct thrown out? What's the use of technical foul? Then he can tech him again if he talks back so he can throw him out. Because a technical foul is a sign of warning players to shut up and he didnt even bother using that first.
I browsed the social media and many fans are mad because they are there to watch the best player on the floor and he kicked him out early.
Some are asking to suspend the referee.
Others are accusing that certain official as a "Vegas referee". First time I heard that but I already knew what it meant.
But still the Bulls lost in that game so he didnt succeed if that accusation is true.

What do you guys think?
Here is the clip.
https://youtu.be/pVyZ00YEaMk?si=6bwXmNsm2cnHfMEw

[FanEagle]

Honestly Nurkic is right, Draymond seriously needs some counselling and help. At this point I can say that it is at a "psychological help" level, he needs to go see some professional about this, and I am not sure if he does or not, but I am pretty sure that he needs to do that a lot better, if he is already seeing someone then he needs to change that person because obviously it is not helping.

His defence was "he was holding me", really Draymond? Really? He was grabbing your waist so it was only natural that you got mad and swing at him? That's the defence? He must realize that he has been hurting the team a lot lately and at this stage I am pretty sure that if Warriors just cut him and let him leave, literally like waive him, they would be even better.

[livingfree]

For winning a ROTY? I guess Wemby is totally out performed by Chet since he and his teammates are doing more better this season. So he have more higher chance to win that and provably a lot of people will agree.

I agree, if it's about the standing then no doubt that Chet is more desirable than Wemby. Too bad that the Spurs fan and everyone had a lot of expectations from him but it seems that it's not yet his time and there's more need for development.

While for Chet, he's doing good together with his teammates and they're having a good run this season. Anyway, it's been the two that are being clocked in as the potential ROTY but it seems that Wemby will be out of that list.

And it's likely that Chet is going to be the one that shall receive the award of the ROTY but let's see, there are also other good candidates for it.

For sure, lots are disappointed. It''s not what most are expecting considering he is the most anticipated rookie since Lebron as they say but he is too far from what Lebron had done in his rookie year. He is most likely not going to playoffs with his team either. They are now in a losing streak. They are against the Lakers on their next game so it might continue.

He won't go to the playoffs, with that stats together with Spurs then that's accepted that we won't see him go far this season. That's fine, it's his first season but it's not impressive at all.

Whilst for Chet, this is his 2nd season but the first season that he's played with the OKC since basically the actual first season that he was in, he was injured.

Glad that he had proved himself worthy as the ROTY.

[TravelMug]

The Lakers are kind of interesting to watch after their IST run because they became efficient and strong defensively. I'm not sure but LeBron may have influenced his teammates to play their best including AD. I noticed that LeBron's became more aggressive during the IST semis and finals. I hope he maintain that kind of energy throughout the season and most especially in the playoffs, because the whole team needs it.
Let's see if he will slow down or play the same against Dallas.

Personally, I've noticed something similar thing happening with LeBron for a while now. I mean, he usually shows little activity on the court at the beginning and middle of the regular season, then he gets more aggressive at the end of the season and tries to perform at the peak of his abilities in the playoffs. It looks like it's a very effective strategy that allows him to save enough during the long regular season. But this time, a new in-season tournament (new achievement) was apparently a trigger for him, and that's why he became more aggressive earlier than usual.

I think there was one season when he was still with the Cavs that I also saw him doing this. Taking it easy and then he become aggressive like after the all star break. However, they went on a losing skid around March. They still made it to the playoffs though but he really need to be very aggressive, him and Kyrie. Yeah, most likely the in-season tournament was a good gauge for his mentality and when they started to win and have a chance to be the inaugural winner he and AD did go for it. However, they've lost to the Mavericks last night, they are the favorite that time. No Kyrie for the Mavs, but still they were not able to stop Luka and lost on the road. For me if this win that one, they could be really on a momentum. But maybe today they will shake everything off as they will be facing some low team in Spurs. But San Antonio is not a huge underdog though based on the current odds.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

I had high hopes for Lakers to win especially after having 2 days break to recover from the finals but I guess they really went to party hard and simply forgot they will play MAVS who really loves to punish teams who are out of shape.

Suns once again beat GSW and they are up 2-0 so far during this season and also seems that Clippers are back in the game with 5 winning streak on home games and I think they won't stop anytime soon with this streak. 

And it was the usual Lakers again, letting the team built a good lead against them as if they are not in a hurry. And come 3rd and 4th quarter, they become very aggressive and that's what we see in this game.

Unfortunately, the Mavs are too strong in the 4th, they move the ball very well, looking for the open man, and I think there were like 2-3x that either Exum or Hardaway Jr is open to shoot that 3 and the Lakers has not defense on it. Just too bad though, I bet on the Lakers for a -1.5 handicap.

Anyway, Lakers will redeem themselves against the Wemby lead Spurs who is still struggling.

[OgNasty]

A lot of talk about Draymond Green’s actions vs the Suns and what is going to happen to him. The league is expected to make a decision tomorrow and according to analysts they are talking about a possible season long suspension. I personally don’t believe it will be that harsh, but he did get off easy on the last suspension so I imagine this one will be 15+ games.

[Yogee]

A lot of talk about Draymond Green’s actions vs the Suns and what is going to happen to him. The league is expected to make a decision tomorrow and according to analysts they are talking about a possible season long suspension. I personally don’t believe it will be that harsh, but he did get off easy on the last suspension so I imagine this one will be 15+ games.

He didn't show any remorse from the choking incident so that's probably going to factor in the decision for this recent case. Old Draymond needs his rest time so 20 games and a heavy penalty $ sounds about right to me.

Have you guys watched the ejection of Nikola Jokic in the game between Chicago Bulls and the Denver Nuggets.
I watched it live 2nd half and Jokic was already gone. So just minutes ago I checked why he was thrown out and was shocked at what I witnessed.
He didn't do much, just asking for a foul as he goes back to defense. Then the referee, out of the blue just called the technical after their opponent  White was fouled.

My big question. Why a direct thrown out? What's the use of technical foul? Then he can tech him again if he talks back so he can throw him out. Because a technical foul is a sign of warning players to shut up and he didnt even bother using that first.
I browsed the social media and many fans are mad because they are there to watch the best player on the floor and he kicked him out early.
Some are asking to suspend the referee.
Others are accusing that certain official as a "Vegas referee". First time I heard that but I already knew what it meant.
But still the Bulls lost in that game so he didnt succeed if that accusation is true.

What do you guys think?
Here is the clip.
https://youtu.be/pVyZ00YEaMk?si=6bwXmNsm2cnHfMEw

Jokic said "MF" according to the referee and their chief defended him saying "language reached the standard for an ejection even without a warning or prior technical foul". I don't know the refs handbook but players calling them names deserve a technical foul. I also think the NBA has to step in with more specific rules for automatic ejections like verbal threats.

[xLays]

A lot of talk about Draymond Green’s actions vs the Suns and what is going to happen to him. The league is expected to make a decision tomorrow and according to analysts they are talking about a possible season long suspension. I personally don’t believe it will be that harsh, but he did get off easy on the last suspension so I imagine this one will be 15+ games.

As per Adrian Wojnarowski has announced that the NBA has suspended Draymond Green indefinitely. This is the best decision for the league, given Green's reputation as a dirtiest player in the league right now. It's a significant move in a league where players often have a lot of influence. Green is known for his dirty playing style and his poor sportsmanship and questionable teamwork have brought a negative influence to the game. Hopefully, he can handle this situation well for the sake of his career.

[Getmon]

Honestly Nurkic is right, Draymond seriously needs some counselling and help. At this point I can say that it is at a "psychological help" level, he needs to go see some professional about this, and I am not sure if he does or not, but I am pretty sure that he needs to do that a lot better, if he is already seeing someone then he needs to change that person because obviously it is not helping.

His defence was "he was holding me", really Draymond? Really? He was grabbing your waist so it was only natural that you got mad and swing at him? That's the defence? He must realize that he has been hurting the team a lot lately and at this stage I am pretty sure that if Warriors just cut him and let him leave, literally like waive him, they would be even better.

It is absolutely unbelievable that Draymond trying to hurt someone again. Numerous fans are disheartened and some are calling for Draymond to be restricted in the NBA after committing many unsportsmanships.

Draymond Green and the Warriors just made another deal at a hundred million bucks. I am not so sure if the Warriors will do it because it is too pricey. And with the price tag value, it would be extremely challenging to trade Draymond to any team. But this reminded me of Bob Myers the previous team manager who always gave Steph the choice to decide. His objective was to satisfy Steph. But the Warriors have a new manager and we will find out how Dunleavy reacts to this kind of problem.

[OgNasty]

Called all my games right today. Always a nice thing. Funniest moment of the night definitely went to the Indiana Pacers who stole the game ball after their loss to the Bucks. Giannis wanted to ball to commemorate his 64 point career high scoring performance. Amazing night for him no doubt and he was not happy about the Pacers taking his ball.

[freedomgo]

Called all my games right today. Always a nice thing. Funniest moment of the night definitely went to the Indiana Pacers who stole the game ball after their loss to the Bucks. Giannis wanted to ball to commemorate his 64 point career high scoring performance. Amazing night for him no doubt and he was not happy about the Pacers taking his ball.

Good job and congrats. Me, I lose my bet on the Pacers. I thought they'll have the same performance the last time they met but turns out it was a different outcome this time. Luckily, I was still up as I won most of my bets since most of the high favorites covers, so it's a good day for me, looking forward for another action tomorrow with a profitable ending.