2024 NBA Season

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It's a boring trade this year.
Well let's wait if there's something big that will come out, we still have 4 days if I am right.
Here is the latest and it's not appealing at all.

Rockets trade for Grizzlies’ Adams (Feb. 1)

Rockets receive:

Steven Adams
Grizzlies receive:

Victor Oladipo
Three second-round picks

https://www.nba.com/news/2023-24-nba-trade-tracker
Trading the injured.
A win for the Rockets? Maybe.
I don't see Oladipo being the same Oladipo anymore. He was a rising star before the injury but in today's game and how I see it with his performances, I don't think we will see that same speed and agility anymore. Even if the injury is fully healed, the mental effect will linger.
Unlike Adams, he has shown tenacity and I think anyone who wants a big man will consider him.

When I heard this trade, I also thought 'aren't they both injured for this year?'. It is an interesting trade. I agree that Rockets are the more advantageous one in this trade. Oladipo will probably never be the same. If Steve Adams can come back somewhat healthy, healthy enough play regularly, Rockets can benefit from him a lot. Because they already have Alperen Sengun for the center position. He can score a lot but when the teams needs some toughness, Adams can play and it will get the team tough enough. And also, they never play Alperen as the 4th but Adams and Alperen can play both at the same time maybe. I would try that if I were a coach.

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[Webetcoins]

Unfortunately it seems Snell fail to sign in any team in NBA team base on this article Tony Snell didnt get a team on NBA   maybe NBA teams doesn't want to waste their slots and money for charity. They are in total focus to get more helpful players that can give them good result on their campaign this year.

Its really unfortunate to see that happening but I guess that tells that NBA is for pure business and they don't care about anyone need something like that badly.

That's sad. 

I do understand if no one had helped him. But just for the sake of what he has contributed to his former teams, they're a lot of it but still business is business I guess.

Maybe some exemption can be made just for him to be eligible let it do alone by the management.

The sad thing about Tony Snell is definitely his kids, because if he could have found a place, then he could have gotten that 10 year veteran benefit program, and that would mean all his kids will be taken care of for life, including his wife too but she seems fine.

I think it's clear that he could always make a living, he could go overseas or play anywhere and make more money than most regular people could. However, when it comes to something major, something that would be bigger, I think it's clear that we are going to end up with medical issues that would go beyond even his own lifetime. This is why getting just one more year of NBA could have been awesome for him. I am still keeping hope, there is some days, or maybe next year, that would be lovely if a team does that.

[wheelz1200]

It's a boring trade this year.
Well let's wait if there's something big that will come out, we still have 4 days if I am right.

Still a lot of time for management to make trades, so let's wait and see. James Harden? I thought that he is fine with the Clippers but I guess they will used him for leverage and maybe get just a role player to fill them specially in defense.

I'm more keen on seeing what the Warriors will do, there's a lot of noises that maybe someone big will be traded, so let's see how it goes.

Pascal Siakam is already settled with the Pacers, I don't think that they will trade him. He is their scoring option for now at Haliburton is on restricted minutes.

Yeah the last day is always when the big trades happen.  Right now teams are fileting offers and trying to figure out the best package for theor players, no need to jump early on a trade.  Based on the news of who is being talked about moving I don't expect much fireworks.  The play in changed a lot in terms of feeling like you are still in the hunt for the playoffs so it's tough to pack it in and trade off some players.

[terrific]

While the trade rumors for Zach Lavine is there, he's going to undergo a surgery this coming week and he'll miss tons of games.
The recovery period could be for max of 6 months or possible to be more than that. If I'm the owner of the team, I'd definitely just trade him somewhere else and will take someone who's better than him. But will there be a team that's willing to take him now with that condition?

[EFS]

Sixers is having a hard time without Embiid. They are already down to 25 against Nets. It looks like an early accepted loss today.
Luckily we got one more game on TV tonight. Lakers at Knicks, this should be a fun game. Knicks is going great lately, they have 9 games win streak. Randle is out unfortunately, but Brunson is boosting his stats. I wonder if Lakers can stop them. I saw LeBron's trade speculations, I don't think it's related but he's still questionable in injury report. AD is same (for injury, not trade) as well.

[dwyane36]

It's a boring trade this year.
Well let's wait if there's something big that will come out, we still have 4 days if I am right.
Here is the latest and it's not appealing at all.

Rockets trade for Grizzlies’ Adams (Feb. 1)

Rockets receive:

Steven Adams
Grizzlies receive:

Victor Oladipo
Three second-round picks

https://www.nba.com/news/2023-24-nba-trade-tracker
Trading the injured.
A win for the Rockets? Maybe.
I don't see Oladipo being the same Oladipo anymore. He was a rising star before the injury but in today's game and how I see it with his performances, I don't think we will see that same speed and agility anymore. Even if the injury is fully healed, the mental effect will linger.
Unlike Adams, he has shown tenacity and I think anyone who wants a big man will consider him.

This seems like a fun but also strange deal. If I'm not mistaken, Oladipo performed very well when he was still in a Pacers uniform, while his last few seasons in a Heat uniform were already mediocre. I guess his performance is likely to get even worse after his recovery, given the nature of his injury.
So I also think this is a good deal for the Rockets because when Adams is healthy, he'll be useful in the paint anyway.

[LogitechMouse]

It's a boring trade this year.
Well let's wait if there's something big that will come out, we still have 4 days if I am right.
Here is the latest and it's not appealing at all.

Rockets trade for Grizzlies’ Adams (Feb. 1)

Rockets receive:

Steven Adams
Grizzlies receive:

Victor Oladipo
Three second-round picks

https://www.nba.com/news/2023-24-nba-trade-tracker
Trading the injured.
A win for the Rockets? Maybe.
I don't see Oladipo being the same Oladipo anymore. He was a rising star before the injury but in today's game and how I see it with his performances, I don't think we will see that same speed and agility anymore. Even if the injury is fully healed, the mental effect will linger.
Unlike Adams, he has shown tenacity and I think anyone who wants a big man will consider him.

Everybody is expecting the Lakers to make a move before the trade deadline, but it seems like they don't need... or aren't they? I mean the trade deadline is until Feb. 8, 2024, so who knows? We might see a bunch of trades happening in the final days of the trade deadline. I agree with what you said though. It is a boring trade year.

As for Rockets - Grizzlies, I don't see anybody winning on this one because TBH, both of them are injury-prone. Oladipo has been injury-prone ever since, and Adams has been as well. In terms of efficiency, Adams is better than Oladipo, but that doesn't matter if you are injured. Every team wants Steven Adams. He's very humble, and a huge inside defender, but who needs a player that's injured? Looking at the Grizzlies' roster right now, they have the most number of injured players and added Adams to the list as well. It's good that they got Adams back. Now I will wait for next season for the Grizzlies to redeem themselves. I mean they have the capabilities to be at the playoffs. It's just that INJURIES ruined it all, unfortunately.

Other teams are still not shutting down for an option to trade. I think Marcus Smart is available and so is DeJounte Murray.
On who's interested is the bigger problem because it could ruin a whole chemistry, especially those who are already in the top 8.
I think Lakers is interested with Smart to add more back-court defense.

The question is which players will the Lakers give if they are interested in Smart?
For sure, the Grizzlies don't want D'Lo because they have guards already who can fulfill that role. Rui maybe if they are interested. I will not be surprised if Smart will be traded, but many are still waiting on the move of the Lakers this time.

[ChiBitCTy]

Well there goes the Chicago Bulls chances of moving on from Zach Lavine and starting our rebuild.  Out for the rest of the season is a blow period, but it's no secret both parties want to go their own way...now, that's taken a major hit for this year and next.  The injury alone will cost us big time when we try and trade him next year. I was even seeing ideas of trading for Lebron floating around.. Sucks to be a bulls fan!!

[danherbias07]

The question is which players will the Lakers give if they are interested in Smart?
For sure, the Grizzlies don't want D'Lo because they have guards already who can fulfill that role. Rui maybe if they are interested. I will not be surprised if Smart will be traded, but many are still waiting on the move of the Lakers this time.

Yeah, probably Rui Hachimura if the Grizzlies would accept. But I don't think the Lakers will trade D'Lo anymore because of his recent great performances especially when AD or James are not around due to injuries.
Speaking of the Lakers, never in my imagination that they would be the ones who will end the winning streak of the New York Knicks. I mean, that should be considered without Randle and OG Anunoby but still, the Knicks are strong when they are playing at home and they have a long winning streak for a good reason.
Anyway, that's a good steal from the Lakers and I think beating the Knicks will boost their confidence, especially for their bench. Austin Reaves was special tonight. 22 points as he took advantage of the smaller defender Brunson.

Well there goes the Chicago Bulls chances of moving on from Zach Lavine and starting our rebuild.  Out for the rest of the season is a blow period, but it's no secret both parties want to go their own way...now, that's taken a major hit for this year and next.  The injury alone will cost us big time when we try and trade him next year. I was even seeing ideas of trading for Lebron floating around.. Sucks to be a bulls fan!!

Yeah, I'm sorry bro.
It was great when they acquired Caruso as their defense climbed up. But that injury of Lonzo Ball ruined it all big time and worse it's like the whole chemistry of the team was broken without their point.
Expect them to make big adjustments next year and I think LaVine is already feeling that he will be on another team next season.
If I am the Bulls management, I'll keep DeRozan, Vucevic, Caruso, and White. Use White to lead the 2nd team and then add more bench players that would surround White with better players, and energetic types.

[stadus]

Well there goes the Chicago Bulls chances of moving on from Zach Lavine and starting our rebuild.  Out for the rest of the season is a blow period, but it's no secret both parties want to go their own way...now, that's taken a major hit for this year and next.  The injury alone will cost us big time when we try and trade him next year. I was even seeing ideas of trading for Lebron floating around.. Sucks to be a bulls fan!!

I was wrong to bet on the Bulls,  this team are not serious anymore or if they are they are very much underamanned. From now on I will skip betting on this team. Last night they were -1.5 vs the Kings who played back to back games and they were dominated early, although they slowly came back, and able to trim the lead to 3 pionts only but they ran out of gas in the end, still a loss, that's 2 consecutive losses at home for them.

I'm hoping they'll have a good season next, and they'll be able to trade Lavine for a more consistent and healthier player.

This seems like a fun but also strange deal. If I'm not mistaken, Oladipo performed very well when he was still in a Pacers uniform, while his last few seasons in a Heat uniform were already mediocre. I guess his performance is likely to get even worse after his recovery, given the nature of his injury.
So I also think this is a good deal for the Rockets because when Adams is healthy, he'll be useful in the paint anyway.

This will be in the books as long as he is still active.

Victor Oladipo Is The Biggest Loser Of Free Agency After Rejecting $112M From Pacers And $45.2M From Rockets Only To Sign A Veteran's Minimum Deal This Offseason

[btc_angela]

Well there goes the Chicago Bulls chances of moving on from Zach Lavine and starting our rebuild.  Out for the rest of the season is a blow period, but it's no secret both parties want to go their own way...now, that's taken a major hit for this year and next.  The injury alone will cost us big time when we try and trade him next year. I was even seeing ideas of trading for Lebron floating around.. Sucks to be a bulls fan!!

Too much hype for the Bulls when they acquire DeRozan and Vucevic a couple of years ago, and we thought that DeRozan+Lavine could be the best duo, just like what we have seen in Tatum and Smart in Boston. But it seems this two doesn't have the chemistry and now Lavine's injury and his name going around the trading blocks seems to be the last straw for the Bulls this season as they are so inconsistent.

I agree with @stadus, they are inconsistent that it's hard to bet on them. Against the Raptors they are leading the game, and then they choke and collapse on the 4th quarter and they lost by almost double digit. A game that they could have won as they work hard in the first 3 quarters only to falter in the 4th with poor defense and can't score any.

[Baofeng]

It's a boring trade this year.
Well let's wait if there's something big that will come out, we still have 4 days if I am right.

Still a lot of time for management to make trades, so let's wait and see. James Harden? I thought that he is fine with the Clippers but I guess they will used him for leverage and maybe get just a role player to fill them specially in defense.

I'm more keen on seeing what the Warriors will do, there's a lot of noises that maybe someone big will be traded, so let's see how it goes.

Pascal Siakam is already settled with the Pacers, I don't think that they will trade him. He is their scoring option for now at Haliburton is on restricted minutes.

Yeah the last day is always when the big trades happen.  Right now teams are fileting offers and trying to figure out the best package for theor players, no need to jump early on a trade.  Based on the news of who is being talked about moving I don't expect much fireworks.  The play in changed a lot in terms of feeling like you are still in the hunt for the playoffs so it's tough to pack it in and trade off some players.

There is a tracker, for those who wants to follow, https://www.nba.com/news/2023-24-nba-trade-tracker

Although there are a lot of NBA analyst and insider in Twitter that can get a scoop faster than the NBA itself, like the following,

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania
https://twitter.com/wojespn

Yeah, still too early but I think there could be 1 or 2 big moves, might involved Lakers or even the Warriors as they are noises from this team lately.

Meanwhile, Steph Curry scores 60 points and yet they've lost to the Atlanta Hawks. Kuminga's streak of 20+ points or more in the last 7-8 games has ended. Klay Thompson has 10 points (ouch).

[freedomgo]

Meanwhile, Steph Curry scores 60 points and yet they've lost to the Atlanta Hawks. Kuminga's streak of 20+ points or more in the last 7-8 games has ended. Klay Thompson has 10 points (ouch).

That hurt the Warriors. However, despite his 60 points performance, a lot of speculators aren't happy with it because he aren't sharing the ball well.

Curry had 38 attempts overall and made 23 of those. He is hot with 60% shooting percentage, but I understand why some are frustrated, maybe if he were able to win that game, his many attempts wouldn't matter. Klay Thompson was just lost in the picture, I think this guy should also be traded. IMO, he was already given enough time to get back to his old self but he is not the same anymore. 4-19 shooting? That's too bad, if he could have improve a bit, maybe they were able to win the game.

[arwin100]

Meanwhile, Steph Curry scores 60 points and yet they've lost to the Atlanta Hawks. Kuminga's streak of 20+ points or more in the last 7-8 games has ended. Klay Thompson has 10 points (ouch).

That hurt the Warriors. However, despite his 60 points performance, a lot of speculators aren't happy with it because he aren't sharing the ball well.

Curry had 38 attempts overall and made 23 of those. He is hot with 60% shooting percentage, but I understand why some are frustrated, maybe if he were able to win that game, his many attempts wouldn't matter. Klay Thompson was just lost in the picture, I think this guy should also be traded. IMO, he was already given enough time to get back to his old self but he is not the same anymore. 4-19 shooting? That's too bad, if he could have improve a bit, maybe they were able to win the game.

They are totally dismantled and we can see that they are not really clicking together since their core aside for Curry is not contributing anymore. Maybe there's a problem on their teams since they can't convert their games to more better just like what happen before. Kerr need to do a lot of adjustment and maybe he should check his system since its not working anymore. Small ball line up has been expose already so major adjustment is needed and they need to get reliable big man to help them out on defense also in rebounding. For trading Klay maybe its time to do that since maybe they can get more better fresh young talents to develop and to get better team performance. I also think they should trade Green so that they can erase out the toxicity on the team and they could possibly play more better basketball. I know those two guys is huge contributor for their team, but big adjustment is needed so that Warriors could survive for more long years and possibly compete on playoffs.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

Meanwhile, Steph Curry scores 60 points and yet they've lost to the Atlanta Hawks. Kuminga's streak of 20+ points or more in the last 7-8 games has ended. Klay Thompson has 10 points (ouch).

That hurt the Warriors. However, despite his 60 points performance, a lot of speculators aren't happy with it because he aren't sharing the ball well.

Curry had 38 attempts overall and made 23 of those. He is hot with 60% shooting percentage, but I understand why some are frustrated, maybe if he were able to win that game, his many attempts wouldn't matter. Klay Thompson was just lost in the picture, I think this guy should also be traded. IMO, he was already given enough time to get back to his old self but he is not the same anymore. 4-19 shooting? That's too bad, if he could have improve a bit, maybe they were able to win the game.

Klay these days really is a gamble.
Only in 1 or 2 of 5 games he does actually perform, the rest he looks just awful.
And he actually wonders why the Warriors don't want to pay him what he is hoping for. Still I think they won't trade him, unless somebody makes a good offer including draft picks but if he doesn't accept considerably less money he will go into free agency and play somewhere else next season.
With performances like this it's also hard to make yourself interesting for other teams. Klay is not know for leadership or mentorship, just for shooting and to be a 3-and-D player. Since the 3 is not falling and he is getting slow on D, what is making him a target for other teams now?

[mirakal]

Meanwhile, Steph Curry scores 60 points and yet they've lost to the Atlanta Hawks. Kuminga's streak of 20+ points or more in the last 7-8 games has ended. Klay Thompson has 10 points (ouch).

That hurt the Warriors. However, despite his 60 points performance, a lot of speculators aren't happy with it because he aren't sharing the ball well.

Curry had 38 attempts overall and made 23 of those. He is hot with 60% shooting percentage, but I understand why some are frustrated, maybe if he were able to win that game, his many attempts wouldn't matter. Klay Thompson was just lost in the picture, I think this guy should also be traded. IMO, he was already given enough time to get back to his old self but he is not the same anymore. 4-19 shooting? That's too bad, if he could have improve a bit, maybe they were able to win the game.

Klay these days really is a gamble.
Only in 1 or 2 of 5 games he does actually perform, the rest he looks just awful.
And he actually wonders why the Warriors don't want to pay him what he is hoping for. Still I think they won't trade him, unless somebody makes a good offer including draft picks but if he doesn't accept considerably less money he will go into free agency and play somewhere else next season.
With performances like this it's also hard to make yourself interesting for other teams. Klay is not know for leadership or mentorship, just for shooting and to be a 3-and-D player. Since the 3 is not falling and he is getting slow on D, what is making him a target for other teams now?

I didn't notice his defense. I think he isn't really known as a good defender. People sees his good 3 point shooting, and there are times in the past playoffs before he got injured seriously, that he was the reason why they were able to come back and win the series. There's a name "GAME 6 KLAY", and it's dedicated for him because he sometimes act like a cheat mode on his game and shots with a high level of accuracy, now, we haven't seen that anymore.

In short, Klay's performance has now declined, hence his value will follow. He will not be traded since he will become a free agent after this season, after that, we will know if the Warriors are still interested in keeping him but most likely they'll not waste money for him, unless he'll bargain and would receive a lower salary.

[DanWalker]

Sixers is having a hard time without Embiid. They are already down to 25 against Nets. It looks like an early accepted loss today.
Luckily we got one more game on TV tonight. Lakers at Knicks, this should be a fun game. Knicks is going great lately, they have 9 games win streak. Randle is out unfortunately, but Brunson is boosting his stats. I wonder if Lakers can stop them. I saw LeBron's trade speculations, I don't think it's related but he's still questionable in injury report. AD is same (for injury, not trade) as well.

The Sixers did well in the last quarter. But it was not enough to win against the Brooklyn Nets. And even though they definitely did not give up till the end, it did look like a loss for them from a pretty early time before the matches actually had ended.

Lakers went big against Knicks. Especially in the final quarter of the match. They really made a comeback in my opinion. Because the match could have gone either way. And the Knicks were actually in the lead in that match. The Lakers performed really well in the last quarter. But I can't say that was unexpected as well. The Lakers had a very good overall performance from the team.

[inthelongrun]

While the trade rumors for Zach Lavine is there, he's going to undergo a surgery this coming week and he'll miss tons of games.
The recovery period could be for max of 6 months or possible to be more than that. If I'm the owner of the team, I'd definitely just trade him somewhere else and will take someone who's better than him. But will there be a team that's willing to take him now with that condition?

Zach will miss all the remaining games of the season. This means all strong teams that want more reinforcements this season won't accept him anymore. The Lakers are the favored team to get him but they will surely reject a Zach trade at this point. Maybe some teams that are rebuilding are willing to accept but the problem is Zach's commitment. Zach said before that he wants to join a good team so it means not a rebuilding team.

Sixers is having a hard time without Embiid. They are already down to 25 against Nets. It looks like an early accepted loss today.
Luckily we got one more game on TV tonight. Lakers at Knicks, this should be a fun game. Knicks is going great lately, they have 9 games win streak. Randle is out unfortunately, but Brunson is boosting his stats. I wonder if Lakers can stop them. I saw LeBron's trade speculations, I don't think it's related but he's still questionable in injury report. AD is same (for injury, not trade) as well.

Philly is really different without their main man. The team is offensively used to the presence of Embiid. The Lakers stopped the New York Knicks at home. Randle and Anunoby were both missing and it cost them their win streak. But the Lakers were shooting with high efficiency even if the Knicks had 20 more attempts.

[Slow death]

This game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Bucks was funny, in the first period the Mavericks managed to win by a big difference in points, something like 24 points difference. When you see a team scoring 44 points in the first period and the opponent only managing to score 20 points, then anyone can think that the team that scored 44 points will be able to win the game with some ease. but what we saw in the second period was very shocking, the bucks scored 40 points, they improved a lot in performance compared to the first period, and the most shocking part is that the mavericks only scored just 21 points, they dropped a lot in performance compared to In the second period, I don't understand what the hell happened to them that in the first period they managed to score 44 points and in the second period they dropped a lot in performance to the point of only being able to score 21 points

In the third period I thought the Mavericks were going to improve a lot, but the ones who maintained the improvement in the second period were the Bucks who managed to keep the momentum going by winning and scoring 33 points. in other words, the bucks didn't have much of a drop in performance since they managed to recover in the second period, they also did well in the third period and in the fourth period and again managed to score a lot of points, which showed that something out of the ordinary must have happened in the First period they didn't perform well, but then they managed to recover and won the game with an advantage of 12 points. NBA is a surprising league

Lakers managed to win, in my opinion they had an acceptable performance, in the first period they managed to win by 2 points, in the second period they lost by a difference of 2 points, in the third period they lost again by a difference of 6 points, but in the In the fourth period they managed to win by a difference of 14 points and thanks to that they managed to win the game, which is why I consider that they had an acceptable performance. It wasn't a crushing victory, but what matters is that they won

[AHOYBRAUSE]

This game between the Dallas Mavericks and the Bucks was funny, in the first period the Mavericks managed to win by a big difference in points, something like 24 points difference. When you see a team scoring 44 points in the first period and the opponent only managing to score 20 points, then anyone can think that the team that scored 44 points will be able to win the game with some ease. but what we saw in the second period was very shocking, the bucks scored 40 points, they improved a lot in performance compared to the first period, and the most shocking part is that the mavericks only scored just 21 points, they dropped a lot in performance compared to In the second period, I don't understand what the hell happened to them that in the first period they managed to score 44 points and in the second period they dropped a lot in performance to the point of only being able to score 21 points

In the third period I thought the Mavericks were going to improve a lot, but the ones who maintained the improvement in the second period were the Bucks who managed to keep the momentum going by winning and scoring 33 points. in other words, the bucks didn't have much of a drop in performance since they managed to recover in the second period, they also did well in the third period and in the fourth period and again managed to score a lot of points, which showed that something out of the ordinary must have happened in the First period they didn't perform well, but then they managed to recover and won the game with an advantage of 12 points. NBA is a surprising league

Yeah for some reason Dallas totally fell apart after that great 1st quarter.
Milwaukee finished the 2nd on a 15:0 run and also had a 14:0 run in the 3rd, you can't show yourself in front of your home crowd like that.
Dallas never got Gianni under control, he could score at will so it seemed. Maxi Kleber is a decent defender in my opinion but against the greek freak he looked like a child that is playing with the big boys.
Still it was surprising that Dallas took such a big lead in the first place. They are still without Kyrie, that's a lot of points they are missing from him. Sure others step up but it's hard to replace him, especially against teams that have many offensive weapons. With Dallas it's easy to predict what's happening. It's Luka shootings, Luka drives or Luka makes the pass to an open shooter, that's pretty much it. With Kyrie they would have double this action.