NBA 2018-2019
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I hope Kings make 8th seed ahead of them anyway.
The Warriors would sweep them anyway. At least with LeBron it'd be an "interesting" first round.
And Rondo
At the Garden as well, awesome.
And Rondo
At the Garden as well, awesome.The Warriors would sweep them anyway. At least with LeBron it'd be an "interesting" first round.
And Rondo
Warriors will annihilate Lakers as well. I actually feel Kings have a better chance of making it remotely close for 1-2 games in the series. Lakers will just lose every game by 10+.
I think Grizzlies were playing a lineup of Jevon Carter, Yuta Watanabe, Julian Washburn, Bruno Caboclo and Ivan Rabb at one point last night. All of them got more than 20 minutes in that game. Wow.
I've never heard of Julian Washburn and he seems to be 27.
I've never heard of Julian Washburn and he seems to be 27.
Turns out that he is Chris Washburn's son.
With players like Butler and Cousins on the free market it's amazing the Lakers were willing to get rid of their future.
The NBA is becoming a joke with their involvement. Fining the Pelicans if they wouldn’t play AD. Feck. Off.
Ad wants to play? You can't bench a player like that, either release him from his contract or play him.
The coach can bench any player he wants, end off.
Pathetic from the NBA , no league should ever be involved with team selection. I am of the same view for football clubs playing weaker teams in the league/cup if they want to . It's a ridiculous precedent to set and the league should have no business with this . Lots of players are made to sit by their franchises for various reasons and AD should get no special treatment
Nope for off field reasons, that happens in europe and the person can get the contract void.
Okay if that’s an official policy - it’s not in the NBA as far as I know.
Its either that or ad takes the pelican/nba to court.
Wow wow wow
Paul Georges is the real MVP He's incredible
He's incredibleHe's been amazing this season. I expect he'll finish 3rd in the voting. He's outplayed both Harden and Giannis in direct match-ups this season, however. That is pretty cool.
A night of comebacks, OKC and Clippers pulled off amazing runs.
Heavy loss for Giannis-less Bucks. They were actually fine without him in some games previously so it was a surprise to see Magic beat them so easily.
Heavy loss for Giannis-less Bucks. They were actually fine without him in some games previously so it was a surprise to see Magic beat them so easily.
I've got to say I'd give it to Giannis. The NBA has got to get over its love of statistics. Russell Westbrook won the MVP two years ago because he averaged a triple double but the Thunder finished with 47 wins in sixth place. Now we're genuflecting to this 30 point binge that James Harden is on. Last night Chris Paul played, Eric Gordon played, Kenneth Faried who is averaging a double double since he joined was on the court and the Rockets still lost. You are going to average 30 points a game if you take 30 shots per game and that's what Harden is doing - but they are still 5th. This was a 65 win team last year and if they win every game left on their schedule they'll still only end up with 59. That is not good. Blame it on injuries if you wish, but how can you claim most valuable when another star is carrying his team to the top of the standings. There is only one important stat in sport and that is wins and Giannis' team, the Milwaukee Bucks currently have more of them than anyone else in the NBA. Give it to Giannis!Paul Georges is the real MVP
Still believe that Curry is the real MVP, though if he doesn't get it, I hope that the Greek freak gets the award.
Any top 5-10 player would average 35 points per game, if they would have been taking as many shoots as Harden.
Any top 5-10 player would average 35 points per game, if they would have been taking as many shoots as Harden.
Curry as the MVP 
Giannis would be a great MVP tbh and he'll deserve it if he gets it. I just prefer Paul Georges' game, it still bugs me for some reason that Giannis is a good mid range shooter yet.
One thing is sure, I hope Harden doesn't get it. He's an incredible scorer but I truly hate how he plays basketball. It's ugly to watch at times
Bucks won't be winning as many games as the Rockets if they're both playing in the same conference.
Can I just point out that the Bucks have a better winning percentage against the West than the Rockets do, including a win vs the Rockets in Houston.
Portland vs Mavs - what a fourth quarter. Doncic was great but I think a Blazers meltdown is a better description. Nine points in the fourth quarter! Nine freaking points and ten minutes between baskets! That's impressive!
Terrible fourth quarter performance but not surprised about anything anymore. I have no idea why Hood was not subbed in before the final minute.
It was the first time this season Blazers lost a game where they went into fourth quarter leading.
It doesn’t matter much, these players will be out in the first round of the playoffs regardless who they play and whether they have homecourt advantage or not. Then Olshey will tell everybody that the entire team is untouchable because they won 47 regular season games.
Nice win for Philly. Eastern playoffs will be very exciting.
Lakers with 28th loss. If Kings win tonight to climb to 30-26 I will be inclined to have them as favorites for the 8th seed. Lakers do have a much easier stretch until the end of season though, the best I could see Kings ending up is 44-38 but most likely it will be 42-40 or worse. It all depends on whether Lakers are able to climb more than two games over .500 or not.
Lakers with 28th loss. If Kings win tonight to climb to 30-26 I will be inclined to have them as favorites for the 8th seed. Lakers do have a much easier stretch until the end of season though, the best I could see Kings ending up is 44-38 but most likely it will be 42-40 or worse. It all depends on whether Lakers are able to climb more than two games over .500 or not.
What? Bucks have 41-14, Rockets are 32-23. You could maybe argue 3-4 games is driven by the conferences but no way this big a difference is caused by it. They also have a ridiculous point differential that is far, far ahead of anyone else in the league.
It’s ridiculous to claim Bucks have not been better than Rockets this year and it’s all driven by conference split. They’ve been absolute miles better.
Injuries and sample size... You really think the Bucks can get away with resting their starters so often if they're playing that many games against Western teams instead of constantly blowinggour terrible Eastern teams.
They aren’t even resting them. Bledsoe has missed one game, Giannis has missed three or four, Middleton just three.
Also as pointed out, Houston are 20-15 against West teams, Bucks are 13-6, a much better record. Houston are 12-8 against the East, Bucks are 28-8, again huge difference. Against .500 teams Bucks are 16-7, Houston 20-13. If you go into deeper measurements you’ll struggle to find one where Rockets are better as well.
Bucks have had a much, much better season than Houston and it’s not because of conference. Yes, West is much stronger than the East but I feel like it has been blown way out of proportion recently. My Blazers are 33-22 in the West and I doubt they would be higher than the 5th best team in the East.
It would maybe be arguable who are a better team between Houston and Milwaukee in a playoffs environment but when it comes to 18-19 regular season it’s not close.
The Lakers are so unpredictable but kudos to the non existing defence vs Philly.
They get to rest players during blowout games which there's been plenty against Eastern conference teams and that's a crucial part in keeping them healthy .
People need to stop overrating the regular season wins that Eastern conference teams have because there literally needs to be a winner which makes their numbers look way better than they really are. Until the Bucks proves themselves in the playoffs, there's no way I'm taking them over the Rockets as the better team if both are healthy .
OK. I think Bucks are a much better team than Rockets and to be fair I rate all of Eastern Conference big 4 above anyone in the West bar Warriors.
Also keep in mind this Bucks team is not an equivalent of any of their teams from previous years. Bud has made them 100 times better.
Lakers are going to miss the playoffs. Sucks, the playoffs are better with LeBron, though in all likelihood, it would have been a sweep for Warriors.
I think that Kuzma in a future all star. He is easily the best young player Lakers have.
I think that Kuzma in a future all star. He is easily the best young player Lakers have.
There are 26 games left and the Lakers are 2.5 games away from the 8th spot. You can't say if they'll make it or not.
I had a dream that I was in an nba fantasy league and someone took Dwight Howard 2nd overall.
Yesterday was ugly from a defensive POV though. We couldn't handle Embiid, Butler, even JJ Reddick got in on the act.
I simply have no trust in any of our players to take over a game and put it to bed. Far too inconsistent imo.
Like Manchester United under Mourinho this season......amazing performances like against Chelsea away, great results like against Juventus away but then so many terrible matches.......of course you can lose against the 76ers but the performance was again shambolic.
I was a fan of Luke Walton and i have hoped he could lead the team at least to a Conference semi-final but if there's no improvement then the team deserves an new coach next season.
More off-field problems too
The elephant in the room though is the fact that LeBron is no longer head and shoulders the best player in the NBA. There are now a number of players in the league who are either his equal or at least close to it on offense and he is a shadow of himself on the defensive end. If he can get the Lakers to the playoffs I still believe they will be a difficult "out" because he is still "LeBron" but the fear factor for teams in the West is just not the same as it was against the Eastern Conference. It could be a difficult few months.
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