2018-2019 NBA Regular Season Thread

[Arizona_Sting]

Your favorite team hasn't swept the Bucks this year? Can't relate

 

[Heatles84]

Orlando, Charlotte, and Miami all tied for 8th now.

2.5 behind 6th place Brooklyn/Detroit

I really don't understand how we're tied for 8th. We're so awful.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Yeah, but KCP is with Klutch sooo...lol

Wayne Ellington would have been okay. He was kind of a mixed bag when he was with the Lakers before, but he's a career .380 from 3, so he certainly wouldn't hurt.

Thing is, who knows who the Lakers talked to? He may not have been interested in coming back.

He knew for sure he was starting for Detroit at least

 

[bksballer89]

Why does Magruder play so much?

I didn't watch the game, but Richardson seemed to be your most effective overall player from the box score, and he is probably your best perimeter player night in and night out. Yet, he was on the bench for most of crunch time while Magruder and Derrick Jones Jr. Played.

Am I missing something here?

I don't have the answer for that lol. It is weird because he hasn't been good on offense since December. That was the one bad thing about the tyler Johnson trade. He had fell out of the rotation when waiters returned.

Hopefully if Dragic ever gets healthy, the same thing can happen soon

 

[bksballer89]

I really don't understand how we're tied for 8th. We're so awful.

Lol when you go 1-3 vs Atlanta and play under .500 ball at home, this is where you end up.

If the heat weren't a good road team, we would be in solid position for a top 10 pick

 

[tlance]

I don't have the answer for that lol. It is weird because he hasn't been good on offense since December. That was the one bad thing about the tyler Johnson trade. He had fell out of the rotation when waiters returned.

Hopefully if Dragic ever gets healthy, the same thing can happen soon

I was thinking maybe he has incriminating photos of Spoelstra?

But even then, it would be in his own best interest to play fewer minutes so that he doesn't get exposed to the entire NBA. He might have a chance at a better next contract then.

 

[tlance]

I really don't understand how we're tied for 8th. We're so awful.

Just look at the list of team stats below Miami.

That should explain it all.

 

[ericd7633]

Lakers lmao.

 

[Black Adam]

I really don't understand how we're tied for 8th. We're so awful.

could be worse...

you could be the LeClown Lakers...

@ClevelandCurse

 

[ericd7633]

Holy shit the clippers are 23-4 against the Lakers in the last 27 games. Wow.

 

[bksballer89]

Holy shit the clippers are 23-4 against the Lakers in the last 27 games. Wow.

Why is that surprising?

They had Blake and CP3 for most of those years while the Lakers were rebuilding.

 

[dtgold88]

I think Bogut is washed by now.

But his leadership, and familiarity with the culture will only help the locker room environment.

No doubt....even if he never plays, never anything wrong with veteran leaders on the end of the bench.

 

[dtgold88]

Lebron has to be furious with Gilbert, right, as this is all his fault.
*He fired the GM who is not a GM and was not fired
*Gilbert was not able to move Cleveland to LA.
*He didn't keep Kyrie so Kyrie could have missed the playoffs with us and watched Game 7 from his Cleveland home as opposed to Boston. Never mind Cavs probably would have been out in round 1.
*He missed out on the effect Kyrie has on a team. With him healthy and the great Brad Stevens and Danny Ainge they dropped from the 2 seed to the 5 as of now.
*Because the Cavs only won one title and played for 3 others, Magic figured it was obvious what they did here was not working so he said he was gonna do things differently. Good call.

 

[flyerhawk]

Lebron has to be furious with Gilbert, right, as this is all his fault.
*He fired the GM who is not a GM and was not fired
*Gilbert was not able to move Cleveland to LA.
*He didn't keep Kyrie so Kyrie could have missed the playoffs with us and watched Game 7 from his Cleveland home as opposed to Boston. Never mind Cavs probably would have been out in round 1.
*He missed out on the effect Kyrie has on a team. With him healthy and the great Brad Stevens and Danny Ainge they dropped from the 2 seed to the 5 as of now.
*Because the Cavs only won one title and played for 3 others, Magic figured it was obvious what they did here was not working so he said he was gonna do things differently. Good call.

Yeah, Gilbert is such a dream owner.

 

[dtgold88]

Yeah, Gilbert is such a dream owner.

The best? Nope. But if you ask the top criteria I want in an owner obscene will to win/willingness to spend is #1. Most rip him for instability yet nearly every coach and GM he hires comes from within the organization.

Just sayin'.

 

[flyerhawk]

The best? Nope. But if you ask the top criteria I want in an owner obscene will to win/willingness to spend is #1. Most rip him for instability yet nearly every coach and GM he hires comes from within the organization.

Just sayin'.

I don't see how he has been remarkably different than most of the other owners. Other than writing a temper tantrum letter to Lebron after he left that easily could have prevented the team from getting him back.

I don't think he is the worst owner by any means. Not even bottom 5. But I am also not going to give him a ton of credit for having a team that got 20% of the No. 1 picks in the last 20 years.

 

[flyerhawk]

Are the Lakers tanking at this point? Their playoffs chances are close to nil. Just have Ball and Ingram bag the season?

 

[dtgold88]

I don't see how he has been remarkably different than most of the other owners. Other than writing a temper tantrum letter to Lebron after he left that easily could have prevented the team from getting him back.

I don't think he is the worst owner by any means. Not even bottom 5. But I am also not going to give him a ton of credit for having a team that got 20% of the No. 1 picks in the last 20 years.

Fair points and I don't like the guy but what else would you want your owner to do? And we know they wont all spend which was one reason Lebron left Miami as he didn't trust Arison to go above and beyond. Gilbert set payroll records.....in Cleveland of all places.

Letter overblown. If it was so awful Lebron would not have come back.

 

[dtgold88]

Are the Lakers tanking at this point? Their playoffs chances are close to nil. Just have Ball and Ingram bag the season?

Tough call....If Lebron cares what people think (and I believe he does) I don't think they tank yet. Doubt he wants to be called a quitter again.

 

[lebron23james]

I don't know who is dumber. Lebron for signing a 4 year contract with the lakers or the lakers for signing lebron to a 4 year contract.