Preseason games discussion thread 2019

lakerz12 · Post #1921 » by **lakerz12** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:44 am

Who are these guys out there for the Lakers? I recognize Antetekumpiodsnwpo but that's it ...how many roster spots do they have?

lakerz12 · Post #1922 » by **lakerz12** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:49 am

DLo's hair be like...

Usual Suspects · Post #1923 » by **Usual Suspects** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:54 am

Buzzard wrote:
Adam Stern wrote:The Rockets put up 111 points through three quarters in Miami!

It looks like Riles and Spoelstra did not want to get their newest addition embarrassed so they sit Butler. Heat still put up a good offensive fight; which is surprising. Where is the vaunted defense though?

It's not about embarrassed, the Heat played last night. No reason to go HAM in the preseason. The rest of the other starters all played low minutes for the Heat as well. Unlike the Rockets who are playing regular season minutes for some reason. Unfortunately with Westbrook re-aggravating his injury, it was proabably a good decision for the Heat not to push the guys on a back to back. The bright side though is that you get random highlight nights from guys like Kendrick Nunn, who scored 40.

Clemenza · Post #1924 » by **Clemenza** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:56 am

lonzo_pelota wrote:mavericks looked strong last night, their opponent sucked

Can't gauge if you guys are good or not after playing the Warriors for the 50th time minus their bigs

Buzzard · Post #1925 » by **Buzzard** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:59 am

Usual Suspects wrote:
Buzzard wrote:
Adam Stern wrote:The Rockets put up 111 points through three quarters in Miami!

It looks like Riles and Spoelstra did not want to get their newest addition embarrassed so they sit Butler. Heat still put up a good offensive fight; which is surprising. Where is the vaunted defense though?

It's not about embarrassed, the Heat played last night. No reason to go HAM in the preseason. The rest of the other starters all played low minutes for the Heat as well. Unlike the Rockets who are playing regular season minutes for some reason. Unfortunately with Westbrook re-aggravating his injury, it was proabably a good decision for the Heat not to push the guys on a back to back. The bright side though is that you get random highlight nights from guys like Kendrick Nunn, who scored 40.

I was mostly being a smart ass but I do like the good players playing at home for the home fans; and getting their rest on the road games. Back to back; that is kind of hard to do.

I don't understand the Rockets at all. If Harden, Westbrook, or Capela were to suffer a season ending injury, how the hell do you explain that away when they are playing over 30 minutes a game in the preseason?

TheDoors24 · Post #1926 » by **TheDoors24** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:07 am

This just in: warriors starters better than Lakers scrubs.

God these pre season line ups are the worst. I can’t wait for the regular season to start already!!

Spintown · Post #1927 » by **Spintown** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:11 am

Realgm Fans after a preseason game-“its Only preseason, call me when the regular season starts”

Realgm Fans after game 1 of regular season- “its only the first game call me if they can keep this up by Christmas”

Realgm Fans after Christmas- “its only December call me when they can keep this up after the allstar break”

Realgm Fans after a The allstar break- “its not even the playoffs call me when they make the playoffs”

*team makes playoffs and wins first round series*
Realgm Fans- “its only the first round call me when they make it to the conference finals”

...

michaelm · Post #1928 » by **michaelm** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:19 am

TheDoors24 wrote:This just in: warriors starters better than Lakers scrubs.

God these pre season line ups are the worst. I can’t wait for the regular season to start already!!

And previous pre-season games have demonstrated that the Lakers starters are better than the GSW scrubs. As you imply, not much weight should be placed on pre/season games.

Ice Trae · Post #1929 » by **Ice Trae** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:43 am

screw whoever scheduled all these warriors and lakers preseason matchups. my condolences to both teams and their fans

Usual Suspects · Post #1930 » by **Usual Suspects** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:03 am

Ice Trae wrote:screw whoever scheduled all these warriors and lakers preseason matchups. my condolences to both teams and their fans

Seriously they've played each other 3 times in 5 days. and 4 times in 2 weeks. This is ridiculous.

Post #1931 » by **og15** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 8:44 am

Plain Old Josh wrote:
Ice Trae wrote:Of course Harden scores 40+ in a pre season game. Dude makes scoring look so easy

I don't even think a healthy Westbrook can stop Harden from leading the league in scoring. That's one of the biggest compliments I can give a scorer.

Westbrook has had two guys be at the top of the scoring list with him on their team (Durant and George), so I don't think it's fair to imply that he would stop someone from that. Leading the league in scoring isn't always good though, can imply you are having to do to much, sometimes.

I believe that extra shots WB takes in comparison to Paul will probably come from the other players FGA's and less from Harden's.

Usual Suspects wrote:
Ice Trae wrote:screw whoever scheduled all these warriors and lakers preseason matchups. my condolences to both teams and their fans

Seriously they've played each other 3 times in 5 days. and 4 times in 2 weeks. This is ridiculous.

Did they want to have minimum travel whenever in the US? It's like an exhibition series lol

KobeBryant24 · Post #1932 » by **KobeBryant24** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 9:34 am

Spintown wrote:Realgm Fans after a preseason game-“its Only preseason, call me when the regular season starts”

Realgm Fans after game 1 of regular season- “its only the first game call me if they can keep this up by Christmas”

Realgm Fans after Christmas- “its only December call me when they can keep this up after the allstar break”

Realgm Fans after a The allstar break- “its not even the playoffs call me when they make the playoffs”

*team makes playoffs and wins first round series*
Realgm Fans- “its only the first round call me when they make it to the conference finals”

...

Realgm at its finest

And1+2 · Post #1933 » by **And1+2** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 1:49 pm

Read on Twitter

God Squad · Post #1934 » by **God Squad** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 2:37 pm

Jordan Poole... this kid seems to get crossed and dropped like every game. My god I've never seen a guard get crossed so frequently.

lonzo_pelota · Post #1935 » by **lonzo_pelota** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 3:10 pm

Clemenza wrote:
lonzo_pelota wrote:mavericks looked strong last night, their opponent sucked

Can't gauge if you guys are good or not after playing the Warriors for the 50th time minus their bigs

why are u concerned with my random comments , oh wait what i've said in the past hurt your soul and made u have a potty mouth lol, go ahead & carry on in your ineptitude fandom for the sterling dynasty

NPZ · Post #1936 » by **NPZ** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 3:23 pm

And1+2 wrote:

Read on Twitter

I thought you meant the floor at first, but both are nice. Excellent pass by the C there. He used English and I'm not sure if that's even his 1st language. Nice little spin on it like a bowling ball almost. He found his arch as Chick Hearn used to say (bowling reference, Chick was once the host of Bowling For Dollars, thank you).

LewisnotMiller · Post #1937 » by **LewisnotMiller** » Mon Oct 21, 2019 1:17 am

And1+2 wrote:

Read on Twitter

Anyone else think the Raps are going to go all 'Spursy' on us?

(Talking about the ball movement happy group from a few years back)

TheNewEra · Post #1938 » by **TheNewEra** » Mon Oct 21, 2019 6:47 pm

Spintown wrote:Realgm Fans after a preseason game-“its Only preseason, call me when the regular season starts”

Realgm Fans after game 1 of regular season- “its only the first game call me if they can keep this up by Christmas”

Realgm Fans after Christmas- “its only December call me when they can keep this up after the allstar break”

Realgm Fans after a The allstar break- “its not even the playoffs call me when they make the playoffs”

*team makes playoffs and wins first round series*
Realgm Fans- “its only the first round call me when they make it to the conference finals”

...

This is so realistic that it’s scary lol

audiosway · Post #1939 » by **audiosway** » Fri Oct 25, 2019 10:22 pm

LakersSoul wrote:
audiosway wrote:Well this won't age well. LOL

Read on Twitter

Why won’t it?

Lakers have 2 of the top 5 players in NBA.
They have length.
They have depth.
They have shooters.
They have an experienced coaching staff.

They need age/time to gel and get chemistry and better. That will age just fine.

You call a bench scoring 13 points depth? I know you guys are excited that the Lakers are relevant again. But, they proved in game 1 of the season that they aren't the best team in LA. They were "warning" the NBA about game 1 of the preseason being a blow out. I hope you aren't expecting 28 points from Danny Green every night. He was the only reason that was just a 10 point loss.

LakersSoul · Post #1940 » by **LakersSoul** » Fri Oct 25, 2019 11:06 pm

audiosway wrote:
LakersSoul wrote:
audiosway wrote:Well this won't age well. LOL

Read on Twitter

Why won’t it?

Lakers have 2 of the top 5 players in NBA.
They have length.
They have depth.
They have shooters.
They have an experienced coaching staff.

They need age/time to gel and get chemistry and better. That will age just fine.

You call a bench scoring 13 points depth? I know you guys are excited that the Lakers are relevant again. But, they proved in game 1 of the season that they aren't the best team in LA. They were "warning" the NBA about game 1 of the preseason being a blow out. I hope you aren't expecting 28 points from Danny Green every night. He was the only reason that was just a 10 point loss.

One game and you already throwing a party?

How many times will the phrase "it's only preseason" be used in this thread on average?