NBA Season 2018/19

[RaisyDaisy]

Stephen A going absolutely nuts on the Lakers right now on TV - I love this guy

He reckons LeBron was talking with Kawhi but now that they stuffed things up with Lue by only offering him 3 years and not 5 that's probably not happening now

[LaHug]

Stephen A going absolutely nuts on the Lakers right now on TV - I love this guy

He reckons LeBron was talking with Kawhi but now that they stuffed things up with Lue by only offering him 3 years and not 5 that's probably not happening now

If Lue was the difference between getting Kawhi and missing on Kawhi, LeBron would've called Jeanie and got Lue 5 years.

[RaisyDaisy]

Stephen A going absolutely nuts on the Lakers right now on TV - I love this guy

He reckons LeBron was talking with Kawhi but now that they stuffed things up with Lue by only offering him 3 years and not 5 that's probably not happening now

If Lue was the difference between getting Kawhi and missing on Kawhi, LeBron would've called Jeanie and got Lue 5 years.

Yeah for sure - to be fair he said it was just something he had heard and might have even referred to it as scuttlebutt

[RaisyDaisy]

Line-Up

Although the line-up hasn’t been released yet, here’s a predicted list of players for both teams:

Boomers

Patty Mills
Ben Simmons
Andrew Bogut
Dante Exum
Matthew Dellavedova
Mitch Creek
Ryan Broekhoff
Aron Baynes
Chris Goulding
Joe Ingles
Thon Maker
Jonah Bolden

USA

Anthony Davis
Stephen Curry
DeMarcus Cousins
Kevin Durant
James Harden
Kyrie Irving
Tobias Harris
Kyle Lowry
Chris Paul
Isaiah Thomas
John Wall
Klay Thompson



Thoughts on those predictions? If it is in fact that good then it will be a great event to be at, but do we think that many A graders will be coming?

[LaHug]

If I had to guess...

Simmons maybe won't play for Aus but the rest look likely. Cousins (inj), CP3 (Spacejam or old age), and probably at least one more of that team USA list will miss. But I'd be confident in Steph, KD, Harden assuming they're not injured and that's pretty awesome on its own :D

[TomK]

Wall is injured and could potentially miss all of next season too, not sure why he'd be on the list

[Mat0369]

I want to see them play Cameroon.

[LaHug]

I'm actually watching a game live for once.

I'm liking the way the refs are actually calling fouls. Might prevent moving screens going forward.

[RaisyDaisy]

Rockets at home, no KD and Curry goes scoreless for the entire first half, and Rockets still lose

How the game was even tied at half time with Curry not even scoring was bad enough, but the Rockets have choked hard

Huge props to GSW

[LaHug]

Yeah, I said to a mate at half time that there's no way Rockets win from there. What a waste.

[Jay]

Houston's owners made some strong comments post-game saying how committed he is to this team and will do whatever it takes to go further and bring a title to Houston. Could probably have started by going into the luxury tax to re-sign Ariza, and not dodging the luxury tax by attaching a 2nd round pick just to dump James Ennis. Both would have been contributors in this series.

The last game and a quarter just proves that KD has earned nothing the last two seasons as this team is still ridiculously stacked without him. Should have come to Boston, or any team that hadn't won 73 games for that matter if he wanted to prove he could lead a team to a championship.

Also, CP3 is still the Point God. What a game by him today.

[RaisyDaisy]

Former Magic and Pacers coach Frank Vogel has agreed to become the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

[Jay]

Former Magic and Pacers coach Frank Vogel has agreed to become the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

With J-Kidd as his lead assistant. What could go wrong ;D

[RaisyDaisy]

Denver did really well being pushed to game 7 in both of their series, but I'm happy Portland got through as I think they'll match up better against the Warriors

Would love to see Philly follow Portland now and pinch 7 on the road - game on in 30!

[Rusty00]

flower, what a finish :o