New Album & The Beginning of Basketball Season

[Steve Williams]

Finally the Lakers shut him down

The throne is vacant

Cmon Giannis

https://www.nba.com/video/2019/03/30/201900330-gametime-shutting-lebron-down

 

[Steve Williams]

a terrific read on the 2 MJ's

https://www.nba.com/article/2019/03/28/magic-johnson-michael-jordan-need-luck-new-role

 

[Steve Williams]

Shocked again last night to see the Nets as they continue to be in the mix and easily defeat the Celtics. And to think the Lakers traded D'Angelo Russell to make room for Ball. Russell is an all star now and Ball faded in the end with his ankle injury and has yet to demonstrate any flashes of greatness

 

[Steve Williams]

Well first good thing to come to the Lakers. They shut down LeBron and with a makeshift team they route the Pelicans

130-102

Perhaps the Lakers win more without LeBron just as the Celts win more without Kyrie.

 

[Steve Williams]

Where do the Lakers go from here?

https://www.nba.com/video/2019/03/30/lebron-james-misses-playoffs-essay

I just don't see him leading them to the finish line in the next 3 years. Almost identical IMO to the final years of Kobe's career

 

[Steve Williams]

Warriors win the West as Denver lost to the Mavs

The Thunder seem to be in free fall and remain in 8th so an interesting series perhaps between Warriors and the Thunder

So far in the west it appears it will come down to Rockets and Warriors. The question will be whether Harden has anything left in his tanks to make the Rockets prevail. Even though I think so my sense is there is something still missing from the Warriors this year as they seem to lose games they should be winning and the Warriors have home court advantage. Rockets can certainly win 1 i Oakland but can they win 3 in Houston That will be the series to watch

 

[Steve Williams]

Stephen Curry will be the subject of the next Facebook Watch series

https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...-series/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e36a33f95a9a

https://www.si.com/nba/2019/02/12/steph-curry-warriors-facebook-series-trailer-drops-watch-nba

I guess Steph is just like LeBron as they both have their own production companies

 

[Steve Williams]

Well now LeBron is saying he might play for the 2020 USA Olympics team. Hopefully as a reserve or our chances are gone for a gold medal as he will be wanting to pick the coach of the team

https://www.nba.com/article/2019/04/01/lebron-james-offseason-plans-fiba-space-jam-2

 

[jadis]

never a dull moment for the guy...from running an nba team (which was not planned) to running a team of a country...if he demeanor was like tim duncan, you would have gotten a lot more respect.

 

[Steve Williams]

I won't deny that he still has moments of greatness but last night the team scored 130 points without him.

If he is in the game the ball goes through him and hence his high scoring-no other player gets to take the shot

 

[WLVCA]

I won't deny that he still has moments of greatness but last night the team scored 130 points without him.

If he is in the game the ball goes through him and hence his high scoring-no other player gets to take the shot

Looks like the rest of the Lakers were quite happy to play without LeBron as they put up 130 points against the Pelicans.

Bill Plaschke wrote a blistering critique of LeBron last Saturday in the LA Times.

https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/la-sp-lebron-james-done-20190330-story.html

 

[jadis]

A big 'what if', is that what if LeBron stayed in Cleveland with an intact lineup as last year plus their rookie Sexton, would they be in the finals again? For sure they will not be eliminated as he is now with the Lakers.

 

[Steve Williams]

Looks like the rest of the Lakers were quite happy to play without LeBron as they put up 130 points against the Pelicans.

Bill Plaschke wrote a blistering critique of LeBron last Saturday in the LA Times.

https://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/la-sp-lebron-james-done-20190330-story.html

That was a terrific read. It basically said what I have been saying all year. The guy can't play defense, he's terrible from the free throw line and he is a poor teammate who brings nothing but disruption to any team on which he plays.

Magic, Pelinka and Jeannie made a horrible decision and need to have the brass cajones and extricate themselves from The King and trade him. Only problem is the reality will show that they will get little in return for him, Luke will be fired and the core of the team will be traded to appease this maven whose only interest is the preservation of his legacy

 

[WLVCA]

The Clippers went 13 - 2 in March. That is hard to believe but true. Don't know if they'll make it but it is possible they could reach 50 wins this year.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...13-96-to-close-march-with-13-2-mark/39283375/

 

[WLVCA]

I was just looking at the NBA standings by conference this morning. Previously the West has dominated the NBA and the East was the poor stepchild.

Not so this year. The Bucks, Raptors, 76ers, Celtics and Pacers are all good teams and compare favorably with the top 5 in the West - Warriors, Nuggets, Rockets, Trail Blazers and Jazz.

Don't know if the Warriors can be unseated but it definitely won't be a cake walk for them.

Regarding talent, a good case could be made that there is more good young talent in the East than the West - Giannis, Embiid, Simmons, Sabonis, D’Angelo Russell, Tatum.

Not that there isn't good young talent in the West - Jokic, Towns, Doncic, Booker, Donovan Mitchell are all outstanding.

The good news is that it looks like a better balance is developing between the two conferences.

 

[WLVCA]

Clippers are getting thumped by the Rockets tonight.

 

[Steve Williams]

Totally agree

I believe there will be some surprising upsets in the playoffs this year

 

[jadis]

4 games left in the regular season. Can't wait to see the playoffs begin.

 

[Steve Williams]

GSW blowing out the Lakers and lead by 25 at the end of 1

 

[Steve Williams]

Big talk tonight here is the talk that Luke will be the first casualty

If I were Jeannie I’d keep Luke, fire Magic and Pelinka and trade James