They have enough to be relevant but they need one of the young guys like rj to really step up.  If Mitchell Robinson can just stay on the court he dominates games underneath, he changes the Knicks.  Taj is alright but he has limitations.  Mitch, rj or IQ have to really step up for them to get far.  The vets are the vets they need someone else to be the x factor.  (Desperate knick fan here  )

Looks like the Lakers will lose in this game again, we have few minutes left, and the Lakers are trailing by 8 points in the 4th quarter, I guess they will continue their cold streak, and the Lakers will still be winless after this game.

Lebron scored 30 points already, but not much help from the bench.

Its understandable with the Lakers since they are a completely different team right now with most of the players came from trades but in Nets, they didn't do that much trades this off-season so its like they are the same team as last year and yet they are struggling.

Anyway, this is just a pre-season and many don't want to push their all-star players too hard for it. Lets wait if what will the Nets do with Kyrie . Will they trade him or let him do what he wants to do - not to get vaccinated in exchange for money and games. With regards to the Lakers, give them some time and lets not focus on pre-season that much . What if they have some techniques that they are hiding right now and they will just release it at the start of the regular season. Lets just wait.

For the performance he show last season we can definitely say that he's matured enough to know on when to adjust he's role since he's showing that he is a good team player when he's on nets. Provably he will do the same as he want to make to cooperate with durant and get into the finals next season. But don't know what will happen to them as kyrie is out of the team for a while so let see if this is a blessing or not since maybe they can create good rotation with less stars on their rooster.

^^ Only two teams that I saw that happen, The Bulls 1995-1996 season (not sure if some of you have been born already) and then the Warriors 2015-2016.

Those two teams are great, they've been playing for years before they dominate the league.

So I'm not sure if Lakers with their current line up can accomplished it within one season. Not saying that they are not that good, but with the level of competition right now, it's going to be very difficult.

Lakers will not do it, they are struggling in the preseason already and that's an evidence that they will not do well early in the regular season. They will have to work on their chemistry first before I would say they have a chance, and remember, Lebron is not young anymore, he has some limitations that's why he chooses to play with the star players so his burden will be lighter.

Yes, that's true, if he will continue with this poor contribution, then there's no reason to celebrate Westbrook's addition to the LA Lakers. He should be a triple-double guy, or at least a double-double guy so he's a big help for the Lakers. Their execution is not yet well polish, I hope we will not see this on the regular season again.

Anyway, by October 19, we will see the first 2 games in the regular season.

Nets vs Bucks
GSW vs LAL ( for bettors, LA is the favorites here by 5 points).

We can't make a judgement yet as the regular season has not started yet, if our basis is the preseason then I would say that the Lakers are so bad as they have not won a single game in the preseason. We are just hype because they have Westbrook who is a triple-double machine, but based on what he showed so far, we did not see the old Westbrook yet.

While there are others who are seeing Lakers negatively, I'm the one who is thinking like "This is only pre-season and I believe that the Lakers are hiding something in their sleeves that will help them in the regular season".

Well if you will see their past resumes, most of them are all stars and most of them are the go-to guy when they are at their primes in their past teams. That isn't the case right now. They are old enough to get outsped by other young players. I'm not saying though that they are not a strong team but we are expecting too much from them and we are disregarding their ages and their chemistry as well.

They are old and they also have limitations as well. We are expecting that they will build a chemistry as they play for a longer time but even though it will be built, I don't think that they are that dominant that to the point that they will be at the top in Western Conference though we might see them in playoffs. Earlier this off-season we are expecting Nets Vs. Lakers in NBA Finals but now that the Lakers are playing this way, do you think that these 2 teams will meet at the NBA Finals still??

I hope I am that optimistic. All I can think about is how they will develop their chemistry. In terms of roster they have almost all the best veterans in the league but when it comes to chemistry, they might be in the top 10 of the worse. I don't think they are hiding something and you can see it with the reactions of Frank Vogel. The game with the Kings is almost like a regular season game and they are having a hard time finding their rhythm at both ends of the floor.

That's all correct but Finals? They can but it's the West and it's going to be a rough road for them before achieving it, with GSW, Suns, and Clippers at a healthy roster.