That's also what I remember. They manage to play in the playoff but unable to push forward.

Beal with the new guys. If they start jiving well, this team also has the capabilities to go back again to the playoff.
I stop following this team after John Wall, but now, with Lakers former players, I start watching again.

I wonder if Caruso also manages to play with this team. Support cast for Beal for both offense and defense may have good improvement.

Just saying..

Yes, the 3 of them are shining in the Wizards uniform, playing both offense and defense. Kuzma gets a lot of flack last year, but the kids has the confidence to still play very good in Washington. I thought his dagger 3 in the corner was enough to give them the win. But the game was like playoff basketball and hopefully these 3 players will contribute big in every game for the Wizards. There were times that Harrell was the facilitator in the game, which we didn't see him in Lakers.

Maybe he could have done better when he doesn't have the ball but it's hard to put a blame on him when nobody else is stepping up and taking advantage of the chance they get. It's the job of the coach to sort these things but how do you expect him to pick a play when his players other than Luka are underperforming?

Exactly what I'm saying. Jason Kidd can only try to rotate his players and give everyone minutes to deliver on the court.

I also read Dallas has a leadership council consisting of Luka, Kristap, and Hardaway Jr but it's only Luke who is looking like a leader right now.

Trade KP for Jokic hehehe.

I believe trash talk is something that people should get used to at this period. I mean just because you were playing in the same team doesn't mean that you should be talking respectfully during the game. Obviously as soon as the game ends, full on respect and not talking badly about each other is a great thing. However during the games trash talk will happen and people need to get used to it one way or another.

Harrel has always been a full on heart player, he is not greatly talented like many other stars we know, he is just a role player that works very hard, he is today's Ben Wallace but a worse version, obviously Ben Wallace was INSANELY good, but his wasn't talent, his was pure heart and hard work, Harrel is like that, he is not pure talent, he is just hard work and heart. This type of people usually end up being the most talkative ones for sure. Draymond, KG, Payton and many alike.

People really going nuts for lamarcus aldridge right now.  He's having a great season so far and just joined the 20K point club.  A great comeback after retiring due to an irregular heartbeat scare last year.  I'm seeing people saying if he wouldn't have retired then the Nets would have won last year, and I think that's a valid argument considering they were a 1/2 a Durant shoe size away from likely taking it home without him.  Maybe in the playoffs he'll be able to step up and fill the hole left by no dominant true center on the roster...  We'll see...

I'm currently watching Lakers vs Rockets and LBJ is playing along with the other star players and they are leading by 12 at the end of the first quarter. can they keep it up?

Looks like this will gonna be an easy game for them, they won't gonna give this one easily since they already learned their lesson vs the OKC last time.

He's actually one of the more actively and consistent contributors on the Nets which is a big surprise... Kudos to him.

I would have thought honestly that his game was outdated and a bit slow but he actually looks a lot more agile than on the Spurs.

The year off must have been good for him physically and mentally. And honestly, he's healthy which is the most important thing above all else.

There's no major improvement actually, because if you look at his statistics, it's still almost the same last season he played with the Nets. Anyways, it's still too early maybe we will see an improvement but I'm happy that his heart problem is not bothering him anymore and I wish he can finally get a championship with the Nets this season.

Yeah, lest we forget, him and Dame after Roy left. I think he can still very productive and we can see glimpse of him during his prime years at Portland and even San Antonio. But I'm not going sure if he will be consistently there, maybe there will be games that he will score more like in the Pistons games. And then games that he need to sit out and let Blake do his thing or Durant. But my point is that he can still contribute when needed.