That's right, and you are not only correcting chaser15 but you also educated me. I'm a fan of NBA but lately i have not watch a full game of their games so I could not see if they still have the same coach, just watch some highlights and I did not suspect that the one that I saw is their coach already.

Since when  Ime Udoka has become their head coach?

Maybe that's the reason why Celtics are not consistent now.

Thanks also for that heads up. I also do the same just watching the highlights and not the entire game.

Stevens should still look for his squad. Even a new head coach is there. The system that works before which continues to bring them as a competitor from the east side should not be changed.

Or, if there's a change I should be for the betterment and not what we are seeing right now, they are not the same Boston
compared to how they are performing for the last 3-5 years.

https://www.nba.com/news/nets-at-blazers-game-postponed-by-nba
Luka Doncic. As soon as he was cleared to play after an injury, now he is suffering from health and safety protocol. This kid had missed a lot of games already and his road for winning the MVP race is slimming down. Another 10 days so how many games will that be.
Giannis also hit by the virus and 2 more games was postponed. Is this a sign to go back in the bubble or will they just keep on postponing games until they were all cleared?
It's a good start but everything is falling apart this mid season and we might even see a bad All Star game if this continues.

I mean surely Bucks is a good team even without giannis and rockets is a bottom team but sometimes losing your superstar could mean the worst for a team. Remember each time Cavs lost Lebron, first to Miami and then to Lakers, they became a very terrible team, it took a while for them to be like this, the first year Lebron left for lakers Cavs looked like a g-league team to be honest.

So, losing your superstar could have bad results and it is not really understatment to say that Bucks is good even without Giannis, even if he missed all games, even if he was traded to another team. They wouldn't be a championship level team, but easily be a playoff level team without him as well. That is not an easy thing, and you put that team against a team that is clearly tanking and you have yourself an easy matchup for sure, there is no denying that at all.

In the end, vaccines are not effective at all, and Irving has a point not getting himself vaccinated as the virus can still spread even if a person already gets vaccinated. I think as long as the body can endure the effect of the virus, a person is safe enough and just have to undergo the safety protocol in order not to infect people around him.

So what's the point? I think they should allow Irving to play even not vaccinated.

There are so many games waiting to be played tonight. But the most interesting one among them is definitely Golden State Warriors - Memphis Grizzlies. These teams are both having a great season now but GSW are a few steps ahead of Grizzlies. Because they are very lucky that they have a legendary player like Stephen Curry. And I think that he will have a great game in this. I expect GSW to win this one but I suppose it will still be a close game.

Completely agree.

The whole roster construction is kind of bad.

They are essentially putting together a group of has-beens and hoping that everything will work out. Sure, they have like 5 MVP caliber players... But apart from Lebron & AD the rest are way past their prime.

Everyone is a problem honestly. There are times that someone will step up, but on the next game, they will have off-night plays. Critics are silent when Lakers are winning and when losing, it's like a big sin that they lose and people will put blame on whoever did the worst performance or simply, it's an automatic Lebron or Westbrook, regardless if these players provide a good stats on that game or underperforming.

The solution? No other choice but to just keep going. I don't believe trading one or two Lakers pieces will solve that chemistry problem. There is chemistry but others teams are just doing great. They just have to maintain their spot at the playoffs to avoid the play-in. As a matter of fact, they are just 3 games' win behind the 4th spot. Although it shouldn't be their expected standings at least it's not that they are totally a trash team.

About those states who imposed a restriction that only vaccinated players are allowed to play in-game, NBA has nothing to do with that. It was a legal context. And even they will allow Irving to play, it won't happen.

I'm not just so sure why Irving is still out of the game wherein he can play outside those regions. Is it really his team's decision or Irving himself is totally not interested to play because of his ego.

Anyways, there's already an update that he will now come back. Let's wait then although for now, it's uncertain.

Poor decision made him sink to the bottom even though he has some good stats compared to others. It's just the players in this era are all mostly good and competitive to rise to the top. In his current playing style and record, he will never rise to the top but he is more likely to be known as one of the good players in his era no doubt about it. Unlike Dirk Nowitski who single handled bring his team to the NBA championship, Westbrook needs some hands to continue to stay on top 8.