Honestly Portland realized that they won't be able to do anything in Dame era, and looking to find new and younger players to build around a new star. They will need great players coming up draft, first it can't be a superstar right away, would be very hard to get number one pick this year for example, there is a huge expectation out of Wembayama and if they can get him, then they could build around him.

I would say the smartest thing Dallas could do this year would be that for example, get the first pick, give WHOEVER they want outside of doncic, that's it, get Doncic and Wembayama on the same team, or for Portland Dame and him again, would be great improvement.

This young talent is very special, right now, the team that are struggling so hard are the Spurs, so it would be nice if the Spurs will get him as for sure they will make him a better player and of course a star player of the team. There are plenty of good teams now but Spurs are the team that are left behind, however they still win some games despite the fact that they are 6-17 so far. (https://www.nba.com/standings), their worst season I guess.

Here we will see how good of a coach he is. He once said he had plans for Westbrook so maybe this is the time to use that. If ever there's really a plan or he just said that to avoid locker room problems because of rumors that will come in.

Bad things could happen, after watching the Warriors play against the Rockets earlier I saw some near-injury accidents from Steph and Jordan Poole.
I think now I understand why Steve Kerr is not forcing to put back Steph even if the 2nd team is not doing well.
Rests are important, especially in back-to-back games. Better to lose 1 game than lose him the whole season.

We cannot deny that Davis is prone to injury, and even if he is one of the greatest players but he is still part of the team, and we know what would happen to the Lakers if he gets injured again. The Lakers just gambled for Davis and traded their young players for him, and why would the Pelicans trade him? That's because of the said issue, he is prone to injury.

There was one time that the Lakers won the championship because Davis was healthy at that time, but in the succeeding seasons, it was all struggle for the Lakers as Davis was injured most of the time.

This season, Davis is quite healthy, so let's hope he'll stay that way.

In the west, I would have liked to see the Lakers and the trailblazers to be in the top eight positions. But at the same time, it is also true that they have not played well. And the performance that they have shown, it is honestly not expected to see them in the top eight. I did want them to be up there, but I cannot say that they deserve to be up there.

I think the situation in the east is well summarised by you. Chicago Bulls, and Miami Heat both were expected to be in the top eight in my opinion. I want to say that the Chicago Bulls lineup are not widely to play in the playoffs. But at the same time, they also did not play like they are worth it, to be honest.

The Nuggets vs Pelicans game today should be a good one. I’m not seeing any televised games today. The story of the season so far for me is the Beam in Sacramento that they light after wins. “Light the beam” is the saying that people in Sacramento love to say now. It’s an awesome gimmick and I’m jealous my hometown doesn’t have something like that when our team wins games. I love it. Last night win another win the beam was indeed lit again.

Long way to go for the Lakers, that's why it is very important to really win games early, like what the Utah Jazz or Sacramento Kings has done this season. That's why he don't need to do catch up as what the Lakers is doing right now, although they are 7-3 in their last 10 games, they are still way below the standings in the West.

The most important thing for them is just to remain consistent, yes it's good to see the Lebron had broken record of Magic Johnson in all time assists, but still though if the team is not winning this season, this this individual record is nothing for him.

It is understandable for Lakers to push Westbrook to be a bit more alone guy. He is not leading the second unit, he is given a second unit because at the end of the day that team is not great, and he ends up playing however he wants, without looking for lebron or AD, and that means he plays better because he doesn't need to look for others.

However, when Lebron and AD plays, they all look for each other, and that creates space. This gave them a bit of breathing room and they are slightly better, still not that great though, looking at how they play they still have to play a lot better and losing games, but it does make more sense this way at least.

Without Lonzo Ball, I do not think that the Chicago Bulls have any expectations to reach the Eastern Conference Finals. It is not that the other players are not good but the competition in the East just got bumped up. Prime Tatum and Brown in Celtics, Prime Giannis in Bucks. Then there's Harden and Embiid for 76ers and the trio in Brooklyn Net. The Bulls can still reach the playoffs but without Ball, they cannot move past the first round.


Or they just need their main man back. For the Trail Blazers, they need Damian Lillard to get back and be fully healthy.

For the Jazz, they need Mike Conley. They are starless and losing Mike Conley because of injury really hurt their offense and defense. They are still performing really well though, just not enough to beat a really good team. Unlike before, they still have a chance to beat star-laden team.


That is a big IF though. For Davis and Lebron, it is not if they will get injured. It is when. They are very injury prone that every time, Davis or Lebron have a hard fall to the floor, fans are praying they get up and are not injured. 71 games still left in the season, that is still a lot of games. My hope is that they don't get long-lasting injuries that will sideline them for months. If one of them gets sidelined for a long time, prime AD is getting wasted. They need to max his playing time without risking him getting injured to maximize his value on his prime years.

That's not the reason mate why Anthony Davis was sent to the Los Angeles Lakers:

a) Anthony Davis requested a trade and he shows interest to be part of the Lakers team. New Orleans Pelicans is suc*s in surrounding Davis with a good bunch of role-player teammates for years that's why it just makes sense for him to ask for a trade.

b) Lakers just did a good job of trading their young players because having a young core seems not effective to them. Honestly, they tried to build a young core team and give chances to their young players to show what they got. The Lakers are playing with full young cores for several seasons and they didn't even make it to the playoffs until LeBron James came to the franchise. The Lakers are also taking advantage of LeBron's still on prime-performance that's why they try to acquire a Superstar-level to be part of the team and it's a timing that Davis wants to be a Laker. The Celtics even try to talk with Davis but he's not interested.