Looks like we've got 2 games on the schedule for today as we get ready for the Christmas day NBA extravaganza.  First up is the Spurs vs the Pelicans.  I'm thinking the Pelicans should take this one easily the way they've been playing this season and the Spurs are still looking like a tank for the draft candidate.  Then we've got the Wizards and the Jazz.  I think this game could go either way.  I tend to think the Wizards have a better shot than the oddsmakers are giving them against Utah though.  I think they may clear the spread... 

i think Bronny is pretty good but at his size he would do best to put in 4 years at Ohio State then go pro.  If anything Bryce based on his size has a better chance of making the NBA before Bronny.  Just because he is Lebron son doesn't mean he gets an auto pass to the NBA and he may want to have the college experience and not rush to the NBA.

When we look at the matches they lost, we see how close the points scored are to each other. Performance may drop from time to time in every team, I think this is not a big problem. They can return to their old form in a few matches.
Their next match is against the Timberwolves. If they lose this match too, we might think there is a problem. I don't think it's a big deal right now

A good adjustment to mixed things up with Luka. I see that point where placing Wood in the starting unit and allow Luka and him to take
the offensive end. It might help Luka to get some rest.

It might change the way the defenders will approach since they know that Wood also has a good threat once given a chance to takeover
and a free pass to take more shots.

Mavs adjustment can bring them more wins if they can explore and maximize the use of each player that they've got in helping Luka
in both offense and defense.

Do Spurs eager to get Wemby as per I read on some insiders report? For me it would be a game changer for the Spurs since they dominated the league in 2014, it's almost a decade though and the big 3 already retired and some of the players in that championship built team already on other teams or already retired too.

True, it's not guarantee that you will get the 1st pick if you even try to tank for this season and think that you will be the first one to select next season's pick, it's not the way the NBA works.

So there is a gamble here that might not pay dividends in the end. And even if you get the player you wanted, you just don't know if he will be a bust as we all know that there are a lot of high picks that went bust in the last couple of years. So it might be good to just play as hard as you can this season and hope that you will land a good pick in the draft night.

The expected 1st Round draft pick rookie might be a game-changer for those teams that will tank this season but since the NBA lottery does not work the way where the worst team will automatically get the first pick, still we can assure you that those tank teams will get at least the Top 5.

But honesty, it's hard to tank even intentionally. These worst teams should just enjoy the game and let their players just do their best in every game. Look at the Utah Jazz during their first several games. They expected to tank this season but some of their players were able to step up.

Right now the Boston Celtics have consistent losses towards their latest games, and if we check out all of their game on the spun of December they have lost to the Miami Heat on December 3, Lost to the Golden State Warriors on December 11, lost to the Los Angeles Clippers on December 13, lost to Orlando Magic on December 17, and 19, and now with the Indiana Pacers Yesterday, but I am not saying that the Boston Celtics now is a bad thing now, I am just saying that a team like the Celtics that is championship caliber shouldn't have consistent losses like that and they both have their good players on them, but something like this really happen and I think they need to fix this very quickly


I am a Golden State fan but I am not worried at all, pretty much they still have a lot of time to pull this up to make it to the playoffs and there is no rushing them in doing it, right now 2 of the main key players are injured and for me it a good thing because right now they really need a long break right now and maybe they are chilling right now, until Stephen Curry and Andrew Wiggins return back again because right now they really can not do it alone without the big guns and the truth is pretty much I still got faith because there are still time in taking this back,

The same as what happened with the Pelicans and Jazz.
The Pelicans made a good streak but suddenly they are losing their games even with Zion. And then they win now but that's the Spurs they are up against so it should be expected.
The Jazz had a good start but now they are inconsistent.
Boston Celtics on the other hand have two of the greatest scorers in their prime, they may be losing in their 3rd losing streak but that team could easily go back up in no time.
What made this issue about them is losing versus an average team like the Orlando Magic.

For those who are too worried about the Celtics on how they are in a losing streak right now, maybe think of what happened to them last season.

They are at the bottom at the first half of the season and just after the all-star, they went and win those games and got the 2nd spot and reached the NBA Finals that season. Like @harizen said, we are in the early phase of the season. We are just at the quarter of the season and many things can still happen in the future. We might see the Celtics having a losing streak, but they are still at the 2nd spot still so no worries.

We might see the Warriors tank like other are saying, we might see the Nuggets who are at the top spot as of this moment go down to the 8th. We might see the Nets go down because some might get injured (hope it will not happen). The season is still early and expect many more things to happen. No need to worry if you are a Celtic Fan. Worry if they will not enter the playoffs.