I think he surpassed that hype of Lebron James. Oh, and there's Zion Williamson too, he made a lot of noise before and after the NBA draft pick but the curse of the first pick may have gotten into him. Injuries over and over again, I think Lebron James was the only one in the first round and first pick that I saw who was successful in his career and also avoided injuries and that's also one of the big reasons why his name exploded off the charts because of his presence in most of his career games and taking care of himself.

True, Wemby is flexible. He can shoot he can drive and I was actually shocked he can also crossover, it's going to be difficult for any defensive coach to handle this man because of his different offensive weapons. I think all he needs is more experience so he can use those skills for hesitation moves. Unpredictability will always be a good weapon too for a NBA player to be successful in his career. Polishing all those abilities will be the work of San Antonio Spurs trainers.

I’m not sure the Suns need Bradley Beal to beat the Warriors. However, I also don’t think the Suns have had enough time playing together to be able to beat a team with as much history playing together as Golden State. I really don’t know which way to bet this one, but I’m leaning towards the Suns. The Denver/LA matchup is another tricky one, but I’m leaning Denver.

Yao Ming, yes. I will never forget that dude. The one who was blocked by Nate Robinson. Just kidding. I do remember him being one of the best duo in the Houston Rockets with Tracy McGrady. He was there when Tracy made the 13 points come back in just 33 seconds.
But Yao lacks the inside power although I think the era that he entered is filled with inside players like Shaq. This time with Wemby there are not much centers who are playing defensively to act against him. If we name them, they can be counted on our hand fingers. Rudy, Ayton, Lopez, Jackson Jr. (ain't a center), and Claxton.

2 games later baby. Finally, the regular season tipoff.
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Man you got some foresight hehe. The score gap and Lakers slow start was on point. Did you place a bet on that?

It's good to see the defending champs not showing any signs of rustiness. They look sharp and I also enjoy watching Jokic working his way inside against whoever. His moves aren't that "cool" to look at but they are effective.

That could be 2 out of 3 pretty soon. I don't mean out as injured or anything but Booker seems to be doing a lot of work in the first half alone and that could mean he'll be pretty much tired in the second half.

Warriors have a more balanced point distribution with a bench player leading the scoring. The starters will have more in the tank in the second half.

First half ain’t looking so good for the Lakers. This is especially bad because in Denver opposing teams get tired fast so the Lakers have an uphill battle ahead of them. I think Anthony Davis is looking great on defense and LeBron looks pretty good, the rest of the team doesn’t seem to be playing very smart on offense though.

Too bad for the Lakers as they just being handed with another L against the Nuggets for 6 consecutive games, including the sweep in the playoffs. They had a strong early first quarter closing the gap to just 3 with the 13-0 run, but wasn't quite able to maintain the same level of energy when the Nuggets rallied back. It could have resulted in a different outcome if AD did not magically disappeared in the 2nd half. The guy did not score a single point.
LeBron still looking sharp, I though he could still play for another 2-3 years.

As we saw earlier, they still have the champion's aura in them and they won't just be easily beaten when they are completely healthy and have the current high chemistry they had when they won the championship. The Lakers can do nothing against their offense and this is the same for the other teams as well when they play against the Denver Nuggets this season.

I wonder how will it be for the rest of the Western Conference team when they face them in the NBA playoffs because they are obviously not gonna break Nugget's wall unless they come up with some working tactics Against Jokic earlier this season.

It's crazy how the Nuggets just refuse to lose on their home court, and their chemistry is on point again. They're still the team to beat, even though they're an underrated champion. And can we talk about Jokic? He's out there starting the season with a triple-double: 13 rebounds, 11 assists, and 29 points. What an MVP performance!