That's the thing Harden has to learn. He was used to his time with the Rockets, where he didn't have to play good defense because he was in charge of the offense. In order to conserve his energy, he didn't defend well. But here with the Clippers, it's a different story. Everyone should defend because the game of basketball has changed a lot now, emphasizing ball movement and teamwork. If they don't play on the same page, that's when they can't win a game, even if they have the right talent.

They have a few days of rest before their next game. They're back at home and will host the Rockets, who are an underrated team with 6 win streak, opposite to what the Clippers have currently.  Let's see if something good will happen.

Not sure if this has really been discussed her or not yet..but what do you all think about the Zach Lavine rumors?  As a Chicago Bulls fan, I think we got the better of the Jimmy Butler/Lavine trade, and he's been a fun and exciting player to watch these past few years, but it's time to blow it up.  Lavine is not good enough to be a teams leading star, and would fit much better as a number 2 or 3 option.  The Bulls aren't heading anywhere with this team, so time to move on a rebuild.  Thoughts?  Also what teams do you guys think he'd be a good fit for?

When we are talking about "fighting" in NBA, not that many players throw punches, this is as hardcore as it gets. Draymond Green didn't do himself justice by keeping Gobert in headlock for that long, I understand wanting to protect your teammate, but you should just push or hold somewhere else, like grab Gobert by the waist and pull him away, that could make sense, there were many other players there that separated the fight, none of them did a headlock, look at all the players on the court, they are all trying to separate Klay but nobody gave another player headlock, that's not how it works.

Draymond "may" had the good intentions, like protect your friend, but headlock, and for that long, wasn't the way to do it. It's famously known that Draymond is a dirty player, he was the reason why Warriors lost a whole title, because he kept on kicking others, dude is a dirty player through and through, and this was one of those moments when he did what he does, and I hope he gets at least a few games suspension.

The way I look at it, Gobert is just standing there, no aggressive move on his part, maybe he was there to separate his team mates as well, but Draymond just rush in and choosing to choke hold Gobert. Good thing that Gobert stay cools after that one, if he chooses to go to Green it could be another Malice in the Palace. He should be fine and suspended for that and so the Warriors season are a messed right now.

For Lavine case, maybe it's time for him to find a new team. The management built a good players around him as he was obviously their main man. Unfortunately, it still didn't materialized, they barely make it to the first round of the playoffs. But the question is why Lakers?

Looking at the odds, the Lakers are the underdog, so just by then numbers, it's a good bet on them at ML. However, the gap is not that big though, 1.84 for Sacramento and 2.01 for Lakers. It's definitely a high scoring game, as this two teams are known to have a very fast pace game.

Lakers is good playing at home, they are 5-0, while the Kings are 1-3 away from home.

So yeah, I think it's a good bet on the Lakers and the odds are very appealing to say the least. It might be very close game, who knows, maybe this game will go into overtime, hehehe.

I read a RUMOR on Facebook regarding what's happening with them in the locker room and apparently:
TBH, this rumor is huge. Just after 5 games, he wants to get out of the Clippers already? Like I said, I will not be surprised if no other team wants him anymore after his contract this season because of attitude problems. It's my first time hearing that the Saudi Pro League wants him to play, and it's funny.

If I were to pick between the 2, I would rather choose Westbrook to play off the bench.
Harden will not accept that role. Not with how high his ego is. Westbrook at least tried to play off the bench already when he was with the Lakers, and some time with the Clippers, but Harden? Since he became an all-star, he didn't start off the bench anymore, and he doesn't want that role.


Not exciting TBH like the Lillard, or the Harden trade saga.

It's pretty obvious that the Bulls are like an average team even though they have stars like Vucevic, DeRozan, and Lavine. Both Lavine and the Bulls are exploring for potential teams that want him. The Lakers, and the Heat are the top teams that can get him, but TBH, it's pretty hard to know which teams are interested in him because we might see some other teams who are talking with their front office privately.

You're damn right. Teams take time to really get together, if they must win games then they must get to bond.
Most games might be lost in the process of bonding or while they're yet to get to know themselves and especially when they have new team mates but once they've consolidated, they might play with the same team as yesterday and give them good class lessons.

Looks like the NBA made the decision to suspend Draymond for 5 games for his choke on Rudy Gobert. Honestly, I was expecting at least a 6 game suspension, but the NBA is pretty lenient when it comes to fighting (in my opinion). Draymond has a long history of this though, so I would’ve liked to have seen him get a little bit longer of a suspension.

Fair enough, what he did was unacceptable, so he has to learn a lesson from that. Now, the Warriors will struggle more as they lose one of their key players. Draymond should have thought of that before he made that stupid choking gesture.

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Anyway, tonight we are going to see the Suns finally playing their big 3 together. They'll be facing the Wolves, and let's see if they can start a winning streak. Currently, they are on a 2-game losing streak, but it should end tonight.

Both teams played last minutes awful, except Jalen Brunson. Knicks got the win in the end. That was important when they play without Barrett. Randle and Quickley were okay. Hawks may have the deepest rotation in the league as Saddiq Bey said but this wasn't enough tonight. Bogdanovic had a good night, he had a fairly good chance to go overtime but that shot selection was pretty bad.