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i don't know how i feel about quibbling here, but wcj looked like garbage for large chunks of the game they lost against us, so i'm not sure him sitting was a bad thing for them. add mo wagner's revenge game in, and there you have it.

and i don't know what "ok losing" means in this instance; i'm just saying i wouldn't have put money on us winning that game. nor the next one in miami.

 

Former C Bags, but now Portland Trail Blazers center Robert Williams III is facing potential season-ending surgery to repair bone and ligament damage due to right kneecap injury, sources tell me and
@JaredWeissNBA
. Williams and doctors could also choose cleanup procedure with 2-to-3 month timetable.

 

he's been perpetually unhealthy; another reason the trade was a steal for them. depth at the big spots was going to be an issue with or without williams (because you're mostly without williams). they've had some good luck over time, man. the leprechaun is real.

 

Herro is a very nice player, I don't get the hate. I think Portland saved Miami from making the mistake of trading Herro for the washed a** of James Harden.

 

Absolutely destroyed Boston.

 

Too many injuries from start of season.
Denver Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray will miss extended time due to a right hamstring strain, coach Michael Malone announced ahead of Monday's game against the New Orleans Pelicans.

Murray suffered the injury early in Saturday's win over the Chicago Bulls. He has been dealing with hamstring tightness since training camp.
Malone didn't offer a timetable for Murray's return but said it's "not a one or two game injury" and that he would be out for "the perceivable future."
So Reggie Jackson is going to play starting PG

 

Murray's hurt every year. They're thinner this year and coming off less rest, could be a problem. Plus they're the hunted, not the hunters this year. That's a very different position to play from.

all that said, if Joker is going to keep playing at this level they'll still be the favorites every night out.

 

Every. Single. One. Of. Them.

I'm a fan(atic)



Only Denver was acceptable. We were the WCF champs. Who else should we have lost to?

 

Lol..WCF Champs..
I'm going to steal that one.

 

"participants" would be more accurate

 

yeah, murray had a healthy season and everyone forgot. he'll be back for whenever we play them, though, that's for sure!

 

Lakers -Denver February,8 2024
At that day Kobe Bryant statue to be
unveiled .If Murray not playing by that time- good luck to Denver

 

Adam Silver sees path to more competitive NBA All-Star Game

Nov 7, 2023, 02:47 AM ET
SAN FRANCISCO -- NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Monday he will "take responsibility" for the lack of intensity apparent in recent NBA All-Star Games -- a realization he came to after speaking with 13-time All-Star Chris Paul.

Silver, speaking to ESPN's Andscape, said Paul recently pointed out to him all of the pregame and halftime distractions of the All-Star Game that interfere with the players' normal game-day routines.

As Paul put it, according to Silver: "You guys tell us how important the All-Star Game is but then you change all our pregame protocols so that we don't go through our typical routines as we would before a game because you have these elaborate introductions. No complaint about the introductions. We understand why you do it, but then you expect us then to go out and be in the mindset that we're playing a typical basketball game."

Silver said Paul also cited the extended halftime, which is several minutes longer than usual to account for game entertainment.


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"So that's why I say, I'll take responsibility for that," Silver told Andscape. "We're sending mixed signals. And if we want guys to treat this like a real game, and again, this is not about Finals intensity, it's just a fun game. But if we want players to treat it that way, we have to treat it that way. And so, it means that the introduction is going to have to be a little bit shorter and halftime's going to have to be a little bit more typical, starting in Indianapolis."

The 2024 NBA All-Star Game will be held Feb. 18 at the Indiana Pacers' Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Silver said there will be less fanfare during pregame introductions and at halftime to give the players a more normal game experience in hopes of better effort.

At the 2023 NBA All-Star Game, captains LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpopicked teams beforehand in Salt Lake City. After the lengthy process, some of the players had to change locker rooms to join the captain who selected them.

Last month, it was announced that the 2024 edition will return to its traditional Eastern Conference vs. Western Conference format. The top vote-getters from both conferences will no longer serve as captains and draft players, a selection process that took place during the past six NBA All-Star Games.

While Silver acknowledged that the return to the old format won't guarantee more intensity, he is optimistic about a better All-Star Game. Silver added that NBA executive vice president and head of basketball operations Joe Dumars, a six-time NBA All-Star, will also play a big role in impressing upon the All-Stars the importance of giving effort.

"It doesn't necessarily mean that they're playing lockdown defense," Silver said. "Maybe it does during the end of the fourth quarter. It means guys come out and say, 'It's a game. Let's go try to win it.' And again, I think we have to make that message clear to the players.

"I anticipate we'll still have halftime entertainment. But it won't be as long. I recognize this is not the Super Bowl. It's an All-Star Game. It's a different vibe, and we can still have an entertaining halftime but get the guys back on the floor in a more reasonable time."


There will also no longer be a target score in the fourth quarter, with the game returning to a standard 12-minute, four-quarter contest.

"When it comes to the [All-Star] Game, we just got to make it clear to everybody involved, coaches included, that we're looking for a basketball game," Silver said.

Former Golden State Warriors star Chris Mullin, who attended Monday's ceremony announcing San Francisco's Chase Center as the host of the 2025 All-Star Game, played in five All-Star showcases during his Hall of Fame career.

Mullin said the key for those All-Star Games being competitive was having two NBA superstars in Magic Johnson and Larry Bird leading the charge.

"The top guys have to set the standard that's like Bird and Magic," Mullin told Andscape. "They didn't want to give an inch because they were going to see each other in four months [in the NBA Finals]."



..... OR a Kobe Bryant in the game.

 

So, basically nothing had changed.
Great job Alien Thin Creature!

 

Eric only links us to one name in his piece...

 

If you want to make the All-Star game competitive, make the win an actual accolade, meaning you’re not credited as an NBA All-Star unless you’re on the winning team. In other words, you don’t get to be remembered for being an “11-time All-Star” if most of the time you showed up and lost. Maybe that’s not entirely fair, but so what? At least people would play to win.

 

Yeah that's pretty harsh, but understand the intent.

 

really feel like the tournament idea was meant to recapture what was lost over time with the allstar game.

but i think it's a bigger problem than the league can solve, tbh. it's a collective shift from both players and fans. if fans cared more, players would, and vice versa. we keep assuming it's only the players that need incentive. it might just be time to put it to bed.

or...what if it's more like football's pro bowl (which is way worse, so i get your skepticisim)...in that it's a list of the 20 best players in the league who play a three-game set over the summer for a big pot of cash.

 

Let's just beat the damn Houston Rockets please!

Tks in advance.