I think the Mavs and Nuggets win.Warriors over Nuggets as long as Curry plays
Jazz over Mavs
Bucks over Bulls
76ers over Raptors
Some of the East Match-ups are set:
3. Milwaukee vs. 6. Chicago
4. Philadelphia vs. 5. Toronto
Will "probably" be:
2. Boston vs. 7. Brooklyn
1. Miami vs. Cleveland/Atlanta/Charlotte (guessing ends up Atlanta)
Oh my...the Bulls are going to get embarrassed! Still a very positive season for Chicago but it is ending on a downward trajectory! They just can run with the better teams in the East right now.
Yeah, makes you wonder if they had everyone healthy right now going into the playoffs how things would look. They haven't really had a consistent group of guys available for awhile lately to get any momentum going. Having Ball right now would help and they had Williams and Caruso out with injuries for long stretch too, even LaVine and Vucevic have missed a few here and there but they really have not played with a healthy roster in awhile. Only Ayo and DeRozan logged over 70 games.
They really could use a stretch 4 on this team with some size for next season.
I still don't understand how they thought trading for Westbrook was a good idea. Everybody knew he couldn't shoot. (well, except for maybe Lebron))Frank Vogel out as coach of Los Angeles Lakers after 3 seasons, sources say (espn.com)
May as well make LeBron a player/coach/GM so he has total control over the roster and can be the one where "the buck stops here" when they fail next time. Apparently are going to fire Vogel who just won the championship 2 years ago - he's not the reason the Lakers flopped this year. The ever changing roster because LeBron and AD ask for it is their issue. They wanted Westbrook and it backfired so instead Vogel gets to be the fall guy. Saw some comments on FB after THT dropped 40 last week that probably means LeBron will want to trade him now because he doesn't like playing with young guys. LOL I am thoroughly loving watching LeBron's team crash and burn lately
I still don't understand how they thought trading for Westbrook was a good idea. Everybody knew he couldn't shoot. (well, except for maybe Lebron))
He doesn't like to play with younger players, which is why they have one of the oldest rosters in the league. Lebron is pretty much the GM of the Lakers. Rob Pelinka is just there to help facilitate the transactions.I am burned out of LeBron at the moment...his comments about the make up of the roster being the front office's decisions are laughable! LeBron put that roster together and it failed miserably! Take some ownership on that one!
I am burned out of LeBron at the moment...his comments about the make up of the roster being the front office's decisions are laughable! LeBron put that roster together and it failed miserably! Take some ownership on that one!
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Yeah, makes you wonder if they had everyone healthy right now going into the playoffs how things would look. They haven't really had a consistent group of guys available for awhile lately to get any momentum going. Having Ball right now would help and they had Williams and Caruso out with injuries for long stretch too, even LaVine and Vucevic have missed a few here and there but they really have not played with a healthy roster in awhile. Only Ayo and DeRozan logged over 70 games.
They really could use a stretch 4 on this team with some size for next season.
Doc Rivers? Nick Nurse? Lakers insider's guide to Frank Vogel's replacement - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
Sports Fanatics talked about this a bit last night. If you are Nick Nurse do you really want this job when you can probably hold out for one that will have a better roster eventually and also not have to deal with the LeBron drama? Pretty much know coming in that you have to cater to LeBron along with the oldest roster in the NBA and if you don't bring a championship you'll be gone in short order.
Another thing I just thought of, how many coaches has LeBron gotten fired in his career? MJ had Phil Jackson, Magic had Pat Riley, LeBron on the other hand... Spolstra is still in Miami even after LeBron left but LeBron has had 5 different coaches fired:
Paul Silas
Mike Brown
David Blatt
Luke Walton
and now Frank Vogel and he just won a championship 2 years ago
Nurse already has a better roster, and one that's only going to get better in the next few years. He also coaches in a way that would be a horrible fit for a team like the Lakers. He puts a heavy load on his starters, both in terms of minutes played and style of defense. Good luck getting LeBron and a team full of veterans to buy into aggressive trapping defense 30 feet from the basket at this point, this isn't 2011-13 LeBron.
Also almost all great players get bad coaches fired, Magic did it, Michael did it, LeBron's done it. He's played for one very good coach in his career, Spoelstra, he's still there. Running through Kevin Loughery, Stan Albreck and Doug Collins isn't a knock on Jordan.
I wouldn't consider Doug Collins and Paul Westhead bad coaches. Collins maybe not the right fit in Chicago at the time but he did lead the Bulls to the conference finals the year he got fired. Paul Westhead had a .689 winning percentage with the Lakers and won a title but yes Magic did help get him fired because he did not like the style of play.
Name another player in the history of the NBA that has been catered to more than LeBron when it comes to player personnel and coaching decisions. He's jumped teams multiple times chasing titles and fame and been basically given more control than any player has yet its still never enough. I'm still laughing how he and AD thought Westbrook would be the piece to a title run this year only to watch it all crash and burn to miss the playoffs and now they are strapped with Westbrook's huge player option he will surely exercise and little on the roster for trade assets.