Lto visit of Ricky Rubio with his Cavs to Staples, his great game and the reigning misrule in the Lakers game has brought his memory back to a few months ago, when from the United States it is insisted with the enormous interest of the Angelina franchise for taking over the services of the Spanish base.
Even a guru like Adrian Wojnarowski claimed at the time that Ricky was on the Lakers’ agenda when they were in the middle of building in the preseason and they saw Dennis Schroeder more outside than inside. We are talking about the end of July. Days later the transfer would arrive to Cleveland, which is then classified as a bridge for a transfer, and the Lakers’ announcement of the signing of Russell Westbrook.
With the base MVP and specialist in triple-doubles, the door of the Lakers was closed for Ricky but, after the start of the team and player, the yellow fans fantasized about what could have been if they had joined their paths.
This is not about stoking ‘Russ’, but about note that perhaps with Ricky, the Lakers would not have the recalcitrant misrule problems in their game that they have now. Rubio has started the season as he left it at the Games, at an exalted level that makes him stand out whether he is a starter or if he comes out in the second unit, as in Staples.
The Cavs are not a Playoffs team, not even a Play-In team and there will always be the doubt of what would it have been like if Ricky directed the hands of a title candidate. But Ricky is much more point guard than Westbrook or Rondo, capable of scoring and with that ability that very few have to make those who play alongside them better. Perhaps, looking at the trajectories this season and taking advantage of his sight, LeBron has wondered if the signing should have been Ricky …
Results of the day
- Raptors 110-109 Magic
- Nets 105-98 Pacers
- Heat 114-99 Hornets
- Pelicans 109-113 Kings
- Nuggets 106-75 Mavs
- Trail Blazers 111-92 Clippers
- Lakers 113-101 Cavs
If the Lakers are off to a bad start, their Los Angeles neighbors are doing even worse. In five matches they have only won one match and show enormous weaknesses in the absence of Kawhi Leonard y Serge Ibaka. So much so that they have already lost their place in any quest of candidates for the title.
From the burning angelina is saved Paul George, the best news from the Clippers in this disastrous start. George made 42 in defeat of his team against the Trail Blazers, reaching quarantine for the second time this season. It was the best individual performance of the night, although it does not serve at all to cover the many shortcomings of a few ‘Clipps’ in free fall.
The Nets beat the Pacers hard and they remain inconsistent. They had to lean on James Harden, 29 points and in Kevin Durant, 22, but they also had to have a good version of LaMarcus Aldridge that was news.
Aldridge, against Indiana, became the 48th player in NBA history in exceed 20,000 points in his career, the seventh active. “They have an unbeatable scoring instinct,” said his partner KD.
This is not a great start to the season of Luka Doncic. Admittedly, their numbers are a long way from most NBA players, but by now, raise your hand if you’re not expecting a pair of triple-double shows or something. Much more when he showed up to play finer and in apparent better physical shape than last year.
Doncic not be usual under this heading of Go stone! but today at least he deserves it for his 5 of 18 in field goals of the 1 of 4 were triples. They are improper numbers for the Slovenian who could do nothing before the roller that passed them over in Denver.
Another game that the Pelicans and another game that does not play Willy Hernangmez. Honestly, it is a situation that I do not understand at all. Willy He finished last season with minutes in the team and performing well. The loudspeaker of the Games should have benefited him because he made a great championship. Yet he is ostracized in his team that has suffered five defeats in six games and his aspirations are clearly to work for the future.
Willy, in each game that passes and does not have munutes, sends a message on Twitter with a battery, a message in which he clearly indicates that the situation, instead of sinking him, recharges him even more energy. Your time will come.
There are indefensible plays in the NBA. A mate of Jordan o an Iverson ‘crossover’ they were. And now, the triples from the logo are too. That fashion of pulling more than 10 meters that almost created Stephen Curry y Damian Lillard, is spreading and against the Cavs it was LeBron the one that hit from a very long distance. He may be the best defender in the world, but if a player stands on the logo and nails it, there is nothing to do. What LeBron was missing, adding that shot to his repertoire …
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