# NBA 2018-2019 Season **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 19, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212 "2018-10-19T15:09:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/341 "2019-05-15T12:45:48Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > It’s New Orleans. Memphis second, New York third, LA Lakers fourth. Of those four teams, only the Knicks were one of the teams expected to finish in the top three. The others moved up. > > LeBron tweeted that he’s very pleased with getting the fourth pick. > > According to [this,](https://theathletic.com/978253/2019/05/14/charania-despite-pelicans-winning-nba-draft-lottery-anthony-davis-still-wants-to-be-traded-discussion/) Anthony Davis still wants out of New Orleans. I’m floored by that. He must really want to go to New York. > > Perhaps the Pelicans will trade Davis to the Knicks for the third pick, which they’d use to draft either Ja Morant or Zion’s Duke teammate R.J. Barrett? I do not, for the life of me understand why New Orleans needs to kowtow to the Knicks. There are a myriad of teams with better assets than the Knicks and unless Davis has a no trade, really has no say. I understand that they get more value from a team that can re-sign him, but do you really trust Davis at his word at this point? The Lakers have even less assets (in my opinion) so I’m inclined to make Davis play for the season unless they get a mind blowing offer, which a three pick and one of the Knick crap players isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/342 "2019-05-15T21:54:31Z")
It’s been reported that the Knicks and Lakers are the only two teams that Anthony Davis would sign an extension with, if he’s traded. I suppose the Pelicans don’t _have_ to trade him right away, but the Pelicans better get Davis in a re-signing kind of mood before the trade deadline, or they risk losing him for nothing. That would be a disaster for the Pels. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/343 "2019-05-15T22:03:00Z")
If Kawhi exits from TO, I wonder if they might vie for Davis too. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/344 "2019-05-15T23:38:36Z")
Stupidly-way-after-the-fact-edit - I wouldn’t be surprised that if Kawhi happened to exit from the Raps, that it would catch AD’s attention, regardless of the latter’s currently favoured destinations. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/345 "2019-05-16T15:55:11Z")
I’m guessing that the Bucks finally roused themselves from their torpor in the 4th quarter? I didn’t watch the game, but was checking in from time-to-time on the score. I quit checking after the third quarter and was really surprised to see that they had rallied to win. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/346 "2019-05-16T16:30:24Z")
It seemed more like the Raptors fell apart, but I wasn’t able to watch too closely. No Raptor other than Lowry made a shot in the entire 4th quarter. On one hand it’s encouraging that the Raptors played such a competitive game on the road, but on the other hand it kind of feels like this was their shot to steal one. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/347 "2019-05-16T18:39:57Z")
Indeed, if they lose Game 2, they will rue Game 1. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/348 "2019-05-16T19:11:04Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/349 "2019-05-17T02:13:00Z")
Amazing how - seemingly at the flick of a switch - Bucks fans can go from the loudest in the NBA to an absolute library. The suddenness is almost creepy. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/350 "2019-05-17T03:36:09Z")
Damn, that was one Portland should have taken. It’s an uphill climb now. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/351 "2019-05-17T03:47:01Z")
No, it’s a long fall. 4 of 5 against the Warriors? Not going to happen. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/352 "2019-05-17T03:54:18Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Damn, that was one Portland should have taken. It’s an uphill climb now. It really felt as if the Warriors stole that win from Portland. Terry Stott got out coached in the 2nd half - Blazers were too late to make adjustment to Warriors aggressive pick and roll D. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/353 "2019-05-17T06:16:39Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > No, it’s a long fall. 4 of 5 against the Warriors? Not going to happen. Nah, it’ll be pretty short. Two, maybe three games, tops. While Portland has been an absolutely lovely team to watch this postseason, I’m fairly confident they just ran into the Warriors buzzsaw. For those playing along at home, Golden State has actually been better away from Oracle Arena than at home, posting a +3.25 net rating at home, compared to +8.27 away. With Kanter all but useless and Collins trying to foul out ASAP, it doesn’t matter if Seth is the third coming of House Curry - the best chance for Portland to steal one was with Lillard’s playoff homecoming. I still think the Blazers can win one at home, but they don’t win two, and this series never comes back. What the hell do you do when Golden State only needs three point five All-Stars to turn you out like a prostitute on International Boulevard, while the other two rest and recover from injury? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/354 "2019-05-17T14:45:42Z")
A heart breaker. McCollum missed several easy shots near the end, and the Blazers fell for the same under the basket play three times in a row. Why on earth Stotts kept Evan Turner in the game is a mystery to me. The guy is a good defender, but a lousy shooter, and he should have been playing Hood. Best play: when Seth Curry stole the ball from his brother. 😃 Portland is a scrappy team, but the odds against them winning the next four games are just overwhelming. I hope they can at least win one at home for the fans. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/355 "2019-05-17T16:12:36Z")
**Chefguy,** even if the Blazers get swept in this series, you’ve got nothing to hang your heads about. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/356 "2019-05-17T17:13:20Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > **Chefguy,** even if the Blazers get swept in this series, you’ve got nothing to hang your heads about. Yeah, they’ve been tough, especially after losing Nurkic. Everyone thought their season was done at that point, as Kanter was somewhat of an unknown, Leonard was all too well known, and Collins is still working off the rookie mistakes. Some good coaching going on there and a lot of heart. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/357 "2019-05-18T00:15:08Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > It’s been reported that the Knicks and Lakers are the only two teams that Anthony Davis would sign an extension with, if he’s traded. I suppose the Pelicans don’t _have_ to trade him right away, but the Pelicans better get Davis in a re-signing kind of mood before the trade deadline, or they risk losing him for nothing. That would be a disaster for the Pels. I don’t necessarily agree. In my own humble opinion, I don’t think it’s worthwhile trading him if you don’t get anybody that you can’t realistically pick up in free agency. It seems that the number 3 pick is RJ and the fourth pick will likely be Deandre Hunter. You could argue me that RJ will be an all star, but the comparables don’t seem to be there for Hunter. There is no roster player on the Knicks that’s worth trading for and I think the Laker’s youth is weak as well (with the 1 caveat being Ingram getting and staying healthy, but there’s a risk he doesn’t play basketball in 2 years). I might trade Davis for Tatem and maybe the Memphis pick (if memory serves, Boston has a top 6 protected memphis pick), but that’s really the only trade I’d think about…but given the Kyrie Irving situation in Boston, who knows whether that’s something the Celtics will want to do. Unless I’m blown away by something that hasn’t been floated in the press, I’d keep him and take a shot at Davis playing with Zion, Holliday, and Randle. You have him under contract so he has to play, and that might be a pretty decent team. To me, a season where you actually get a couple home playoffs games and perhaps even a series win, is worth more than continuing your everlasting rebuild. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/358 "2019-05-18T12:57:22Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > No, it’s a long fall. 4 of 5 against the Warriors? Not going to happen. Yup. It very much looks, at this point, like it’ll be #1 seed vs. #1 seed come Finals time this year. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/359 "2019-05-19T01:51:03Z")
But, **drm,** the Pelicans won a playoff series in 2017 as well, and it took Anthony Davis less than a year after that to start demanding a trade. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2018-2019-season/823212/360 "2019-05-19T03:36:26Z")
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