2027 NBA Season

[btc_angela]

And more on the mentality side of Ben Simmons, he should really be focusing on his game if he wanted to stay in the NBA. We all know what happened to him in Philly and it seems that he can't get over with it. It's like it's playing in his mind, although in the beginning he was not like that, he has been putting great numbers and even compare to Lebron before. So if he can get over that hump then he will be a good addition to the Celtics team. He can still ball and pass but he should have his confidence back. He was decent in Clippers but he wasn't given enough time though to developed that self-confidence. He is also known to be a good defense, so that is also a big plus for the Boston Celtics.

It's unlikely Ben can improve his skills and become mentally stronger to be in demand among NBA teams. In fact, he ruined his own career in the NBA. Looking at his stats last season, I think he will play a couple more seasons for minimum salary and then finish his career in the NBA.

Actually, I don’t understand why he still keeps being paid for doing nothing. Clearly his mind is not ready anymore to play on NBA due to the severe back injury rehabilitation that haunt him mentally and physically.

It's anyone guess as to why teams are willing to pay someone like Simmons. He is mentally broken already and as what we have seen him in Nets, he was a non factor and even didn't play for a long time but still the Nets paid him millions.

I think he should just retired or play on lower league that will help him boost his mental strength when he once gain self confidence.

He could be better on himself that teams are still going to hire him. And if so, it's going to be a free ride for Ben and will go and milk everyone. And I do think that there will be teams overseas like in Europe that is going to get him for millions.

[Beparanf]

Actually, I don’t understand why he still keeps being paid for doing nothing. Clearly his mind is not ready anymore to play on NBA due to the severe back injury rehabilitation that haunt him mentally and physically.

I think he should just retired or play on lower league that will help him boost his mental strength when he once gain self confidence.

It's because he might want to continue with his career as a player and still earn millions. Yes, as per our observations, his mind is not in the game already. And it's more on his mentality that really cause his downturn in the league. And I do agree, he created this issue on himself with the Sixers. But if there are teams that really still saw his potential to be coming off the bench and provided some scoring or ball distribution then there will be teams willing to get him. But as far as getting back to his former self? I doubt it, unless he really was able to forget everything and started from scratch and play that hard again and gain his self confidence back.

It’s just ironic for him to still want to signed deal while he doesn’t want to play proper when given a chance to prove himself. I believe his goal is more on getting as much possible $ while still some team wants him to give a contract.

He now has 1M salary on LA Clippers that known for acquiring old players with good records before. I think they might give Ben a ball time as bench.

Wasting this opportunity to improve his performance will surely make almost no team will give him a contract.

[el kaka22]

"Staying healthy" is the keyword for Dallas. Can you really see all these injury prone players to be able to stay healthy during playoffs? I mean they do not need to stay healthy all season long, they can be inured, as long as they are in playoffs, the important thing is to be all healthy at that moment.

You think that looks possible? AD? The guy who is made out of glass and constantly injured? Literally injured on the first five minutes of being a Maverick? Kyrie? Who has missed more games than his tweets? I am telling you, Dallas as 100% healthy is a dangerous team that can win the whole thing for sure, but they are 100% guaranteed to be not fully healthy come playoff time, that is why nobody ever sees them as candidates, no chance they could be fully ready by then.

[batang_bitcoin]

Dylan Harper's face reaction after looking at his contract was amazing and shocking. He's going to earn approximately $56M on his four-year rookie career with the Spurs. That's more than the amount of contract and money his dad earned with his entire NBA career which was just around $35M. Dylan is more lovable than his brother I guess, the Jr.

[OgNasty]

"Staying healthy" is the keyword for Dallas. Can you really see all these injury prone players to be able to stay healthy during playoffs? I mean they do not need to stay healthy all season long, they can be inured, as long as they are in playoffs, the important thing is to be all healthy at that moment.

You think that looks possible? AD? The guy who is made out of glass and constantly injured? Literally injured on the first five minutes of being a Maverick? Kyrie? Who has missed more games than his tweets? I am telling you, Dallas as 100% healthy is a dangerous team that can win the whole thing for sure, but they are 100% guaranteed to be not fully healthy come playoff time, that is why nobody ever sees them as candidates, no chance they could be fully ready by then.

I don’t think AD and Kyrie can both stay healthy the whole season, but I think it is possible for them to be healthy to start the playoffs and make some noise. They have both been healthy for a season before so we’ll see. Maybe they have gotten wiser with old age or maybe they’ve worked out all the bugs now. I’m just happy to see them play together.

[EFS]

Why Ben Simmons to the Boston Celtics is not as wild as it sounds to some

I read an article the other day, Ben Simmons has earned almost $1.5 million per game after his Sixers days. Signing someone who has missed most of his career due to injuries is no different from gambling. Moreover, if the plan is to play him until other players fully recovered, just imagine what will happen when he gets injured again. I find it unreasonable for the Celtics to take this risk. I heard Kings or Knicks are closer to sign him anyway.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

Why Ben Simmons to the Boston Celtics is not as wild as it sounds to some

I read an article the other day, Ben Simmons has earned almost $1.5 million per game after his Sixers days. Signing someone who has missed most of his career due to injuries is no different from gambling. Moreover, if the plan is to play him until other players fully recovered, just imagine what will happen when he gets injured again. I find it unreasonable for the Celtics to take this risk. I heard Kings or Knicks are closer to sign him anyway.

Simmons got so many chances to start fresh, coaches, GMs and owners had so much patience with him, yet he never paid back. This guy should just quit. Obviously his mind is not right, I think he doesn't love basketball and the physical as well as psychological issues this guy has prevents him to be a valuable asset anywhere. I mean we know it, he knows it and the rest of the NBA should also know it. This career is over and nobody in their right mind should waste a roster spot or money on him, seriously!

[yahoo62278]

Why Ben Simmons to the Boston Celtics is not as wild as it sounds to some

I read an article the other day, Ben Simmons has earned almost $1.5 million per game after his Sixers days. Signing someone who has missed most of his career due to injuries is no different from gambling. Moreover, if the plan is to play him until other players fully recovered, just imagine what will happen when he gets injured again. I find it unreasonable for the Celtics to take this risk. I heard Kings or Knicks are closer to sign him anyway.

Simmons got so many chances to start fresh, coaches, GMs and owners had so much patience with him, yet he never paid back. This guy should just quit. Obviously his mind is not right, I think he doesn't love basketball and the physical as well as psychological issues this guy has prevents him to be a valuable asset anywhere. I mean we know it, he knows it and the rest of the NBA should also know it. This career is over and nobody in their right mind should waste a roster spot or money on him, seriously!

I would waste a spot on him if the price was right, like 50k a game or something. No way would I pay big money for a washed up star who is as bad off as this guy. It would be a I can't find anything I want on the open market deal and I need  a body so here's a mercy contract type deal.

[tech30338]

Why Ben Simmons to the Boston Celtics is not as wild as it sounds to some

I read an article the other day, Ben Simmons has earned almost $1.5 million per game after his Sixers days. Signing someone who has missed most of his career due to injuries is no different from gambling. Moreover, if the plan is to play him until other players fully recovered, just imagine what will happen when he gets injured again. I find it unreasonable for the Celtics to take this risk. I heard Kings or Knicks are closer to sign him anyway.

Simmons got so many chances to start fresh, coaches, GMs and owners had so much patience with him, yet he never paid back. This guy should just quit. Obviously his mind is not right, I think he doesn't love basketball and the physical as well as psychological issues this guy has prevents him to be a valuable asset anywhere. I mean we know it, he knows it and the rest of the NBA should also know it. This career is over and nobody in their right mind should waste a roster spot or money on him, seriously!

I would waste a spot on him if the price was right, like 50k a game or something. No way would I pay big money for a washed up star who is as bad off as this guy. It would be a I can't find anything I want on the open market deal and I need  a body so here's a mercy contract type deal.

If i were the Clippers, I would buy him out of the team, and find someone with a 10 day contract, then extend it if he's performing fine, Simmons psychological issue and the back injury, will not make him better again, back injury and a nerve issue, no one can perform long, since nerve issue can occur anytime, for sure they just want to fill the spot but for me, there are lots of other player better than Ben.

[TravelMug]

Dylan Harper's face reaction after looking at his contract was amazing and shocking. He's going to earn approximately $56M on his four-year rookie career with the Spurs. That's more than the amount of contract and money his dad earned with his entire NBA career which was just around $35M. Dylan is more lovable than his brother I guess, the Jr.

I saw that video as well. I guess other high end rookies ill react that why, you can see it in their face when their names are called and their families crying because it's going to be a big $$$ for their boy. But we know that Dylan's mom is going to guide his son on how not to squander that big money. His mom is a Filipino so for sure he will be stringy. Maybe there will be a time that his brother might go to the NBA as well? Everyone is making their bold move, except for the Warriors, and the news that might come from them is Kuminga being traded or signing with them. But it seems that there are no news at all and some analyst says that Houston is the biggest winner, having KD and DFS. But Warriors? So let's see about this drama, I don't know if Kuminga deserves a good pay or teams are willing to gamble with him with at least $30 million a year.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

^^ I don't know if Kuminga is worth that kind of money. Even Josh Giddey of the Bulls hasn't had any contract yet as far as what I read from the Bulls as they also doesn't want to offer him big money. And I think it boils down to their manager as well, on how to negotiate and represent their players. And speaking of manager, it is said the Rich Paul's company got 30% of most of the rookies this season. So it speaks volume about this man and how he can really bring good money for his clients that's why he is in top of the game. I forget one player he handled, his advise is to go and still play with his team and take the offer. Because if he didn't and would like to test the free agency today, then he might not get a good money or worst, no one will take him.

[dwyane36]

I don’t think AD and Kyrie can both stay healthy the whole season, but I think it is possible for them to be healthy to start the playoffs and make some noise. They have both been healthy for a season before so we’ll see. Maybe they have gotten wiser with old age or maybe they’ve worked out all the bugs now. I’m just happy to see them play together.

I think it will be enough for the Mavs if Davis and Irving play in at least half of the regular season games, and as you said, are healthy for the playoffs. In fact, the rest of the Mavs players need to perform well enough for their team to at least make the play-in tournament.

[OgNasty]

Just when you think LaMelo Ball can’t get a stranger, the guy goes out and tattoos his toes to be like hot Cheetos… I thought it was a Centel post at first but it appears dude really side tattoo his toes red with flames coming off of them. He’s not going to have any naked skin left at the rate he’s drawing all over his body.

[wiss19]

Ben Simmons to ANY team is an unimportant information at this point. He is gone and he is not really "in the league" anymore, he is just moving around and soon he will be out completely as well. We are just facing a guy who was once thought to be something and became nothing in the end.

If we deal with it, then we can't see the reality, sure you may have liked him, some even said he would become next Lebron James should not be all that complicated for him to just be a bust.

However, things are not that shocking when he is not going to focus on changing for the time being. We need to realize this is going to be not that weird for him to go Boston, because there he will not be any importance and then they will get a lot minutes and then he will leave too.

[avp2306]

I don’t think AD and Kyrie can both stay healthy the whole season, but I think it is possible for them to be healthy to start the playoffs and make some noise. They have both been healthy for a season before so we’ll see. Maybe they have gotten wiser with old age or maybe they’ve worked out all the bugs now. I’m just happy to see them play together.

I think it will be enough for the Mavs if Davis and Irving play in at least half of the regular season games, and as you said, are healthy for the playoffs. In fact, the rest of the Mavs players need to perform well enough for their team to at least make the play-in tournament.

They can use the load management thing on Kyrie and AD so that they can make sure that they are available on their important games.

If they can't manage well the situation and Dallas management would let AD and Kyrie play for many games then provably that they might get a problem on playoffs. Their current roster rotation now is promising and if they can make these guys healthy there's a good chance for their team to go to finals again.

Just when you think LaMelo Ball can’t get a stranger, the guy goes out and tattoos his toes to be like hot Cheetos… I thought it was a Centel post at first but it appears dude really side tattoo his toes red with flames coming off of them. He’s not going to have any naked skin left at the rate he’s drawing all over his body.

Its part of his identity and philosopy that's why he choose to have that.

But some of his fans didn't really like it https://fadeawayworld.net/nba/charlotte-hornets/this-sh-looks-disgusting-fans-criticize-lamelo-ball-after-his-tattoos-go-viral

[Mr. Magkaisa]

I don’t think AD and Kyrie can both stay healthy the whole season, but I think it is possible for them to be healthy to start the playoffs and make some noise. They have both been healthy for a season before so we’ll see. Maybe they have gotten wiser with old age or maybe they’ve worked out all the bugs now. I’m just happy to see them play together.

I think it will be enough for the Mavs if Davis and Irving play in at least half of the regular season games, and as you said, are healthy for the playoffs. In fact, the rest of the Mavs players need to perform well enough for their team to at least make the play-in tournament.

They can use the load management thing on Kyrie and AD so that they can make sure that they are available on their important games.

If they can't manage well the situation and Dallas management would let AD and Kyrie play for many games then provably that they might get a problem on playoffs. Their current roster rotation now is promising and if they can make these guys healthy there's a good chance for their team to go to finals again.

Load management will have a little for them, It is not the load that cost them to rest  and heal for half of the season or less.
It is the play and the accident they always have while playing. Add's knee is fragile, same to Kyrie. It is their injury before who keeps coming back.

[LogitechMouse]

I don’t think AD and Kyrie can both stay healthy the whole season, but I think it is possible for them to be healthy to start the playoffs and make some noise. They have both been healthy for a season before so we’ll see. Maybe they have gotten wiser with old age or maybe they’ve worked out all the bugs now. I’m just happy to see them play together.

If we're talking about the whole 2025-2026 regular season, they really can't because Kyrie will only play at the latter parts of the regular season because of the injury that he got. As for AD, we already have this stigma where anytime he can get injured because of his past history, but record shows that since 2 seasons ago, his number of games played for a regular season has increased already compared to his first years in LA.

Will they be healthy if they clinch the playoffs? Yes that could be possible, and I think even though one of them is injured or not playing, they might still clinch because of how deep the roster is. Like you though, I'm just happy that 2 of former Le-GM's teammates are now playing on the same team, and at the same time, they also have the top overall pick this 2025 NBA draft. Let's see how the chemistry will be build, and will they be better for the whole regular season now that Luka is out for the team already.

[Harkorede]

A lift that can provide help for JB, better than nothing and as you mentioned a short contact while JT still recovering, hopefully Simmons will provide them some decent numbers, I see good games from him while playing with clippers unlike when he's still with the Nets, might be possible to give him decent minutes, though he's no longer a offensive type of a player but he got the height and if by chance he can also penetrate to make a basket. Will be depend with how the coach will use him I guess.

I really don't know what to think of Ben Simmons in a Boston Celtics' jersey, are they going to change from their live by 3s die by 3s mentality, if yes, then perhaps, Ben Simmons could be better than nothing at all, but for a shooting team, and Ben Simmons who can't make a shot from 1 feet away from the basket, I don't know man... There is definitely going to be the need for a complete change of identity whenever he's on the floor, because teams the would restrict him from the paint and rather leave him unguarded to double up on the others.

[Fredomago]

Dylan Harper's face reaction after looking at his contract was amazing and shocking. He's going to earn approximately $56M on his four-year rookie career with the Spurs. That's more than the amount of contract and money his dad earned with his entire NBA career which was just around $35M. Dylan is more lovable than his brother I guess, the Jr.

I saw that video as well. I guess other high end rookies ill react that why, you can see it in their face when their names are called and their families crying because it's going to be a big $$$ for their boy. But we know that Dylan's mom is going to guide his son on how not to squander that big money. His mom is a Filipino so for sure he will be stringy. Maybe there will be a time that his brother might go to the NBA as well? Everyone is making their bold move, except for the Warriors, and the news that might come from them is Kuminga being traded or signing with them. But it seems that there are no news at all and some analyst says that Houston is the biggest winner, having KD and DFS. But Warriors? So let's see about this drama, I don't know if Kuminga deserves a good pay or teams are willing to gamble with him with at least $30 million a year.

A rookie contract but the kid for sure don't see such decent amount of money and it shows up with his reaction when he saw the offer, and surely if he played well that's not it, there are more that he may recieved, just a preview of more big potential offers if he shows his best game during his rookies season.

On the other concern about Kuminga, not sure if what will going to happen with him not having a clear contract yet might be possible to receive offers from other team or he may take whatever GSW will offer for his stay.

A lift that can provide help for JB, better than nothing and as you mentioned a short contact while JT still recovering, hopefully Simmons will provide them some decent numbers, I see good games from him while playing with clippers unlike when he's still with the Nets, might be possible to give him decent minutes, though he's no longer a offensive type of a player but he got the height and if by chance he can also penetrate to make a basket. Will be depend with how the coach will use him I guess.

I really don't know what to think of Ben Simmons in a Boston Celtics' jersey, are they going to change from their live by 3s die by 3s mentality, if yes, then perhaps, Ben Simmons could be better than nothing at all, but for a shooting team, and Ben Simmons who can't make a shot from 1 feet away from the basket, I don't know man... There is definitely going to be the need for a complete change of identity whenever he's on the floor, because teams the would restrict him from the paint and rather leave him unguarded to double up on the others.

I agree to that , instead of taking him why not bring back Smart if defense and role player I guess he's better than Simmons not really sure as what you said, we know how Boston system works, not sure if how they can manage him to be fit if they still continue that game play.

[danherbias07]

What can you say about these guys? Especially the fans of Lebron James.

LeBron James reuniting with Kyrie Irving, Anthony Davis? Lakers star has interest in Mavericks, per report
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/lebron-james-reuniting-with-kyrie-irving-anthony-davis-lakers-star-has-interest-in-mavericks-per-report/

Despite LeBron James picking up his $52.6 million player option to remain with the Los Angeles Lakers for next season, there's never been more speculation surrounding his status with the team. That's in part because no new contract was negotiated this summer to keep him there past this upcoming season, and also because of the reports circulating suggesting that James isn't entirely thrilled with L.A.'s direction, which is centering on Luka Doncic. The Lakers have swiftly entered the Dončić era, which means thinking about their future after James retires, and not so much about worrying about hastily shelling out assets for short-term success.

It can happen, and let's not doubt that. We have seen worse in the NBA, and even if the team management is willing to pay the luxury tax, they will do it for ticket sales and other profits for their team. Imagine buying a Mavs jersey with James on the back. That might be awesome for the Dallas fans.
I am not against it as a Mavs fan, but all the players that I like are gone from the Mavs. That's why I don't really care if he suddenly pops out of that roster.