2027 NBA Season

[Natalim]

Good thing the Pistons sign him for $200M, but he should not be injured for the remaining season ...

Don't think about the injury much,, but actually what i would have wanted to see is the Pistons not signing him to that contract so we would know if it was really the right decision for him. lol.. But this happened, they signed him and gave him a huge contract, now its settled, we just have to see if he really improves and can carry his team. i just cannot forget how badly he played in the playoffs but still demanded a huge contract. This guy is unbelievable. 

[mandown]

The NBA preseason kicked off with the Toronto vs. Miami game.
Miami defeated their opponent by a wide margin, 129–105.
I noticed that both teams performed very poorly with their three-point shooting.
Despite this, the game produced a high score.
Toronto is nowhere near ready for the regular season.

[fullfitlarry]

The NBA preseason kicked off with the Toronto vs. Miami game.
Miami defeated their opponent by a wide margin, 129–105.
I noticed that both teams performed very poorly with their three-point shooting.
Despite this, the game produced a high score.
Toronto is nowhere near ready for the regular season.

This is just pre-season games though, so it's a no bearing game although we can see how the teams new look are. It might look that Toronto is not ready, but once the real competition begins, this player are going to elevate their games for sure.

And this just is just for the fans to see how their teams are going to do. Specially that we have a lot of players moving to a new team, like Lebron and Giannis. So the real fun starts when the regular games kicks in.

[MusaPk]

This is just pre-season games though, so it's a no bearing game although we can see how the teams new look are. It might look that Toronto is not ready, but once the real competition begins, this player are going to elevate their games for sure.

And this just is just for the fans to see how their teams are going to do. Specially that we have a lot of players moving to a new team, like Lebron and Giannis. So the real fun starts when the regular games kicks in.

This was first ever game of NBA in Quebec City and Toronto Raptors six-game winning streak ended as they lose a pre-season game against Miami Heat 129-105. First two rounds went in favour on Miami Heat, Raptors make a come back in third round but that was of no use as forth round was also in Heat's favour. It's pre-season game but still Raptors should have given there best to convince there supporters that they are fully prepared for the upcoming NBA season.

[danherbias07]

The NBA preseason kicked off with the Toronto vs. Miami game.
Miami defeated their opponent by a wide margin, 129–105.
I noticed that both teams performed very poorly with their three-point shooting.
Despite this, the game produced a high score.
Toronto is nowhere near ready for the regular season.

It's just preseason. I won't make too many assumptions about how the team will perform based on what happened today. The stars played less than 20 minutes, so it's something that they would not put their energy into.

Also, I won't bet on anything just yet because the results could be so unpredictable. They will not be playing too hard to avoid injuries and it's something that won't be added to the standings so they won't even care just yet.
Tomorrow, it will be the Nuggets versus the Jazz.

[tech30338]

The NBA preseason kicked off with the Toronto vs. Miami game.
Miami defeated their opponent by a wide margin, 129–105.
I noticed that both teams performed very poorly with their three-point shooting.
Despite this, the game produced a high score.
Toronto is nowhere near ready for the regular season.

It's just preseason. I won't make too many assumptions about how the team will perform based on what happened today. The stars played less than 20 minutes, so it's something that they would not put their energy into.

Also, I won't bet on anything just yet because the results could be so unpredictable. They will not be playing too hard to avoid injuries and it's something that won't be added to the standings so they won't even care just yet.
Tomorrow, it will be the Nuggets versus the Jazz.

This is just a preseason game so for sure they are still calibrating the team offense and defense, while also players trying to adjust on plays and teammates this is just a normal thing, they wont sync immediately, but there would be a realization for players, how their teammates plays after getting comfortable then we will see how good of a team, they are.
The real games will be in the first regular game, there they will going to showcase their skills now, the rookies will try to prove themselves.

[yenerbatmaz]

The NBA preseason kicked off with the Toronto vs. Miami game.
Miami defeated their opponent by a wide margin, 129–105.
I noticed that both teams performed very poorly with their three-point shooting.
Despite this, the game produced a high score.
Toronto is nowhere near ready for the regular season.

I don't consider preseason games to be very significant. Toronto's roster isn't particularly strong, so it is quite natural for Miami to come away with the win. Many players saw limited action. Giannis was highly efficient in his 14 minutes of play. Toronto played with a tighter rotation; 19 players saw the court for Miami, whereas Toronto finished the game using 12 different players.

[Cointxz]

I don't consider preseason games to be very significant. Toronto's roster isn't particularly strong, so it is quite natural for Miami to come away with the win. Many players saw limited action. Giannis was highly efficient in his 14 minutes of play. Toronto played with a tighter rotation; 19 players saw the court for Miami, whereas Toronto finished the game using 12 different players.

Despite the lose on Raptors, They do an impressive job on utilizing their players since all that given playing time manage to contribute on scoring compared to Miami specifically with Klay that play for 13 without any contribution on score with 2 FGA.

Although Preseason matches is almost no bearing games for most of the team, it’s still a good match to test the chemistry of new players on actual game vs other team.

I believe many fans is waiting on Tuesday matches.

[dwyane36]

This is just a preseason game so for sure they are still calibrating the team offense and defense, while also players trying to adjust on plays and teammates this is just a normal thing, they wont sync immediately, but there would be a realization for players, how their teammates plays after getting comfortable then we will see how good of a team, they are.
The real games will be in the first regular game, there they will going to showcase their skills now, the rookies will try to prove themselves.

That's the whole point of preseason games. Before the regular season starts, teams need some time to get back into the swing of things after the offseason, and in the case of the Heat, they definitely need even more time to build chemistry on the court, since they underwent significant roster changes during the past offseason. In fact, the stats from this game show that Coach Spo gave almost all of the team's players equal playing time, which was obviously done to assess the depth of the roster and test the players, especially the bench players, under real game conditions.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

More than 2 weeks to go before the season  starts. October 20, 2026 is the date to watc. We will have 3 games for  the opening day.

US Eastern Time (ET)

Celtics vs. Pistons Oct. 20, 3:00 PM

76ers vs. Knicks  Oct. 20, 7:00 PM

Thunder vs. Spurs Oct. 20, 9:30 PM

Celtics - 76ers - Spurs - to win for me  

[Dave1]

The NBA preseason kicked off with the Toronto vs. Miami game.
Miami defeated their opponent by a wide margin, 129–105.
I noticed that both teams performed very poorly with their three-point shooting.
Despite this, the game produced a high score.
Toronto is nowhere near ready for the regular season.

I don't consider preseason games to be very significant. Toronto's roster isn't particularly strong, so it is quite natural for Miami to come away with the win. Many players saw limited action. Giannis was highly efficient in his 14 minutes of play. Toronto played with a tighter rotation; 19 players saw the court for Miami, whereas Toronto finished the game using 12 different players.

Yes, for those who have been following NBA games, we all know that pre-season games is not that significant. Some players might holding their true strength and doesn't want to show it. Giannis did play, as I watch some of the highlights.

What I don't like about pre-season though is that there are some players that might get injured here and will have a season ending injury. I remember Chet, like a couple of years ago when he was a rookie. He did get a season ending injury in pre-season and so we have to wait for him to recover the following year and was not qualified obviously for the rookie of the year award.

[Jostern]

More than 2 weeks to go before the season  starts. October 20, 2026 is the date to watc. We will have 3 games for  the opening day.

US Eastern Time (ET)

Celtics vs. Pistons Oct. 20, 3:00 PM

76ers vs. Knicks  Oct. 20, 7:00 PM

Thunder vs. Spurs Oct. 20, 9:30 PM

Celtics - 76ers - Spurs - to win for me  

It promises to present a week of exciting games to look forward to in the new season.

I must say I have missed the NBA, I was seeing some preseason games then I just realized how much I have missed the games, however the wait is finally over and the new season begins on the 20th of October.

Celtic vs Pistons is going to be a very exciting game, but I’m expecting Boston Celtic to win this particular game, but it’s not going to be a comfortable win for Celtic.

I can’t wait to watch my favorite team in San Antonio Spurs.

New York Knicks are going to win against 76ers, it’s going to be a comfortable win for the NBA Champions.

I’m expecting San Antonio Spurs to win against Thunders, it promises to be an interesting game,

[bisdak40]

New York Knicks are going to win against 76ers, it’s going to be a comfortable win for the NBA Champions.

Pre-season game between the defending champion and soon to be champion hehe, Knicks vs Sixers.
Going for the Sixers as i think they are so pump-up to show the basketball world what they are made of.
This is only a pre-season game but the Sixers is just so tempting to bet.

[terrific]

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Good thing the Pistons sign him for $200M, but he should not be injured for the remaining season were he needs to play with the pistons because once those injury are long term, they will trade him for sure, even if im the one who can trade him i will, because of the big money over his head, getting players is easy.
Never gamble too much on your value you need to read the table and the room because they might need you today, but who knows what will happen next.

Injury can't be controlled. If it comes to him then that's an easy $200M or around average of $40M per year.
Well, I am not thinking about much for injury on him.
He knows that this is the best job ever and that's to contribute to the winning games of the team and to remain healthy for the remainder of each season where he's paid that much.

[blomen]

i’m thinking of making a plan to at least watch the best games this year. even though the timing of the matches are really bad in my country, i think i’ll at least watch the highlights. right now, the game i’m looking forward to is the 76ers vs. knicks game. there are people who have high expectations for the 76ers. their chances of winning this game seem pretty even. who do you think will win?

[LogitechMouse]

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Injury can't be controlled. If it comes to him then that's an easy $200M or around average of $40M per year.
Well, I am not thinking about much for injury on him.
He knows that this is the best job ever and that's to contribute to the winning games of the team and to remain healthy for the remainder of each season where he's paid that much.

On the last 4 seasons, he played an average of 69 games with one season where he played 78 games. That shows that he's still durable, not injury-prone at least, and could be a reliable big for the Pistons. Yes, I know that injuries are inevitable especially in a fast-paced sport like basketball, but I believe that he'll be healthy as much as he does in the past seasons.

Speaking of Duren, it's good to see him on the media day already, and based on one post (Courtside Buzz), he said that"

“I am a Detroit Piston, I want to be a Detroit Piston for life. I want to give everything I’ve got for this city and the fans. From me to y’all, y’all will have everything I have. Y’all will get everything I can give.”

“It was humbling, I just need to get better… I’m man enough to acknowledge my flaws and I’m man enough to acknowledge I’m not perfect. I’m also man enough to get my ass in the gym and work on those things.”

I bolded the one part because this is good about him. He knows his flaws, admitted it and said that he will become a better player than he is. There are some players who don't even want to admit their flaws because it might affect their ego, but it's a different on him which for me is a good thing to see. Action speaks louder than words though so let's see if he'll be a better player throughout the regular season and in the playoffs especially.

[coinrifft]

I've seen Rui's game against the Warriors and it looks like the Lakers really let go of this good player. Although again, this is just pre season game and we can't rely on how good or bad a certain player are, still playing with the Clippers feel surreal to see Hachimura on that uniform.

And looking at the Warriors line up, they have a rookie on their starting five and we would have thought that Al Horford is still playing with them at the center position. Really old Warriors team and as much as some of their fans here might think that they can win with that line-up, I doubt it though.

[yenerbatmaz]

Denver lost to Utah 109-97. Jokic finished with 3 points, but he delivered the assist of the year—even before the season has officially started—during this game.
If you haven't seen it, search for it on YouTube; someone has likely uploaded the clip.
There has never been an assist quite like it.

https://youtu.be/WXVzZMaUBLs?is=C7-KQIkGj3iD23y5

[Dave1]

Denver lost to Utah 109-97. Jokic finished with 3 points, but he delivered the assist of the year—even before the season has officially started—during this game.
If you haven't seen it, search for it on YouTube; someone has likely uploaded the clip.
There has never been an assist quite like it.

https://youtu.be/WXVzZMaUBLs?is=C7-KQIkGj3iD23y5

I'm not surprised though, we all know that Jokic is the biggest passer we had in the league. It's like he has eyes behind his back that he can see his team mates. That's why he almost average triple double too.

I'm glad that Ja Morant has found his place in Rip City. And it looks like he was embraced already. He had this incredible 360 lay-up, so it means that he is back and very healthy and we should expect a athletic Ja with Portland. Hopefully, he has matured enough and no longer had that kind of drama inside of him like when he was with Memphis.

[tech30338]

Denver lost to Utah 109-97. Jokic finished with 3 points, but he delivered the assist of the year—even before the season has officially started—during this game.
If you haven't seen it, search for it on YouTube; someone has likely uploaded the clip.
There has never been an assist quite like it.

https://youtu.be/WXVzZMaUBLs?is=C7-KQIkGj3iD23y5

We can certainly see why they did not win the game, besides Murray is not in the line up, this is just like a tune up game for every team to try to shrug the rust in their parts, but once the season really starts we could see a different team that will put their best in the court, we just see a preview.
Jazz now is looking to revamp the line up with young core they should continue developing those players, they have better shot on this, unlike the aging line up before they already leave the harden and Klaw era.