2025 NBA Season

[gabmen]

Anyone has signed the Official Lakers 2018-2019 bandwagon application? 

Hahaha. I laughed at this. Many people are a Laker Fan already because Lebron joined in the Lakers. Bandwagon effect is very dangerous Take care 

Haha glad that you have a good laugh on this one, it's funny when I also saw this on social media.

And it's not only about Lebron, there are a lot of changes too with the adjustment and some recent news with GSW either.

People laugh but that is the reality, of course if you are not a fan of the warriors, you'll be rooting for the next best team to beat them.
I love Lebron and I love lakers so I am signing this one, LOL. Because of the news, I am excited for the next season.

Cavs fan aren't really Cavs fan before but they are only supporting it because the king is with them but now that Lebron has new home, let's see on how many will remain loyal as a team fan.

Haha go sign it. I guess there's more signees to come and more teams are going to have their changes on their roster.

Waiting for the update about Spurs.

Probably they are a Lebron fan? Haha. It's fun to see how much Lebron has an impact on the fans, who are the bandwagoners or really loyal to the team. I am waiting too with the Spurs with what will happen to the lineup. The Spurs are eyeing for Ingram, Hart, and Kuzma but I don't know if it's true.

Lol. Though i don't think there's anything wrong about jumping the wagon to wherever bron is 😝 they're his fans anyways and people have the right to their own preferences. Not a fan of both the lakers and bron so it's a no signing for me lol. Imagine if they can manage si sign up kawhi

[Indamuck]

I expected Lebron to leave Cleveland again after watching him this past season.  You could tell he was fed up with this team and city.  James got tired of dragging a team of scrubs to the finals every year only to be destroyed by the warriors.  Yes they got lucky one year with the 3-1 comeback but that was a fluke.

[Samer00]

King Lebron James, 33, announced days ago that he would give up his last year in the Cleveland Cavaliers, saying he would not make the choice for his last year for $ 35.6 million to become free and sign for any club he wants. As of this summer.

James, who moved to Cleveland in 2010 to win the title twice in four finals, and Cleveland to the 2016 title at the expense of the Golden State Warriors after a seventh game.

[milewilda]

I expected Lebron to leave Cleveland again after watching him this past season.  You could tell he was fed up with this team and city.  James got tired of dragging a team of scrubs to the finals every year only to be destroyed by the warriors.  Yes they got lucky one year with the 3-1 comeback but that was a fluke.

No it wasnt a fluke but rather they do really have that comeback capability and somehow a mix or sort of luck.Irving was still on 2016 when they do won the finals same as Love and durant wasnt still on warriors.
GSW goes ahead with 3-1 but the rest was contradicted into opposite way with 3 wins.Theres no fluke in that and this years team members of GSW is too damn strong.

[Reid]

This is going to be a fun NBA year. 
I am already laughing now into what is happening.
The question is does Lebron know that the Lakers got McGee, Rondo and Stephenson?
Those three gets under his skin and really do not like how they play.

I say the three is a good addition for defense while they have Lebron already for offense. Are they making this an American football team? 

Lol. Stephenson and Lebron on one team? Wow. Never expected that to happened as we all know that the two has history between them in the past. hehehehe. And Rondo as well? Damn that's a dream team right there folks 

Those three can never win a championship...

Well what do we know. If Luke Walton can make this guys play with chemistry then it will be a good team with lots of aggressiveness in them.
We know how Stephenson plays with his defense and Rondo with his steals. Add McGee with good blocking skills. This could be what Lebron is waiting for. He needs guys that will really fight for a championship and not just lean on him whenever there is trouble.

[Vasilije69]

Oh. Thank God it was not Philadelphia. Looks like Lebron will be retiring at L.A.
There will be a lot of haters specially the Cleveland Fans who doesnt have respect to him.

He really needs to do his best to get a championship there.
Luke Walton will have a lot of work to do and he needs a lot of unique plays when Lebron is out.

Nah... Most Cleveland fans are getting transformed into LA Lakers fan now. They do not care for whole team just for so called "King".
His streak of consecutive Nba Finals is coming to an end.
Let's see whom else will he bring to him.

P.S. Will be interesting to see Stephenson and LeBron in same team 

[harizen]

Ok as I mentioned before, we will have lots of surprises after June 30th.

Here are the recap: (Will only lists the notable ones)

Phoenix Suns got Trevor Ariza
Mavericks got DeAndre Jordan
Paul George remained in OKC (max contract)
Chris Paul remained in HOU (max contract)
Los Angeles Lakers got LeBron James (max contract)
Los Angeles Lakers got JaVale McGee
Los Angeles Lakers got Lance Stephenson
Los Angeles Lakers got Rajon Rondo
DeMarcus Cousins will sign with the Golden State Warriors

My reaction:

I don't know what LeBron is thinking and the Lakers are planning. I was just surprised that LeBron James chose a team that isn't competitive as of now even their young players have potential. Lakers last playoffs appearance was way back 2013 and that was on 7th spot. Looks like with LeBron on their squad, Lakers will now able to taste playoffs experienced again. Well money matters yes but apart from that I think they have a target player. As I said before, Lakers are the only team right now that have the ability to land 3 superstars. What are the other plans that will execute prior to season opening? Hmm.


For Dallas Mavericks fans: (What do you think? Competitive now? ) Hope they reached playoffs again even at 8th spot.

PG: Dennis Smith Jr.
SG: Luka Doncic
SF: Harrison Barnes
PF: Dirk Nowitzki (if re-signs) (announcement just made last April but no signing as of now)
C: DeAndre Jordan

Bench: Seth Curry, Wesley Matthews, JJ Barea, Nerlens Noel, Dwight Powell, Yogi Ferrell.

[batang_bitcoin]

Lol. Though i don't think there's anything wrong about jumping the wagon to wherever bron is 😝 they're his fans anyways and people have the right to their own preferences.

There's nothing with the fans jumping from team to another team if their favorite player/idol/hero decided to be in another team.

Not a fan of both the lakers and bron so it's a no signing for me lol. Imagine if they can manage si sign up kawhi

Haha come on dude, I know you would love to.

[Reid]

Thanks harizen for that update.
Looks like Phoenix is trying to get stronger step by step. Now they got a defensive player Trevor Ariza which have a lot of experience.
Booker might get some tips offensively from him since Ariza played with Kobe.

Dallas. Wow! Strong line up. They need the bench now since the teams are getting some speed. Jordan and Nowitzki will be out with small line up specially when it is Houston they are against.
Seth Curry needs to step up too when that happens.

[bisdak40]

I expected Lebron to leave Cleveland again after watching him this past season.  You could tell he was fed up with this team and city.  James got tired of dragging a team of scrubs to the finals every year only to be destroyed by the warriors.  Yes they got lucky one year with the 3-1 comeback but that was a fluke.

No it wasnt a fluke but rather they do really have that comeback capability and somehow a mix or sort of luck.Irving was still on 2016 when they do won the finals same as Love and durant wasnt still on warriors.
GSW goes ahead with 3-1 but the rest was contradicted into opposite way with 3 wins.Theres no fluke in that and this years team members of GSW is too damn strong.

It may not be a fluke but i called it luck. As far as i can remember, there are turn of events that has favored the Cavaliers in that series. First was the game 5 suspension of Dreymond Green and the Bogut injury that come next. If only those things have not happened, there is no way that the Cavaliers would win that series.

[crwth]

Anyone has signed the Official Lakers 2018-2019 bandwagon application? 

Hahaha. I laughed at this. Many people are a Laker Fan already because Lebron joined in the Lakers. Bandwagon effect is very dangerous Take care 

Haha glad that you have a good laugh on this one, it's funny when I also saw this on social media.

And it's not only about Lebron, there are a lot of changes too with the adjustment and some recent news with GSW either.

People laugh but that is the reality, of course if you are not a fan of the warriors, you'll be rooting for the next best team to beat them.
I love Lebron and I love lakers so I am signing this one, LOL. Because of the news, I am excited for the next season.

Cavs fan aren't really Cavs fan before but they are only supporting it because the king is with them but now that Lebron has new home, let's see on how many will remain loyal as a team fan.

Haha go sign it. I guess there's more signees to come and more teams are going to have their changes on their roster.

Waiting for the update about Spurs.

Probably they are a Lebron fan? Haha. It's fun to see how much Lebron has an impact on the fans, who are the bandwagoners or really loyal to the team. I am waiting too with the Spurs with what will happen to the lineup. The Spurs are eyeing for Ingram, Hart, and Kuzma but I don't know if it's true.

Lol. Though i don't think there's anything wrong about jumping the wagon to wherever bron is 😝 they're his fans anyways and people have the right to their own preferences. Not a fan of both the lakers and bron so it's a no signing for me lol. Imagine if they can manage si sign up kawhi

I do also think about that. As long as we admit that you are a fan of Lebron.  I do think that if they sign up Kawhi they would be stronger. I have seen that the Lakers are interested with getting Love. I forgot the rest of the players but a lot of players are being offered and a lot of memes to laugh on. 

[Baofeng]

Meme's I found in Youtube when Lebron move to Lakers and then some  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkkiYFxJ1mk

@harizen, yes its a lot of upgrade regarding the Dallas team. Dirk already made a verbal agreement so I'm sure that he will retire as a Maverick.

Lol. The NBA season hasn't started but this thread is as hot as the World Cup finals. hehehee

[gabmen]

Anyone has signed the Official Lakers 2018-2019 bandwagon application? 

Hahaha. I laughed at this. Many people are a Laker Fan already because Lebron joined in the Lakers. Bandwagon effect is very dangerous Take care 

Haha glad that you have a good laugh on this one, it's funny when I also saw this on social media.

And it's not only about Lebron, there are a lot of changes too with the adjustment and some recent news with GSW either.

People laugh but that is the reality, of course if you are not a fan of the warriors, you'll be rooting for the next best team to beat them.
I love Lebron and I love lakers so I am signing this one, LOL. Because of the news, I am excited for the next season.

Cavs fan aren't really Cavs fan before but they are only supporting it because the king is with them but now that Lebron has new home, let's see on how many will remain loyal as a team fan.

Haha go sign it. I guess there's more signees to come and more teams are going to have their changes on their roster.

Waiting for the update about Spurs.

Probably they are a Lebron fan? Haha. It's fun to see how much Lebron has an impact on the fans, who are the bandwagoners or really loyal to the team. I am waiting too with the Spurs with what will happen to the lineup. The Spurs are eyeing for Ingram, Hart, and Kuzma but I don't know if it's true.

Lol. Though i don't think there's anything wrong about jumping the wagon to wherever bron is 😝 they're his fans anyways and people have the right to their own preferences. Not a fan of both the lakers and bron so it's a no signing for me lol. Imagine if they can manage si sign up kawhi

I do also think about that. As long as we admit that you are a fan of Lebron.  I do think that if they sign up Kawhi they would be stronger. I have seen that the Lakers are interested with getting Love. I forgot the rest of the players but a lot of players are being offered and a lot of memes to laugh on. 

They'd be stronger definitely but they'd likely lose their promising youngsters like ingram and kuzma. I mean who could they trade for kawhi right? And they probably would pass on kevin love :p he just isn't efficient with playing alongside lebron lol. The west looks way more interesting than the east now :p

[LogitechMouse]

Anyone has signed the Official Lakers 2018-2019 bandwagon application? 

Hahaha. I laughed at this. Many people are a Laker Fan already because Lebron joined in the Lakers. Bandwagon effect is very dangerous Take care 

Haha glad that you have a good laugh on this one, it's funny when I also saw this on social media.

And it's not only about Lebron, there are a lot of changes too with the adjustment and some recent news with GSW either.

Hahaha Bandwagon is really dangerous. The Cavs fans are not really a Cav Fan because they are only a Fan there because of Lebron nothing else. Now that Lebron is in the Lakers now, they are changing there favorite team. This goes to some who are not Warrior fan until Curry stepped up on their team and led his team to playoffs. Now that Kevin Durant and Boogie are there, probably there are some who will be Warrior Fan now.

P.S. Warrior Fan here since they joined the Playoffs 

[Caladonian]

This is going to be a fun NBA year.  
I am already laughing now into what is happening.
The question is does Lebron know that the Lakers got McGee, Rondo and Stephenson?
Those three gets under his skin and really do not like how they play.

I say the three is a good addition for defense while they have Lebron already for offense. Are they making this an American football team?  

Lol. Stephenson and Lebron on one team? Wow. Never expected that to happened as we all know that the two has history between them in the past. hehehehe. And Rondo as well? Damn that's a dream team right there folks  

Those three can never win a championship...

Well what do we know. If Luke Walton can make this guys play with chemistry then it will be a good team with lots of aggressiveness in them.
We know how Stephenson plays with his defense and Rondo with his steals. Add McGee with good blocking skills. This could be what Lebron is waiting for. He needs guys that will really fight for a championship and not just lean on him whenever there is trouble.

Good thing from those players, they won't respect Lebron as the key player but challenge him to act like one, Stephenson and rondo both knows how to play wisely, with McGee and still possibility to acquire Leonard, this team will be more stronger both defensive and offensive state, there's no need for Lebron to carry the whole team as he will have those back up team mates who can also play great like him.

[SirLancelot]

Will there be a 2019 nba season thread? Because we have been talking about the offseason and what will happen next season for a while now. I think lebron will go to LA no matter what and just simply live there from now on, even after retirement. I just wonder what kawhi situation will be like and will deng and randle could be send to make room for PG13. I mean yeah LA can get lebron now and wait until younglings mature and than next year when kawhi is free agent they can get him for free without any trades, so knowing that lakers is keeping as much as possible but RC buford and pop knows that even tho they are losing kawhi, kawhi can be sent to some place like boston which in return give good yield and kawhi may stay there since they will most probably make it to finals with kawhi.

So lakers either takes the risk and give some important parts to SA so they don't lose kawhi or they don't budge and bluff and kawhi may go to some other team and either stay there (bad for la) or come to LA for free (great for LA), will they risk it? I doubt so. PG13 meanwhile is a hard part and unless he takes a paycut its not easy to put him in the lineup, 3 max contracts is something you can't afford, even warriors have durant and klay on low budget compared to their inputs.

[Reid]

Meme's I found in Youtube when Lebron move to Lakers and then some  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkkiYFxJ1mk

@harizen, yes its a lot of upgrade regarding the Dallas team. Dirk already made a verbal agreement so I'm sure that he will retire as a Maverick.

Lol. The NBA season hasn't started but this thread is as hot as the World Cup finals. hehehee

Well that is because of the stars that are on the free agency that is why it is becoming hot here.  
Kawhi, George and Lebron. These three can make a lot of difference when they join other teams.

I think one more reason is we want change with the Finals. It is getting boring to see that kind of Finals over and over again.
I am also hoping that players will change that kind of mindset that when another team is on the big lead they will do garbage time. That didn't happen before. Over protection of players will not give them a championship.

Edit:
Oh and one more that I want to see some changes. That respect mode when it is garbage time. They dont want somebody to make another point and just dribble the ball until the time expires.
You dont want them to score then do defense!!! Right?

[chaser15]

For Dallas Mavericks fans: (What do you think? Competitive now? ) Hope they reached playoffs again even at 8th spot.

PG: Dennis Smith Jr.
SG: Luka Doncic
SF: Harrison Barnes
PF: Dirk Nowitzki (if re-signs) (announcement just made last April but no signing as of now)
C: DeAndre Jordan

Bench: Seth Curry, Wesley Matthews, JJ Barea, Nerlens Noel, Dwight Powell, Yogi Ferrell.

Seth Curry will now not be part of the Dallas Mavericks in the upcoming season. He is now signed with the Portland Trail Blazers.

With that, there's another room for Mavericks to fill their slots. They still have enough cap space to acquired at least closed to All-Star caliber player.

[Tezi]

No matter, the Dubs have the means to wait, with Kevin Durant coming back, and Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green still there ... But if Cousins, 27 years old and four times All Star, finds all of its resources by the play-offs, which the transplant takes with the rest of the locker room and that Steve Kerr manages to get the best of his new acquisition on the floor, offensively and defensively, it will not be good to be on the road of doubles defending champions! Which will line a five exclusively composed of All Stars! Enough to bring regret to the clubs that have forgotten Cousins this summer. Apparently, the Pelicans did not offer him. They turned to Julius Randle. In fact, nobody would have really solicited it. Fifth pick in the 2010 Draft, this Kentucky veteran made his debut in Sacramento before being traded to New Orleans in February 2017.

[Theb]

For Dallas Mavericks fans: (What do you think? Competitive now? ) Hope they reached playoffs again even at 8th spot.

PG: Dennis Smith Jr.
SG: Luka Doncic
SF: Harrison Barnes
PF: Dirk Nowitzki (if re-signs) (announcement just made last April but no signing as of now)
C: DeAndre Jordan

Bench: Seth Curry, Wesley Matthews, JJ Barea, Nerlens Noel, Dwight Powell, Yogi Ferrell.

Seth Curry will now not be part of the Dallas Mavericks in the upcoming season. He is now signed with the Portland Trail Blazers.

With that, there's another room for Mavericks to fill their slots. They still have enough cap space to acquired at least closed to All-Star caliber player.

I don't think that team will be enough to reach the playoffs as the West already have a big free agency win with Lebron coming to their conference. I see that 12 out of the 15 teams in the West could battle it out for the 8 seeds and Dallas Mavericks is not one of them.