2025 NBA Season

[harizen]

Rockets and celtics has the best shot at beating the warriors but it is still very very difficult to achieve, specially with cousins back (depends on how he comes back). Cousins can really put warriors to a level that is untouchable, kevin durant actually put them at that level first but warriors are not playing with that fire they played for the first year, they won 3 rings and kd had 2 rings with them and 2 finals mvp as well, there is really no point on playing with some motivation because everyone knows if they play they win.

Moreover, cousins didn't win anything yet and he really wants to on his one year with warriors which I believe he will leave soon, so he will want to win now. Celtics has a great young core and actually had a shot without kyrie and hayward. Rockets almost won and they didn't even had chris paul for the last games, they basically lost because they went zero from twenty seven threes. It is almost impossible to miss that many threes IN A ROW.

Hence, either cousins will lit a fire under warriors and they will win quite easily or rockets/celtics will try to overcome something realy difficult and win over warriors.

Im agree that Houston Rockets is one of the closest team that can matched the Golden State Warriors "BUT" it depends on how will they behave once season came.

Remember that Houston Rockets this upcoming season is not the Rockets last season with the same roster. They allow Trevor Ariza to accept the deal at other teams. We all know that Ariza is one of the key players why Rockets make it to the top of Western Conference Standing so now there will be a changed at players rotation. Good thing they re-signed Clint Capela which is now one of the most spectacular defender in the league.

And there are still lots of rumors rotating around the Houston Rockets about changes on their current roster. Carmelo Anthony is now closer to become a Rockets which surely will have an effect again at the current blend. And there are some players too that placed on trading rumors involving Houston Rockets. Let's see how this will goes.

[LogitechMouse]

Rockets and celtics has the best shot at beating the warriors but it is still very very difficult to achieve, specially with cousins back (depends on how he comes back). Cousins can really put warriors to a level that is untouchable, kevin durant actually put them at that level first but warriors are not playing with that fire they played for the first year, they won 3 rings and kd had 2 rings with them and 2 finals mvp as well, there is really no point on playing with some motivation because everyone knows if they play they win.

Moreover, cousins didn't win anything yet and he really wants to on his one year with warriors which I believe he will leave soon, so he will want to win now. Celtics has a great young core and actually had a shot without kyrie and hayward. Rockets almost won and they didn't even had chris paul for the last games, they basically lost because they went zero from twenty seven threes. It is almost impossible to miss that many threes IN A ROW.

Hence, either cousins will lit a fire under warriors and they will win quite easily or rockets/celtics will try to overcome something realy difficult and win over warriors.

I also agree with you that these 2 teams are the closest team that can beat GSW but as they say, the ball is round. We saw it on Game 7 of the WCF where the rockets went from 0/27 from threes. They are known for the D'Antoni offense but got wrecked in threes.

I believe Cousins want a championship too so he agreed with a one year deal even the salary is low. Lets see if how Boogie will contribute to the Warriors.

[tabas]

Have you seen the new uniform of Memphis Grizzlies? they have their new sponsor and the uniform made hype on twitter. 
Memphis Grizzlies unveil new uniforms with FedEx as jersey sponsor

[harizen]

Sixers star Embiid wants to win NBA MVP next season

Joel Embiid wants a difficult goal this upcoming season. I don't doubt his performance but he must remained healthy if he really want to pursue that goal. Last season, Embiid's name sometimes appears in weekly MVP ladder rankings but never* (iirc) did got managed to sit for top 10 consistently meaning he was being much more dominated by other players plus the fact that he suffered injury along the way.

Good thing LeBron James and Kawhi Leonard didn't able to land on Sixers. If does then the desire Season MVP of Embiid should have to wait for more seasons to come.

[Botnake]

Sixers star Embiid wants to win NBA MVP next season

Joel Embiid wants a difficult goal this upcoming season. I don't doubt his performance but he must remained healthy if he really want to pursue that goal. Last season, Embiid's name sometimes appears in weekly MVP ladder rankings but never* (iirc) did got managed to sit for top 10 consistently meaning he was being much more dominated by other players plus the fact that he suffered injury along the way.

Good thing LeBron James and Kawhi Leonard didn't able to land on Sixers. If does then the desire Season MVP of Embiid should have to wait for more seasons to come.

That would be easy for him now because the biggest competition which is the cavs is not a threat anymore.
He is more matured and has enough experience since he was able to play in the playoffs, he will be more dedicated now, I want to check what's the odds for him as MVP.

[Reid]

Rockets and celtics has the best shot at beating the warriors but it is still very very difficult to achieve, specially with cousins back (depends on how he comes back). Cousins can really put warriors to a level that is untouchable, kevin durant actually put them at that level first but warriors are not playing with that fire they played for the first year, they won 3 rings and kd had 2 rings with them and 2 finals mvp as well, there is really no point on playing with some motivation because everyone knows if they play they win.

Moreover, cousins didn't win anything yet and he really wants to on his one year with warriors which I believe he will leave soon, so he will want to win now. Celtics has a great young core and actually had a shot without kyrie and hayward. Rockets almost won and they didn't even had chris paul for the last games, they basically lost because they went zero from twenty seven threes. It is almost impossible to miss that many threes IN A ROW.

Hence, either cousins will lit a fire under warriors and they will win quite easily or rockets/celtics will try to overcome something realy difficult and win over warriors.

Im agree that Houston Rockets is one of the closest team that can matched the Golden State Warriors "BUT" it depends on how will they behave once season came.

Remember that Houston Rockets this upcoming season is not the Rockets last season with the same roster. They allow Trevor Ariza to accept the deal at other teams. We all know that Ariza is one of the key players why Rockets make it to the top of Western Conference Standing so now there will be a changed at players rotation. Good thing they re-signed Clint Capela which is now one of the most spectacular defender in the league.

And there are still lots of rumors rotating around the Houston Rockets about changes on their current roster. Carmelo Anthony is now closer to become a Rockets which surely will have an effect again at the current blend. And there are some players too that placed on trading rumors involving Houston Rockets. Let's see how this will goes.

Ariza. Yes, I do believe with that player. Remember Kobe?
He became the wingman of Kobe which gave him a championship. Ariza was there at the Lakers making explosions in defense and offense.
This is actually a great loss.

But there is a key factor here. D'Antoni is an offensive coach and that could be the reason behind the Carmelo rumor.
They want him to add more offense since they already have a good coach to make plays for it.
It may be a good thing but also a bad thing since they are losing a lot for defense.
Behind this must be a master plan of D'Antoni. It will be like another Phoenix Suns. (Steve Nash moments)

[freedomgo]

Rockets and celtics has the best shot at beating the warriors but it is still very very difficult to achieve, specially with cousins back (depends on how he comes back). Cousins can really put warriors to a level that is untouchable, kevin durant actually put them at that level first but warriors are not playing with that fire they played for the first year, they won 3 rings and kd had 2 rings with them and 2 finals mvp as well, there is really no point on playing with some motivation because everyone knows if they play they win.

Moreover, cousins didn't win anything yet and he really wants to on his one year with warriors which I believe he will leave soon, so he will want to win now. Celtics has a great young core and actually had a shot without kyrie and hayward. Rockets almost won and they didn't even had chris paul for the last games, they basically lost because they went zero from twenty seven threes. It is almost impossible to miss that many threes IN A ROW.

Hence, either cousins will lit a fire under warriors and they will win quite easily or rockets/celtics will try to overcome something realy difficult and win over warriors.

Im agree that Houston Rockets is one of the closest team that can matched the Golden State Warriors "BUT" it depends on how will they behave once season came.

Remember that Houston Rockets this upcoming season is not the Rockets last season with the same roster. They allow Trevor Ariza to accept the deal at other teams. We all know that Ariza is one of the key players why Rockets make it to the top of Western Conference Standing so now there will be a changed at players rotation. Good thing they re-signed Clint Capela which is now one of the most spectacular defender in the league.

And there are still lots of rumors rotating around the Houston Rockets about changes on their current roster. Carmelo Anthony is now closer to become a Rockets which surely will have an effect again at the current blend. And there are some players too that placed on trading rumors involving Houston Rockets. Let's see how this will goes.

Ariza. Yes, I do believe with that player. Remember Kobe?
He became the wingman of Kobe which gave him a championship. Ariza was there at the Lakers making explosions in defense and offense.
This is actually a great loss.

But there is a key factor here. D'Antoni is an offensive coach and that could be the reason behind the Carmelo rumor.
They want him to add more offense since they already have a good coach to make plays for it.
It may be a good thing but also a bad thing since they are losing a lot for defense.
Behind this must be a master plan of D'Antoni. It will be like another Phoenix Suns. (Steve Nash moments)

There are two outcome possible with the addition of Carmelo in the line, it's either they will improve as a team or their chemistry won't work anymore.
It's hard to mix a superstar when a certain star is not doing well anymore, but let us still see what will happen, still excited for the Rockets especially if Paul will stay healthy.

[harizen]

Rockets and celtics has the best shot at beating the warriors but it is still very very difficult to achieve, specially with cousins back (depends on how he comes back). Cousins can really put warriors to a level that is untouchable, kevin durant actually put them at that level first but warriors are not playing with that fire they played for the first year, they won 3 rings and kd had 2 rings with them and 2 finals mvp as well, there is really no point on playing with some motivation because everyone knows if they play they win.

Moreover, cousins didn't win anything yet and he really wants to on his one year with warriors which I believe he will leave soon, so he will want to win now. Celtics has a great young core and actually had a shot without kyrie and hayward. Rockets almost won and they didn't even had chris paul for the last games, they basically lost because they went zero from twenty seven threes. It is almost impossible to miss that many threes IN A ROW.

Hence, either cousins will lit a fire under warriors and they will win quite easily or rockets/celtics will try to overcome something realy difficult and win over warriors.

Im agree that Houston Rockets is one of the closest team that can matched the Golden State Warriors "BUT" it depends on how will they behave once season came.

Remember that Houston Rockets this upcoming season is not the Rockets last season with the same roster. They allow Trevor Ariza to accept the deal at other teams. We all know that Ariza is one of the key players why Rockets make it to the top of Western Conference Standing so now there will be a changed at players rotation. Good thing they re-signed Clint Capela which is now one of the most spectacular defender in the league.

And there are still lots of rumors rotating around the Houston Rockets about changes on their current roster. Carmelo Anthony is now closer to become a Rockets which surely will have an effect again at the current blend. And there are some players too that placed on trading rumors involving Houston Rockets. Let's see how this will goes.

Ariza. Yes, I do believe with that player. Remember Kobe?
He became the wingman of Kobe which gave him a championship. Ariza was there at the Lakers making explosions in defense and offense.
This is actually a great loss.

But there is a key factor here. D'Antoni is an offensive coach and that could be the reason behind the Carmelo rumor.
They want him to add more offense since they already have a good coach to make plays for it.
It may be a good thing but also a bad thing since they are losing a lot for defense.
Behind this must be a master plan of D'Antoni. It will be like another Phoenix Suns. (Steve Nash moments)

There are two outcome possible with the addition of Carmelo in the line, it's either they will improve as a team or their chemistry won't work anymore.
It's hard to mix a superstar when a certain star is not doing well anymore, but let us still see what will happen, still excited for the Rockets especially if Paul will stay healthy.

Well as far as the previous reply is concern, Mike D'Antoni surely knows how to blend that chemistry. It's just that he will see if that will become effective once season came.

He knows Carmelo Anthony well during their New York Knicks days so I think he does have a thing in mind now (well he is a veteran coach so Im sure he knows what he will do) how will Melo adopt the Houston Rockets playing style.

Im not just sure if Melo will be placed at starting lineup. If does, then that will be a big adjustment.

[el kaka22]

Embiid has always been a bit too much type of guy but unfortunately no matter how good he gets and how awesome he plays he will never be MVP levels of good. The game just evolved away from the big guy and there is no way it comes back thanks to embiid. Embiid is a great force down in the post but the game is just too quick to allow embiid to have the time he needs to play with the ball.

Shaq had that hakeem had that all the big greats had that, they didn't had the game fire too quickly in the shot clock. We need to see a way of changing the way sixers play and whole league needs to not adapt to what sixers are doing in order to even put Embiid on the discussion. Right now we had a russell westbrook who made a second tripple double season in a row that lost to james harden on mvp race. Winning mvp is that much hard.

[Reid]

Embiid has always been a bit too much type of guy but unfortunately no matter how good he gets and how awesome he plays he will never be MVP levels of good. The game just evolved away from the big guy and there is no way it comes back thanks to embiid. Embiid is a great force down in the post but the game is just too quick to allow embiid to have the time he needs to play with the ball.

Shaq had that hakeem had that all the big greats had that, they didn't had the game fire too quickly in the shot clock. We need to see a way of changing the way sixers play and whole league needs to not adapt to what sixers are doing in order to even put Embiid on the discussion. Right now we had a russell westbrook who made a second tripple double season in a row that lost to james harden on mvp race. Winning mvp is that much hard.

It sure is. It means a lot of hard work and putting your life on the line just so you could get it.
This guys almost perfected the attendance of the season for them to get that MVP.
Westbrook changing his gameplay and letting the team be better by his kind of game. Assist and Rebounds is one unique stats for a guard. Jason Kidd is well known for that and now he is a Legend. Perhaps Westbrook could get that kind of respect also once he continues playing that type of game.

What is with the Embiid hating? 

[Baofeng]

Embiid has always been a bit too much type of guy but unfortunately no matter how good he gets and how awesome he plays he will never be MVP levels of good. The game just evolved away from the big guy and there is no way it comes back thanks to embiid. Embiid is a great force down in the post but the game is just too quick to allow embiid to have the time he needs to play with the ball.

Shaq had that hakeem had that all the big greats had that, they didn't had the game fire too quickly in the shot clock. We need to see a way of changing the way sixers play and whole league needs to not adapt to what sixers are doing in order to even put Embiid on the discussion. Right now we had a russell westbrook who made a second tripple double season in a row that lost to james harden on mvp race. Winning mvp is that much hard.

Yes I agree that the game has evolved and its more focus on shooting on the outside rather that giving the ball on the middle and let the Center get inside, and if he is trap, or double team, pass the ball outside. Now, its the other way around, and more of a alley hoop pass to the Center. That's why is difficult for Sixers and Joel to win a championship at this level of competition. Team should have a deadly shooter like Curry, or Harden, or a big guard/forward like Lebron is. Look at what happened to Anthony, wasn't able to re-invent himself that's why he is no longer the player we expect him to be.

[Caladonian]

Embiid has always been a bit too much type of guy but unfortunately no matter how good he gets and how awesome he plays he will never be MVP levels of good. The game just evolved away from the big guy and there is no way it comes back thanks to embiid. Embiid is a great force down in the post but the game is just too quick to allow embiid to have the time he needs to play with the ball.

Shaq had that hakeem had that all the big greats had that, they didn't had the game fire too quickly in the shot clock. We need to see a way of changing the way sixers play and whole league needs to not adapt to what sixers are doing in order to even put Embiid on the discussion. Right now we had a russell westbrook who made a second tripple double season in a row that lost to james harden on mvp race. Winning mvp is that much hard.

Yes I agree that the game has evolved and its more focus on shooting on the outside rather that giving the ball on the middle and let the Center get inside, and if he is trap, or double team, pass the ball outside. Now, its the other way around, and more of a alley hoop pass to the Center. That's why is difficult for Sixers and Joel to win a championship at this level of competition. Team should have a deadly shooter like Curry, or Harden, or a big guard/forward like Lebron is. Look at what happened to Anthony, wasn't able to re-invent himself that's why he is no longer the player we expect him to be.

Sad but true, the game play are now focus with big three's and easy shot outside, it's no longer the mighty MJ and the dominance of shaq attack, it's the battle of shooters and big time moments like Curry and KD, embiid though really wanted to shows his ability but there's a lots of superstars which we really seeing steeping up before him, if he wanted to prove that he can be an MVP he need to shine from this season and really work even harder to contribute and make him on top from the rest of stars inside the league.

[bongnor531]

Barring any injuries, the Warriors will defend its title once again I think. OK, Houston was close last year and Melo could turn out to be good. Lakers will be a playoff team and I think OKC will improve compared to last year- the Kiwi is a beast

[Botnake]

Barring any injuries, the Warriors will defend its title once again I think. OK, Houston was close last year and Melo could turn out to be good. Lakers will be a playoff team and I think OKC will improve compared to last year- the Kiwi is a beast

Lakers will beat the OKC and once again westbrook will have an early exit in the playoffs.
Rockets are a good team but Lebron is with the lakers now, only the warriors can beat him so I think we will see most likely a Lakers vs Warriors West Finals.

[crwth]

Barring any injuries, the Warriors will defend its title once again I think. OK, Houston was close last year and Melo could turn out to be good. Lakers will be a playoff team and I think OKC will improve compared to last year- the Kiwi is a beast

Lakers will beat the OKC and once again westbrook will have an early exit in the playoffs.
Rockets are a good team but Lebron is with the lakers now, only the warriors can beat him so I think we will see most likely a Lakers vs Warriors West Finals.

Probably, and I want the Lakers to win. Well, whichever team goes on top will determine how things changed with different team composition. I hope the season would be really interesting and planning to bet on the stronger teams now.

[Reid]

Barring any injuries, the Warriors will defend its title once again I think. OK, Houston was close last year and Melo could turn out to be good. Lakers will be a playoff team and I think OKC will improve compared to last year- the Kiwi is a beast

I want to see if ever the Lakers will face the Houston.
It will be a different game in the playoffs when it is at the West. Let us see if Lebron got so much used with the East and will have a hard time in the West.
We cannot deny they lost too bad with the Warriors. They are stealing wins at the Cavs court.

With his line up others are used with how the West plays but how about Lebron. I am excited somehow.

[freedomgo]

Barring any injuries, the Warriors will defend its title once again I think. OK, Houston was close last year and Melo could turn out to be good. Lakers will be a playoff team and I think OKC will improve compared to last year- the Kiwi is a beast

Lakers will beat the OKC and once again westbrook will have an early exit in the playoffs.
Rockets are a good team but Lebron is with the lakers now, only the warriors can beat him so I think we will see most likely a Lakers vs Warriors West Finals.

Probably, and I want the Lakers to win. Well, whichever team goes on top will determine how things changed with different team composition. I hope the season would be really interesting and planning to bet on the stronger teams now.

Lakers needs to be in playoffs again, no kobe now but we have a healthy Lebron.
It's the same style, Kobe take the team to the playoffs and Lebron is always capable in doing that as he has proven it many times already.
The excitement will be high for me when the regular season will start.

[el kaka22]

I believe Ben Simmons who is teammates with Embiid has a bigger potential to be a MVP one day. He can score (even tho he lacks shooting) semi-decently and if he learns how to score properly than that part is done, he can rebound very well at his age, he will only get better, he has amazing passing, he is not a "playmaker" but a passer, just like how stockton was the best playmaker we have ever seen but magic was the best passer, ben simmons is more like magic rather than stockton in that regards. He can block thanks to his height and athleticism.

So, basically he is a younger lebron-ish guy, of course no one can be even remotely as good as lebron at that age and probably ever but the style is similar. He can reach to double double or even triple double averages if he works for in the next 10 years which can earn him an MVP.

[btc_angela]

I believe Ben Simmons who is teammates with Embiid has a bigger potential to be a MVP one day. He can score (even tho he lacks shooting) semi-decently and if he learns how to score properly than that part is done, he can rebound very well at his age, he will only get better, he has amazing passing, he is not a "playmaker" but a passer, just like how stockton was the best playmaker we have ever seen but magic was the best passer, ben simmons is more like magic rather than stockton in that regards. He can block thanks to his height and athleticism.

So, basically he is a younger lebron-ish guy, of course no one can be even remotely as good as lebron at that age and probably ever but the style is similar. He can reach to double double or even triple double averages if he works for in the next 10 years which can earn him an MVP.

How about a young Lamar Odom? hehehe Lamar was a good passer and semi decent shooting during his peak. And both are 6'10. As for Magic Johnson, then Joel is Kareem.  . But I agree, the closest comparison would be James, we could probably see more as he matured and evolved as a NBA superstar. And they are much better to compare since they both played at least at the same era.

[jossiel]

Probably, and I want the Lakers to win. Well, whichever team goes on top will determine how things changed with different team composition. I hope the season would be really interesting and planning to bet on the stronger teams now.

We've been liking James though he's also receiving a lot of hate comments in the cyber space.

I'll just take off with the discussion but this is related to James on how good he is.

LeBron James launches new 'I Promise' School