2025 NBA Season

[milewilda]

for example, Durant leaving the warriors, that's a big news and I like that so they will not be super team anymore.

I know this is just an example but he said that he'll never leave.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2812376-kevin-durant-on-free-agency-nobody-can-recruit-me-no-more

We can never be sure until he signs a new contract with the Warriors.
After all, it's just all about money and I don't think he is still hungry for another championship as he already proven it twice.
The sad thing about Durant if he will choose to stay with the Warriors is he will never gain a recognition like Lebron, Bryant, and Jordan has, because his team is full of stars and almost unbeatable in the NBA, there's no challenge anymore and therefore this would not provide fulfillment.

Yeah we can never be sure of it or it can be a sort of drama but if it what he said then it was.

He has his ambition and he's doing all the strategy that he knows just to attain that position and yeah we don't know what lies in the future with his career or stay with GSW.

We dont know on whats the actual thing on his mind but i do agree on the point that he wont be easily recognized to be the main player of GSW due to lots of starplayers on that
team and as long he didnt sign up the new contract on GSW then its no assurance that he would stay but rather transfer into other teams.He had
already proven himself but each individual do have its own cravings. lol

[stadus]

for example, Durant leaving the warriors, that's a big news and I like that so they will not be super team anymore.

I know this is just an example but he said that he'll never leave.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2812376-kevin-durant-on-free-agency-nobody-can-recruit-me-no-more

We can never be sure until he signs a new contract with the Warriors.
After all, it's just all about money and I don't think he is still hungry for another championship as he already proven it twice.
The sad thing about Durant if he will choose to stay with the Warriors is he will never gain a recognition like Lebron, Bryant, and Jordan has, because his team is full of stars and almost unbeatable in the NBA, there's no challenge anymore and therefore this would not provide fulfillment.

Yeah we can never be sure of it or it can be a sort of drama but if it what he said then it was.

He has his ambition and he's doing all the strategy that he knows just to attain that position and yeah we don't know what lies in the future with his career or stay with GSW.

We dont know on whats the actual thing on his mind but i do agree on the point that he wont be easily recognized to be the main player of GSW due to lots of starplayers on that
team and as long he didnt sign up the new contract on GSW then its no assurance that he would stay but rather transfer into other teams.He had
already proven himself but each individual do have its own cravings. lol

I'm sure the fans would love to see him playing to another team.
The warriors is for curry although durant has taken the main role in crunch time, the fans would dictate that and even Durant will continue to try hard, he'll never find a real home with the warriors as he never built it, it was curry and Thompson, and Green.

Durant should find a place where he is very much welcome, like coming back to the OKC is a good idea because Westbrook had already change, he is not taking more shots anymore, and that resulted to the scoring boost of Paul George.

Imagine this, the big 3 of Thunder is gonna be WB, Durant, and PG, and they have a big chance to beat the Big 3 of the warriors.

[milewilda]

for example, Durant leaving the warriors, that's a big news and I like that so they will not be super team anymore.

I know this is just an example but he said that he'll never leave.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2812376-kevin-durant-on-free-agency-nobody-can-recruit-me-no-more

We can never be sure until he signs a new contract with the Warriors.
After all, it's just all about money and I don't think he is still hungry for another championship as he already proven it twice.
The sad thing about Durant if he will choose to stay with the Warriors is he will never gain a recognition like Lebron, Bryant, and Jordan has, because his team is full of stars and almost unbeatable in the NBA, there's no challenge anymore and therefore this would not provide fulfillment.

Yeah we can never be sure of it or it can be a sort of drama but if it what he said then it was.

He has his ambition and he's doing all the strategy that he knows just to attain that position and yeah we don't know what lies in the future with his career or stay with GSW.

We dont know on whats the actual thing on his mind but i do agree on the point that he wont be easily recognized to be the main player of GSW due to lots of starplayers on that
team and as long he didnt sign up the new contract on GSW then its no assurance that he would stay but rather transfer into other teams.He had
already proven himself but each individual do have its own cravings. lol

I'm sure the fans would love to see him playing to another team.
The warriors is for curry although durant has taken the main role in crunch time, the fans would dictate that and even Durant will continue to try hard, he'll never find a real home with the warriors as he never built it, it was curry and Thompson, and Green.

Durant should find a place where he is very much welcome, like coming back to the OKC is a good idea because Westbrook had already change, he is not taking more shots anymore, and that resulted to the scoring boost of Paul George.

Imagine this, the big 3 of Thunder is gonna be WB, Durant, and PG, and they have a big chance to beat the Big 3 of the warriors.

Agree to this input which i do prefer if Durant would go back to OKC but well the final decision would still depend on him on what he really wants on his career but fans are
really expecting the different thing way around.

Big 3 of OKC will surely match up those on Warriors if such roster would be created once again.

[Vaculin]

Another bad day for the warriors, they loss against the TrailBlazers during the OT.
Durant was hot in the last minutes of the 4th quarter and he was able to bring the game into OT but they did not manage to end it well.
Curry had an off shooting night, if not for Durant, they could have been easily dominated with a double digit loss again.

[Reid]

Another bad day for the warriors, they loss against the TrailBlazers during the OT.
Durant was hot in the last minutes of the 4th quarter and he was able to bring the game into OT but they did not manage to end it well.
Curry had an off shooting night, if not for Durant, they could have been easily dominated with a double digit loss again.

Yeah see that.
They can be deafeated.
I dont know why people are trying to disect this team when overall they could really be defeated.
They are not really stars like with a Kobe or a Jordan. If their gameplay wont succeed then they will lose. No superman can save them. They all do it because of their good chemistry and that is why they win.

Now, break that apart and you can defeat them. With Durant or without him same thing goes.
Play a higher level of defense and they cannot proceed with a good play. Give them a hard time for eveey possession and they will miss their shots.
Let us stop underestimating the other teams.

Houston vs Boston though, what a nice game of 2 top pointguards of the league.
Irving giving a good show despite the loss and Harden heating up at three point line.

[cabalism13]

Houston vs Boston though, what a nice game of 2 top pointguards of the league.
Irving giving a good show despite the loss and Harden heating up at three point line.

Nice game it is but its quite a failure for the celtics the gap between the scores are already on the tenths before the 4th quarter started up and they didn't catch their gap even into a slight difference.
On the very end just a 3point show is what they have given to their fans

[Lan75]

We can never be sure until he signs a new contract with the Warriors.
After all, it's just all about money and I don't think he is still hungry for another championship as he already proven it twice.

Good point, he joined the Warriors in the search for a championship ring just like what Lebron James did when he formed that Big3 of the Heat years ago.

The sad thing about Durant if he will choose to stay with the Warriors is he will never gain a recognition like Lebron, Bryant, and Jordan has, because his team is full of stars and almost unbeatable in the NBA, there's no challenge anymore and therefore this would not provide fulfillment.

We can't deny the fact that Durant is the best player in the Warriors as of now even though that the Warriors can make the playoffs even without him but it would be debatable if they can reached the finals without him. He has been recognized by those two final's MVP.

[Vaculin]

Another bad day for the warriors, they loss against the TrailBlazers during the OT.
Durant was hot in the last minutes of the 4th quarter and he was able to bring the game into OT but they did not manage to end it well.
Curry had an off shooting night, if not for Durant, they could have been easily dominated with a double digit loss again.

Yeah see that.
They can be deafeated.
I dont know why people are trying to disect this team when overall they could really be defeated.
They are not really stars like with a Kobe or a Jordan. If their gameplay wont succeed then they will lose. No superman can save them. They all do it because of their good chemistry and that is why they win.

Now, break that apart and you can defeat them. With Durant or without him same thing goes.
Play a higher level of defense and they cannot proceed with a good play. Give them a hard time for eveey possession and they will miss their shots.
Let us stop underestimating the other teams.

Houston vs Boston though, what a nice game of 2 top pointguards of the league.
Irving giving a good show despite the loss and Harden heating up at three point line.

This only happen because of the bad shooting night of Curry and Thompson, their 3 point shooting is very poor.
We can see also in the game that the defense of the warriors are really good, in fact they were able to come back but the main problem was the shooting. 2 losing streak at home is really bad, but this team is still good and a team to beat.

[gabmen]

Another bad day for the warriors, they loss against the TrailBlazers during the OT.
Durant was hot in the last minutes of the 4th quarter and he was able to bring the game into OT but they did not manage to end it well.
Curry had an off shooting night, if not for Durant, they could have been easily dominated with a double digit loss again.

Yeah see that.
They can be deafeated.
I dont know why people are trying to disect this team when overall they could really be defeated.
They are not really stars like with a Kobe or a Jordan. If their gameplay wont succeed then they will lose. No superman can save them. They all do it because of their good chemistry and that is why they win.

Now, break that apart and you can defeat them. With Durant or without him same thing goes.
Play a higher level of defense and they cannot proceed with a good play. Give them a hard time for eveey possession and they will miss their shots.
Let us stop underestimating the other teams.

Houston vs Boston though, what a nice game of 2 top pointguards of the league.
Irving giving a good show despite the loss and Harden heating up at three point line.

This only happen because of the bad shooting night of Curry and Thompson, their 3 point shooting is very poor.
We can see also in the game that the defense of the warriors are really good, in fact they were able to come back but the main problem was the shooting. 2 losing streak at home is really bad, but this team is still good and a team to beat.

Lol. Though i'm not that much of a fan, it seems that people are downgrading the warriors' status quite a bit early. I mean, hey they're still the defending champs and though a lot of teams beefed up their lineups, they're still the barometer for the championship. Let's see how things'll be come playoffs.

[voztata]

Lakers played with their young players after Lebron was injured. It was really a sight to see, I was hoping for some improvements and I have seen a little bit of better playing from them but defense was really not what it should be.

Offensively, they were alright (except free throws) but they played alright however defensively they could have been a lot better. This was a team of Lonzo-hart-Ingram-Kuzma-Zubac and that team is literally consists of 3 players at age of 21 and 2 players at 23, think about how young they are and how much road they have in front of them.

If Lakers could keep the same five (maybe no need for Zubac) for another 5-6 years they could be a real threat to other teams. Of course they lost to Kings which shows you how much they need to improve and they are just starting out and still quite bad but I am sure if Lebron didn't come and this was the team Lakers put together they could still push playoffs or at least not finish with a horrible record.

[harizen]

Another bad day for the warriors, they loss against the TrailBlazers during the OT.
Durant was hot in the last minutes of the 4th quarter and he was able to bring the game into OT but they did not manage to end it well.
Curry had an off shooting night, if not for Durant, they could have been easily dominated with a double digit loss again.

Disagree that it might be a double digit loss again if not for Durant. Durant FG percentage is somehow an off-night performance too, almost identical to what Curry did the whole game. But yeah he managed to pushed during the last phase. On the other hand, Blazers duo Lillard and McCollum did have an off-night performance too.

If you guys watched the whole game, you will never noticed that Warriors (or should I say both) are struggling because the score is closed thoughout the game.

Honestly, Warriors is almost on a verge of winning during the last play before the OT. Curry's supposed inbound pass to Andre Igoudala got shoot instead but obviously not counted because of an obvious reason.

[Baofeng]

I wasn't able to watch the game live, I just checked some hi lights in YT and it's a very close game. It seems that Portland will win but Durant hit clutch three to send the game in OT. And when everyone expect the Warriors to win because they have a 5 point lead down to a minute or two. And still they have the edge in the dying seconds, Lilard hit's a three. Durant though posted a triple double as a consolation.

[peter0425]

Another bad day for the warriors, they loss against the TrailBlazers during the OT.
Durant was hot in the last minutes of the 4th quarter and he was able to bring the game into OT but they did not manage to end it well.
Curry had an off shooting night, if not for Durant, they could have been easily dominated with a double digit loss again.

Yeah see that.
They can be deafeated.
I dont know why people are trying to disect this team when overall they could really be defeated.
They are not really stars like with a Kobe or a Jordan. If their gameplay wont succeed then they will lose. No superman can save them. They all do it because of their good chemistry and that is why they win.

Now, break that apart and you can defeat them. With Durant or without him same thing goes.
Play a higher level of defense and they cannot proceed with a good play. Give them a hard time for eveey possession and they will miss their shots.
Let us stop underestimating the other teams.

Houston vs Boston though, what a nice game of 2 top pointguards of the league.
Irving giving a good show despite the loss and Harden heating up at three point line.

This only happen because of the bad shooting night of Curry and Thompson, their 3 point shooting is very poor.
We can see also in the game that the defense of the warriors are really good, in fact they were able to come back but the main problem was the shooting. 2 losing streak at home is really bad, but this team is still good and a team to beat.

Their lost to Portland was a close one and it can go either way. Yes, a 2 losing streak specially is not good but we all know they still have the 2 best players in the likes of Durant and Steph. But it's good to see other teams stepping up like Lakers and Portland or even Denver to make WC more exciting to watch instead of Golden State dominating.

[stadus]

I didn't notice that Lakers again will have a game today, this time playing at home against the Clippers.
What's you take on this one? I'd like to put my bet on the road team because they are doing well lately and Lakers is on a back to back game.

but wait... From

https://www.covers.com/pageLoader/pageLoader.aspx?page=/data/nba/matchups/g5_summary_15.html
James missed the last game with a strained left groin and is unlikely to suit up Friday against the Clippers.

It seems like Lebron is not yet confirmed unavailable, I might hedge my bet live when he plays.

[Reid]

I wasn't able to watch the game live, I just checked some hi lights in YT and it's a very close game. It seems that Portland will win but Durant hit clutch three to send the game in OT. And when everyone expect the Warriors to win because they have a 5 point lead down to a minute or two. And still they have the edge in the dying seconds, Lilard hit's a three. Durant though posted a triple double as a consolation.

I saw the highlights too and it seems to be a good fight.
But lookingg at the stats almost every star in each team are off night.
They have that when they are no in a good condition to play. The ball wont just go in even if the throw looks better.

Looking at the Western Conference status, the more appealing games to me by now is those who at the 6th up to 10th spot. They are all still fighting for the number 8th spot but it will be a long season and anything can happen.

[Caladonian]

I wasn't able to watch the game live, I just checked some hi lights in YT and it's a very close game. It seems that Portland will win but Durant hit clutch three to send the game in OT. And when everyone expect the Warriors to win because they have a 5 point lead down to a minute or two. And still they have the edge in the dying seconds, Lilard hit's a three. Durant though posted a triple double as a consolation.

I saw the highlights too and it seems to be a good fight.
But lookingg at the stats almost every star in each team are off night.
They have that when they are no in a good condition to play. The ball wont just go in even if the throw looks better.

Looking at the Western Conference status, the more appealing games to me by now is those who at the 6th up to 10th spot. They are all still fighting for the number 8th spot but it will be a long season and anything can happen.

That last close shot by KD, guess the is really for blazers that's so close and a wide open range for KD, let see what would be the result of their rematch if curry and the rest of GSW will win this as they already have a back to back losses inside their home crowd, blazers have a good impressive stats and already got twice snatch overtime winnings.

[richmcrich]

Another game by Lakers without Lebron, another loss by the young team. I mean they are still quite young and I know they are getting better and better each year and some of those players are just on their sophomore year but they look so much better when Lebron is playing whereas they are not really anywhere close without him.

I was thinking maybe this Lebron injury would give them a chance to show how much they improved over the course of this season thanks to playing with Lebron but it just an example of how much Lebron impacts his teammates, when he is playing he just makes everyone around him so much better, players start to play worse when he is not around.

This is not about Lebron making Lakers better, of course whichever team he is on will be better but this is just a way of showing it is not his talents that makes a team better, its also his bringing everyone best that makes teams better.

[Oceat]

~snip~
This is not about Lebron making Lakers better, of course whichever team he is on will be better but this is just a way of showing it is not his talents that makes a team better, its also his bringing everyone best that makes teams better.

No matter what team Lebron is, he can't carry the team if the team is not doing as hard as he can. Let's just say that most the players can't keep up to the level of Lebron showing on every game. There is something that lacking on a team if they aren't getting better over time, we all know that teamwork is very crucial to make the game works until the end.

[cabalism13]

No matter what team Lebron is, he can't carry the team if the team is not doing as hard as he can. Let's just say that most the players can't keep up to the level of Lebron showing on every game. There is something that lacking on a team if they aren't getting better over time, we all know that teamwork is very crucial to make the game works until the end.

Well there is, but its on the past when he's still on the Miami Heat where Lebron together with Wade and Bosh and considered as the Big three. The team is working well. I remember those days of Dallas and Miami was an Epic playoffs

[Jating]

This is not about Lebron making Lakers better, of course whichever team he is on will be better but this is just a way of showing it is not his talents that makes a team better, its also his bringing everyone best that makes teams better.

Exactly. The team is still very young and they needed a leadership that Lebron can bring to the Lakers. He can only carry them to a certain point, but all players also needed to bring their A game as well so that they can win games with or without Lebron playing.