2025 NBA Season

[harizen]

Since we are busy in NBA playoffs, I rarely have seen some news now and even I didn't post some for quite some time now.

Anyways the upcoming NBA draft will surely be interesting.

Just look at the participants: https://stats.nba.com/draft/combine/ - Damn. What a stats.

Of course, the most hype draftee this year is Duke's Zion Williamson and I know most of you heard this guy already. Just hoping he will live up into expectations and will not turn an overrated player.

[rodel caling]

Congratulations to the raptors get wins over Milwaukee because of the effort and dedication to get win to face at the final best of 7 championship games face the very stronger team in the NBA the GSW.

[Jating]

Since we are busy in NBA playoffs, I rarely have seen some news now and even I didn't post some for quite some time now.

Anyways the upcoming NBA draft will surely be interesting.

Just look at the participants: https://stats.nba.com/draft/combine/ - Damn. What a stats.

Of course, the most hype draftee this year is Duke's Zion Williamson and I know most of you heard this guy already. Just hoping he will live up into expectations and will not turn an overrated player.

In addition to that,

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George and Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo lead the 2018-19 NBA All-Defensive First Team.

The three finalists for the 2018-19 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award finished with nearly identical point totals as the top vote-getters for the NBA All-Defensive Teams.

The 2018-19 NBA All-Defensive First Team also features Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart (145 points; 63 First Team votes) and Milwaukee Bucks guard Eric Bledsoe (100 points; 36 First Team votes).  Smart and Bledsoe are both first-time selections to an NBA All-Defensive Team.

https://www.nba.com/2018-19-all-defensive-teams-official-release

Do you agree on the selection? PG defensive player? He wasn't able to stop Damian Lillard with the 3 point shot? No Klay, Iggy or Green from the Warrors?

[freedomgo]

Do you agree on the selection? PG defensive player? He wasn't able to stop Damian Lillard with the 3 point shot? No Klay, Iggy or Green from the Warrors?

This is purely based on the average statistic for the entire season, that one game cannot be used as a basis to determine a defensive player.
If we based this playoffs, I guess Draymond Green is the most defensive players IMO.

[bbc.reporter]

Nah resting period won't really matter.

These players are professional and they used to play regularly. Didn't you know that after every game, they do practice the other day and their usual routines. So come to think of it, they are doing that for the whole season.

No such thing as long rest = advantage ; short ones = disadvantages.

Game 7 is on 28th if necessary. 30th is the finals. Neither who will win on ECF will have a good rest. The said team instead will be more pump up and excited rather than tired. Remember that Bucks last finals appearance was way back 1973. Raptors, on the other hand, doesn't have experience.

It might matter, I reckon. Basketball is a physically draining sport, very much not like baseball hehe. This is why the odds change based on how many games the team has been playing within 1 or 2 weeks and if their next game is on the road.

In any case, if the Raptors played consistently and similarly against Golden State like the 4th game versus the Bucks, can they win? Also, what is everyone's predictions for Raptors, Bucks game 5? Is the +6.5 for the Raptors ok?

Forgive me with all the questions. I am a casual fan hehehe.

[Botnake]

Congratulations to the raptors get wins over Milwaukee because of the effort and dedication to get win to face at the final best of 7 championship games face the very stronger team in the NBA the GSW.

Best of 3 now, and the real battle starts tomorrow.

The team's part performance could be different in every game, so what we saw last game where the Raptors dominated in the game, might not happen in the upcoming game. Bucks is favored to win in the series based on the betting sites, so they will surely not gonna take the next game lightly.

Don't know if Leonard is fully healthy now, but last game we saw his production went down, just that hi teammates came to rescue.
Really hard to predict this game since it's already tied, but I'll never leave the favorite team in this series as I  know they'll win.

[Reid]

Nah resting period won't really matter.

These players are professional and they used to play regularly. Didn't you know that after every game, they do practice the other day and their usual routines. So come to think of it, they are doing that for the whole season.

No such thing as long rest = advantage ; short ones = disadvantages.

Game 7 is on 28th if necessary. 30th is the finals. Neither who will win on ECF will have a good rest. The said team instead will be more pump up and excited rather than tired. Remember that Bucks last finals appearance was way back 1973. Raptors, on the other hand, doesn't have experience.

I agree. It doesnt matter.

Actually it could be a good thing for them since they will have time to study both teams so that they will be prepared to any team they will be against.
I am sure they are now watching films from their games against both who are now fighting for the ECF.

GSW vs Milwaukee Bucks History

Dec 7   Golden State 105, Milwaukee 95              Curry 20 Pts      Thompson 20 Pts          Antetokounmpo 22 Pts
Nov 8   Milwaukee 134, Golden State 111      Bledsoe 26 Pts   Thompson 24 Pts

GSW vs Toronto Raptors History

Dec 12   Toronto 113, Golden State 93           Lowry 23 Pts      Durant 30 Pts
Nov 29   Toronto 131, Golden State 128 (OT)   Leonard 37 Pts      Durant 51 Pts

Credits to ESPN.

Even with Durant high scoring game they still lose against Raptors while with Bucks they got 1-1. I think this will be one of the great match ups.

[Caladonian]

Congratulations to the raptors get wins over Milwaukee because of the effort and dedication to get win to face at the final best of 7 championship games face the very stronger team in the NBA the GSW.

Best of 3 now, and the real battle starts tomorrow.

The team's part performance could be different in every game, so what we saw last game where the Raptors dominated in the game, might not happen in the upcoming game. Bucks is favored to win in the series based on the betting sites, so they will surely not gonna take the next game lightly.

Don't know if Leonard is fully healthy now, but last game we saw his production went down, just that hi teammates came to rescue.
Really hard to predict this game since it's already tied, but I'll never leave the favorite team in this series as I  know they'll win.

It's complicated to predict as we can't see how those stars will play this tied series, healthy Leonard can be an edge for Raptors knowing how he really loves playing big time to the point that he's willing to suffer his condition, but we do saw what he's performance after the 2 overtime win last game 3
and how he was playing the game after.

I'll wait till tomorrow and see how the game will proceed, tied series is really exciting to watch out.

[bisdak40]

Since we are busy in NBA playoffs, I rarely have seen some news now and even I didn't post some for quite some time now.

Anyways the upcoming NBA draft will surely be interesting.

Just look at the participants: https://stats.nba.com/draft/combine/ - Damn. What a stats.

Of course, the most hype draftee this year is Duke's Zion Williamson and I know most of you heard this guy already. Just hoping he will live up into expectations and will not turn an overrated player.

The Pelicans own the right of the number 1 pick and for sure they are eyeing Williamson, do you think that this could change the mind of AD to remain a Pelican because all of a sudden they are a contender if this Williamson will play as expected of him. They can also consider Irving to handle the ball for them.

[justdimin]

Top 5 changes game to game that is the reason why there is no true top 5 that could be accepted by everyone, sometimes harden plays so well that he is the best player in the league, then he sucks and does his floppy head moving travelling violation stuff and we all hate him, sometimes Giannis is unreal and it feels like we are watching an alien playing basketball, then we see him lose games like the last night and basically that top 5 always gets that same treatment by everyone.

Raptors vs Bucks is 2-2 and I was really rooting for it to be, I don't even want it to end at 6 games, I want that 7th game, Warriors are going to be champions nevertheless so why not at least get a super exciting eastern conference finals, if we are not getting NBA finals the ECF would be enough to actually watch some exciting basketball.

[Ipwich]

Raptors vs Bucks is 2-2 and I was really rooting for it to be, I don't even want it to end at 6 games, I want that 7th game,

Good luck, if the Bucks would loss tomorrow, it would end in 6 but if they win, it might go to game 7.

Warriors are going to be champions nevertheless so why not at least get a super exciting eastern conference finals, if we are not getting NBA finals the ECF would be enough to actually watch some exciting basketball.

Warriors are always the favorites to win the championship, but I have a feeling that there will be some upset this year.
They are really good, but they will be facing a better team compared to the Blazers, if Durant will not come back, it would be fun to see the old warriors.

[Reid]

Since we are busy in NBA playoffs, I rarely have seen some news now and even I didn't post some for quite some time now.

Anyways the upcoming NBA draft will surely be interesting.

Just look at the participants: https://stats.nba.com/draft/combine/ - Damn. What a stats.

Of course, the most hype draftee this year is Duke's Zion Williamson and I know most of you heard this guy already. Just hoping he will live up into expectations and will not turn an overrated player.

There is one I watched comparing RJ Barrett with Zion Williamson.

I tried to do some research and I do think RJ Barrett might be the better pick rather than Zion.
Too overrated. Yes he can fly and he can do some magical moves at the paint but there is something risky taking this guy.
He is freaking prone to injuries. Why? He is damn 6'7 with 129 kilograms in weight.
While Lebron is at 6'8 at 113 kilograms only.
Those numbers are being scouted too. Why again? Those legs of him might never take that impact from going down when he does those sky flying dunks all the time.

On the other hand.
We got RJ Barrett at 6'7 and just 94 kilograms. Wow. It is almost the perfect body that any players would want for a shooting guard or a small forward.
He may not have the best games of his life in Duke but, he had been improving every year.

That is what scouts like too. A room for improvement. While Zion is already a full blast player and just keeps on doing what he does with no changes.

A NBA Star is being born as a star because you cannot predict his moves anymore.
Yeah I may take Zion for the first pick because he is the apple of the eye. Then trade him for RJ with some plus. A good strategy.

[RealMalatesta]

I think resting does play a role not because tired or not tired situation but you are losing your flow on one side, a team that played a game just recently has a lot of hype behind them, they just won a game and eliminated a team and they are on a roll so that is great for them, a team that beats the opponent at 4-0 like warriors did doesn't have that much hype, it is just a sweep and they are already out there having a rest with their families and what not and even if you practice its never like the real game.

Now that is the positives of having a hype behind you and going to next series with that hype, however at the same time one team is more tired, they played 7 games and got tired whereas others have been on vacation for the past week and a half, look at what happened on bucks vs raptors game, raptors had the momentum coming from Sixers matchup and a last second shot and hype and they lead the game for third quarters but lost it on the fourth quarter because they got tired eventually.

[harizen]

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Do you agree on the selection? PG defensive player? He wasn't able to stop Damian Lillard with the 3 point shot? No Klay, Iggy or Green from the Warrors?

The stats came from the whole season performance. I agree that PG didn't able to contained Lillard most of the time on their playoffs match but the basis is the season stats.

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It might matter, I reckon. Basketball is a physically draining sport,

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I both understand your points but believed me, resting period doesn't really a big deal especially how Raptors and Bucks played this playoffs. We fans can easily say it matters because we are not there. They know much more than us. 2 days is enough period if Game 7 will happen.

It can't be the reason also if ever Golden State Warriors will take the Game 1 of NBA finals.

The Pelicans own the right of the number 1 pick and for sure they are eyeing Williamson, do you think that this could change the mind of AD to remain a Pelican because all of a sudden they are a contender if this Williamson will play as expected of him. They can also consider Irving to handle the ball for them.

Will not speculate too early though. For now, Im sure AD will leave.

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I've also noticed those other player's impressive body stats. Great height with impressive weight + great wingspan + nice elevation. Way better than Zion honestly.

Looks like this upcoming drafts is full of potential superstar in the future.

Not aware to others. Looks like I need to do some readings about them.

[leonair]

I think resting does play a role not because tired or not tired situation but you are losing your flow on one side, a team that played a game just recently has a lot of hype behind them, they just won a game and eliminated a team and they are on a roll so that is great for them, a team that beats the opponent at 4-0 like warriors did doesn't have that much hype, it is just a sweep and they are already out there having a rest with their families and what not and even if you practice its never like the real game.

Now that is the positives of having a hype behind you and going to next series with that hype, however at the same time one team is more tired, they played 7 games and got tired whereas others have been on vacation for the past week and a half, look at what happened on bucks vs raptors game, raptors had the momentum coming from Sixers matchup and a last second shot and hype and they lead the game for third quarters but lost it on the fourth quarter because they got tired eventually.

Actually NBA players doesn't need that much hype to play a good game though as they are already a professional in their field plus it's the Warriors and not a new contender that would be fighting the NBA finals, they may get their 3 peat this time.

While the Toronto and Bucks are so hungry to that Championship compare to Warriors but they are exhausted enough if their series extend to game 7 and will get a very short preparation time compare to their opponent. For as long as there's no serious injuries with the starting line up of Toronto and Bucks after then Warriors will be surely thrilled more than the Cleveland last year.

[batang_bitcoin]

Warriors are always the favorites to win the championship, but I have a feeling that there will be some upset this year.
They are really good, but they will be facing a better team compared to the Blazers, if Durant will not come back, it would be fun to see the old warriors.

I'd like to see that greatest upset for this season. I know that there's too many GSW fans out here but I'm still looking and want to see another team to have that championship, a team that's something new and has a star on the roster.

I'm talking about Giannis and Bucks. Although the series is tied now between them and Raptors, I wish them luck that the next games would be them so they can face the champs. I hope that they'll take game 5 later.

[Distinctin]

I'm talking about Giannis and Bucks. Although the series is tied now between them and Raptors, I wish them luck that the next games would be them so they can face the champs. I hope that they'll take game 5 later.

Let's hope that they can find a method to dominate the Raptors, like game 2.

This series getting longer might make it difficult for them to take the Raptors down as Leonard had more experience and he can use that to be the bucks.
Warriors have a long rest, they will fresh in game 1 and Durant have more time to recover if ever he still wants to come back in the Finals.

If another win for the warriors would happen, I want Curry to be the Finals MVP.

[Ranly123]

I'm talking about Giannis and Bucks. Although the series is tied now between them and Raptors, I wish them luck that the next games would be them so they can face the champs. I hope that they'll take game 5 later.

Let's hope that they can find a method to dominate the Raptors, like game 2.

This series getting longer might make it difficult for them to take the Raptors down as Leonard had more experience and he can use that to be the bucks.
Warriors have a long rest, they will fresh in game 1 and Durant have more time to recover if ever he still wants to come back in the Finals.

If another win for the warriors would happen, I want Curry to be the Finals MVP.

It's good to see Leonard against the warriors for the finals. This time in a raptors jersey he can face the warriors and that is if they defeat the bucks. It am rooting for the raptors to get to the finals this time.

[mich]

It is safe to say that whoever wins tonight will win this series only having to win 1 of the next 2
With both teams not losing at home in this series yet I dont see anything changing tonight
BUCKS will win this match by another 10+ points win

[Harkorede]

It is safe to say that whoever wins tonight will win this series only having to win 1 of the next 2
With both teams not losing at home in this series yet I dont see anything changing tonight
BUCKS will win this match by another 10+ points win

The approach to game has been good for the Bucks, they seem to be in a good rhythm compared to both games on the road and they indeed are the heavy favorites going into game but, It might be a lot closer than a 10+ points margin, I'm definitely backing whoever wins today(Bucks preferably) for game 6 as well, this series ain't going to game 7