2025 NBA Season

[Reid]

Right now, I am trying to sense that there is a blackballed thing going on with Melo, I don't know if he did something wrong with rockets or even OKC because dude is literally not given a contract by force, we are talking about 30 teams and 8-9 man rotations which means 250+ players needed for the league and owners can't possible make us believe that there are 250+ better players than Melo, that is not possible we all know Melo is still a better player than half of the league.

This is why I think this is more personal, either they don't like his character or his treatment to teammates or something, no idea why but its too obvious its not related to basketball. We see players saying "Melo needs a contract" but we never see any player saying "we should sign him to our team", that means maybe even players do not want him on their teams? I don't know but he should definitely be playing based on his talent even now.

Half of it could be the medias fault.
But you are right, it aint skill basis anymore. We know he is still good.
Another half is the possibility of what the media say is true.
If that is the case there could really be locker room problems that is happening.
Some players say he have a bad attitude but it wont be seen when he is on the court but only in the showers.

I agree, media has something to do with it, just listen as to how to attack Melo's personality even after joining OKC and some of them even blame him as to what happen to them the previous years. But media really knows something that we fans can't even believed if it's true or not, specially after a game and inside the locker room. Shouting, blaming each other after a game that fans can't see but media have access to it and reported. But most of the times then added something that creates some negative feelings about a player or even a coach.

Yes. It was their little birds who provides them information inside and out.
They will know everything with just some little digging in the locker room.
Name it, ESPN, Fox and other Vloggers who are trying to be analysts in the world of sports .
I am sure they could be one of the culprits into why players are not getting their right contracts.
KD is already one proof with his statements just a month ago. He had that drama against the NBA management and the media.

[Viscore]

No, I think this time he will gain some respect from people who hate him joining a super team.
This time around, he joined a team that struggle to be in playoffs  and with him and Kyrie, people are expecting they will reach to the finals and eventually win the NBA finals since these two are proven capable of doing it, but until now, we cannot be too confident, we need to wait and see him back and evaluate if he still play the same way he played with the Warriors.

The respect is already there because he has won championships, forget about those haters they should be proud of his achievements and just follow wherever he is right now.

We are on the part of assumptions, everything that we see right now is good as viewing but we can't tell the possibilities once the season has come.

And the difference as well, because Durant were able to win series of championships with the Warriors and let's see if he can do it with another team.
When he joined the Warriors, the hype of splash brothers have slowly dropped, now that Durant is out, we might see them doing their old thing which is to shoot 3s consistently and dominate a team and I like that the warriors are undervalued right now, and Durant still has to prove that he can win championship without Curry and Thompson playing beside him.

[Ziskinberg]

Guys, I got some news about KD.

Kevin Durant Could Potentially Make Return From Achilles Injury This Season

What do you all think? Can we expect the same Durant this coming season?

[jossiel]

Everyone is now recommending him and as fans, we are on his side. And now, there's another legend that's confident of a team picking up Melo.

Walt Frazier on ‘Melo: ‘I’m confident that somebody will give him a chance’

Lots of recommendations and call from the NBA superstars but still there are no teams that showing signs that they want Melo even at 1%.

It just shows that even Melo can still play 100% and willing to change just to get back in NBA, maybe teams still remember his attitude, behavior and being arrogant in his whole playing career.

Just 1 more season. Want to see the changes in Melo after he realized what's wrong.

We have no idea the reason why the teams don't want to sign him up. It could be the attitude that he showed before but it could also because of some other reasons.

But it seems that everyone is getting pity with his career if ever no team will sign him.

[Vaculin]

Guys, I got some news about KD.

Kevin Durant Could Potentially Make Return From Achilles Injury This Season

That's a good news, let me check the line for NBA futures now if its still available. ...
yeah, it's still up, Brooklyn Nets is 24.50 to win the championship, I think this is a good odds.

What do you all think? Can we expect the same Durant this coming season?

Like every player who came from serious injury, they will not easily get back to normal, and in addition, he is playing in a different team, so let's hope he will be okay and can still play on his MVP form.

[Jating]

Guys, I got some news about KD.

Kevin Durant Could Potentially Make Return From Achilles Injury This Season

What do you all think? Can we expect the same Durant this coming season?

It is still up to him though, we can't answer that question except hope that he can be back 100% just like Paul George did when he had one of the worst injury as a NBA player. One advantage though is that sports science today is very advance, and if he had the right attitude and right rehab trainer specialist, we can definitely see him back in it old self.

And definitely he don't need to force himself to suit up, he really need to heal it because achilles injury is very serious as it can spell doom for a NBA players such as his stature.

[Questat]

Guys, I got some news about KD.

Kevin Durant Could Potentially Make Return From Achilles Injury This Season

What do you all think? Can we expect the same Durant this coming season?

It is still up to him though, we can't answer that question except hope that he can be back 100% just like Paul George did when he had one of the worst injury as a NBA player. One advantage though is that sports science today is very advance, and if he had the right attitude and right rehab trainer specialist, we can definitely see him back in it old self.

And definitely he don't need to force himself to suit up, he really need to heal it because achilles injury is very serious as it can spell doom for a NBA players such as his stature.

Of course he would not do the same mistake again like he did in the last NBA finals where he aggravate his injury and the team would not allow him to play if he is not fully recovered yet as they invested a lot for him. But we have a good news as he could possibly play in the coming season, maybe in the later stage of the regular season is a good time to come back as long as the team is already secured for their playoff lives which I think is possible due to less competition in the east compared to the west.

[Ranly123]

Guys, I got some news about KD.

Kevin Durant Could Potentially Make Return From Achilles Injury This Season

What do you all think? Can we expect the same Durant this coming season?

I think he's not going to force the issue of his injury. I mean, he has a torn Achilles tendon which needs time to fully recovered. I can't believe this kind of news, but if he does come back this season it would mean he is willing to take the toll from his kind of injury.

[bisdak40]

Guys, I got some news about KD.

Kevin Durant Could Potentially Make Return From Achilles Injury This Season

What do you all think? Can we expect the same Durant this coming season?

I think he's not going to force the issue of his injury. I mean, he has a torn Achilles tendon which needs time to fully recovered. I can't believe this kind of news, but if he does come back this season it would mean he is willing to take the toll from his kind of injury.

He will not force to play just for the sake of playing, he will play because he is already healed and fit to play. He has learned his lesson and KD would not want that to happen again. KD playing this season is just a possibility and it all depends on the progress of his rehabilitation, nothing is definite yet but of course we all want him to be back healthy this season.

[goinmerry]

Guys, I got some news about KD.

Kevin Durant Could Potentially Make Return From Achilles Injury This Season

What do you all think? Can we expect the same Durant this coming season?

The majority knows that he will be out of the whole season so it doesn't really matter or surprising if he will play or not this season. If the doctor cleared him to play, then up to him if he will play or make the whole season his resting period.

We as a normal NBA fan can't just say he should just rest or don't force to play.

He is expected to be cleared after All-Star break. If he feels well, then why not. He is the one risking his career if he will just play while not fully recovered so I know he knows what he doing.

[Bttzed03]

Meanwhile, some experienced doctors have recommended athletes who suffered an ACL tear to have two years of recovery before playing again. That's a long period for Klay Thompson and not good for the Warriors if he ever plans to follow that recommendation. https://news.yahoo.com/warriors-klay-thompson-sit-two-192810043.html

[TravelMug]

Meanwhile, some experienced doctors have recommended athletes who suffered an ACL tear to have two years of recovery before playing again. That's a long period for Klay Thompson and not good for the Warriors if he ever plans to follow that recommendation. https://news.yahoo.com/warriors-klay-thompson-sit-two-192810043.html

If I remember correctly, Adrien Peterson (NFL) has one of the worst ACL injury of any NFL player but come back very strong in less than one year. So with proper rehab and recovery, I think Klay Thompson can comeback in about a year and became 100% again.

Two years though is too long for someone as elite as Klay to sit down.

Anyway, I'm sure by heart he has all the intentions to play and contribute, so it's really up to him and the doctors to give the go signal and resume his career early.

[Golftech]

Guys, I got some news about KD.

Kevin Durant Could Potentially Make Return From Achilles Injury This Season

What do you all think? Can we expect the same Durant this coming season?

The majority knows that he will be out of the whole season so it doesn't really matter or surprising if he will play or not this season. If the doctor cleared him to play, then up to him if he will play or make the whole season his resting period.

We as a normal NBA fan can't just say he should just rest or don't force to play.

He is expected to be cleared after All-Star break. If he feels well, then why not. He is the one risking his career if he will just play while not fully recovered so I know he knows what he doing.

Career wise and for future good health condition, it's better to stay at bench and rest, it could bring more good investment for the entire franchise. Though it's not bad if he will be cleared and be allowed to play, it's still his option whether to take chances or to keep resting for the best outcome for longer healthy condition.

KD is one of those faces of this league, and without him, this season will be not an interesting one for the fans who loves him playing.

[rosezionjohn]

These injury talks reminded me of the time D. Rose (Bulls) was cleared by team doctors but doesn't feel like he was physically and mentally healthy to play . The same goes for Kahwi (Spurs). This is something each team has to consider too before letting them play. 

[harizen]

KD is one of those faces of this league, and without him, this season will be not an interesting one for the fans who loves him playing.

We might have a different thought on this.

Kevin Durant is no doubt one of the faces in the league but to think that this season might not be interesting because of him, maybe not playing, is out of the context. I believed even a pure KD fan will not think of this.

If he will play or not this season, nothing will change. Maybe good since we will see more competition in the East. However, I will not expect too much for the Nets this season but instead, I want to see them full force in the season 2020-21.

This is something each team has to consider too before letting them play.  

That is surely considered.

NBA teams are very professional handling such cases. Players are not just allowed to play because they want.

[bitgolden]

How the hell did Durant earned any respect? Dude literally went from a team that could beat warriors on 3-1 if Durant didn't screwed up and then next year he joined a 73-9 team and they eventually won couple rings together, even without Durant Warrios had a big chance to become champions on all those years, sure Durant made a HUGE difference but the difference was "most likely champions" to "definitely champions" and nothing more.

He doesn't have my respect for sure, even Westbrook is in rockets right now but he has my respect over Durant because he had to leave instead of bail out like a snake and talk bad things about his old team. That is why Durant will never be a great star in my eye, no matter how much he scores or how many rings he gets, he will always be a snake to me.

[wheelz1200]

Right now, I am trying to sense that there is a blackballed thing going on with Melo, I don't know if he did something wrong with rockets or even OKC because dude is literally not given a contract by force, we are talking about 30 teams and 8-9 man rotations which means 250+ players needed for the league and owners can't possible make us believe that there are 250+ better players than Melo, that is not possible we all know Melo is still a better player than half of the league.

This is why I think this is more personal, either they don't like his character or his treatment to teammates or something, no idea why but its too obvious its not related to basketball. We see players saying "Melo needs a contract" but we never see any player saying "we should sign him to our team", that means maybe even players do not want him on their teams? I don't know but he should definitely be playing based on his talent even now.

There is nothing wrong with his character.  The issue is his high usage rate and changing his game up.  Melo balled in his prime, his usage rate was real high and he is comfortable playing that style, his game isnt situated to play off the ball that's not his game.  That's why he isnt signed because there are better role players that can play off the ball better than melo.

[wheelz1200]

How the hell did Durant earned any respect? Dude literally went from a team that could beat warriors on 3-1 if Durant didn't screwed up and then next year he joined a 73-9 team and they eventually won couple rings together, even without Durant Warrios had a big chance to become champions on all those years, sure Durant made a HUGE difference but the difference was "most likely champions" to "definitely champions" and nothing more.

He doesn't have my respect for sure, even Westbrook is in rockets right now but he has my respect over Durant because he had to leave instead of bail out like a snake and talk bad things about his old team. That is why Durant will never be a great star in my eye, no matter how much he scores or how many rings he gets, he will always be a snake to me.

Not liking how a guy handles his business is one thing but saying he isnt a great star just ain't right.  Top 5 player in the world right now (pre injury).  No one can cover durant on a consistent basis, no matter what he is getting his in a game.  How is him going to a team like the nets change your mind?  It's not like the nets are set up to be world beaters

[Reid]

Guys, I got some news about KD.

Kevin Durant Could Potentially Make Return From Achilles Injury This Season

What do you all think? Can we expect the same Durant this coming season?

As long as they say it will be Durant's decision by now. And the medical background should be real by now.
Unlike with what happened with GSW medical team where they are being unprofessional into pinpointing the what the the injury of KD is.

Looks like they have discovered something new to haste the process or there could be some medical equipment more advance in New York?
I dont know. I am just speculating. But if they do, then it is a good thing. Kyrie will have an easy time to lead the team.

[Finestream]

Guys, I got some news about KD.

Kevin Durant Could Potentially Make Return From Achilles Injury This Season

What do you all think? Can we expect the same Durant this coming season?

As long as they say it will be Durant's decision by now. And the medical background should be real by now.
Unlike with what happened with GSW medical team where they are being unprofessional into pinpointing the what the the injury of KD is.

Looks like they have discovered something new to haste the process or there could be some medical equipment more advance in New York?
I dont know. I am just speculating. But if they do, then it is a good thing. Kyrie will have an easy time to lead the team.

Maybe because Durant recovery is good, before they said that he will be out in the whole series but that was just an estimate, they can't really tell because if the body of Durant is willing to heal faster because of his love to the game, that would happen.

I think the fans of Durant will be happy with this news, seeing him play with the Nets this coming season will increase more their chance to be a great contender in the East and will face the best in the West, if it would be Durant vs Lebron in the Finals, I think this is going to be a classic match up.