2024 NBA Season

[Oasisman]

Booker could be a good answer for a team that is chasing a championship that is struggling, like the Bucks, if he will play with the Bucks, I think he can help Giannis to be in the NBA Finals as he has the consistency and anytime he could explode.

It might cost them a good players in exchange for that supposed trade. Bucks core will be destroyed in exchange for Booker.

Even Giannis' future is not sure about the Bucks so maybe Booker will not show interest.

But Milwaukee Bucks isn't one of the teams in the rumor. Booker can also consider the Golden State Warriors for his championship goal but I don't know if Warriors will consider giving him a max contract as The Splash Brothers already have a good contract.

It's time for the Bucks to take that risk, they keep their players, nothing will change, they will dominate in the regular season but they will tank in the playoffs. I guess some players like Eric Bledsoe and other high payed athlete can be a good trade for Booker.

Bucks will have a big 3 with Giannis, Booker, and Middleton.

That looks a legit big 3, right?

Eric Bledsoe had $70m 4 year contract, while Devin Booker had $158m 5 year contract in Phoenix. But Booker's value might increase because he's becoming better and better every year. Most specially during the NBA bubble when the Suns has been undefeated while Booker averages 30ppg shooting over 50% fg.
I'm afraid Middleton will be involved If we're talking about the Booker to Bucks trade.

[freedomgo]

Booker could be a good answer for a team that is chasing a championship that is struggling, like the Bucks, if he will play with the Bucks, I think he can help Giannis to be in the NBA Finals as he has the consistency and anytime he could explode.

It might cost them a good players in exchange for that supposed trade. Bucks core will be destroyed in exchange for Booker.

Even Giannis' future is not sure about the Bucks so maybe Booker will not show interest.

But Milwaukee Bucks isn't one of the teams in the rumor. Booker can also consider the Golden State Warriors for his championship goal but I don't know if Warriors will consider giving him a max contract as The Splash Brothers already have a good contract.

It's time for the Bucks to take that risk, they keep their players, nothing will change, they will dominate in the regular season but they will tank in the playoffs. I guess some players like Eric Bledsoe and other high payed athlete can be a good trade for Booker.

Bucks will have a big 3 with Giannis, Booker, and Middleton.

That looks a legit big 3, right?

Eric Bledsoe had $70m 4 year contract, while Devin Booker had $158m 5 year contract in Phoenix. But Booker's value might increase because he's becoming better and better every year. Most specially during the NBA bubble when the Suns has been undefeated while Booker averages 30ppg shooting over 50% fg.
I'm afraid Middleton will be involved If we're talking about the Booker to Bucks trade.

They would not touch Middleton I guess, he was also playing very well during the bubble and by far the most consistent player in the Bucks roster when it comes to generating points and making clutch shots.

Let's check out their payroll : https://www.basketball-reference.com/contracts/MIL.html

As we can see, we still have Lopez and George hill which also has a decent salary in the Roster, even Lopez and Bledsoe would be enough to trade with Booker IMO.

[ingiltere]

It's logical that they don't want to miss Christmas special games and start season early instead of mid-January.
I don't know how they handle all these off-season things in only one month but hope for the best, we should see a covid free season again.
Regular season has 10 game cut, this is not a big problem because people hype about special games and such more.

[erikoy]

It's logical that they don't want to miss Christmas special games and start season early instead of mid-January.
I don't know how they handle all these off-season things in only one month but hope for the best, we should see a covid free season again.
Regular season has 10 game cut, this is not a big problem because people hype about special games and such more.

What could be done is difficult than what could be told. It is easy to say something than to do things around. Now with the NBA opening season I think this could be a difficult task for the NBA organizers following the mandate of the WHO new protocols for all people involve in the NBA event. Fans now are waiting for the next season to get fun in watching next season players movement team adjustments and the possible team that could step up to play offs and finals.

[btc_angela]

It's logical that they don't want to miss Christmas special games and start season early instead of mid-January.
I don't know how they handle all these off-season things in only one month but hope for the best, we should see a covid free season again.
Regular season has 10 game cut, this is not a big problem because people hype about special games and such more.

At least they are back on schedule, only those who are going to be affected are the Lakers and Miami Heat. The rest has enough time to regroup and start to practice prior to the opening. I'm reading Booker potential move to Bucks, damn, if these happens, many players in the bucks are going to be traded, most likely Middleton or Bledsoe could be the bait here.

[Reid]

It's time for the Bucks to take that risk, they keep their players, nothing will change, they will dominate in the regular season but they will tank in the playoffs. I guess some players like Eric Bledsoe and other high payed athlete can be a good trade for Booker.

Bucks will have a big 3 with Giannis, Booker, and Middleton.

That looks a legit big 3, right?

I think you have a good goal here to want Bucks to be strong and take the championship this season.
But, the cap space will always be the wall.
As said by chaser15, it will cost them a lot and that means roleplayers being traded.
You can't do that while trying to fill Bucks with players that compliment the strength of Giannis.

It's logical that they don't want to miss Christmas special games and start season early instead of mid-January.
I don't know how they handle all these off-season things in only one month but hope for the best, we should see a covid free season again.
Regular season has 10 game cut, this is not a big problem because people hype about special games and such more.

Yeah, that means more money. Ads, ads, ads. 

[Oasisman]

Eric Bledsoe had $70m 4 year contract, while Devin Booker had $158m 5 year contract in Phoenix. But Booker's value might increase because he's becoming better and better every year. Most specially during the NBA bubble when the Suns has been undefeated while Booker averages 30ppg shooting over 50% fg.
I'm afraid Middleton will be involved If we're talking about the Booker to Bucks trade.

They would not touch Middleton I guess, he was also playing very well during the bubble and by far the most consistent player in the Bucks roster when it comes to generating points and making clutch shots.

Sure the Bucks won't do that, but the Phoenix Suns will surely demand Middleton to be in the trade.
But anyway, I really want this kid Devin Booker to be out of the Phoenix Suns. I mean he deserves to be playing in the playoffs every year. The Suns isn't providing him anyone who could actually help him get to the post season.
It's just a good choice that Booker actually wants to leave Phoenix. I hope he could land a good team like Bucks, Sixers, or Minnesota.

[erikoy]

Eric Bledsoe had $70m 4 year contract, while Devin Booker had $158m 5 year contract in Phoenix. But Booker's value might increase because he's becoming better and better every year. Most specially during the NBA bubble when the Suns has been undefeated while Booker averages 30ppg shooting over 50% fg.
I'm afraid Middleton will be involved If we're talking about the Booker to Bucks trade.

They would not touch Middleton I guess, he was also playing very well during the bubble and by far the most consistent player in the Bucks roster when it comes to generating points and making clutch shots.

Sure the Bucks won't do that, but the Phoenix Suns will surely demand Middleton to be in the trade.
But anyway, I really want this kid Devin Booker to be out of the Phoenix Suns. I mean he deserves to be playing in the playoffs every year. The Suns isn't providing him anyone who could actually help him get to the post season.
It's just a good choice that Booker actually wants to leave Phoenix. I hope he could land a good team like Bucks, Sixers, or Minnesota.

I prefer him to be with the nuggets, miami or boston celtics. These teams were great but they need other key players that could help them lift their chances of winning in every game. It is possible for him to join other team like KD that does want to get an MVP and championship that he was able to join golden states that time when golden states are already championsm. Now KD is doing well with other team also but not able to get a good support in the last season with now show up in the play offs likewise with the GSW.

[dwyane36]

Yeah, that means more money. Ads, ads, ads. 

I think the leadership of the NBA will use any chance to earn additional money, considering that they lost a lot of money in the previous season. So it's okay if they will start next season on Christmas with another commercial video and many ads.

[Fredomago]

It's logical that they don't want to miss Christmas special games and start season early instead of mid-January.
I don't know how they handle all these off-season things in only one month but hope for the best, we should see a covid free season again.
Regular season has 10 game cut, this is not a big problem because people hype about special games and such more.

At least they are back on schedule, only those who are going to be affected are the Lakers and Miami Heat. The rest has enough time to regroup and start to practice prior to the opening.

Indeed. The good thing is they are back on track and fans will see their favorite players and team competing again. They are all professionals for sure adjustment can be done.

In terms of teams to preparations, everyone needs to start conditioning their lineups. We are all hoping to see regular games same as what we usually watch.

I'm reading Booker potential move to Bucks, damn, if these happens, many players in the bucks are going to be traded, most likely Middleton or Bledsoe could be the bait here.

It's un-avoided as Booker value needs to be catered by the bucks, they need to open cap if they are serious about getting booker to
their squad, not even it cause to let go stars like Middleton and Bledsoe.

[Reid]

Now let's combine politics and USA Sports (especially NBA of course) and sports gambling. 

"Do not open gymnasiums."

Biden has appeared more willing than Trump to aggressively address COVID-19 in the short term with hopes that it will curtail the spread of the disease in the long term. He has supported a national mask mandate and said in August that he would implement a national lockdown if scientists recommend taking that step.

"If you have a reproduction rate in a community that's above a certain level, everybody says, slow up," Biden said during a presidential debate. "More social distancing. Do not open bars and do not open gymnasiums. Do not open until you get this under control, under more control."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2020/11/07/joe-bidens-election-and-how-could-impact-world-sports/6160249002/

We all know he is winning.
High chances of NBA being stopped or will not even start in December if ever he will focus on what he said during his campaigns.
Defeating Covid-19 is one of those. That means lockdowns.

[davinchi]

Devin Booker is not the type of player that can go to any team he wants and make that team a championship contender. Sure Miami had a finals season which we were all shocked, we were expecting other teams at the finals and mainly bucks but Miami somehow got to finals, but putting Devin Booker in there in exchange of any player like hero or Robinson, you are not going to guarantee championship contention, you are just making sure you are a contender but there are at least 3-4 other teams at that level.

Only way he could actually make a chance would be going to either a team that is too good like Lakers or clippers or bucks, or he could go to a team that could grow with him like Nuggets which could actually get him with few players and they are very young so they could grow together.

[batang_bitcoin]

Now let's combine politics and USA Sports (especially NBA of course) and sports gambling. 

"Do not open gymnasiums."

Biden has appeared more willing than Trump to aggressively address COVID-19 in the short term with hopes that it will curtail the spread of the disease in the long term. He has supported a national mask mandate and said in August that he would implement a national lockdown if scientists recommend taking that step.

"If you have a reproduction rate in a community that's above a certain level, everybody says, slow up," Biden said during a presidential debate. "More social distancing. Do not open bars and do not open gymnasiums. Do not open until you get this under control, under more control."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2020/11/07/joe-bidens-election-and-how-could-impact-world-sports/6160249002/

We all know he is winning.
High chances of NBA being stopped or will not even start in December if ever he will focus on what he said during his campaigns.
Defeating Covid-19 is one of those. That means lockdowns.

I think that's different in the bubble. If all the teams goes back to the bubble following all the protocols and health safety, they will be allowed. He can give it a consideration as it became a success and the next season is about to come. But it's also worrying that it's likely that the bubble will stop but to classify it with gymnasiums, we don't know what's next. Right now, I don't think that it will affect the upcoming season. Hopefully, it won't and he won't focus stopping the league because of covid as it has proved to be an effective style to continue.

[Maslate]

Devin Booker is not the type of player that can go to any team he wants and make that team a championship contender. Sure Miami had a finals season which we were all shocked, we were expecting other teams at the finals and mainly bucks but Miami somehow got to finals, but putting Devin Booker in there in exchange of any player like hero or Robinson, you are not going to guarantee championship contention, you are just making sure you are a contender but there are at least 3-4 other teams at that level.

Only way he could actually make a chance would be going to either a team that is too good like Lakers or clippers or bucks, or he could go to a team that could grow with him like Nuggets which could actually get him with few players and they are very young so they could grow together.

You have a good point though, but we never know what's gonna happen as we only see Booker playing in one team on his NBA career and we are amazed by his big improvement especially in the bubble that he always make his team qualified in the playoffs.

His team is not really built as a championship contented but he has the talent that could be very useful for a strong team that has been struggling until now, like the Bucks, or who knows, maybe he could fit with the Heat to pair with Jimmy.

There's a lot of talent for this young guy which I believe any team would go after him.

[Reid]

I think that's different in the bubble. If all the teams goes back to the bubble following all the protocols and health safety, they will be allowed. He can give it a consideration as it became a success and the next season is about to come. But it's also worrying that it's likely that the bubble will stop but to classify it with gymnasiums, we don't know what's next. Right now, I don't think that it will affect the upcoming season. Hopefully, it won't and he won't focus stopping the league because of covid as it has proved to be an effective style to continue.

Yeah, don't want to be pessimistic here.
I want the game to go on. Not as normal as it was but still a better way to entertain people while staying at home.
Lockdowns will work properly if they can turn on the television and can watch live games.
Perhaps, that's a good reason to push Biden (if he wins) to let the NBA continue in the bubble.

[mirakal]

I think that's different in the bubble. If all the teams goes back to the bubble following all the protocols and health safety, they will be allowed. He can give it a consideration as it became a success and the next season is about to come. But it's also worrying that it's likely that the bubble will stop but to classify it with gymnasiums, we don't know what's next. Right now, I don't think that it will affect the upcoming season. Hopefully, it won't and he won't focus stopping the league because of covid as it has proved to be an effective style to continue.

Yeah, don't want to be pessimistic here.
I want the game to go on. Not as normal as it was but still a better way to entertain people while staying at home.
Lockdowns will work properly if they can turn on the television and can watch live games.
Perhaps, that's a good reason to push Biden (if he wins) to let the NBA continue in the bubble.

Biden wins, he is now the new president of the USA and I think the NBA bubble is not really a problem since they already had a success before. The bubble set up will continue and NBA will continue to give us the kind of entertainment we enjoyed last season, and I would say, the new set up worked.

[batang_bitcoin]

I think that's different in the bubble. If all the teams goes back to the bubble following all the protocols and health safety, they will be allowed. He can give it a consideration as it became a success and the next season is about to come. But it's also worrying that it's likely that the bubble will stop but to classify it with gymnasiums, we don't know what's next. Right now, I don't think that it will affect the upcoming season. Hopefully, it won't and he won't focus stopping the league because of covid as it has proved to be an effective style to continue.

Yeah, don't want to be pessimistic here.
I want the game to go on. Not as normal as it was but still a better way to entertain people while staying at home.
Lockdowns will work properly if they can turn on the television and can watch live games.
Perhaps, that's a good reason to push Biden (if he wins) to let the NBA continue in the bubble.

Exactly. The lockdowns or stay at home protocols are going to make everyone bored and if there's no entertainment like the NBA league, I'm sure that it will create a lot of problems for some that are not contented with the stay at home policies.
But it could not be a big deal for them, AFAIK, he'll sit on January 2021 so if the league will start by December 2020 there's still enough time for it to start. Anyway if I have said something wrong about dates and policies, cmiiw.

[btc_angela]

I think that's different in the bubble. If all the teams goes back to the bubble following all the protocols and health safety, they will be allowed. He can give it a consideration as it became a success and the next season is about to come. But it's also worrying that it's likely that the bubble will stop but to classify it with gymnasiums, we don't know what's next. Right now, I don't think that it will affect the upcoming season. Hopefully, it won't and he won't focus stopping the league because of covid as it has proved to be an effective style to continue.

Yeah, don't want to be pessimistic here.
I want the game to go on. Not as normal as it was but still a better way to entertain people while staying at home.
Lockdowns will work properly if they can turn on the television and can watch live games.
Perhaps, that's a good reason to push Biden (if he wins) to let the NBA continue in the bubble.

Biden wins, he is now the new president of the USA and I think the NBA bubble is not really a problem since they already had a success before. The bubble set up will continue and NBA will continue to give us the kind of entertainment we enjoyed last season, and I would say, the new set up worked.

Yeah, I don't think NBA will be affected regardless of who are going to win the US presidential elections. Everything has now been set up for next month start of the NBA and by that time, there could be improvements in the safety protocols because for sure NBA has learn a thing or two during the 2019-2020 bubble games.

There could be more self isolations, players being tested more frequently, contract tracing, etc.

[Russlenat]

I think that's different in the bubble. If all the teams goes back to the bubble following all the protocols and health safety, they will be allowed. He can give it a consideration as it became a success and the next season is about to come. But it's also worrying that it's likely that the bubble will stop but to classify it with gymnasiums, we don't know what's next. Right now, I don't think that it will affect the upcoming season. Hopefully, it won't and he won't focus stopping the league because of covid as it has proved to be an effective style to continue.

Yeah, don't want to be pessimistic here.
I want the game to go on. Not as normal as it was but still a better way to entertain people while staying at home.
Lockdowns will work properly if they can turn on the television and can watch live games.
Perhaps, that's a good reason to push Biden (if he wins) to let the NBA continue in the bubble.

Biden wins, he is now the new president of the USA and I think the NBA bubble is not really a problem since they already had a success before. The bubble set up will continue and NBA will continue to give us the kind of entertainment we enjoyed last season, and I would say, the new set up worked.

Yeah, I don't think NBA will be affected regardless of who are going to win the US presidential elections. Everything has now been set up for next month start of the NBA and by that time, there could be improvements in the safety protocols because for sure NBA has learn a thing or two during the 2019-2020 bubble games.

There could be more self isolations, players being tested more frequently, contract tracing, etc.

I'm always welcome with that kind of protocol as all we want to see is a successful next season, more test the better as it will ensure that no virus will enter the venue. This time is bigger because it's the whole NBA teams that are going to play, so they need to make sure the place is safe from the covid-19 as we don't want to see delay of games or worst cancellation of the NBA season.

[Rebisco]

I think that's different in the bubble. If all the teams goes back to the bubble following all the protocols and health safety, they will be allowed. He can give it a consideration as it became a success and the next season is about to come. But it's also worrying that it's likely that the bubble will stop but to classify it with gymnasiums, we don't know what's next. Right now, I don't think that it will affect the upcoming season. Hopefully, it won't and he won't focus stopping the league because of covid as it has proved to be an effective style to continue.

Yeah, don't want to be pessimistic here.
I want the game to go on. Not as normal as it was but still a better way to entertain people while staying at home.
Lockdowns will work properly if they can turn on the television and can watch live games.
Perhaps, that's a good reason to push Biden (if he wins) to let the NBA continue in the bubble.

Biden wins, he is now the new president of the USA and I think the NBA bubble is not really a problem since they already had a success before. The bubble set up will continue and NBA will continue to give us the kind of entertainment we enjoyed last season, and I would say, the new set up worked.

Yeah, I don't think NBA will be affected regardless of who are going to win the US presidential elections. Everything has now been set up for next month start of the NBA and by that time, there could be improvements in the safety protocols because for sure NBA has learn a thing or two during the 2019-2020 bubble games.

There could be more self isolations, players being tested more frequently, contract tracing, etc.

I'm always welcome with that kind of protocol as all we want to see is a successful next season, more test the better as it will ensure that no virus will enter the venue. This time is bigger because it's the whole NBA teams that are going to play, so they need to make sure the place is safe from the covid-19 as we don't want to see delay of games or worst cancellation of the NBA season.

It is still early to discuss on what will happen in the next season because there is still pandemic and there is a recent projection saying if the NBA starts at early January, they may incur losses amounting $1 Billion and above because audiences are still not allowed to watch inside the stadium to prevent the spread of the virus. I'm sure that a lot of audiences especially the bettors like me who are now excited to watch and make a bet a game again in NBA. I do not know if the commissioner will form a bubble again to start the Pre-Season.