2025 NBA Season

[Dave1]

https://www.nba.com/news/beal-excited-for-spark-westbrook-will-bring-to-wizards

I'm happy to hear this kind of news, it's so positive that a start player of Wizards are excited to play with Westbrook. Hopefully their chemistry will be develop easily, one of them needs to adjust, I guess it will be Beal because Westbrook will always be himself, aggressive and willing to shot the ball without hesitation.

Indeed, this is a good start to WB coming to Wizards, because we are questioning whether he will be a perfect fit to Washington with Beal. But hearing this news, I agree that this is very positive on both parties and I'm sure Westbrook will really appreciate this coming from Beal and who knows, they might create a spark and bring some success to the Wizards team this season.

[Reid]

https://www.nba.com/news/beal-excited-for-spark-westbrook-will-bring-to-wizards

I'm happy to hear this kind of news, it's so positive that a start player of Wizards are excited to play with Westbrook. Hopefully their chemistry will be develop easily, one of them needs to adjust, I guess it will be Beal because Westbrook will always be himself, aggressive and willing to shot the ball without hesitation.

2 ball handlers and also aggressive at finishing in the paint.
But it can't be all offense for these two. They also need to contribute with the defense which will matter a lot for the Wizards to succeed.
Maybe just taking Wizards back to the playoffs is a good step already.

Good news for Spurs fans.
The goal for the Spurs remains the same: to make the playoffs
https://twitter.com/tom_orsborn/status/1334192491176800264?s=20

Patty on #Spurs' new up-tempo style of play: "It allows guys like DeMar and our wing players to play with more freedom and (for guys) to shoot more 3s...It's a fun way to play and exciting way to play."

[jostorres]

Wizzards has been one of the worst teams on defense in recent years, with westbrook they are not going to be any better neither, that is going to be a trouble for them and if they could somehow manage to do it well enough they could potentially be a good sneaky playoff contender.

Spurs are having hard time because they had players like Bryn Forbes and Bellineli who to be frank were very good offensive players but were very big liability on defense, patty mills is like that as well but at least he tries, fails but tries. This year with those players gone and a potential that Demar actually could play at 4 (or at least at 3) there is a big chance we could see dejounte, white, keldon and lonnie play a lot more minutes this year, and that will help the team not only make it to playoffs but also grow their young talents a lot better this year.

[ingiltere]

Westbrook will bring Wizards some quality but I don't think they are a contender team at all. The most they can do is going through Eastern Conference semi finals. I don't even think they can reach East Finals with that lineup.
John Wall was missing whole season so this gamble works better for Wizards.

[Reid]

Spurs are having hard time because they had players like Bryn Forbes and Bellineli who to be frank were very good offensive players but were very big liability on defense, patty mills is like that as well but at least he tries, fails but tries. This year with those players gone and a potential that Demar actually could play at 4 (or at least at 3) there is a big chance we could see dejounte, white, keldon and lonnie play a lot more minutes this year, and that will help the team not only make it to playoffs but also grow their young talents a lot better this year.

Yeah, they missed playoffs last year because of Covid and then Aldridge getting injured.
But I dont think Pops will let slide a back to back non playoffs year.
He is not just that type to fail twice.
This new players added to the team might be the recipe to complete whatever he is cooking right now to make DeRozan shine more.

[harizen]

Westbrook will bring Wizards some quality but I don't think they are a contender team at all. The most they can do is going through Eastern Conference semi finals. I don't even think they can reach East Finals with that lineup.

The possibility of playoffs is possible but yes, reaching the Finals, even passing the 2nd round will be tough or I will give it a 20% chance (not degrading the whole Wizards team).

If the team is serious about rebuilding (since they already gamble), they need to surround Westbrook and Beal with another good role player much especially that the latter is showing a positive response that Westbrook will be fit on their team.

The contenders in the East in the upcoming season are still those teams that always in the Favorites every year with the addition of the Miami Heat and the improved Brooklyn Nets.

[freedomgo]

Westbrook will bring Wizards some quality but I don't think they are a contender team at all. The most they can do is going through Eastern Conference semi finals. I don't even think they can reach East Finals with that lineup.

The possibility of playoffs is possible but yes, reaching the Finals, even passing the 2nd round will be tough or I will give it a 20% chance (not degrading the whole Wizards team).

If the team is serious about rebuilding (since they already gamble), they need to surround Westbrook and Beal with another good role player much especially that the latter is showing a positive response that Westbrook will be fit on their team.

The contenders in the East in the upcoming season are still those teams that always in the Favorites every year with the addition of the Miami Heat and the improved Brooklyn Nets.

It will not happen right away, the way I see it, Wizards does not have a lot of role players in the team that could bring it in the Finals.
One step at a time maybe, they'll reach in the playoffs this season and then they will improve in the coming seasons.

Westbrook never missed a playoff if I'm not mistaken, so he has a winner mentality but he needs to help build a good chemistry within the team.

Let us witness together if Westbrook will make the team great, or sh*t.

[chaser15]

Let us witness together if Westbrook will make the team great, or sh*t.

If ever the team will be shit, it's all their fault and not just Westbrook. They are shit for 2 years now.

Wizards, even with the soft competition in the East are struggling even at the 8th spot. They missed playoffs for 2 seasons now and Beal can't carry the whole team, or should I say, there is no one stepping up on that team aside from Beal. Instead of we can see other players stepping up as John Wall is injury, there are no changes at all. Westbrook can help them reached the playoffs again. For the Conference Finals, it has a low chance. With their current lineup, there is no way they can match the current roster of top 5 or 6 contenders in the East.

[stadus]

Let us witness together if Westbrook will make the team great, or sh*t.

If ever the team will be shit, it's all their fault and not just Westbrook. They are shit for 2 years now.

Wizards, even with the soft competition in the East are struggling even at the 8th spot. They missed playoffs for 2 seasons now and Beal can't carry the whole team, or should I say, there is no one stepping up on that team aside from Beal. Instead of we can see other players stepping up as John Wall is injury, there are no changes at all. Westbrook can help them reached the playoffs again. For the Conference Finals, it has a low chance. With their current lineup, there is no way they can match the current roster of top 5 or 6 contenders in the East.

This is certainly different compared to the Rockets, when Westbrook was traded to Rockets in exchange of CP3, they were expecting for the Rockets to be a championship contender, but here, less pressure and getting into the playoffs would already make the management happy.

[Yaunfitda]

Let us witness together if Westbrook will make the team great, or sh*t.

If ever the team will be shit, it's all their fault and not just Westbrook. They are shit for 2 years now.

Lol, let's just go ahead of our selves, I agree that Wizards is one of the worst and struggling team right now. But they bring Westbrook so let's see how it goes.

Wizards, even with the soft competition in the East are struggling even at the 8th spot. They missed playoffs for 2 seasons now and Beal can't carry the whole team, or should I say, there is no one stepping up on that team aside from Beal. Instead of we can see other players stepping up as John Wall is injury, there are no changes at all. Westbrook can help them reached the playoffs again. For the Conference Finals, it has a low chance. With their current lineup, there is no way they can match the current roster of top 5 or 6 contenders in the East.

Right, because Wall is injured and Beal can't really carry the team in his shoulders that why they are on the losing skid. And now that the management has somewhat make a move to make the team and the fans happy again with Westbrook acquisition, there might be a chance that they can make the playoffs this season, at least seeded 7th or 8th is not that bad. 

[rhomelmabini]

Let us witness together if Westbrook will make the team great, or sh*t.

For now we shouldn't name him Westbrook he's the reborn Eastbrook, Eastbroke, whatever. Well, we should still bite our tongues about this until we even get to the actual season and see how they execute it. He can carry a team and that has been proven when he got that regular season MVP last 2017 even though he hasn't have that superteam and just have Oladipo and Adams and just at par with his current team or maybe he needs a good Center or good rotation players.

[harizen]

Well, we should still bite our tongues about this until we even get to the actual season and see how they execute it.

Correct. Let's see how it will go. Too much hate for Westbrook here lol. Although I understand as for the past 12 seasons, Westbrook doesn't seem to find yet a good tandem, maybe due to his playing style and aggressive stat-padding before. But to give him credits, for what happened in OKC with Paul George and in HOU with James Harden, these guys are also choking in the playoffs so the blame shouldn't be on Westbrook alone.

Moving to the Wizards, a struggling team, makes me think that Westbrook's career will end up in no-championship. He's not pursuing to be involved in a championship contender team or those teams think it's a gamble to acquire Westbrook.

[stadus]

https://www.nba.com/news/beal-excited-for-spark-westbrook-will-bring-to-wizards

I'm happy to hear this kind of news, it's so positive that a start player of Wizards are excited to play with Westbrook. Hopefully their chemistry will be develop easily, one of them needs to adjust, I guess it will be Beal because Westbrook will always be himself, aggressive and willing to shot the ball without hesitation.

2 ball handlers and also aggressive at finishing in the paint.
But it can't be all offense for these two. They also need to contribute with the defense which will matter a lot for the Wizards to succeed.
Maybe just taking Wizards back to the playoffs is a good step already.

They need to involve their teammates as well, both will lead the team and they just need to build a chemistry.
you are right, getting in the players is one step forward, next season make some improvement again then they'll be a threat.

Good news for Spurs fans.
The goal for the Spurs remains the same: to make the playoffs
https://twitter.com/tom_orsborn/status/1334192491176800264?s=20

Patty on #Spurs' new up-tempo style of play: "It allows guys like DeMar and our wing players to play with more freedom and (for guys) to shoot more 3s...It's a fun way to play and exciting way to play."

Why not aim for NBA championship?

I guess they already understand that their current line up is not capable of doing it.

[freedomgo]

Let us witness together if Westbrook will make the team great, or sh*t.

For now we shouldn't name him Westbrook he's the reborn Eastbrook, Eastbroke, whatever. Well, we should still bite our tongues about this until we even get to the actual season and see how they execute it. He can carry a team and that has been proven when he got that regular season MVP last 2017 even though he hasn't have that superteam and just have Oladipo and Adams and just at par with his current team or maybe he needs a good Center or good rotation players.

Centers are not a problem for the Wizards, they have a lot of Centers which I think could compete to the best Centers in the league.
We can see the roster in https://tv5.espn.com/nba/team/roster/_/name/wsh/washington-wizards

These are the centers ;

Thomas Bryant
Robin Lopez
Anzejs Pasecniks- not familiar with this one.

[morvillz7z]

Good news for Spurs fans.
The goal for the Spurs remains the same: to make the playoffs
https://twitter.com/tom_orsborn/status/1334192491176800264?s=20

Patty on #Spurs' new up-tempo style of play: "It allows guys like DeMar and our wing players to play with more freedom and (for guys) to shoot more 3s...It's a fun way to play and exciting way to play."

Why not aim for NBA championship?
I guess they already understand that their current line up is not capable of doing it.

Precisely, i will be surprised if they even make the playoffs this year given how stacked some teams are in the West. "new look Spurs" shooting 3s in transition, haha sorry but that's just funny.

Spurs will be better off trading DeRozan and Aldridge for whatever they can get in return (picks/maybe some young talent) and develop Dejounte, Derrick White and Lonnie Walker.

[Japinat]

Are you familiar with Facundo Campazzo?  I read the news that he was signed by the Nuggets, and I can't forget him since he was playing very well during the FIBA World.  Now, he will play together with Jokic, hopefully he can bring some spark to the team.

his resume https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/facu-campazzo-1.html

source : Denver Nuggets sign Facundo Campazzo to a multiyear contract

[yazher]

Why not aim for NBA championship?

I guess they already understand that their current line up is not capable of doing it.

I think they are making some preparations for the later season since they have been dominating the playoffs this last decade and also won some championships. Now that they don't have the big 3 in their line ups, they need to reconstruct their team since it didn't work well with Demar Derozan. If they can find other good players to build up the team then their dream to get back to the playoff will become a reality since they also have a veteran coach in their hands.

[stadus]

Why not aim for NBA championship?

I guess they already understand that their current line up is not capable of doing it.

I think they are making some preparations for the later season since they have been dominating the playoffs this last decade and also won some championships. Now that they don't have the big 3 in their line ups, they need to reconstruct their team since it didn't work well with Demar Derozan. If they can find other good players to build up the team then their dream to get back to the playoff will become a reality since they also have a veteran coach in their hands.

The west has improved a lot, we have Dallas, Nuggets, Blazers and even the new look suns now can be a problem with the Spurs.  What they do is stick with their line up, they still keep DeRozan which I think not worth for the salary he is making, so for me, they need to trade him to improve the team, otherwise, their best achievement will only be a playoffs spot.

[wheelz1200]

As a side note, I layed some money on the knicks +23 wins this year.  I'm a homer cause I usually don't bet on my teams but I'm hoping the knicks can win somewhere in the range of 30+ games.  At a certain point they have to wins some games right?

[mirakal]

As a side note, I layed some money on the knicks +23 wins this year.  I'm a homer cause I usually don't bet on my teams but I'm hoping the knicks can win somewhere in the range of 30+ games.  At a certain point they have to wins some games right?

Sounds interesting, may I ask what site did you put your bet?

I can't find it in crypto sportsbook that I'm  using, or maybe I have not explored the other sites yet.