2025 NBA Season

[Pamadar]

Maybe they should recruit more star that can help them in outside scoring since this one is I think the lacking of the bucks to reach the finals.

There chance is over, a lot of players that are free agent in the past few weeks but they didn't get a good player, maybe if James Harden will be acquired this team will improve, but who would be sent in return?

It could be.

Knowing Harden's skills and capabilites, putting him with Giannis is something that will make a huge impact to this franchise.
But just like what you have said, they missed that opportunties, chances that Houston already provide the demand of Harden's camp bringing him stay and sign new a contract.

[Questat]

Maybe they should recruit more star that can help them in outside scoring since this one is I think the lacking of the bucks to reach the finals.

There chance is over, a lot of players that are free agent in the past few weeks but they didn't get a good player, maybe if James Harden will be acquired this team will improve, but who would be sent in return?

It could be.

Knowing Harden's skills and capabilites, putting him with Giannis is something that will make a huge impact to this franchise.
But just like what you have said, they missed that opportunties, chances that Houston already provide the demand of Harden's camp bringing him stay and sign new a contract.

No, Harden't contract will end in 2023 per the news ; https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2720531-james-harden-houston-rockets-reportedly-working-on-biggest-contract-in-history

The rumor now is that Harden want to be traded, not because of the salary issue but maybe he doesn't like to play with his teammates anymore and he is looking for a team that will bring him a championship, and since Harden signed a big contract, that would mean a lot of players to be release in exchange for him if both parties will agree.

[rhomelmabini]

Regular season opening in about five days. How's your favorite team doing so far? Any changes on who you might think will go to the playoff this season like Warriors or maybe Pelicans making the cut?

Any bookie who has odds available for this season's champ?

I still onto Clippers for the regular season but somehow I love the performances of GSW and I do love to see Lamelo too on the Hornets. I bet Warriors will cut it to the playoffs this time around still doubtful on Pelicans especially how Williamson will play or if he's 100% fine. I haven't been into bookies right now but once regular seasons open I'll do, looks like it's still Lakers as the favorite or the Nets.

[freedomgo]

Regular season opening in about five days. How's your favorite team doing so far? Any changes on who you might think will go to the playoff this season like Warriors or maybe Pelicans making the cut?

Any bookie who has odds available for this season's champ?

I still onto Clippers for the regular season but somehow I love the performances of GSW and I do love to see Lamelo too on the Hornets. I bet Warriors will cut it to the playoffs this time around still doubtful on Pelicans especially how Williamson will play or if he's 100% fine. I haven't been into bookies right now but once regular seasons open I'll do, looks like it's still Lakers as the favorite or the Nets.

you can see the top favorites here https://www.vegasinsider.com/nba/odds/futures/

Los Angeles Lakers   +275   7/4
Los Angeles Clippers   +550   11/2
Milwaukee Bucks   +550   11/2
Brooklyn Nets   +600   6/1

That's the top 4 favorites, Brooklyn Nets is still in the top 4, but they are overrated IMO because Durant and Irving was there, things could be different once the playoffs starts which is still a long wait.

[yazher]

Regular season opening in about five days. How's your favorite team doing so far? Any changes on who you might think will go to the playoff this season like Warriors or maybe Pelicans making the cut?

Any bookie who has odds available for this season's champ?

I still onto Clippers for the regular season but somehow I love the performances of GSW and I do love to see Lamelo too on the Hornets. I bet Warriors will cut it to the playoffs this time around still doubtful on Pelicans especially how Williamson will play or if he's 100% fine. I haven't been into bookies right now but once regular seasons open I'll do, looks like it's still Lakers as the favorite or the Nets.

I think Stephen Curry is finally back! he has some monstrous performance in the 3rd quarter earlier and they manage to beat the Kings in the preseason matchup.



https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2020/12/17/22188126/warriors-curry-oubre-wiggins-lead-dubs-win-over-kings

[Reid]

Currently, Jrue Holiday is their starting PG and DJ Augustin is their 2nd option.

Yeah, but I don't really see Jrue as a playmaker but Augustin does.
They might still be keeping it this pre-season. Let's see what Mike Budenholzer would do.

NBA opened an investigation to Kahwi's recruitment to the Clippers - again. Somebody didn't get paid.

More like someone needs some money.
Post-pandemic problems maybe? 

I think Stephen Curry is finally back! he has some monstrous performance in the 3rd quarter earlier and they manage to beat the Kings in the preseason matchup.

Let's hope his consistency will come out.
No Klay means he will shoulder a huge offensive attack.

[jaberwock]

San Antonio Spurs has been 0-3 on preseason, and even though I would like to say that it is preseason and we haven't seen the real team until regular season starts, that is not really the case for spurs. That would be valid for many teams, and some teams are even better than regular season, but Spurs are doing worse than regular season and when they start playing on regular season they are not going to be suddenly a much better team.

I assumed Pop would have moved the team to a much higher speed, and getting rid of Bryn Forbes and Bellineli was a proof that we could get better defensively. However looking at all the games so far, we are beyond measure horrible on defense, without fixing that problem we are not going to have a chance at even playoffs. It is a weird feeling to have a bad team as a Spurs fan, we never had one before, let's see where this leads, maybe it was our time to finally feel how it is to be a bad team.

[rhomelmabini]

I think Stephen Curry is finally back! he has some monstrous performance in the 3rd quarter earlier and they manage to beat the Kings in the preseason matchup.

He is, and that back-to-back 29 points with a win is something to really say it's a monstrous comeback looks like we'll see some showtime and raining threes from him. Not only that, I did see some highlights of GSW vs DEN and looks like he's really into his words that he improves his defense and guarding Murray was a success.

[dwyane36]

I think Stephen Curry is finally back! he has some monstrous performance in the 3rd quarter earlier and they manage to beat the Kings in the preseason matchup.

He is, and that back-to-back 29 points with a win is something to really say it's a monstrous comeback looks like we'll see some showtime and raining threes from him. Not only that, I did see some highlights of GSW vs DEN and looks like he's really into his words that he improves his defense and guarding Murray was a success.

You're right) Curry looked confident on the court in two previous preseason games, but the Warriors will play the next game against Brooklyn, and I guess that Durant, Irving won't let him repeat the same performance.

[mezzaluna]

Which means he needs to improve, unfortunately, Giannis is not a good ball handler, he doesn't have the skills like Lebron James who can play as PG. Giannis best chance to be efficient inside the court is to master his 3 point shooting, because if not, he will be so easy to predict.

I hope they could get someone that could help them get a championship.

Giannis can't carry the team himself so he really needs to be efficient when it comes to his teammates on the court or develop his skills as you've said about his 3 point shooting. Their strategies are so limited and I hope they could use Korver too so they will have someone that could do the shooting and them focussing on inside scores.

He really needs another help, like maybe Chris Paul or Westbrook but it is impossible to get them there because of the high value players already inside Milwaukee Bucks. They are already a team that can be a contender for the Championship but something is really wrong, its either their team is so vulnerable to injuries and some of the players are not working too well even though they are good playing individuals. This only means that Giannis needs another helping hand.

[Lanatsa]

I think Stephen Curry is finally back! he has some monstrous performance in the 3rd quarter earlier and they manage to beat the Kings in the preseason matchup.

He is, and that back-to-back 29 points with a win is something to really say it's a monstrous comeback looks like we'll see some showtime and raining threes from him. Not only that, I did see some highlights of GSW vs DEN and looks like he's really into his words that he improves his defense and guarding Murray was a success.

You're right) Curry looked confident on the court in two previous preseason games, but the Warriors will play the next game against Brooklyn, and I guess that Durant, Irving won't let him repeat the same performance.

Im eager to see on how he would handle out those two and you are right that Durant and Irving wont really make it easy for him.Aside from the upcoming or next game then we cant

deny that Curry's performance was indeed a good comeback.You wont really be able to reach of those peak points if you didn't do any preparation for this current new season.

I do expect something more from him to this current one and bit exciting on upcoming team face-offs with some superstars on it.

[goinmerry]

But if you are going to look at the last 2 playoffs that they were eliminate, specially against the Raptors, he was too predictable that's why the Raptors was able to closed him out.

Then we can put the blame on his teammates for that. Raptors predicted what Giannis can do so what the other 4 on the floor did? Still rely on Giannis in the offense. In the following season, Giannis knows that problem so he began working on being a much unstoppable player on the paint and we have seen him crashing defense even his move is predictable. Other teams can't do anything as even they know Giannis' next move, it's useless as they can't even stop him when attacking the rim. That's what we called improving his main play instead of shifting to other courses such as doing outside shooting or become a better ball handler like Lebron, KD, Leonard, Harden, etc.

The Bucks' problem is not on how Giannis played. The adjustment should be done by his teammates.

[mirakal]

But if you are going to look at the last 2 playoffs that they were eliminate, specially against the Raptors, he was too predictable that's why the Raptors was able to closed him out.

Then we can put the blame on his teammates for that. Raptors predicted what Giannis can do so what the other 4 on the floor did? Still rely on Giannis in the offense. In the following season, Giannis knows that problem so he began working on being a much unstoppable player on the paint and we have seen him crashing defense even his move is predictable. Other teams can't do anything as even they know Giannis' next move, it's useless as they can't even stop him when attacking the rim. That's what we called improving his main play instead of shifting to other courses such as doing outside shooting or become a better ball handler like Lebron, KD, Leonard, Harden, etc.

The Bucks' problem is not on how Giannis played. The adjustment should be done by his teammates.

His teammates will adjust if the coach will say so, probably the problem is on the coach because he didn't make an adjustment on the game. Giannis is very limited and he is too predictable, so the coach have to make a better plan to get his teammates involved and still make Giannis effective as a player despite of the limited production as he will be doubled as expected.

[Harlot]

Regular season opening in about five days. How's your favorite team doing so far? Any changes on who you might think will go to the playoff this season like Warriors or maybe Pelicans making the cut?

Any bookie who has odds available for this season's champ?

GSW I believe won't make the cut even if they have brought it Kelly Oubre as well as James Wiseman into the team, they have a huge improvement on the SG spot but don't forget that they are overpaying Wiggins for his Andre Iguodala performance. Aside from that we are talking about the Western Conference here where all the top teams compete where even having a positive Win-Loss ration in that conference won't make the cut. If they won't have Klay Thompson back this season I won't see them in the playoffs.

[Pamadar]

Regular season opening in about five days. How's your favorite team doing so far? Any changes on who you might think will go to the playoff this season like Warriors or maybe Pelicans making the cut?

Any bookie who has odds available for this season's champ?

GSW I believe won't make the cut even if they have brought it Kelly Oubre as well as James Wiseman into the team, they have a huge improvement on the SG spot but don't forget that they are overpaying Wiggins for his Andre Iguodala performance. Aside from that we are talking about the Western Conference here where all the top teams compete where even having a positive Win-Loss ration in that conference won't make the cut. If they won't have Klay Thompson back this season I won't see them in the playoffs.

Very tough for them as the west side are composed of super teams.

Even Curry will play healthy without his splash bro it will be difficult, Klay serves as Pippen wayback when Bulls are dominating this league, without him playing side by side with Steph the chance of GSW to bring their franchise back is slim. Still both LA franchise are the favorite
from the west.

[BigBoy89]

Any thoughts on the Blazers game tonight? I plan to take a leap of faith in them and bet AH -3.5 Blazers at 3.65.

I want a little thrill as I bet on Cavaliers earlier and this seems to be wasted.

[Beparanf]

Any thoughts on the Blazers game tonight? I plan to take a leap of faith in them and bet AH -3.5 Blazers at 3.65.

I want a little thrill as I bet on Cavaliers earlier and this seems to be wasted.

-3.5 against Denver Nuggets?? This is surely a crazy bet considering there previous match up. I'm not a fan of Blazers because they are so inconsistent despite of there good roster. I believe you should just bet during live game of this match then wait for a handicap to turn positive for a safe bet. Anyway this is basketball and no one knows what will happened. Maybe Melo make some magic.

[BigBoy89]

Any thoughts on the Blazers game tonight? I plan to take a leap of faith in them and bet AH -3.5 Blazers at 3.65.

I want a little thrill as I bet on Cavaliers earlier and this seems to be wasted.

-3.5 against Denver Nuggets?? This is surely a crazy bet considering there previous match up. I'm not a fan of Blazers because they are so inconsistent despite of there good roster. I believe you should just bet during live game of this match then wait for a handicap to turn positive for a safe bet. Anyway this is basketball and no one knows what will happened. Maybe Melo make some magic.

I was after the high odds here, hoping for a surprise.

And watching the game right now, definitely miss it! Nuggets totally dominates the game for Q1 and Q2 and the current odds for them are 1.02 :|

[boyptc]

Yes.

Their past performance is still good even though they don't have the same roster buff as other teams have. I think they're still blending their team and once it got the mix that it needs, they're dominant this season.

I'm a fan though and that's why I'm positive with them but regardless of that, compare to other teams roster, they really need to have more key players.

They dominant to the other team which have weak line up but what if they face the super teams in the court? for sure they will be out powered since they don't have enough strong second unit in their bench and I think that is the concern of Giannis that's why he think about leaving the time. Maybe they should recruit more star that can help them in outside scoring since this one is I think the lacking of the bucks to reach the finals.

It is for sure.

They are struggling with stronger teams and that usually happens and as we see them progress, they really need some upper hand that shall help them to get up to the semis and then finals.

I'd be happy to see that day comes for them.

[Reid]

GSW I believe won't make the cut even if they have brought it Kelly Oubre as well as James Wiseman into the team, they have a huge improvement on the SG spot but don't forget that they are overpaying Wiggins for his Andre Iguodala performance. Aside from that we are talking about the Western Conference here where all the top teams compete where even having a positive Win-Loss ration in that conference won't make the cut. If they won't have Klay Thompson back this season I won't see them in the playoffs.

Let's not conclude it yet.
The regular season has not even started. The roster is good compared to other Western teams.
If they will play hard or the chemistry will work then wins can be achieved.
The 6th - 8th playoffs spot won't be that bad, and if they can snatch the first round then it will be sweeter. 

But Denver Nuggets will be the champion this year.