2025 NBA Season

[Yogee]

The Lakers, Clippers and Nuggets are almost sure to make the playoffs this season
The Mavs, Jazz, Blazers will most likely qualify too.

The Rockets will struggle and other teams like Grizzlies or Suns can finish higher than them.
7th and 8th spot is up for grabs. I think even the Warriors have a chance.

[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.

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 :|

I understand that, Sometimes I do that if I'm desperate to bet with high odds. I usually pick a random match and choose high odds BTW nuggets dominated the game as I predicted. Even +30 for Blazers is not sufficient to win the match. I hope that you bet only what you can afford to lose.

Real talk, It's sucks to watch a game if you bet on the losing side. I always grab the remote and turn to different channel then come back when the match is near to end.   :D

[jaberwock]

I know that warrior can't be that good as before and fewer chances to get back their strong teammates again, and to the fact also that many rookie players are so dumb as well on the floor and shows no respect to their oldies players. However, this will never chance mine and just continue giving support.

I think it is not a "bandwagon" situation to be fan of warriors once again. They used to have amazing players, Draymond used to be special, 4 years or so ago that dude had 30+ point triple double type of games, games where he had triple double but failed quadruple with points, that kind of great amazing all around player and defensive player of the year level, Klay was around and he was nuclear time to time, scoring 60 points in three quarters levels of amazing play, was always great at scoring threes, holds the most threes in a game record, they had Durant who I do not even need to talk about, and Curry. Nowadays? They only have shadow of Draymond that is no longer good at all, he is much much worse than he used to be, and also they are missing Klay. So, if you are fan of Warriors this year, you are actually a fan, and not just some bandwagoner.

[Rosilito]

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.

Yeah, it is just still preason, and most of these players were not giving a crap 'bout the others right now, just testing the water to gauge whether new rotation, additional players are effective or not. Besides, a lot of suprising things could happen when regular starts haha  .

But Denver Nuggets will be the champion this year. 

Let us not conclude it yet, just kiddin'  . I'm still up for my guy, Bron, this year  .

[sana54210]

I believe Lakers will be champions once again and this time it is going to be a bit harder, and it is going to actually feel like a championship.

What you should realize is that in football there has been many cases of covid and that resulted with players missing games, in a 11 person game it wasn't really that big of a deal, sure when Ronaldo misses that is hard for Juventus but unless your superstar misses games, it is not that big of a deal. Whereas in basketball it is 5 guys playing and if Lebron misses a game for example, that is going to make things very difficult for Lakers or if AD misses that is a huge change too.

This year will be decided a bit on who will be the best in shape by the year ends, if a team has a lot of covid cases, it is going to be harder, and if a team doesn't have any, that is going to make things easier. I think Lakers will win unless they have some covid cases or injuries, without any issues like that, they should be best contender again.

[Maslate]

I believe Lakers will be champions once again and this time it is going to be a bit harder, and it is going to actually feel like a championship.

What you should realize is that in football there has been many cases of covid and that resulted with players missing games, in a 11 person game it wasn't really that big of a deal, sure when Ronaldo misses that is hard for Juventus but unless your superstar misses games, it is not that big of a deal. Whereas in basketball it is 5 guys playing and if Lebron misses a game for example, that is going to make things very difficult for Lakers or if AD misses that is a huge change too.

This year will be decided a bit on who will be the best in shape by the year ends, if a team has a lot of covid cases, it is going to be harder, and if a team doesn't have any, that is going to make things easier. I think Lakers will win unless they have some covid cases or injuries, without any issues like that, they should be best contender again.

A team who wants to win will always consider making themselves covid-19 free all the time. The fact that they allow this kind of set up, I believe they are already seeing that the vaccine is available and they will start with their players and people inside the venue to ensure the success of the league.

It's been a normal scenario already just like other sports, so I believe even we are still in the pandemic, things is under control and the NBA organization already had plans on the continuity of the league under a worst case scenario.

[Japinat]

What do you think about this news?

NBA GMs have spoken — Erik Spoelstra is league’s best coach

Spoelstra received 46% of the votes as best coach, 32% as top motivator, and 26% as best in adjusting, the Sun-Sentinel also reported.

Did he won the coach of the year award? if so, this is his first time, right?

[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 :|

I understand that, Sometimes I do that if I'm desperate to bet with high odds. I usually pick a random match and choose high odds BTW nuggets dominated the game as I predicted. Even +30 for Blazers is not sufficient to win the match. I hope that you bet only what you can afford to lose.

Real talk, It's sucks to watch a game if you bet on the losing side. I always grab the remote and turn to different channel then come back when the match is near to end.   :D

Yep, My bets are completely reasonable and I don't have any problems losing a few in a row. One of the skills I learned more than 15 years ago was proper bankroll management.

Today I will try a surprise with AH -2 Hawks at 2.50

IMO it's more fun to watch and expect the surprise D:

[Reid]

But Denver Nuggets will be the champion this year.  

Let us not conclude it yet, just kiddin'  . I'm still up for my guy, Bron, this year  .

Haha, you got me there.
Then Lakers and Nuggets at the Finals again?  

What do you think about this news?

NBA GMs have spoken — Erik Spoelstra is league’s best coach

I will also will vote for him.
No disrespect to Coach Vogel of the Lakers but Erik Spoelstra did an awesome job this year taking the young players into a Finals experience.
Now, they have something to boast about.   That's not an easy task considering they are also in the bubble.

[boyptc]

What do you think about this news?

NBA GMs have spoken — Erik Spoelstra is league’s best coach

Spoelstra received 46% of the votes as best coach, 32% as top motivator, and 26% as best in adjusting, the Sun-Sentinel also reported.

Did he won the coach of the year award? if so, this is his first time, right?

I can't recall if it's just his first time but IIRC, there were nominations or probably awards and recognition for him before. I really can't remember if that/those were awards.

But if he ever wins this, he deserves to win. People recognizes him and I agree that he's one of the best coaches if not the top 1.

[dwyane36]

What do you think about this news?

NBA GMs have spoken — Erik Spoelstra is league’s best coach
Did he won the coach of the year award? if so, this is his first time, right?

He didn't get it, but he deserved it because nobody expected such a good performance from the rookies. Maybe Spoelstra will have a chance to win his first coach of the year award in the next season if the Miami Heat repeats the same result.

[samputin]

Then Lakers and Nuggets at the Finals again?  

The West doesn't excite me anymore to be honest because you can see which team (Lakers in this case) will dominate so yeah it is on Lakers as usual. What is more intriguing to predict is which team will win in the East. I'm still rooting for Bucks but the logics are opposite — Brooklyn is waving.

He didn't get it, but he deserved it because nobody expected such a good performance from the rookies. Maybe Spoelstra will have a chance to win his first coach of the year award in the next season if the Miami Heat repeats the same result.

I agree. He really deserve it. But things happened already, so let's move on and see if he can lead the Heat to The Finals once again. But imo, I'm having a doubt. Just a gut feeling tho lol.

[Russlenat]

Then Lakers and Nuggets at the Finals again?  

The West doesn't excite me anymore to be honest because you can see which team (Lakers in this case) will dominate so yeah it is on Lakers as usual. What is more intriguing to predict is which team will win in the East. I'm still rooting for Bucks but the logics are opposite — Brooklyn is waving.

I am more interested with the West, I believe Lakers has a big chance of winning in the West but I don't think they'll dominate.
We have the Nuggets, they'll improve, the Clippers which will bounce back and the GSW which I think will be a surprise this season.

He didn't get it, but he deserved it because nobody expected such a good performance from the rookies. Maybe Spoelstra will have a chance to win his first coach of the year award in the next season if the Miami Heat repeats the same result.

I agree. He really deserve it. But things happened already, so let's move on and see if he can lead the Heat to The Finals once again. But imo, I'm having a doubt. Just a gut feeling tho lol.

Heat won't be in the Finals this season, because we have already the Nets which are healthy.

[Febo]

7th and 8th spot is up for grabs. I think even the Warriors have a chance.

I think they actually have a chance, but only if first unit will be healthy, since they are irreplaceable and if new rookie James Wiseman will play well. Since he played only 3 games on collage and no preseason games he is still a mystery. High school games cant really tell much.  

[Reid]

Then Lakers and Nuggets at the Finals again?  

The West doesn't excite me anymore to be honest because you can see which team (Lakers in this case) will dominate so yeah it is on Lakers as usual. What is more intriguing to predict is which team will win in the East. I'm still rooting for Bucks but the logics are opposite — Brooklyn is waving.

I am more interested with the West, I believe Lakers has a big chance of winning in the West but I don't think they'll dominate.
We have the Nuggets, they'll improve, the Clippers which will bounce back and the GSW which I think will be a surprise this season.

Yeah, we have different interests here. 
I guess it may also affect which team we are rooting for.
West, I'm with Nuggets.
From 1-3 to win against the Clippers is also exciting right? We don't see much of that comebacks anymore

East I am with just going to watch them. (maybe Miami). 
Rooting for those kids to come back and try the Finals again. But it's going to be a rough road. 

[RealMalatesta]

West is still good if you ask me, it is not decided who will be at the finals this year, I agree that Lakers are the biggest favorites here but that doesn't mean that other teams are bad neither. We have clippers which will probably try to play a lot better this year because of what happened last year, we have Dallas that is a growing team, we have Houston which doesn't have Westbrook anymore but has wall instead, we have Denver that has been a decent team for a while now, those are all good teams that could potentially reach to finals, some have bigger chance and some have lower but they are all great teams.

East seems weaker to me no matter what, they could have bucks and some other teams but they are all worse than the teams from the west conference. However I still think that Lakers will probably win another ring, I say west is better but I believe Lakers will win even against such teams.

[Pamadar]

7th and 8th spot is up for grabs. I think even the Warriors have a chance.

I think they actually have a chance, but only if first unit will be healthy, since they are irreplaceable and if new rookie James Wiseman will play well. Since he played only 3 games on collage and no preseason games he is still a mystery. High school games cant really tell much.  

Yeah right. Thy've got the chance if they will have the first line healthy.

The competition is really tough for them but knowing their capabilities and how they impress their fans when they've got the chance to win a game, the outside shooting will continue first line offense and same thing with offense will be the actual defense as they'll keep trying to land those 3's.

[Rosilito]

But Denver Nuggets will be the champion this year.  

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Haha, you got me there.
Then Lakers and Nuggets at the Finals again?  

That'd be great! However, there are lots of promising teams (Pelicans, Grizzlies, GSW, and Mavs) right now, so I am not really sure if we will be able to witness that match up  .
Dunno 'bout the guy who wrote this but if this were true, I doubt Rockets would just let Harden off that easily. Houston for sure, must see solid set up on the table before this to happen though.

Source: https://twitter.com/ScoopB/status/1340430446199508994?s=19

[chaser15]

we have Houston which doesn't have Westbrook anymore but has wall instead,

Westbrook only played 1 season in the Rockets. The team always fails to even reach the Western Conference Finals every year with Haden on-board.

Paired with Chris Paul, Paired with Westbrook = fail.

Rockets are choking because of James Harden. The Rockets should consider trading him. John Wall's talent is wasted here. He needs a good tandem, and that's not James Harden.

[Japinat]

What do you think about this news?

NBA GMs have spoken — Erik Spoelstra is league’s best coach
Did he won the coach of the year award? if so, this is his first time, right?

 Maybe Spoelstra will have a chance to win his first coach of the year award in the next season if the Miami Heat repeats the same result.

That's not easy to do now, lots of players coming back, like Durant and Irving which team is currently the favorites to win in the East. If they Heat were still lucky to win in the East, I still think they wills struggle in the Finals as the west are full or talents.

He didn't get it, but he deserved it because nobody expected such a good performance from the rookies.

Who won the coach of the year last season?