2025 NBA Season

[danherbias07]

So let's see how far the Nets can go this time with Harden looking for his 1st championship ring.

They'll do better especially if Durant will come back healthy after the all star. Nets are still next to Sixers in standing but soon they'll take that spot easily, I can sense it already with the way they play, they play with consistency and only loss once after Durant got injured.

Yes, they need Durant for a higher possibility to take the ring with him.
I hope both Kyrie and KD are still hungry for the championship.
Both of them have their own rings already and that is why we see Harden working so hard for the Nets to win more.
I guess that is also to avoid unnecessary problem in the future or to give the Nets an upper hand when the playoffs comes with homecourt advantages.

Btw, his tweet about Space Jam

--> https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1367520948170027011

Suddenly, I got hooked reading comments. LOL 
Too much Lebron haters.

[akirasendo17]

There's no betting odds yet but we already have the following odds.

NBA all star 3 point contest
NBA all star skills challenge winner
NBA all star slum dunk winner
NBA all star MVP.

Check out the odds.  https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/basketball/usa/nba-all-star-game/nba-all-star-game-604153939705be2e3951e8d3

I guess Curry can easily win at the three-point contest because the only competitor for him could have been Booker with 3.8 odds, but Booker got an injury, and he will be replaced by Conley with 5.89 odds. Also, I didn't find odds for the slam dunk contest on this site.

That's for sure since Klay still sideline no competition on three-point contest curry will be walking in the park but let's not count Devin, he has improved in the three-point area I think, and the ball is round even the best player has an off game, besides its a bit boring if they will not put a little fight, they should put a little of excitement for the audience at home.

[Reid]

Who do you think will win the skills, 3's, and dunk contest?

Skills participants:
1. Luka Doncic (Mavs)
2. Robert Covington (Trail Blazers)
3. Nikola Vucevic (Magic)
4. Domantas Sabonis (Pacers)
5. Chris Paul (Suns)
6. Julius Randle (Knicks)

3's challenge:
1. Mike Conley (Jazz)
2. Donovan Mitchell (Jazz)
3. Jaylen Brown (Celtics)
4. Jayson Tatum (Celtics)
5. Stephen Curry (Warriors)
6. Zach LaVine (Bulls)

Dunk contest:
1. Anfernee Simons (Trail Blazers)
2. Obi Toppin (Knicks)
3. Cassius Stanley (Pacers)

Info from:CBSSPORTS
My pick: Luka Doncic (Skills), Steph Curry (3's) Obi Toppin (dunk)

[rig4hodlers]

Who do you think will win the skills, 3's, and dunk contest?

Skills participants:
1. Luka Doncic (Mavs)
2. Robert Covington (Trail Blazers)
3. Nikola Vucevic (Magic)
4. Domantas Sabonis (Pacers)
5. Chris Paul (Suns)
6. Julius Randle (Knicks)

3's challenge:
1. Mike Conley (Jazz)
2. Donovan Mitchell (Jazz)
3. Jaylen Brown (Celtics)
4. Jayson Tatum (Celtics)
5. Stephen Curry (Warriors)
6. Zach LaVine (Bulls)

Dunk contest:
1. Anfernee Simons (Trail Blazers)
2. Obi Toppin (Knicks)
3. Cassius Stanley (Pacers)

Info from:CBSSPORTS
My pick: Luka Doncic (Skills), Steph Curry (3's) Obi Toppin (dunk)

That's really hard to predict but let's do our bet!

Skills participants:
Luka Doncic (Mavs)

3's challenge:
Stephen Curry (Warriors)

Dunk contest:
Anfernee Simons (Trail Blazers)

We will have an amazing All-Star-Weekend but we will miss Kevin Durant, guys! Anyways, let's have fun! enjoy!

[ILuckyGuyI]

Who do you think will win the skills, 3's, and dunk contest?

Skills participants:
1. Luka Doncic (Mavs)
2. Robert Covington (Trail Blazers)
3. Nikola Vucevic (Magic)
4. Domantas Sabonis (Pacers)
5. Chris Paul (Suns)
6. Julius Randle (Knicks)

3's challenge:
1. Mike Conley (Jazz)
2. Donovan Mitchell (Jazz)
3. Jaylen Brown (Celtics)
4. Jayson Tatum (Celtics)
5. Stephen Curry (Warriors)
6. Zach LaVine (Bulls)

Dunk contest:
1. Anfernee Simons (Trail Blazers)
2. Obi Toppin (Knicks)
3. Cassius Stanley (Pacers)

Info from:CBSSPORTS
My pick: Luka Doncic (Skills), Steph Curry (3's) Obi Toppin (dunk)

My picks are also the same with yours. The best things I love in All-Star events are these contests. I find them more enjoyable than the game most of the time. But it looks like the game also will be very fun to watch and I wish we could see KD, Harden and Irving all together at Team Durant.

[rig4hodlers]

Hey guys, we have the Kevin Durant and Lebron James line-up teams for the All-star-game. We are going to have an incredible match so have fun watching these great players.
I was wondering if we will have some audience watching the game, we will miss Shaquille O´neal and the greatest NBA old star players in the stadium.

[Finestream]

I check the betting odds of the upcoming all star weekend and I'm planning to put a little bet particularly in the 3 point shooting.

The top favorite is Steph Curry with 2.25 odds but I could not take my eyes off on the underdog of the fight as I think I'm seeing some potential of a win.
What do you think about Jaylen Brown's chances? his odds is 8.48 at the moment.

[rig4hodlers]

I have my personal bet about who will be the MVP for the all-star-game. I think we will see an amazing Luka Doncic and he will be selected as the MVP.
Luka Doncic for the Lebron Team side but I bet on Joel Embiid for the Kevin Durant side. Joel Embiid is doing his best NBA season so far so he probably will be on fire looking for the MVP tittle
What are your thoughts or bets? Enjoy

[Russlenat]

I have my personal bet about who will be the MVP for the all-star-game. I think we will see an amazing Luka Doncic and he will be selected as the MVP.
Luka Doncic for the Lebron Team side but I bet on Joel Embiid for the Kevin Durant side. Joel Embiid is doing his best NBA season so far so he probably will be on fire looking for the MVP tittle
What are your thoughts or bets? Enjoy

Luka Doncic @13.. that's a good odds, and on other team it's Embiid with 7.16... If you bet on both players and either of them won, you are sure at a profit so I guess it's worth the risk, and this is all star, what matters is you enjoy the most and let's have a break for a while.

[Sanitough]

I have my personal bet about who will be the MVP for the all-star-game. I think we will see an amazing Luka Doncic and he will be selected as the MVP.
Luka Doncic for the Lebron Team side but I bet on Joel Embiid for the Kevin Durant side. Joel Embiid is doing his best NBA season so far so he probably will be on fire looking for the MVP tittle
What are your thoughts or bets? Enjoy

Luka Doncic @13.. that's a good odds, and on other team it's Embiid with 7.16... If you bet on both players and either of them won, you are sure at a profit so I guess it's worth the risk, and this is all star, what matters is you enjoy the most and let's have a break for a while.

If I'm not mistaken this is Luka's first all star appearance right?

If the answer is yes then I would not put a bet on him to win, there are a lot ball hoggers in Team Lebron and they might be given a bigger chance to win than Luka. I think if Team Lebron would win, it will also be Lebron who will be the MVP.

[Febo]

If I'm not mistaken this is Luka's first all star appearance right?

Second appearance. And 3 years ago when he was a rookie he was second by votes on the West. But then was not on all star since got to low votes by coaches and media.

[dwyane36]

My pick: Luka Doncic (Skills), Steph Curry (3's) Obi Toppin (dunk)

If we check the odds for the skills challenge, we will see that Doncic has a slight advantage over Paul. Nonetheless, I hope Paul can win this time, considering that this contest will be his fifth attempt, and he's never won it before.

[danherbias07]

If I'm not mistaken this is Luka's first all star appearance right?

Second appearance. And 3 years ago when he was a rookie he was second by votes on the West. But then was not on all star since got to low votes by coaches and media.

That's correct.
It's his second now and both of them are with Team Lebron.

If his stats and the way he enjoys the game will never fade then people will keep on voting for him no matter what.
He will be in All-Star for a long time. He's young and he might break records of the amount of All-Star attended with other superstars.

[Pamadar]

I have my personal bet about who will be the MVP for the all-star-game. I think we will see an amazing Luka Doncic and he will be selected as the MVP.
Luka Doncic for the Lebron Team side but I bet on Joel Embiid for the Kevin Durant side. Joel Embiid is doing his best NBA season so far so he probably will be on fire looking for the MVP tittle
What are your thoughts or bets? Enjoy

Luka Doncic @13.. that's a good odds, and on other team it's Embiid with 7.16... If you bet on both players and either of them won, you are sure at a profit so I guess it's worth the risk, and this is all star, what matters is you enjoy the most and let's have a break for a while.

More enjoyable if you got lucky and one from this two opposing team win the MVP.

Embiid if they'll win this game might take this as he may  touch the ball more and try to score, while in the other side, not sure if Luka may have that opportunity, having LeBron, Curry and Giannis where all are MVP's if pride comes along this three superstars they may intent to take the title.

[ingiltere]

Alright guys it's a little late but I added a poll about All-Star. Everything about All-Star is late this year anyway.
Which team do you think will win this entertainment game? You are already commenting your opinions here but we will see it in visual with that poll too. I hope everybody join before the game starts.

Teams are listed here:

source: nba.com

[darewaller]

Alright guys it's a little late but I added a poll about All-Star. Everything about All-Star is late this year anyway.
Which team do you think will win this entertainment game? You are already commenting your opinions here but we will see it in visual with that poll too. I hope everybody join before the game starts.

Teams are listed here:

source: nba.com

It is going to be a very easy for Team Lebron if you ask me, they are much much better than Team Durant, and lack of Durant in team Durant is a big deal, I think that would have been a big positive for them. I am still mad that they didn't pick my guy Demar Derozan for all-star he definitely deserved it much more than many other players, but certainly more than Mike Conley for sure, that is 100% guaranteed that he was better.

I really hope that it is entertaining, for millions of Europeans it is in a horrible hour, Asia is a bit more lucky because for them it is in the morning, they can just wake up and watch it, for me it is going to be at an hour where I can't just wake up at that hour, but I can't wait for that hour and then not sleep for the whole game neither, it is going to be a bit of a tough situation for me, hence why I think it is going to be hard to stay awake, but I will try.

[OgNasty]

I’m less concerned with who wins the all star game than I am with seeing some great plays. I’d like to see LeBron/Steph do something special and a great dunk contest. Doing it at halftime of the all star game should keep things moving and entertaining. Looking forward to it!

[Mahanton]

I’m less concerned with who wins the all star game than I am with seeing some great plays. I’d like to see LeBron/Steph do something special and a great dunk contest. Doing it at halftime of the all star game should keep things moving and entertaining. Looking forward to it!

I do love to see the moves that those participants or players would able to make because team up like this do only happen once which means possible good moves and executions can really be seen.

Im not really minding much on who's gonna win as long i do get the entertainment i do seek.

[Russlenat]

I’m less concerned with who wins the all star game than I am with seeing some great plays. I’d like to see LeBron/Steph do something special and a great dunk contest. Doing it at halftime of the all star game should keep things moving and entertaining. Looking forward to it!

I do love to see the moves that those participants or players would able to make because team up like this do only happen once which means possible good moves and executions can really be seen.

Im not really minding much on who's gonna win as long i do get the entertainment i do seek.

All star is just all about entertainment, less or no defense at all so they can make exhibition shots to entertain the crowd, but for me I still cheer in a certain team and I think Leonard will get a chance to win an all star MVP if Team Lebron will lose. Also, this is a high scoring game because of the lack of defense and fans love a high scoring game. 

[morvillz7z]

It's pretty much confirmed, Blake Griffin to the Nets:

source: https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1368682878255632393

Blake Griffin has cleared free agency waivers and the six-time NBA All-Star is expected to sign with the Brooklyn Nets.

Griffin is not the athlete he once was but has improved his jump shot over the years and he is a pretty decent passer/playmaker. Not that the Nets were lacking talent but with Blake coming this might be the move that puts them over the top in the East, at least. Hard to see anyone beating them in a seven-game series, if they have a healthy roster.

What do you guys think, is this a good signing for the Nets?