2025 NBA Season

[arwin100]

Nets really improve and they continue to show it up, with how Harden leading the team they've got everything they need to counter

They have improved really and with their upcoming match later against Utah Jazz, it's also one of the best teams that we can say this time and also a contender for the title.

Who's your bet?

Their roster is also good as the Nets.

I guess Nets will lose here, here's the latest update that might decrease the chance of the Nets in winning.

https://www.nba.com/news/james-harden-questionable-blake-griffin-out-vs-jazz

Griffin is confirm out, while Harden is questionable, if Harden is out, its automatic that the Jazz will win, that's easy to predict.

Yeah with durant, kyrie, possibly harden and Blake out that will be a tough game for them lol.  They might as well not throw harden out there and let him rest too.  No need to push him when they will be dogs in this game even if he does play.

First we don't know how the chemistry will work if this 4 superstars are in the court but once they manage to handle each of there flows and they are willing to share the basket well most provably Jazz will get a hard time beating Nets on their second game, but for now lets give the credits to Jazz since its a sure win for them since Nets are lacking with stars, Nets doesn't have any answer for the hot shooting of Jazz and guess they will think about good strategy when they face each other with complete star line up.

[Reid]

Harden gives them a pain in the ass, while in the other side, Lilard are being guarded it shows how ready the Nets for him.

Not just normal guarded, heavily guarded. CJ was still cold that night. He may need to heat up first upon coming back from an injury.

Reports: Sixers, Heat in pursuit of Raptors' Kyle Lowry
https://www.nba.com/news/reports-sixers-heat-pursuing-kyle-lowry
Sixers? I doubt that because of bad history. Embiid might get furious if ever they will sign him up.
A higher chance he will drop to the Heat but why aim for a guard? Why not a backup center for Adebayo to let him rest more.

[blockman]

What a pain watching the game of Nets vs. Utah Jazz. The starting five for Nets wasn't that even strong to face the first 5 of Jazz. 
I guess that the Nets, they'll try to win the next game against the Pistons.

[Bttzed03]

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A higher chance he will drop to the Heat but why aim for a guard? Why not a backup center for Adebayo to let him rest more.

They probably plan to replace Dragic with another veteran guard with a ring. Lowry on a Miami Heat uniform sounds about right. He's a team player and I don't see any issues with him blending with Buttler right away.

About centers, who are available on the market?

[Yaunfitda]

What a pain watching the game of Nets vs. Utah Jazz. The starting five for Nets wasn't that even strong to face the first 5 of Jazz. 
I guess that the Nets, they'll try to win the next game against the Pistons.

Wasn't able to watch the game, but I was checking the score during the first quarter and I said to myself that there's no way that the Jazz are going to lose this one, going to be a massacre.

Yes, they can move on and try to win against the Pistons to go back to the win column again, the question is whether Harden can play or not.

[yazher]

What a pain watching the game of Nets vs. Utah Jazz. The starting five for Nets wasn't that even strong to face the first 5 of Jazz. 
I guess that the Nets, they'll try to win the next game against the Pistons.

Wasn't able to watch the game, but I was checking the score during the first quarter and I said to myself that there's no way that the Jazz are going to lose this one, going to be a massacre.

Yes, they can move on and try to win against the Pistons to go back to the win column again, the question is whether Harden can play or not.

Actually, that was a good game for both teams since they might face together in the NBA Finals if they dominate their respected conferences. They will know what to do with each other when they face each other again. I think Utah Jazz doesn't need to fully adjust their offense since they were doing great. The Brooklyn Nets should adjust everything since they didn't stand a chance with the Utah Jazz Offensive and defensive strategies.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

Anyone seen the Boston vs Bucks game? It was really tight throughout the game, Giannis just scored 13 points in the game. It was Middleton who carry the team with 27 points. Boston was able to cut down the lead by the Bucks to 2 points and was in the opportunity to even win or tie the game. 1.0 seconds let and Daniel Theis has the opportunity to hit the three, unfortunately he missed it, bad lost for the Celtics.

[CLS63]

What a pain watching the game of Nets vs. Utah Jazz. The starting five for Nets wasn't that even strong to face the first 5 of Jazz.  
I guess that the Nets, they'll try to win the next game against the Pistons.

They got really a huge defeat and couldn't score even more than 100 points. Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving all were absent in this game and of course they were affected very badly because of that. For the Pistons game, Durant still will not play and it is doubtful for Harden and Irving. If they have the same lineup again, they could get another loss even against Pistons which are at the last place in the EC.

[boyptc]

Anyone seen the Boston vs Bucks game? It was really tight throughout the game, Giannis just scored 13 points in the game. It was Middleton who carry the team with 27 points. Boston was able to cut down the lead by the Bucks to 2 points and was in the opportunity to even win or tie the game. 1.0 seconds let and Daniel Theis has the opportunity to hit the three, unfortunately he missed it, bad lost for the Celtics.

Bucks got a huge lead from the 3rd quarter and up to the first minutes of the 4th quarter. I thought that they're going to lose this game when Boston got the score near to them.

I wasn't expecting it to be a 2 point lead only when Bucks got a good start. And that was even close, that last shot of Theis, if that went in, Bucks will hard to accept the defeat.

[OgNasty]

Feels a bit like the night before Christmas. I imagine a lot of NBA players and their families are having a sleepless night tonight. There are a lot of things I am jealous of when it comes to NBA players, but having no control over what city you’ll be spending most of your time in is not one of them.

Now to watch Woj’s Twitter feed for the breaking news.

[danherbias07]

Give it time.  The NBA loves doing things at the very last possible minute. 

I'm reading that Victor Oladipo & Kyle Lowry are also likely suspects to be moved in the next 24 hours with Miami and Boston as rumored destinations for the two previous all stars.  If we don't see some movement in the next 24 hours I would agree with you, but when it comes to the NBA, give them every second because they need it.

It's like a habit. 
They may want to shock us with the trades that will happen.
I am actually waiting where Drummond will be signed. He's the only center out there with a huge possibility to bring back a failing team or help them preserve to be on a playoff spot.
Like Knicks. 22 wins and just 2 wins away from the 9th spot Pacers.

[mirakal]

Anyone seen the Boston vs Bucks game? It was really tight throughout the game, Giannis just scored 13 points in the game. It was Middleton who carry the team with 27 points. Boston was able to cut down the lead by the Bucks to 2 points and was in the opportunity to even win or tie the game. 1.0 seconds let and Daniel Theis has the opportunity to hit the three, unfortunately he missed it, bad lost for the Celtics.

Bucks got a huge lead from the 3rd quarter and up to the first minutes of the 4th quarter. I thought that they're going to lose this game when Boston got the score near to them.

I wasn't expecting it to be a 2 point lead only when Bucks got a good start. And that was even close, that last shot of Theis, if that went in, Bucks will hard to accept the defeat.

Boston is a good come back team, luckily the bucks survive from that late run scare. That is something they need to improve if they want to have a better result in the playoffs, they failed previously but maybe they have a chance to play the Nets in the ECF, hopefully it will happen and Heat will not upset them.

[Kelvinid]

Anyone seen the Boston vs Bucks game? It was really tight throughout the game, Giannis just scored 13 points in the game. It was Middleton who carry the team with 27 points. Boston was able to cut down the lead by the Bucks to 2 points and was in the opportunity to even win or tie the game. 1.0 seconds let and Daniel Theis has the opportunity to hit the three, unfortunately he missed it, bad lost for the Celtics.

Bucks got a huge lead from the 3rd quarter and up to the first minutes of the 4th quarter. I thought that they're going to lose this game when Boston got the score near to them.

I wasn't expecting it to be a 2 point lead only when Bucks got a good start. And that was even close, that last shot of Theis, if that went in, Bucks will hard to accept the defeat.

Boston is a good come back team, luckily the bucks survive from that late run scare. That is something they need to improve if they want to have a better result in the playoffs, they failed previously but maybe they have a chance to play the Nets in the ECF, hopefully it will happen and Heat will not upset them.

But they failed on this game, good thing Bucks won this game, that was a tough game for them as Celtics is also a legit team though it struggle a bit. These playoff teams might meet again in the playoffs, AFAIR, it's the bucks who have more wins as one time in the playoffs, they dominated the Celtics.

[boyptc]

Anyone seen the Boston vs Bucks game? It was really tight throughout the game, Giannis just scored 13 points in the game. It was Middleton who carry the team with 27 points. Boston was able to cut down the lead by the Bucks to 2 points and was in the opportunity to even win or tie the game. 1.0 seconds let and Daniel Theis has the opportunity to hit the three, unfortunately he missed it, bad lost for the Celtics.

Bucks got a huge lead from the 3rd quarter and up to the first minutes of the 4th quarter. I thought that they're going to lose this game when Boston got the score near to them.

I wasn't expecting it to be a 2 point lead only when Bucks got a good start. And that was even close, that last shot of Theis, if that went in, Bucks will hard to accept the defeat.

Boston is a good come back team, luckily the bucks survive from that late run scare. That is something they need to improve if they want to have a better result in the playoffs, they failed previously but maybe they have a chance to play the Nets in the ECF, hopefully it will happen and Heat will not upset them.

Hopefully that will happen.

I really thought that it will be ending as a disappointment for the Bucks. That's a big headline if the last shot just really got in. 

[Dave1]

Anyone seen the Boston vs Bucks game? It was really tight throughout the game, Giannis just scored 13 points in the game. It was Middleton who carry the team with 27 points. Boston was able to cut down the lead by the Bucks to 2 points and was in the opportunity to even win or tie the game. 1.0 seconds let and Daniel Theis has the opportunity to hit the three, unfortunately he missed it, bad lost for the Celtics.

Bucks got a huge lead from the 3rd quarter and up to the first minutes of the 4th quarter. I thought that they're going to lose this game when Boston got the score near to them.

I wasn't expecting it to be a 2 point lead only when Bucks got a good start. And that was even close, that last shot of Theis, if that went in, Bucks will hard to accept the defeat.

Boston is a good come back team, luckily the bucks survive from that late run scare. That is something they need to improve if they want to have a better result in the playoffs, they failed previously but maybe they have a chance to play the Nets in the ECF, hopefully it will happen and Heat will not upset them.

But they failed on this game, good thing Bucks won this game, that was a tough game for them as Celtics is also a legit team though it struggle a bit. These playoff teams might meet again in the playoffs, AFAIR, it's the bucks who have more wins as one time in the playoffs, they dominated the Celtics.

Last two games of Celtics, they always fell short, their opponents will also get a good lead, even cushion and Boston trying to play catch up. Hard to do that every game, specially facing a good team like Bucks in this instance and this is not a good strategy in my opinion. They should have taken the advantage of Giannis having a bad night, Tatum, Smart, Brown and Walker is playing not good basketball or not consistent in their last 4 games.

[morvillz7z]

Less than 6 hours left before the trade deadline (3 pm ET) and basically no major trades have happened so far.

There were rumors last night that the Lakers are also interested in Lowry and might be willing to ship/deal Schroder or Caldwell-Pope.

Man, i desperately need to see some trades being made, Wright to Kings ain't gonna cut it for me.  

[Pamadar]

Anyone seen the Boston vs Bucks game? It was really tight throughout the game, Giannis just scored 13 points in the game. It was Middleton who carry the team with 27 points. Boston was able to cut down the lead by the Bucks to 2 points and was in the opportunity to even win or tie the game. 1.0 seconds let and Daniel Theis has the opportunity to hit the three, unfortunately he missed it, bad lost for the Celtics.

Bucks got a huge lead from the 3rd quarter and up to the first minutes of the 4th quarter. I thought that they're going to lose this game when Boston got the score near to them.

I wasn't expecting it to be a 2 point lead only when Bucks got a good start. And that was even close, that last shot of Theis, if that went in, Bucks will hard to accept the defeat.

Boston is a good come back team, luckily the bucks survive from that late run scare. That is something they need to improve if they want to have a better result in the playoffs, they failed previously but maybe they have a chance to play the Nets in the ECF, hopefully it will happen and Heat will not upset them.

Hopefully that will happen.

I really thought that it will be ending as a disappointment for the Bucks. That's a big headline if the last shot just really got in. 

Bucks needs to improve especially in this kind of dying minutes.

They need to mature and not to struggle whenever the oppoising team are doing a rally, Giannis Didn't score that much
but his presence is more than eough to help his team, good for them that Boston didn't snatched this one from them.
as you mentioned might be a news now if they'll failed to hold.

[tygeade]

I am not sure what Raptors are thinking with this rebuilding mode thing. They are doing fine right now, they are not a playoff team right now but their young players will get better soon and they will be there, I do not get their now or never attitude neither, they did that with Kawhi and literally gambled for one year because he would leave and he left as well, so that ring was a big surprise for them but if they didn't get it, they would have been part of a very bad deal that didn't get them anything and still traded everything.

They are after doing the same thing I suppose, for rebuilding purposes this time around, and that doesn't make sense to me. If they trade lowry and powell, they are not going to get anything decent, but they are after picks I assume, and that's not going to be good picks neither from high level teams (why would a rebuilding team get them) and that's going to be hard.

[Febo]

Denver got Howard and McGee, Miami got Bijelica, Boston got Fournier. Chicago for Vucevič. 1 hour 20 minutes to go. Now things will got really busy. Markkanen, Lowry, ...

[OgNasty]

Denver got Howard and McGee, Miami got Bijelica, Boston got Fournier. Chicago for Vucevič. 1 hour 20 minutes to go. Now things will got really busy. Markkanen, Lowry, ...

Looks like Denver got Aaron Gordon too. One of the bigger prizes on the block. Woj said that the NY Knicks are finalizing a deal to get Lonzo Ball and the Lakers are making a last minute effort to get Kyle Lowry from the Raptors. Usually takes some time for the dust to settle and deals to finalize even after the deadline hits, so we could be in for a little more news yet.