2025 NBA Season

[gagux123]

After winning their game today, the Minnesota Timberwolves still holding their chance to get out from the play-in tournament curse and get to the number 6 or number 5 if Mavericks and Nuggets continue losing their games in the coming days. We are less than a month before the play-in start and after that, it will be the playoffs tournament where the games are super intense. On that day, we will see them play like there is no tomorrow, and if a struggling team won't fix the way they play before that, they're doomed to be eliminated in the first round of the tournament.

Yes, the regular season will end soon and we will have the playoffs.

It's incredible to imagine, but the Lakers had another loss. LeBron James did his part and scored 38 points.
But the rest of the team did not collaborate as they should.

My quetion is, in less than 1 month, do you believe the Lakers can still reach the playoffs?
And the Nets? (although Brooklyn is still in 8th place, but there's a good chance the Nets will miss the playoffs).

[Russlenat]

After winning their game today, the Minnesota Timberwolves still holding their chance to get out from the play-in tournament curse and get to the number 6 or number 5 if Mavericks and Nuggets continue losing their games in the coming days. We are less than a month before the play-in start and after that, it will be the playoffs tournament where the games are super intense. On that day, we will see them play like there is no tomorrow, and if a struggling team won't fix the way they play before that, they're doomed to be eliminated in the first round of the tournament.

All of the sudden the Minnesota Timberwolves started to be more competitive by winning games.
As we can see in the standing - https://www.espn.com/nba/standings.. they are very close with the Denver, Dallas, and Utah, and I'm very impressed because they only lose 1 game in their last 10 games.

[freedomgo]

After winning their game today, the Minnesota Timberwolves still holding their chance to get out from the play-in tournament curse and get to the number 6 or number 5 if Mavericks and Nuggets continue losing their games in the coming days. We are less than a month before the play-in start and after that, it will be the playoffs tournament where the games are super intense. On that day, we will see them play like there is no tomorrow, and if a struggling team won't fix the way they play before that, they're doomed to be eliminated in the first round of the tournament.

All of the sudden the Minnesota Timberwolves started to be more competitive by winning games.
As we can see in the standing - https://www.espn.com/nba/standings.. they are very close with the Denver, Dallas, and Utah, and I'm very impressed because they only lose 1 game in their last 10 games.

I'm impressed, that's because Towns get back in the lineup and they start winning again. They had a pretty bad start but people have already forgotten that because they keep winning again. That 9-1 in the last 10 games is something they cannot achieve in the past, they really improve this season, probably because some teams are struggling, like the Lakers and Clippers.

[Ziskinberg]

That's the real reason, if he is not fit, then they should not force the issue, trade him and acquire another player that could fit to the Lakers system. Maybe John Wall would be a good answer for that, I'm sure Lakers will find it interesting to trade Westbrook for John Wall.

It seems to me that Westbrook just doesn't want to improve and adapt his style of play. This may be one of the reasons why he doesn't fit into the system of any team. By the way, the Lakers and Rockets have already discussed the Westbrook-Wall trade. However, this didn't happen as the Lakers management didn't want to include a draft pick in the deal.

Nah, I just feel that he is trying his best but he is not really fit with the team. We have lots of players in the past that were not so effective in a certain team but when get traded they were so valuable piece in the roster. I remember one player, do you see the performance of DeRozan this season? he is so impressive, right? well, this man is the center of criticism when he was still playing wth the Spurs, but look at him now, he turns into hero.

[Reid]

Nah, I just feel that he is trying his best but he is not really fit with the team. We have lots of players in the past that were not so effective in a certain team but when get traded they were so valuable piece in the roster. I remember one player, do you see the performance of DeRozan this season? he is so impressive, right? well, this man is the center of criticism when he was still playing wth the Spurs, but look at him now, he turns into hero.

Not just Spurs, way back with the Raptors. He was pounded by different criticism but he didn't take it to heart. He just improved his game and where would it be best to do, with Pops. He learned discipline and being a team player and now we are witnessing the fruits of it.
About Westbrook, I think he got used to being the leader, he was even branded as "stats paddler". He was a ball hog, there is no doubt about it and I think there are still remnants of that behavior that's why he's having a difficult time to adjust with someone else who had been a leader ever since the Cavaliers era. Lebron James.

[Spack17]

Giannis' absence makes a really big difference for Milwaukee Bucks. We witnessed it in the Minnesota Timberwolves game for sure. Especially in the third quarter, we watched a poor performance by Milwaukee and they lost the game as well by 138-119 away. I must admit that I really liked the performance of home team. And they are already having a similar season right now taking their statistics into account. Minnesota's effort is surprising to me this season and it looks like we will watch them in the playoffs.

[wheelz1200]

After winning their game today, the Minnesota Timberwolves still holding their chance to get out from the play-in tournament curse and get to the number 6 or number 5 if Mavericks and Nuggets continue losing their games in the coming days. We are less than a month before the play-in start and after that, it will be the playoffs tournament where the games are super intense. On that day, we will see them play like there is no tomorrow, and if a struggling team won't fix the way they play before that, they're doomed to be eliminated in the first round of the tournament.

The way the Timberwolves are playing no team is going to want to have to play them in the first round.  If they ended up the 7 or 8 seed and have to play one of the top teams I can see that being an upset possibility. 

[ingiltere]

LeBron James passed Karl Malone and became the second most scorer player of all time. I believe he will finish first before he retires. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has 38.387 points and LeBron alrady has 36.947 points. He only need one more season to become officially the most scoring player and undisputed GOAT. We are lucky to watch him since his rookie season. We witnessed how he evolved his game and attitude towards years.

[Pamadar]

Nah, I just feel that he is trying his best but he is not really fit with the team. We have lots of players in the past that were not so effective in a certain team but when get traded they were so valuable piece in the roster. I remember one player, do you see the performance of DeRozan this season? he is so impressive, right? well, this man is the center of criticism when he was still playing wth the Spurs, but look at him now, he turns into hero.

Not just Spurs, way back with the Raptors. He was pounded by different criticism but he didn't take it to heart. He just improved his game and where would it be best to do, with Pops. He learned discipline and being a team player and now we are witnessing the fruits of it.
About Westbrook, I think he got used to being the leader, he was even branded as "stats paddler". He was a ball hog, there is no doubt about it and I think there are still remnants of that behavior that's why he's having a difficult time to adjust with someone else who had been a leader ever since the Cavaliers era. Lebron James.

Adjusting with someone who's more superior is really hard for someone who thinks of himself as main alpha.

Something that we have seen with Westbrook, he is not really good in adjusting just like how you see it, there's still inside
him that wanted to be the team leader,but he needed to step back because of LeBron's presence inside the court.

The Main Alpha in all the team that he played, well-respect since all those teams he played, he gave him a championship title.

[wheelz1200]

LeBron James passed Karl Malone and became the second most scorer player of all time. I believe he will finish first before he retires. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has 38.387 points and LeBron alrady has 36.947 points. He only need one more season to become officially the most scoring player and undisputed GOAT. We are lucky to watch him since his rookie season. We witnessed how he evolved his game and attitude towards years.

We can go round in circles on this but lebron isn't the undisputed GOAT.  Jordan instilled more fear in opposing teams because of how good he was.  As a knick fan dreaded a Chicago series.   If Jordan played in this era where you can't even hand check he'd average 45 points a game.  Lebron is top 5 for sure but Michael still holds the 👑

[püsür]

LeBron James passed Karl Malone and became the second most scorer player of all time. I believe he will finish first before he retires. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has 38.387 points and LeBron alrady has 36.947 points. He only need one more season to become officially the most scoring player and undisputed GOAT. We are lucky to watch him since his rookie season. We witnessed how he evolved his game and attitude towards years.

We will probably have to wait for Bronny's coming to NBA for Lebron's retirement, which is how many years away? One or two? It seems like he will probably pass the 38.3k points by then, as you said. I also agree we are very lucky to watch him since the beginning. I remember his high school videos back in 2002. And here we are at 2022. That was an absolutely magnificent career. I wasn't sure about him being the GOAT but these last 3 years, I think he really proved that he is. I don't remember anyone being this dominant after 35 years old. And he is still going strong. Of course he is not like he is 25 or 30 anymore, there is a slight slowing down in Lebron's playing. But he is still one of the best players in the league at the moment.

[Rufsilf]

Playing on stressful surrounding will totally give you an awkward feeling so best for him to be traded since hes not really fit on Lakers system and might he can play more better on different team.

That's the real reason, if he is not fit, then they should not force the issue, trade him and acquire another player that could fit to the Lakers system. Maybe John Wall would be a good answer for that, I'm sure Lakers will find it interesting to trade Westbrook for John Wall.

I preferred the young bloods like Kyle Kuzma to be with them once again since they are good before. Westbrook is still a food player, Bron just need to give him some space to do his things and have a proper team work. Westbrook game style is very greedy same with Bron to be honest that’s why they are not effective when they are together in the court. They need to talk and give way to each other to fixed the current struggling Lakers, They just made there first win again after there lose streak.

True, Lakers gave up the LA Lakers shooters in exchange for Westbrook, they lose in that trade for sure although Wizards also struggling this season. Expect for a big news next season as I have a feeling that Westbrook won't be given another season with the Lakers.

Indeed, Lakers has made a very risky move way back when they let go 5 of their key players just for Westbrook alone because he was a so called superstar with the hopes that the franchise could be a hard to beat in the league this season but later on, turns out that they definitely lost the trade. It was a really bad idea letting Alex Caruso go, the man is much more effective and did contribute more than WB.

[sana54210]

Back to Westbrook being criticized but he actually did great today. It's just defense that must be improved and the player rotation. They rely too much on their small lineup thinking they have that speed in transition plays but it should be twisted with big men and go slow. They don't have a young roster.
Despite that loss, there's good news.
LeBron James surpasses Karl Malone for No. 2 on NBA's all-time scoring list
It's just Kareem left on the top. Lebron needs 1440 points to take the lead. It's near, he just needs to be healthy.

Having a few great games in a whole season will not be enough for him. I do not know how Lakers could get rid of Westbrook, it looks quite impossible with his contract and how terrible he has been but the only chance Lakers have for next year is if they could somehow get rid of him.

Just give a team all the remainder of the contracts and get some players that would mean something, I know it's hard, I know it will be difficult, but even smaller contracts with bunch of players combined could be possible, even a three way or four way deal could be done. At the end of the day, Westbrook needs to go this summer for Lakers to ever have a chance next season. AD also needs to stay healthy.

[Viscore]

Westbrook can't be as effective as he was before because that depends on his teammates and the coaching staff, but we cannot deny that Westbrook is still capable despite the fact that he is an awful shooter. Maybe he is not comfortable with the kind of play the Lakers have for him and they aren't adjusting because until now we are still seeing him struggling and the Lakers as a team.

He's not really fit for any team right now because after they saw his performance with the Lakers nowadays, they hesitate to acquire him because they might be jeopardizing their team as well if they do that. Lebron let him in thinking that he might change his game if he is with him but guess what? it turns out that it becomes worst and he is the reason why the Lakers are struggling despite they still have Lebron and Davis playing with them. They are afraid to rest him out because he is a so-called star player as well, but his star is not shining lately though.

Westbrook may be experiencing quite hard today as he did not do well from his latest game but he could be as good as how he was before after some time. Its just a sort of adjustment and the moment he can regain his confidence with his Lakers team, he can be once again an NBA MVP way back 2017 season. He looked like his vintage self against the team nowadays but if he can be back to himself until the postseason, that way he's narrative will be changed.

[jhonjhon]

Without Giannis Bucks isn't same. They don't have a leader in the game. Nobody take responsibility. Wolves run the game with Edwards and Towns. It was way easier game than expected for Wolves. They will get an important win and keep their hopes alive for sixth seed. Bucks on the other hand put on the line of their second place. Sixers is coming from behind.

This just proves that Giannis is MVP. They would have won this game if he was playing. He's the best defensive and offensive player in the league. But the wolves have never faced a fully healthy bucks team. All of their wins are partially invalidated.

[Russlenat]

After winning their game today, the Minnesota Timberwolves still holding their chance to get out from the play-in tournament curse and get to the number 6 or number 5 if Mavericks and Nuggets continue losing their games in the coming days. We are less than a month before the play-in start and after that, it will be the playoffs tournament where the games are super intense. On that day, we will see them play like there is no tomorrow, and if a struggling team won't fix the way they play before that, they're doomed to be eliminated in the first round of the tournament.

All of the sudden the Minnesota Timberwolves started to be more competitive by winning games.
As we can see in the standing - https://www.espn.com/nba/standings.. they are very close with the Denver, Dallas, and Utah, and I'm very impressed because they only lose 1 game in their last 10 games.

I'm impressed, that's because Towns get back in the lineup and they start winning again. They had a pretty bad start but people have already forgotten that because they keep winning again. That 9-1 in the last 10 games is something they cannot achieve in the past, they really improve this season, probably because some teams are struggling, like the Lakers and Clippers.

The is not dependent to the struggling team, they really improve this season, that's it, "no buts".
I have a feeling that they will make it to the playoffs and the Lakers might not qualify, that is only based on the consistency they are showing recently, which obviously we are seeing how inconsistent the Lakers are.

[lulumiya]

Denver Nuggets are hosting Boston Celtics tonight and Celtics are being favoured by bookmakers for this one. In fact, these teams have nearly the same amount of wins in the regular season. Maybe I can give a chance to Nuggets and place a bet on their victory. It would be fun to watch the game after that. Because I don't expect Nuggets to give up on this game easily. It would be a close one. And the most scorer could be Jokic I think. His performance has been superb so far.

[Ziskinberg]

Denver Nuggets are hosting Boston Celtics tonight and Celtics are being favoured by bookmakers for this one. In fact, these teams have nearly the same amount of wins in the regular season. Maybe I can give a chance to Nuggets and place a bet on their victory. It would be fun to watch the game after that. Because I don't expect Nuggets to give up on this game easily. It would be a close one. And the most scorer could be Jokic I think. His performance has been superb so far.

Same here, I think the handicap is good enough to take the Nuggets here, they might even win at home but to be safe, taking +3 is a great idea IMO. Good luck, I think Jokic might again get a triple-double here, I just don't see the Celtics would be able to slow him down.

[wheelz1200]

Denver Nuggets are hosting Boston Celtics tonight and Celtics are being favoured by bookmakers for this one. In fact, these teams have nearly the same amount of wins in the regular season. Maybe I can give a chance to Nuggets and place a bet on their victory. It would be fun to watch the game after that. Because I don't expect Nuggets to give up on this game easily. It would be a close one. And the most scorer could be Jokic I think. His performance has been superb so far.

Same here, I think the handicap is good enough to take the Nuggets here, they might even win at home but to be safe, taking +3 is a great idea IMO. Good luck, I think Jokic might again get a triple-double here, I just don't see the Celtics would be able to slow him down.

Will definately be an interesting game.  Bostons team defense is top notch and they scheme around one player well so they might try to slow down jokic.  Either way I don't think Denver should be the dogs in this one playing at home but to sketchy of a game for me to bet on.  Good luck

[LGD2Business]

Atlanta Hawks started badly, they're making a lot of turnovers. There's a lack of concentration, it's obvious. Trae Young is back but they are not playing well at home. Pelicans have already opened the gap in the first quarter. New Orleans Pelicans seem to be more willing to win. Herbert Jones started the game very well. Brandon Ingram is absent but Pelicans don't miss him in this game.