2025 NBA Season

[el kaka22]

The interesting thing about Nets getting Simmons is the fact that they had to give Harden for him. In no regular situation Simmons worths trading Harden for, not even when he is 100% healthy and playing well enough, dude was already bad compared to Harden. So, nets moved from Irving-Harden-Durant trio to Irving-Durant and maybe a shell of a Simmons whenever they get him.

I am 100% sure that Harden asked to get out, otherwise why do something like this? Nets is not good enough to mean anything during playoffs for sure, let them get eliminated during play-in so that they can take a quicker vacation and start their off-season, since it wouldn't matter even if they went to playoffs.

[btc_angela]

Brooklyn Nets .
I thought the the Cavaliers will maintain their position at the top 4 but it seems that they had a bad nights in their last games thus they fall down to the 8th spot and now has a chance to be eliminated and not enter the playoffs.

I was convinced that the Cavaliers would go to the playoffs in this season, but unfortunately, they dropped to 8th place, I was impressed, at the same time they were doing so well and now they are fighting to participate in the playoffs.

This game against the Nets could be decisive, for both teams, and I believe in this game that we will have soon, the Nets will beat the Cavs (of course this is my opinion)

Right, I will be on the Nets here against the Cavs, they really built a good chemistry, but against Irving and Durant, I'm not seeing them winning against one of the best duo in the league. The Cavs are amongst in the top 4 early, but they dropped to 8th which is bad in my opinion. Recently the Nets beat the Cavs and this time it will be on the Nets home court so give me the Nets in this play in.

[Yogee]

....
How about the Tournament? Anyone have favorites?

I'm favoring the Clippers and the Nets for seventh spot in their respective conference.

I wanted to see a Giannis vs. Durrant showdown again as soon as possible but Celtics spoiled that. I'm not too disapointed It's not happening since it will be a good series either way.

Clippers deserve to be in the playoffs with how long they hang on despite the long injuries to their two top players. They may not make it far since it's either Suns or Grizzlies hehe.

[harizen]

Ben Simmons? Brooklyn Nets have said that they're looking forward to see him in the first round of the playoffs. But that doesn't impress or interest the fans because he was supposed to make his debut long ago.

Most people considered that the Ben Simmons drama will now be over when he was traded to Brooklyn Nets, but still, the saga continues and there's no official timeline for his return. It's not something about injury (if any) or anything else but it really does have another reason. As per the report, he's already cleared to play coming from his back injury and already doing some shootings, etc.

As also stated, he is currently in the development of strengthening his legs and back. Is that can be considered a reason not to play at the moment?

Well then, so be it. They finally clinched the 7th spot in the East, will face the Cavaliers for the same spot or 8th and the winner will face the Boston Celtics in the 1st round.

[goinmerry]

This is not good, I was expecting that Dallas has a chance to win the NBA Finals but without Luka, I don't think they'll pass the first round of the playoffs.

Luka Doncic injury update: Mavericks star suffers calf strain in final game of regular season vs. Spurs

No update yet regarding on how serious the injury is and on how long he'll be out.
I hope it's not too serious so we will see a great playoffs.

Yes, the Dallas Mavericks community is waiting for the MRI results.

This is the first time again that the Mavericks will have its home advantage in the playoffs and the last one they did during their championship run last 2011.

He is reportedly spotted walking around the hospital with a walking boot. He will be back in the playoffs but I think not until Game 2 o 3. The injury should not be serious but needs a good time to heal. So unfortunate.

[chaser15]

Brooklyn Nets .
I thought the the Cavaliers will maintain their position at the top 4 but it seems that they had a bad nights in their last games thus they fall down to the 8th spot and now has a chance to be eliminated and not enter the playoffs.

I was convinced that the Cavaliers would go to the playoffs in this season, but unfortunately, they dropped to 8th place, I was impressed, at the same time they were doing so well and now they are fighting to participate in the playoffs.

Just learned about this. Cavaliers are I think already secured a playoffs spot and now they will play in a play-in tournament.

These kids are impressive during the mid-season and competing in the Eastern Conference standings against Chicago Bulls and Boston Celtics.

No choice but to take on another challenge and they need to do their full best. I hope they can even pass on 1st Round as the last time they did it is when Lebron James still playing for them.

[ChiBitCTy]

Looking forward to the games tomorrow! I can’t wait to see how the Nets perform especially how they are going to perform with Ben Simmons possibly back in the fold.

My Chicago Bulls drew the Milwaukee Bucks in the opening round which is of course a nightmare for them having any chance of making it to another round. I think they will likely be lucky to win one game . At least they are building for the future though and that’s the important thing !

[Botnake]

Breaking: Lakers will fire head coach Frank Vogel after three seasons, per @wojespn

source

Great decision by the Lakers Management.
Now, Looking forward to the players that will be traded in preparation for the improvement by next season.

Who do you think will be TRADED?

[rhomelmabini]

Who will advance in the play in tournament?

Cavaliers vs Nets

Clippers vs TWolves

Hornets vs Hawks

Spurs vs Pelicans

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I'd be rooting for Nets and Clippers as the 7th seed then Hawks and Spurs for the 8th. I'd say for Hawks they are more capable for doing this and more experienced considering they advanced already during the last seasons compare to the young guns of Hornets. It would be a shame I think if they lost this one, Trae will be going hot in this match so do LaMelo.

[Coin_trader]

Breaking: Lakers will fire head coach Frank Vogel after three seasons, per @wojespn

source

Great decision by the Lakers Management.
Now, Looking forward to the players that will be traded in preparation for the improvement by next season.

Who do you think will be TRADED?

Westbrook and Dwight for sure will be traded but I think the other team will request THT to add with the deal. I hope they will get a reliable center this time so that Lebron and AD will not gonna force too much on defense and avoid more physical activity inside the court. This news is the greatest decision LA management do to save there team for the next season. Too bad they do this late which cause them a lot.

[danherbias07]

Great decision by the Lakers Management.
Now, Looking forward to the players that will be traded in preparation for the improvement by next season.

Who do you think will be TRADED?

Double checked it, yes it's legit. He is fired.
https://www.nba.com/news/lakers-part-ways-with-coach-frank-vogel
The sad part is he was not informed early until it was leaked to ESPN. Ouch! Surprises. Lakers management does love that.  
Now the roster, we might be surprised too in the next days to come or before the season starts again. I bet they are going to overhaul that roster again and seek players that are younger. Who knows, they might be done with making a veteran lineup again.
Where would Howard go that will make him more productive and be back with 20+ minutes per game? I wish a team signs him up. It's too cheap for just $2.6M for an agile 37 years old.
He will be a great asset for this era being dominated by 3 giant players.

[yazher]

The sad part is he was not informed early until it was leaked to ESPN. Ouch! Surprises. Lakers management does love that.  
Now the roster, we might be surprised too in the next days to come or before the season starts again. I bet they are going to overhaul that roster again and seek players that are younger. Who knows, they might be done with making a veteran lineup again.
Where would Howard go that will make him more productive and be back with 20+ minutes per game? I wish a team signs him up. It's too cheap for just $2.6M for an agile 37 years old.
He will be a great asset for this era being dominated by 3 giant players.

Well! that's just how it is if the management doesn't like the result of your hard work and you failed to give them the championship they wanted to further expand their profits from the Lakers merchandise and other stuff. The question is, who will gonna replace Frank after this season? I'm sure it will be a huge challenge for whoever it will be because they will gonna overhaul the entire roosters and they gonna trade Westbrook

[Natalim]

The sad part is he was not informed early until it was leaked to ESPN. Ouch! Surprises. Lakers management does love that.  
Now the roster, we might be surprised too in the next days to come or before the season starts again. I bet they are going to overhaul that roster again and seek players that are younger. Who knows, they might be done with making a veteran lineup again.
Where would Howard go that will make him more productive and be back with 20+ minutes per game? I wish a team signs him up. It's too cheap for just $2.6M for an agile 37 years old.
He will be a great asset for this era being dominated by 3 giant players.

Well! that's just how it is if the management doesn't like the result of your hard work and you failed to give them the championship they wanted to further expand their profits from the Lakers merchandise and other stuff. The question is, who will gonna replace Frank after this season? I'm sure it will be a huge challenge for whoever it will be because they will gonna overhaul the entire roosters and they gonna trade Westbrook

Coach is probably not a problem, Lakers can afford to hire a good coach and I'm pretty sure there are a lot of coaches who are just waiting for the big opportunity. By the way you read read this article, it will give us an idea on who will be the best candidate for the Lakers coaching job.

Lakers coaching candidates: 25 possible options -- from the obvious to ridiculous -- to replace Frank Vogel

[Japinat]

The sad part is he was not informed early until it was leaked to ESPN. Ouch! Surprises. Lakers management does love that.  
Now the roster, we might be surprised too in the next days to come or before the season starts again. I bet they are going to overhaul that roster again and seek players that are younger. Who knows, they might be done with making a veteran lineup again.
Where would Howard go that will make him more productive and be back with 20+ minutes per game? I wish a team signs him up. It's too cheap for just $2.6M for an agile 37 years old.
He will be a great asset for this era being dominated by 3 giant players.

Well! that's just how it is if the management doesn't like the result of your hard work and you failed to give them the championship they wanted to further expand their profits from the Lakers merchandise and other stuff. The question is, who will gonna replace Frank after this season? I'm sure it will be a huge challenge for whoever it will be because they will gonna overhaul the entire roosters and they gonna trade Westbrook

Coach is probably not a problem, Lakers can afford to hire a good coach and I'm pretty sure there are a lot of coaches who are just waiting for the big opportunity. By the way you read read this article, it will give us an idea on who will be the best candidate for the Lakers coaching job.

Lakers coaching candidates: 25 possible options -- from the obvious to ridiculous -- to replace Frank Vogel

For sure, but it's a big pressure on the new coach on how he would deliver success to the team. As long as Davis and Lebron will remain to be in Laker uniform, then people will expect that the team is still a championship-caliber, what happened to them this season was they messed up with their chemistry, that's it.

[Reid]

Well! that's just how it is if the management doesn't like the result of your hard work and you failed to give them the championship they wanted to further expand their profits from the Lakers merchandise and other stuff. The question is, who will gonna replace Frank after this season? I'm sure it will be a huge challenge for whoever it will be because they will gonna overhaul the entire roosters and they gonna trade Westbrook

Just hours being fired and this article suddenly came out.
https://www.nba.com/news/lakers-part-ways-with-coach-frank-vogel

Lakers coaching candidates: 25 possible options -- from the obvious to ridiculous -- to replace Frank Vogel
Mike D'Antoni, Quin Snyder, Juwan Howard, Doc Rivers and many more show up on this list

I am a bit sad and relieved about the news. Coach Vogel had been making bad decisions on his rotations especially when their opponents are literally weak teams that should have been an easy win even with his bench players.
There are a lot of rumors going around now. Juwan Howard paired with Rajon Rondo as the coaching Staff and even Nick Nurse's name floated.
If they like run and gun style it surely is Mike D'Antoni and the opposite of him is Quin Snyder but they already tried a defensive coach which is Vogel so I doubt they will do that again.

[Oasisman]

The sad part is he was not informed early until it was leaked to ESPN. Ouch! Surprises. Lakers management does love that.  
Now the roster, we might be surprised too in the next days to come or before the season starts again. I bet they are going to overhaul that roster again and seek players that are younger. Who knows, they might be done with making a veteran lineup again.
Where would Howard go that will make him more productive and be back with 20+ minutes per game? I wish a team signs him up. It's too cheap for just $2.6M for an agile 37 years old.
He will be a great asset for this era being dominated by 3 giant players.

Well! that's just how it is if the management doesn't like the result of your hard work and you failed to give them the championship they wanted to further expand their profits from the Lakers merchandise and other stuff. The question is, who will gonna replace Frank after this season? I'm sure it will be a huge challenge for whoever it will be because they will gonna overhaul the entire roosters and they gonna trade Westbrook

According to the rumors Nick Nurse (you can find a lot of articles in Google) is the frontrunner for the next Lakers head coach. He could be a good coach for the Lakers with his experience in the Finals against a top caliber team like the 2019 GSW.
There rumors as well that Westbrook might be traded to Indiana for Buddy Hield and  Malcom Brogdon. That seems a pretty fair trade though.
The Lakers also have cleared Loul Deng's contract and they might be looking to rebuild another good roster. Well, I hope they'll resort to a younger talents this time rather signing a veteran.

[Questat]

The sad part is he was not informed early until it was leaked to ESPN. Ouch! Surprises. Lakers management does love that.  
Now the roster, we might be surprised too in the next days to come or before the season starts again. I bet they are going to overhaul that roster again and seek players that are younger. Who knows, they might be done with making a veteran lineup again.
Where would Howard go that will make him more productive and be back with 20+ minutes per game? I wish a team signs him up. It's too cheap for just $2.6M for an agile 37 years old.
He will be a great asset for this era being dominated by 3 giant players.

Well! that's just how it is if the management doesn't like the result of your hard work and you failed to give them the championship they wanted to further expand their profits from the Lakers merchandise and other stuff. The question is, who will gonna replace Frank after this season? I'm sure it will be a huge challenge for whoever it will be because they will gonna overhaul the entire roosters and they gonna trade Westbrook

According to the rumors Nick Nurse (you can find a lot of articles in Google) is the frontrunner for the next Lakers head coach. He could be a good coach for the Lakers with his experience in the Finals against a top caliber team like the 2019 GSW.
There rumors as well that Westbrook might be traded to Indiana for Buddy Hield and  Malcom Brogdon. That seems a pretty fair trade though.
The Lakers also have cleared Loul Deng's contract and they might be looking to rebuild another good roster. Well, I hope they'll resort to a younger talents this time rather signing a veteran.

Yeah, that was the rumor.
https://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2022/4/11/23020511/lakers-reportedly-targeting-nick-nurse-juwan-howard-head-coach-rumors-candidate-frank-vogel

He was once a champion, lead the Raptors to its first championship, so for sure he has the talent to manage the talented team like the Lakers.
Hopefully Lebron will listen and will not overpower the coach as that is the nightmare of every coach that has worked with him.

[ultrloa]

The sad part is he was not informed early until it was leaked to ESPN. Ouch! Surprises. Lakers management does love that.  
Now the roster, we might be surprised too in the next days to come or before the season starts again. I bet they are going to overhaul that roster again and seek players that are younger. Who knows, they might be done with making a veteran lineup again.
Where would Howard go that will make him more productive and be back with 20+ minutes per game? I wish a team signs him up. It's too cheap for just $2.6M for an agile 37 years old.
He will be a great asset for this era being dominated by 3 giant players.

Well! that's just how it is if the management doesn't like the result of your hard work and you failed to give them the championship they wanted to further expand their profits from the Lakers merchandise and other stuff. The question is, who will gonna replace Frank after this season? I'm sure it will be a huge challenge for whoever it will be because they will gonna overhaul the entire roosters and they gonna trade Westbrook

According to the rumors Nick Nurse (you can find a lot of articles in Google) is the frontrunner for the next Lakers head coach. He could be a good coach for the Lakers with his experience in the Finals against a top caliber team like the 2019 GSW.
There rumors as well that Westbrook might be traded to Indiana for Buddy Hield and  Malcom Brogdon. That seems a pretty fair trade though.
The Lakers also have cleared Loul Deng's contract and they might be looking to rebuild another good roster. Well, I hope they'll resort to a younger talents this time rather signing a veteran.

Yeah, that was the rumor.
https://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2022/4/11/23020511/lakers-reportedly-targeting-nick-nurse-juwan-howard-head-coach-rumors-candidate-frank-vogel

He was once a champion, lead the Raptors to its first championship, so for sure he has the talent to manage the talented team like the Lakers.
Hopefully Lebron will listen and will not overpower the coach as that is the nightmare of every coach that has worked with him.

For that I think Lebron should the one needed to trade since as I notice about him he is so self centered person and that affect their team chemistry because he always want to be always a alpha on their team. Feel pity for what happen to lakers this season and its seems there's a deep problem with them since there rooster is supposed to be good and full of talent but it turns shitty when season runs. Lets just see if he will listen to their teams will and also there is a rumor that they want to get Spoelstra  because he know how he can handle lebron but I doubt heat will let their champion coach go.

[ChiBitCTy]

Breaking: Lakers will fire head coach Frank Vogel after three seasons, per @wojespn

source

Great decision by the Lakers Management.
Now, Looking forward to the players that will be traded in preparation for the improvement by next season.

Who do you think will be TRADED?

I’ve heard rumors that Russell Westbrook is considering retirement. I personally can’t see him coming back to the LA Lakers after that atrocity he put together this season. There’s a report out there that Lebron specifically chose Westbrook over Demar DeRozan, that seems to be pretty damaging to the reputation of the team that Magic Johnson was out talking about how it should have happened. Long winded way of saying I just don’t see Westbrook coming back. I’m also hoping, and there are rumors that the Lakers might be considering trading Anthony Davis to the Chicago Bulls. Not sure for whom but it’s peaked my interest.

[Yaunfitda]

Well! that's just how it is if the management doesn't like the result of your hard work and you failed to give them the championship they wanted to further expand their profits from the Lakers merchandise and other stuff. The question is, who will gonna replace Frank after this season? I'm sure it will be a huge challenge for whoever it will be because they will gonna overhaul the entire roosters and they gonna trade Westbrook

Just hours being fired and this article suddenly came out.
https://www.nba.com/news/lakers-part-ways-with-coach-frank-vogel

Lakers coaching candidates: 25 possible options -- from the obvious to ridiculous -- to replace Frank Vogel
Mike D'Antoni, Quin Snyder, Juwan Howard, Doc Rivers and many more show up on this list

I am a bit sad and relieved about the news. Coach Vogel had been making bad decisions on his rotations especially when their opponents are literally weak teams that should have been an easy win even with his bench players.
There are a lot of rumors going around now. Juwan Howard paired with Rajon Rondo as the coaching Staff and even Nick Nurse's name floated.
If they like run and gun style it surely is Mike D'Antoni and the opposite of him is Quin Snyder but they already tried a defensive coach which is Vogel so I doubt they will do that again.

On the contrary though, coach Vogel tried to be a Mike D'Antoni on Lakers and I don't see him a defensive coach. But good riddance though for Vogel, for sure he will find a new coaching job maybe somewhere else.

It's just the everything was a disaster from the very beginning for the Lakers, compounding by Lebron getting injured and Davis. Hopefully they will have a new team next season and forget about the debacle of Vogel + Westbrook + Carmelo pairing.