2025 NBA Season

[barbara44]

Let's just hope for the best for him. I just hope that he will play next season alongside KD (if he will not get traded) and Irving (if he will choose to stay with the Nets which I think has a low chance to happen).

On the other hand, I don't want to expect too much from him. He played like an amateur against the Hawks 2 seasons ago and too afraid to shoot and last season, he caused too much drama as well to the point that he didn't play the whole season because of injuries. I will not be surprised if he will play like an all-star because he played like that in the past already.

Ben Simmons as a healthy player could be so much positive even if he just plays defense. I mean it is obvious that he is not in the right mindset about basketball these past few seasons, after that Sixers playoff run, he became a bit unwell and his mental situation turned out to be nothing that special, which is why I honestly believe that we should not be working towards building something that is generously overvaluing him, he will probably suck but his defense has always been good and we could expect that from him.

It is going to be a tough period, and Nets will need to start reconsidering the rebuild process all over again.

[wheelz1200]

Let's just hope for the best for him. I just hope that he will play next season alongside KD (if he will not get traded) and Irving (if he will choose to stay with the Nets which I think has a low chance to happen).

On the other hand, I don't want to expect too much from him. He played like an amateur against the Hawks 2 seasons ago and too afraid to shoot and last season, he caused too much drama as well to the point that he didn't play the whole season because of injuries. I will not be surprised if he will play like an all-star because he played like that in the past already.

Ben Simmons as a healthy player could be so much positive even if he just plays defense. I mean it is obvious that he is not in the right mindset about basketball these past few seasons, after that Sixers playoff run, he became a bit unwell and his mental situation turned out to be nothing that special, which is why I honestly believe that we should not be working towards building something that is generously overvaluing him, he will probably suck but his defense has always been good and we could expect that from him.

It is going to be a tough period, and Nets will need to start reconsidering the rebuild process all over again.

Ben can drive too he just isn't an outside shooter.  His success is determined by if the team can surround him with good shooters and other people who can create.  The team will be shaken if kyrie opts out and resigns somewhere else.  Not sure what a Ben Simmons and kd team looks like on the court.

[OgNasty]

The rumors of a Kevin Durant trade to Portland just heated up quite a bit as Dame posted a picture of KD and him in Trailblazers jerseys to his Instagram. Probably just wishful thinking on Dame’s part, but interesting that he’s fueling the fire of these rumors. I can understand why though. Dame has never played with anyone near Durant’s talent and Portland has been trying hard to get him some help. I thought this was nonsense, but maybe there’s some reality to these rumors.

[Yogee]

The rumors of a Kevin Durant trade to Portland just heated up quite a bit as Dame posted a picture of KD and him in Trailblazers jerseys to his Instagram. Probably just wishful thinking on Dame’s part, but interesting that he’s fueling the fire of these rumors. I can understand why though. Dame has never played with anyone near Durant’s talent and Portland has been trying hard to get him some help. I thought this was nonsense, but maybe there’s some reality to these rumors.

Funny if the Blazers would actually get Durrant but in exchange of Dame and other players or future draft picks hehe. DL should probably wake up from his dream and expect another year of rebuilding. An outside top six finish this season is another expected result.

[harizen]

The rumors of a Kevin Durant trade to Portland just heated up quite a bit as Dame posted a picture of KD and him in Trailblazers jerseys to his Instagram. Probably just wishful thinking on Dame’s part, but interesting that he’s fueling the fire of these rumors. I can understand why though. Dame has never played with anyone near Durant’s talent and Portland has been trying hard to get him some help. I thought this was nonsense, but maybe there’s some reality to these rumors.

Damian Lillard is still following his stand not to change teams even though he already hinted several times that he might find a new home. For me, that makes sense to do and he should be supposed to do it for a long time now. Portland Blazers failed to surround him with good role players and I don't know why Lillard is still staying with them regardless of the contract he signed for.

But yes, that rumor is non-sense as that is not close to be happening. Kevin Durant will stay on Brookly Nets and probably will just wait to use his Player Option (if any) before considering switching teams in the near future depending on where the team will end up every season.

[wheelz1200]

The rumors of a Kevin Durant trade to Portland just heated up quite a bit as Dame posted a picture of KD and him in Trailblazers jerseys to his Instagram. Probably just wishful thinking on Dame’s part, but interesting that he’s fueling the fire of these rumors. I can understand why though. Dame has never played with anyone near Durant’s talent and Portland has been trying hard to get him some help. I thought this was nonsense, but maybe there’s some reality to these rumors.

Damian Lillard is still following his stand not to change teams even though he already hinted several times that he might find a new home. For me, that makes sense to do and he should be supposed to do it for a long time now. Portland Blazers failed to surround him with good role players and I don't know why Lillard is still staying with them regardless of the contract he signed for.

But yes, that rumor is non-sense as that is not close to be happening. Kevin Durant will stay on Brookly Nets and probably will just wait to use his Player Option (if any) before considering switching teams in the near future depending on where the team will end up every season.

Honestly that would be something else to watch, kd and Dame ripping it up.  Lol I mean who would you choose to cover. I root for Dame when the Knicks aren't playing them, he never really had a good squad behind him and he is getting to the later stages of his career.  Hopefully Portland can pull something off for him before it's too late.

[inthelongrun]

There's a lot of rumors on Kevin Durant lately. I think the guy wants no part on Ben Simmons and Kyrie Irving. If Brooklyn Nets cannot satisfy his demands then he might be the one leaving. There's also rumors on a Boston Celtics trade for Jalen Brown, Marcus Smart and Grant Williams. Though this is a very big gamble if this really happens but who knows. Maybe Boston had seen enough on their Tatum-Brown build.   

[Japinat]

There's a lot of rumors on Kevin Durant lately. I think the guy wants no part on Ben Simmons and Kyrie Irving. If Brooklyn Nets cannot satisfy his demands then he might be the one leaving. There's also rumors on a Boston Celtics trade for Jalen Brown, Marcus Smart and Grant Williams. Though this is a very big gamble if this really happens but who knows. Maybe Boston had seen enough on their Tatum-Brown build.   

So the trade is going to be Durant for the 3 Celtics? I think that's a wrong idea if they will do that, the Celtics lineup beat Durant line up, so there's no reason for them to dismantle the team and add a superstar, I guess Boston will just have to improve their chemistry as they are a championship team.

If Durant will be traded, I like him to be in a struggling team that is a championship caliber, I think he belongs to the Lakers but not sure if Nets will accept Westbrook if a trade will happen.

[Bttzed03]

There's a lot of rumors on Kevin Durant lately. I think the guy wants no part on Ben Simmons and Kyrie Irving. If Brooklyn Nets cannot satisfy his demands then he might be the one leaving. There's also rumors on a Boston Celtics trade for Jalen Brown, Marcus Smart and Grant Williams. Though this is a very big gamble if this really happens but who knows. Maybe Boston had seen enough on their Tatum-Brown build.   

KD for Brown and Smart is the likely trade here but I hate to see this happen. Celtics is still a solid team and I don't think they need to break that core team. If they feel like they need to make changes to win a Championship, maybe they can trade Smart + bench player/s + draft picks for KD or someone else.

[danherbias07]

The rumors of a Kevin Durant trade to Portland just heated up quite a bit as Dame posted a picture of KD and him in Trailblazers jerseys to his Instagram. Probably just wishful thinking on Dame’s part, but interesting that he’s fueling the fire of these rumors. I can understand why though. Dame has never played with anyone near Durant’s talent and Portland has been trying hard to get him some help. I thought this was nonsense, but maybe there’s some reality to these rumors.

Damian Lillard is still following his stand not to change teams even though he already hinted several times that he might find a new home. For me, that makes sense to do and he should be supposed to do it for a long time now. Portland Blazers failed to surround him with good role players and I don't know why Lillard is still staying with them regardless of the contract he signed for.

But yes, that rumor is non-sense as that is not close to be happening. Kevin Durant will stay on Brookly Nets and probably will just wait to use his Player Option (if any) before considering switching teams in the near future depending on where the team will end up every season.

We cannot deny that Kevin Durant is really a valuable piece and I think that is why Dame thought about doing that on his own Instagram.
A part of it tells me this is a push to Portland Trail Blazers management to do something better about recruiting players. Dame's years are being wasted and he is in his prime already.
He won't go near that championship with the roster they have. CJ McCollum (former Trail Blazers) might have a better chance with the Pelicans than him.
That will hurt a lot if he gets there first.

[Pamadar]

The rumors of a Kevin Durant trade to Portland just heated up quite a bit as Dame posted a picture of KD and him in Trailblazers jerseys to his Instagram. Probably just wishful thinking on Dame’s part, but interesting that he’s fueling the fire of these rumors. I can understand why though. Dame has never played with anyone near Durant’s talent and Portland has been trying hard to get him some help. I thought this was nonsense, but maybe there’s some reality to these rumors.

Damian Lillard is still following his stand not to change teams even though he already hinted several times that he might find a new home. For me, that makes sense to do and he should be supposed to do it for a long time now. Portland Blazers failed to surround him with good role players and I don't know why Lillard is still staying with them regardless of the contract he signed for.

But yes, that rumor is non-sense as that is not close to be happening. Kevin Durant will stay on Brookly Nets and probably will just wait to use his Player Option (if any) before considering switching teams in the near future depending on where the team will end up every season.

I remember him back then when he post on his social media account about Melo.

And things went smoothly for Melo and he again have his chance to play inside the league, let see if this kind of rumors
can be materialized. Maybe Kyrie can stay and be the alpha that he really wanted to be, though it's really intriguing
if there's a chance that Blazers and Nets can take in between and settle the possibilities.

[Ziskinberg]

The rumors of a Kevin Durant trade to Portland just heated up quite a bit as Dame posted a picture of KD and him in Trailblazers jerseys to his Instagram. Probably just wishful thinking on Dame’s part, but interesting that he’s fueling the fire of these rumors. I can understand why though. Dame has never played with anyone near Durant’s talent and Portland has been trying hard to get him some help. I thought this was nonsense, but maybe there’s some reality to these rumors.

Damian Lillard is still following his stand not to change teams even though he already hinted several times that he might find a new home. For me, that makes sense to do and he should be supposed to do it for a long time now. Portland Blazers failed to surround him with good role players and I don't know why Lillard is still staying with them regardless of the contract he signed for.

But yes, that rumor is non-sense as that is not close to be happening. Kevin Durant will stay on Brookly Nets and probably will just wait to use his Player Option (if any) before considering switching teams in the near future depending on where the team will end up every season.

I remember him back then when he post on his social media account about Melo.

And things went smoothly for Melo and he again have his chance to play inside the league, let see if this kind of rumors
can be materialized. Maybe Kyrie can stay and be the alpha that he really wanted to be, though it's really intriguing
if there's a chance that Blazers and Nets can take in between and settle the possibilities.

Lillard won't win a championship even if he surrounds himself with good role players, he needs a superstar to play with him and I think Durant would be a nice pair for Lillard as IMO Lillard is better than Irving in terms of relationship with his teammates.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

There's a lot of rumors on Kevin Durant lately. I think the guy wants no part on Ben Simmons and Kyrie Irving. If Brooklyn Nets cannot satisfy his demands then he might be the one leaving. There's also rumors on a Boston Celtics trade for Jalen Brown, Marcus Smart and Grant Williams. Though this is a very big gamble if this really happens but who knows. Maybe Boston had seen enough on their Tatum-Brown build. 

Well why would the Celtics break their chemistry when they went to the Finals last year with this roster? Doesn't make sense for the management to just trade them just to get Durant to Boston wherein Tatum is their superstar already? And I think the rebuild was effective already, they are just short of experience that's why they are beaten by the Warriors last year.

[Russlenat]

There's a lot of rumors on Kevin Durant lately. I think the guy wants no part on Ben Simmons and Kyrie Irving. If Brooklyn Nets cannot satisfy his demands then he might be the one leaving. There's also rumors on a Boston Celtics trade for Jalen Brown, Marcus Smart and Grant Williams. Though this is a very big gamble if this really happens but who knows. Maybe Boston had seen enough on their Tatum-Brown build. 

Well why would the Celtics break their chemistry when they went to the Finals last year with this roster? Doesn't make sense for the management to just trade them just to get Durant to Boston wherein Tatum is their superstar already? And I think the rebuild was effective already, they are just short of experience that's why they are beaten by the Warriors last year.

Exactly, it was the experience that made the Warriors win because they have the better experience, and in terms of chemistry, we can see that Boston have already built good chemistry. The management should not rush things, they have to take it one step at a time as getting into the NBA Finals is already a big achievement for the Boston Celtics.

just imagine the teams they beat to get into the finals.

1st round beat Nets
2nd round beat Bucks (defending champion)
ECF beat Miami Heat.

[Yamifoud]

The rumors of a Kevin Durant trade to Portland just heated up quite a bit as Dame posted a picture of KD and him in Trailblazers jerseys to his Instagram. Probably just wishful thinking on Dame’s part, but interesting that he’s fueling the fire of these rumors. I can understand why though. Dame has never played with anyone near Durant’s talent and Portland has been trying hard to get him some help. I thought this was nonsense, but maybe there’s some reality to these rumors.

Damian Lillard is still following his stand not to change teams even though he already hinted several times that he might find a new home. For me, that makes sense to do and he should be supposed to do it for a long time now. Portland Blazers failed to surround him with good role players and I don't know why Lillard is still staying with them regardless of the contract he signed for.

But yes, that rumor is non-sense as that is not close to be happening. Kevin Durant will stay on Brookly Nets and probably will just wait to use his Player Option (if any) before considering switching teams in the near future depending on where the team will end up every season.

I remember him back then when he post on his social media account about Melo.

And things went smoothly for Melo and he again have his chance to play inside the league, let see if this kind of rumors
can be materialized. Maybe Kyrie can stay and be the alpha that he really wanted to be, though it's really intriguing
if there's a chance that Blazers and Nets can take in between and settle the possibilities.

Lillard won't win a championship even if he surrounds himself with good role players, he needs a superstar to play with him and I think Durant would be a nice pair for Lillard as IMO Lillard is better than Irving in terms of relationship with his teammates.

He cannot even win a championship with CJ, how much more if he is the only one left in the team. I don't see him having the skills like Lebron and Kobe, and actually, even Kobe and Lebron needed another superstar to play with them in order to win a championship.

Lebron  with (Irving, Wade, Davis)
Jordan with Pippen

[Baofeng]

There's a lot of rumors on Kevin Durant lately. I think the guy wants no part on Ben Simmons and Kyrie Irving. If Brooklyn Nets cannot satisfy his demands then he might be the one leaving. There's also rumors on a Boston Celtics trade for Jalen Brown, Marcus Smart and Grant Williams. Though this is a very big gamble if this really happens but who knows. Maybe Boston had seen enough on their Tatum-Brown build. 

Well why would the Celtics break their chemistry when they went to the Finals last year with this roster? Doesn't make sense for the management to just trade them just to get Durant to Boston wherein Tatum is their superstar already? And I think the rebuild was effective already, they are just short of experience that's why they are beaten by the Warriors last year.

Exactly, it was the experience that made the Warriors win because they have the better experience, and in terms of chemistry, we can see that Boston have already built good chemistry. The management should not rush things, they have to take it one step at a time as getting into the NBA Finals is already a big achievement for the Boston Celtics.

just imagine the teams they beat to get into the finals.

1st round beat Nets
2nd round beat Bucks (defending champion)
ECF beat Miami Heat.

Maybe this is just a rumor per se, but the interesting part is that it has some fuel from social media including players themselves so this might be truth in KD wanting to get out of Nets if Irving is going to be traded and not because he doesn't want to work with Simmons. They both came or recruitment amongst each other to join the Nets 2 years ago in hope to build a championship team there. But it seems it didn't work out plus KD try to carry the team alone in the regular season because of Irving drama, but he can't complain.

[YuginKadoya]

Ben Simmons hasn't been playing any official game for a whole year now. I have big doubts about him when he recovers from his injury in the summer. It is hard to rely on a player who didn't play for a very long time. He was doing great before experiencing this. I think Brooklyn Nets didn't do the right thing by signing him already now. I would like to turn out to be wrong but we will see. I believe the Seth Curry transfer is really good and I liked him so far. Nets need a solid game as a team to do something next season.

I really think they need to build more chemistry, so everyone will have an idea of what their teammates can do inside the ring, and be familiar with anyone's play style, I think the Warriors are doing this further enough that is why they are doing that slick moves over those defenders, surely if the Philadelphia 76ers can pull something like that then they can surely have a chance next season, well, right now the Brooklyn Nets is in a dire situation right now and they mostly have many wrong decisions regarding drafts, trades, and are not very lucky with their current players,

Seems like it, maybe Irving can be seen wearing the yellow-purple jersey with LeBron James. I don't know about Uncle Drew anymore, he's really over his head already and his presence will be just a liability to whichever team he goes into instead of being an asset. Yes he's skillful and talented enough but the fact that he's selfish enough to turn back on his team mates was a clear reason that Irving is not good for any team, that's also why the Brooklyn Nets won't give him max deal.

I really think Kyrie Irving is regretful about what he has done in the past and pretty much can not change what happened he surely regrets when he leaves Lebron James on the Cleaveland Cavaliers, and he reflects on what he did in the past, I have seen an interview on how Kyrie Irving humbles himself on what he has done in the past, but I surely can't see the video anymore, and right now he is a changed person if given a chance he would surely do the right thing this time,

[Jating]

I really think Kyrie Irving is regretful about what he has done in the past and pretty much can not change what happened he surely regrets when he leaves Lebron James on the Cleaveland Cavaliers, and he reflects on what he did in the past, I have seen an interview on how Kyrie Irving humbles himself on what he has done in the past, but I surely can't see the video anymore, and right now he is a changed person if given a chance he would surely do the right thing this time,

But it seems he did the same thing with Durant again? I mean he insistent not to get the vaccine and as a result he misses a lot of games and then disappear in the playoffs agains the Celtics, although we can attribute it to the good defense, but still they are swept in the first round. So not sure about the argument about him being a change person, as we have said, he is selfish. Even him attacking Nike publicly about his shoes and the design or lack of it.

[wheelz1200]

There's a lot of rumors on Kevin Durant lately. I think the guy wants no part on Ben Simmons and Kyrie Irving. If Brooklyn Nets cannot satisfy his demands then he might be the one leaving. There's also rumors on a Boston Celtics trade for Jalen Brown, Marcus Smart and Grant Williams. Though this is a very big gamble if this really happens but who knows. Maybe Boston had seen enough on their Tatum-Brown build.   

So the trade is going to be Durant for the 3 Celtics? I think that's a wrong idea if they will do that, the Celtics lineup beat Durant line up, so there's no reason for them to dismantle the team and add a superstar, I guess Boston will just have to improve their chemistry as they are a championship team.

If Durant will be traded, I like him to be in a struggling team that is a championship caliber, I think he belongs to the Lakers but not sure if Nets will accept Westbrook if a trade will happen.

There is no way the Nets trade kd to another team within its own division especially the Celtics.  Not that the Nets and Celtics have a long running rivalry but you are asking for issues if you trade kd to basically one of your main competitors.  Kd isn't moving anywhere most likely.  Not sure why the Nets would want to blow this up already.

[Dart18]

I really think Kyrie Irving is regretful about what he has done in the past and pretty much can not change what happened he surely regrets when he leaves Lebron James on the Cleaveland Cavaliers, and he reflects on what he did in the past, I have seen an interview on how Kyrie Irving humbles himself on what he has done in the past, but I surely can't see the video anymore, and right now he is a changed person if given a chance he would surely do the right thing this time,

Maybe it was somewhere in podcasts of different players that's why you can't see it easily. I am trying to look for it but without luck to find it.

But it seems he did the same thing with Durant again? I mean he insistent not to get the vaccine and as a result he misses a lot of games and then disappear in the playoffs agains the Celtics, although we can attribute it to the good defense, but still they are swept in the first round. So not sure about the argument about him being a change person, as we have said, he is selfish. Even him attacking Nike publicly about his shoes and the design or lack of it.

There's something about Kyrie that is hard to explain. He may want to be like Lebron. A leader.
Or Durant, known as one of the best players in the league without any questions or doubts.
He cannot reach that kind of level because his true enemy is himself. Lazy, questionable attacks to companies, the league, and even with his ex team mates whenever he leaves that last team. Remember how he stepped in the Celtics logo, disrespecting it.