2025 NBA Season

[OgNasty]

There's something about Kyrie that is hard to explain. He may want to be like Lebron. A leader.

He wants to be a leader, but he's just not cut out for it.  His wild antics are locker room destroyers.  Even KD who changed his career path to play with Kyrie now feels let down and is looking for a way out.  In today's rumors, the Lakers apparently are trying to work a deal to trade Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook for Ben Simmons and Kyrie Irving.  I don't think the Nets would do this, but maybe...  Simmons and Kyrie are headaches while Anthony Davis is considered to be a top tier player with a lot of time left in his career.  With Russell's contract being a negative and Anthony Davis looking to end up in Chicago eventually, I think the Nets would be dumb to do this trade.  LeBron is a fan of Ben Simmons and has won a championship with Kyrie though, so it's a possibility...  With how wacky Simmons and Kyrie are, anything could happen.

[Pamadar]

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.

Yes, if Blazers can bring KD the chance of winning a title is good, but it will be a long talk and offers from both teams.

Lillard can't do it even Blazers will surround him with good role players unless a superstar who also have a same caliber as him
who can really make a big impact.

Too early to fall from that speculation or rumors about KD's departure, there are many other prospects and trades that may
happen before and on the season start.

[carlisle1]

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.

With that solid performance last season, I doubt the team owner will let this trade to happen. Yes, KD is a superstar and really has that

high respect, but the chemistry of the team now is solid. They know where to find each other and they have enough role players to help

their own versions of Trio. Smart, Brown and Tatum are still young and have a lot of years to play. Better not to repeat the same mistake

that happened from OKC after losing the finals to Miami. It's good to let this roster to play another season and continue chasing the World title.

[el kaka22]

I think even with Durant Blazers can't win. Not because they suck too much, but they really do not have the pieces surrounding them. Dame is a great great player without a doubt, and Durant is.. well Durant. But just two players is not enough to win a title and we have seen this with Nets as well, just recently hence why think that Blazers can't win a title.

Definitely they would be miles and miles better there is no doubt about that, but just because they are better doesn't mean that they will win a title. They would need a ton of players from free agent to take minimum in order to keep it going, which would be a difficult thing to do since not many people would want to go there.

[dwyane36]

In today's rumors, the Lakers apparently are trying to work a deal to trade Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook for Ben Simmons and Kyrie Irving.  I don't think the Nets would do this, but maybe...  Simmons and Kyrie are headaches while Anthony Davis is considered to be a top tier player with a lot of time left in his career.  With Russell's contract being a negative and Anthony Davis looking to end up in Chicago eventually, I think the Nets would be dumb to do this trade.  LeBron is a fan of Ben Simmons and has won a championship with Kyrie though, so it's a possibility...  With how wacky Simmons and Kyrie are, anything could happen.

It seems to me that this potential deal between the Lakers and Nets will remain just a rumor because Davis and Westbrook for Irving and Simmons look like an unequal trade, and it would be disadvantageous to the Lakers. In addition, there was a contrary rumor a few days ago that the Lakers have no plans to trade Anthony Davis at all.

[chaser15]

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.

Yes, if Blazers can bring KD the chance of winning a title is good, but it will be a long talk and offers from both teams.

Lillard can't do it even Blazers will surround him with good role players unless a superstar who also have a same caliber as him
who can really make a big impact.

You guys are looking too much for Kevin Durant. KD + Lillard is not a good combination. They both have the same style and do you think Lillard will allow himself to be the number 2 of the Blazers to give way for Durant? That is not going to happen so don't expect Durant is the missing link for Blazers to become a champion.

Blazers are done for. If Lillard wants to feel the experience of being a champion, he should go to another team and not wait for the superstar to come at his team.

That's the only way and I'm totally sure about that.

[Yogee]

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KD + Lillard is not a good combination.

+ a bunch of nobodies because they will be sending a lot of their role starters if it's not a KD for Dame trade. It's amazing that it's like people thinking two NBA superstars will win championships. KD will have to be a free agent again before he could join a team without disrupting their roster like what happened in GSW.

[agustina2]

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KD + Lillard is not a good combination.

+ a bunch of nobodies because they will be sending a lot of their role starters if it's not a KD for Dame trade. It's amazing that it's like people thinking two NBA superstars will win championships. KD will have to be a free agent again before he could join a team without disrupting their roster like what happened in GSW.

And to our surprise, it might even include Damian Lillard in the trade package.

Whoever starts this Lillard-Durant duo idea should think properly. That won't happen and it's not good chemistry.

Durant will stay on Brooklyn Nets until the end of his career. He will be 38 years old if Durant will finished his contract at the Nets. Durant likes to lead a team without the help of any superstars. No need for Lillard to assist him on that goal. Lillard also has its own goal.

[LogitechMouse]

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.   

Rumors everywhere . First regarding Kyrie Irving and now on Kevin Durant.

I don't know but his Kyrie's decision might affect his decision as well. I mean KD left the Warriors just to be with Kyrie and now he left him. There might be a chance that KD will request a trade if Kyrie will left the Nets.

With regards to Celtics trade, I don't think that it will happen. They went to NBA Finals as a team already. What they lack at that time is experience and they faced the Warriors whose been in the Finals for how many times already. If they will make a roster change, maybe it would be better if they will just get supporting players than changing their core players.

You guys are looking too much for Kevin Durant. KD + Lillard is not a good combination.

Westbrook + Harden
Westbrook + Melo + PG13
Westbrook + LBJ + AD
the list goes on and on and on

I'm not saying that Westbrook is the problem here. What I'm trying to say is that 2 all-star players in the same team doesn't guarantee a championship and this goes with this KD + Dame combination. They are both the best offensive. Who will make adjustments to the team if in any case they will be teammates in Portland and do you think they will allow themselves to be a second scorer. I mean they are the main scorer in their respective teams and now you will put one of them as a second option offensively? I don't think both KD and Dame will allow that. Don't put KD to the Blazers and let Lillard find another home.

[Jating]

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KD + Lillard is not a good combination.

+ a bunch of nobodies because they will be sending a lot of their role starters if it's not a KD for Dame trade. It's amazing that it's like people thinking two NBA superstars will win championships. KD will have to be a free agent again before he could join a team without disrupting their roster like what happened in GSW.

And to our surprise, it might even include Damian Lillard in the trade package.

Whoever starts this Lillard-Durant duo idea should think properly. That won't happen and it's not good chemistry.

Durant will stay on Brooklyn Nets until the end of his career. He will be 38 years old if Durant will finished his contract at the Nets. Durant likes to lead a team without the help of any superstars. No need for Lillard to assist him on that goal. Lillard also has its own goal.

But Lillard has spent so much time in Blazers that he didn't went close to his goal. I think his best years are like 2-3 years ago, but competition in the West in very tough. And now that he is injured and his Robin is gone now, they have to rebuild from scratch.

However, a KD tandem might not work as well, because they will have to work with a lot players that needs improvement. Unless Blazers have good development plans or it's management ha keen eyes for getting a relatively unknown and evolved them to a good player like what the Warriors did in Jordan Poole.

[gagux123]

I've been talking with my friends, and one of them said, LeBron James is probably going to leave the Lakers.

is this really true? I confess that I was surprised with this rumor.

Does anyone confirm this? Is it something real?

[Bttzed03]

I've been talking with my friends, and one of them said, LeBron James is probably going to leave the Lakers.

is this really true? I confess that I was surprised with this rumor.

Does anyone confirm this? Is it something real?

Some transfers (not necessarily Lebron) have been confirmed by either player agents or team but consider all trade talks as rumors at this point. You can wait for July 1 when teams can officially start these negotiations. When verifying claims and statements, you can simply track them on nba.com or other sports news channels. It's also where most of us get information.

[Pamadar]

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.

Yes, if Blazers can bring KD the chance of winning a title is good, but it will be a long talk and offers from both teams.

Lillard can't do it even Blazers will surround him with good role players unless a superstar who also have a same caliber as him
who can really make a big impact.

You guys are looking too much for Kevin Durant. KD + Lillard is not a good combination. They both have the same style and do you think Lillard will allow himself to be the number 2 of the Blazers to give way for Durant? That is not going to happen so don't expect Durant is the missing link for Blazers to become a champion.

Blazers are done for. If Lillard wants to feel the experience of being a champion, he should go to another team and not wait for the superstar to come at his team.

That's the only way and I'm totally sure about that.

You said it right, and that's the reason why I say "if" and also I said good chance not concluding that they will win

a title together. I see your point and I don't have any doubt about Lillard moving to another championship caliber team if he
really aiming to win a title before ending his career.

He's not getting any younger and those injuries will affect his capabilities, but again, no one knows what will be his
future plan it's either staying loyal and be the Alpha or trying a different direction.

[Ziskinberg]

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.

Yes, if Blazers can bring KD the chance of winning a title is good, but it will be a long talk and offers from both teams.

Lillard can't do it even Blazers will surround him with good role players unless a superstar who also have a same caliber as him
who can really make a big impact.

Too early to fall from that speculation or rumors about KD's departure, there are many other prospects and trades that may
happen before and on the season start.

It's hard to pass this kind of speculation because KD is a legit superstar, he already won multiple finals MVP and has won rings with the GSW. So now, with Lillard who is also a legit superstar, I have a feeling that Blazers will become a team to watch in the next season, so hopefully this will happen because Lillard deserve to be recognize as well.

[Oasisman]

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.

Durant would most likely to go to the GSW again lol.
I wouldn't want Lillard to partner with KD, they still won't gonna win anything unless they add more fire power and defense with their lineup. However, this is most likely not going to happen either. Durant has not showed any interest towards Lillard. And, Lillard on the other hand has no plan on leaving Portland despite of being antsy to the management as they have not been effective in picking up the right pieces to play alongside Lillard. CJ was a good player, but not a perfect fit for Lillard.

[stadus]

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.

Durant would most likely to go to the GSW again lol.

That would be an insult to himself because he was the one who left, GSW actually getting rid of high paying players and there was a rumor that they will trade Wiggins to avoid paying luxury tax, so it's not going to happen that they will get Durant.

I wouldn't want Lillard to partner with KD, they still won't gonna win anything unless they add more fire power and defense with their lineup. However, this is most likely not going to happen either. Durant has not showed any interest towards Lillard. And, Lillard on the other hand has no plan on leaving Portland despite of being antsy to the management as they have not been effective in picking up the right pieces to play alongside Lillard. CJ was a good player, but not a perfect fit for Lillard.

I believe the Blazers have the role players to improve their defense, so having Durant and Lillard playing together who are consistent in the offense could make this team great, but it's not guaranteed though as we never know if their chemistry will click.

[LogitechMouse]

I've been talking with my friends, and one of them said, LeBron James is probably going to leave the Lakers.

is this really true? I confess that I was surprised with this rumor.

Does anyone confirm this? Is it something real?

Some transfers (not necessarily Lebron) have been confirmed by either player agents or team but consider all trade talks as rumors at this point. You can wait for July 1 when teams can officially start these negotiations. When verifying claims and statements, you can simply track them on nba.com or other sports news channels. It's also where most of us get information.

Agreed. Lakers heavily invested already to James since they destroyed there young blood roster just to acquire James and his oldies friends. I doubt Lebron will go on different since he get what he wants on Lakers and also this is the team which his idol(Kobe) become famous and retired. He is chasing the ghost so I believe he will stay on Lakers for a long time. Maybe he will just demand for a better teammates on this upcoming new season.

Oldies friends . But you're right that he used his LeGM power last season and get his old friends and now we've seen what happened to them.
This is just a rumor until there are some trade talks happening but LeBron leaving the Lakers? I don't think so and there might be a chance that he will retire there. LeBron doesn't need to go to another team. What he needs is young and talented players who has potential and some all-star players that can help him win a title again. Well, if this happens to be true then I don't know what will happen to the Lakers TBH.

[YuginKadoya]

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.

I may be hypnotized when I said Kyrie Irving is a changed person, but again words on Irving's mouth, the change person thing is kind of my opinion only, but he sure said that he regret leaving Lebron James but maybe he is saying this to leave Kevin Durant again, well he actually like drama and to get his motive maybe he is doing some of that interview and confession to gain sympathy and surely there are teams that could potentially fall for that,

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.

I can not see it again even in my history of watching videos, but yeah if this is what Kyrie Irving wants I think he really wants to exit Brooklyn Nets and maybe want to go to the Los Angeles Lakers now because that is what the rumors are saying, ut even though he has down crazy stuff in the past, he is still human and could potentially make mistakes no one is actually perfect but Rumors have said that Irving will be going back in forming a team with Lebron James and Anthony Davis on the Lakers while Kevin Durant would be playing with Damian Lillard on the Portland Trailblazers if this is true then this could be goodbye to Brooklyn Nets,

[Questat]

I can not see it again even in my history of watching videos, but yeah if this is what Kyrie Irving wants I think he really wants to exit Brooklyn Nets and maybe want to go to the Los Angeles Lakers now because that is what the rumors are saying, ut even though he has down crazy stuff in the past, he is still human and could potentially make mistakes no one is actually perfect but Rumors have said that Irving will be going back in forming a team with Lebron James and Anthony Davis on the Lakers while Kevin Durant would be playing with Damian Lillard on the Portland Trailblazers if this is true then this could be goodbye to Brooklyn Nets,

So he will reunite with Lebron and will eat his words that he left Cleveland because he doesn't want to be the shadow of Lebron James forever, and that's what will happen if he will play with the LA Lakers. 

[yahoo62278]

In today's rumors, the Lakers apparently are trying to work a deal to trade Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook for Ben Simmons and Kyrie Irving.  I don't think the Nets would do this, but maybe...  Simmons and Kyrie are headaches while Anthony Davis is considered to be a top tier player with a lot of time left in his career.  With Russell's contract being a negative and Anthony Davis looking to end up in Chicago eventually, I think the Nets would be dumb to do this trade.  LeBron is a fan of Ben Simmons and has won a championship with Kyrie though, so it's a possibility...  With how wacky Simmons and Kyrie are, anything could happen.

It seems to me that this potential deal between the Lakers and Nets will remain just a rumor because Davis and Westbrook for Irving and Simmons look like an unequal trade, and it would be disadvantageous to the Lakers. In addition, there was a contrary rumor a few days ago that the Lakers have no plans to trade Anthony Davis at all.

I don't see why any team would want to keep Anthony Davis or acquire him. He is injured and sits out more then half of every season since entering the NBA. The Lakers are just bleeding money keeping his bum ass.