2025 NBA Season

[YuginKadoya]

There will be too many adjustments that need to be done if Boston really likes to get KD and trade Jaylen for him. I see that this is not going to do well for Boston.
They just have to keep with their stack and forget about this trade. Jaylen has proven his worth and if he's transferred to the Nets, it will be another adjustment for him. Their roster has already achieved something last season and they should have keep it and just improve more, I don't think that KD would be a good addition to them.

I agree, Boston Celtics are a crucial team to beat and the Golden State Warriors have done their all in beating Boston in the finals, I think the offense of the Warriors because of Stephen Curry has proven effective on Boston's defense, but the Boston Celtics defense have proven very effective on other teams that they have shown the Brooklyn Nets a fast way in getting the sweep, I really think the Boston Celtics needs to keep Marcus Smart, Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum intact together, they are used in playing together and they already know the strength and weakness of every player of the Boston Celtics,

For example, there are Suns and Heat which are rumoured to trade Durant and add him to the starting five. These are one of the strongest teams in NBA now. I would like to see Durant in one of these teams to find out how much successful he will be. Yes, Nets were an okay team but something was still going wrong for them. Even KD and Irving both couldn't help the team become more successful. Durant sill has only two championships in his career and maybe he needs some change now to be a winner again.

Well, the problem is not the team but the combination of Kyrie and Durant, these two seem not very aligned with each other and need to part ways, pretty much when Durant was in injury Kyrie Irving is doing well, with his scoring and won the game without Kevin Durant, and Kevin Durant did the same without Irving, I think they affected each other in ways on who's handling the ball, or so, in the start of the 2021-2022 season the Brooklyn Nets are one of the powerful teams in the NBA and I was very positive in their performance and back then they still have James Harden on the team, and they are doing fine on the start of the season until they surely don't have the chemistry, for sure not a good trade for the Boston Celtics in my opinion,

The Golden State Warriors have shown some interest in picking up Carmelo Anthony for next season. I’m not sure how well he would fit in, but I’m sure he could do some damage off the bench. I’m thinking it would probably be his last chance to win a championship, so it wouldn’t be a bad option for him. I’d wait to see if Kyrie gets traded to the Lakers and see if I could run that back before anything else though.

Well I really think the Los Angeles Lakers are expecting Carmelo Anthony to re-sign his contract, said on this ARTICLE, and I think the Lakers will not going to let Carmelo go on with a trade, but if he wants to be traded to the Warriors then a plausible player for the Warriors trade will be so much for the team, and I think they will not risk anything like that,

[inthelongrun]

So all of a sudden, Draymond Green becomes the center of attention the last few days. Now there's more. He wants a 4-year max contract extension. This means he will be paid $164 million for the next 5 years or around $33 million per year. His current contract would be $25.8 million for the next season and a player option worth $28.5 million in the following season. Draymond is too full of himself. Although he is a very important piece of the team, he is starting to decline with his low stats performance in the last season.

And Draymond also mentioned that he is willing to explore offers from other teams should the Warriors' management not be interested in a max contract extension. Do you guys think Draymond is worth that max extension? His current stats are not even worth his current contract if I were to say, but I got it, the management do not want to break the team's core.      

[Sanitough]

So all of a sudden, Draymond Green becomes the center of attention the last few days. Now there's more. He wants a 4-year max contract extension. This means he will be paid $164 million for the next 5 years or around $33 million per year. His current contract would be $25.8 million for the next season and a player option worth $28.5 million in the following season. Draymond is too full of himself. Although he is a very important piece of the team, he is starting to decline with his low stats performance in the last season.

And Draymond also mentioned that he is willing to explore offers from other teams should the Warriors' management not be interested in a max contract extension. Do you guys think Draymond is worth that max extension? His current stats are not even worth his current contract if I were to say, but I got it, the management do not want to break the team's core.      

Due to their good chemistry, I think he deserves to have a max contract because he is a big part of the success of the Warriors. Though his performance has declined there are some games that he really contributes big to win. It's not only about the stats IMO, it's more about the impact in the team, and we cannot deny that without Draymond, the Warriors defense will struggle.

[carlisle1]

So all of a sudden, Draymond Green becomes the center of attention the last few days. Now there's more. He wants a 4-year max contract extension. This means he will be paid $164 million for the next 5 years or around $33 million per year. His current contract would be $25.8 million for the next season and a player option worth $28.5 million in the following season. Draymond is too full of himself. Although he is a very important piece of the team, he is starting to decline with his low stats performance in the last season.

And Draymond also mentioned that he is willing to explore offers from other teams should the Warriors' management not be interested in a max contract extension. Do you guys think Draymond is worth that max extension? His current stats are not even worth his current contract if I were to say, but I got it, the management do not want to break the team's core.      

Due to their good chemistry, I think he deserves to have a max contract because he is a big part of the success of the Warriors. Though his performance has declined there are some games that he really contributes big to win. It's not only about the stats IMO, it's more about the impact in the team, and we cannot deny that without Draymond, the Warriors defense will struggle.

Unlike with the impact of splash bro, Personally I'll rather choose to give the max contract to Wiggins than him, though it's my opinion and

I'm sure there are many other thoughts about him. He earned a lot of attentions nowadays and with his stupidity and arrogance, it might be very

effective in bringing more engagements to whatever he does. For me, He's a very talkative version of Dennis Rodman, hahaha

[yazher]

Most likely he will only be in the 2nd team because it's not possible that he will start, Warriors love to play fast pace and with Melo's age, I doubt he will be able to play heavier minutes. Warriors are good in developing players, so we can expect that they will make Melo a better version of him and that he will have the chance to play in the NBA Finals.

I really hope my man also feels how to play a game in a championship and win a title before concluding his career as an NBA player. Looks like he still has a chance this upcoming season to prove to everyone why he is one of the future HOF. Nevertheless, this is a great opportunity for him since he is not in his prime time anymore, what he can do nowadays is to give his all to help GSW to win another championship this season.

[freedomgo]

Relating things to Kawhai before moving to raptors. He's also fully equipped

with role players who are willing to adjust to the type of game he was playing. That's a question that will only be answered once the

trade happens with KD in Boston.

There will be too many adjustments that need to be done if Boston really likes to get KD and trade Jaylen for him. I see that this is not going to do well for Boston.
They just have to keep with their stack and forget about this trade. Jaylen has proven his worth and if he's transferred to the Nets, it will be another adjustment for him. Their roster has already achieved something last season and they should have keep it and just improve more, I don't think that KD would be a good addition to them.

Right! The Boston doesn't need anymore additional assets even if that is Durant if it means letting Smart and Brown, it will really destroy what they've built and they will now adjust again because KD will be the new alpha while Tatum will be his duo. Brown might destroy the Boston Celtics if he's going to be transferred just to regret their choices, he already prove his capabilities and who averages 23.1 PPG in the recent Finals.

[OgNasty]

The Lakers look increasingly likely to trade for Buddy Hield in the coming days.  That would mean they have to trade THT, which definitely hurts their chances at a Kyrie and LeBron reunion.  Given how much Buddy Heild would help fill a need for the current Lakers roster, I think this trade is likely to happen, while the Nets are likely to run it back with KD and Kyrie again, perhaps with Ben Simmons and maybe even Dwight Howard this time.  I actually like that roster a lot, but it remains to be seen if they can play together.  Personally, I think Dwight Howard and KD would be an absolute beast of a machine on both ends of the floor.

[dwyane36]

So all of a sudden, Draymond Green becomes the center of attention the last few days. Now there's more. He wants a 4-year max contract extension. This means he will be paid $164 million for the next 5 years or around $33 million per year. His current contract would be $25.8 million for the next season and a player option worth $28.5 million in the following season. Draymond is too full of himself. Although he is a very important piece of the team, he is starting to decline with his low stats performance in the last season.

And Draymond also mentioned that he is willing to explore offers from other teams should the Warriors' management not be interested in a max contract extension. Do you guys think Draymond is worth that max extension? His current stats are not even worth his current contract if I were to say, but I got it, the management do not want to break the team's core.      

As far as I know, the Warriors have no plans to offer him such a huge contract extension. At the same time, it seems to me that Green is just trying to blackmail the Warriors management by saying that he will consider offers from other teams. Obviously, there are no irreplaceable players, and I'm more than sure that any other team won't decide to offer Green the kind of contract he wants.

[mirakal]

The Golden State Warriors have shown some interest in picking up Carmelo Anthony for next season. I’m not sure how well he would fit in, but I’m sure he could do some damage off the bench. I’m thinking it would probably be his last chance to win a championship, so it wouldn’t be a bad option for him. I’d wait to see if Kyrie gets traded to the Lakers and see if I could run that back before anything else though.

Pretty surprised to see he’s actually had a pretty decent shooting percentage the last couple of years. I honestly don’t know how his defense is these days (guessing not great) but he’d be a nice piece coming off the bench to score a few points for them. I wonder if iguodala will be back with the team next year, or perhaps Carmelo takes up that old x star player role off the bench instead.

I was under the impression that Iguodala was going to retire. He seemed in pretty bad shape at the end of last season.

Another interesting development is that Dwight Howard is in talks to join the Nets. I personally think that Dwight, Kyrie, KD, & Ben Simmons would be a nightmare for opposing teams, but we’ll see what sort of roster the Nets have once the season actually begins.

Same here, I thought he was on the verge of retiring because I haven't saw him that often last season, I just knew recently that he suffered back soreness that's why he missed plenty games for months. Maybe he'll retire on his 20th season playing and that will be 2 years from now where he will be 40 years old by that time.

Dwight Howard will be surely get more exposure in the Nets because they are really lacking some big man, but it's likely that he will be included in the trade package to get Irving in exchange of Howard and Westbrook.

[Japinat]

The Golden State Warriors have shown some interest in picking up Carmelo Anthony for next season. I’m not sure how well he would fit in, but I’m sure he could do some damage off the bench. I’m thinking it would probably be his last chance to win a championship, so it wouldn’t be a bad option for him. I’d wait to see if Kyrie gets traded to the Lakers and see if I could run that back before anything else though.

I think he's a good fit for the GSW coming off the bench. He could definitely do some damage as most of the guys in GSW can shoot everywhere and that gives him the advantage to find an open space where he can shoot uncontested.
I'd definitely love to see him win a championship before he retires. I know he'll have a better chance of winning a championship if joins the Warriors than the rest of his career from different teams.

I bet he will fit just right through their system, Carmelo is pretty versatile and knows what to do except in defense because I don't think that he plays well at defense judging his recent season in the Lakers but he will be pretty good at the bench throwing threes while the main line-up is resting. Carmelo going to the Bay Area will increase the chances that he will have his first championship ring before he retires, you know he's already 38 years old so he won't be around anymore in the coming years.

[jakelyson]

The Golden State Warriors have shown some interest in picking up Carmelo Anthony for next season. I’m not sure how well he would fit in, but I’m sure he could do some damage off the bench. I’m thinking it would probably be his last chance to win a championship, so it wouldn’t be a bad option for him. I’d wait to see if Kyrie gets traded to the Lakers and see if I could run that back before anything else though.

Nah, better for GSW to pick other players specially that will play defense on them. The only reason I'm thinking why they shown some interest on Anthony is the experience. The Warriors pick up a lot of rookies from this years draft and then they have Moody, Kuminga and Wiseman. Maybe they wanted Anthony to give those rookies and sophomores some tips and him showing how to stay long in the NBA.

Warriors have enough veterans to teach their young guns how to play in NBA at the highest level. Curry, Thompson, Green are veteran enough and if ever, Iguodala if they resign him. Maybe it is just for firepower, but would he really fit the system of GSW?

So all of a sudden, Draymond Green becomes the center of attention the last few days. Now there's more. He wants a 4-year max contract extension. This means he will be paid $164 million for the next 5 years or around $33 million per year. His current contract would be $25.8 million for the next season and a player option worth $28.5 million in the following season. Draymond is too full of himself. Although he is a very important piece of the team, he is starting to decline with his low stats performance in the last season.

And Draymond also mentioned that he is willing to explore offers from other teams should the Warriors' management not be interested in a max contract extension. Do you guys think Draymond is worth that max extension? His current stats are not even worth his current contract if I were to say, but I got it, the management do not want to break the team's core.      

He is starting to decline but it is the intangible that matters. He is still part of the core. Klay and Steph can play the way they play the game because of Green. He is important to their gameplay, so I think he is worth the max extension and the management can just give it as a thank you for the rings he brought them.

[...] while the Nets are likely to run it back with KD and Kyrie again, perhaps with Ben Simmons and maybe even Dwight Howard this time.  I actually like that roster a lot, but it remains to be seen if they can play together.  Personally, I think Dwight Howard and KD would be an absolute beast of a machine on both ends of the floor.

It is actually not bad roster in paper. If they could just find a way to play together and avoid all the dramas, they are legit contenders.

[stadus]

Of course, for now Tatum is untouchable, and we can see that Boston want's him to be the franchise player. And then know that even if they were able to acquire Durant, for sure he will not stay that long for them, maybe max is 3 years.

The leverage though might be too much for Boston, Brown and Smart and then multiple picks. So I don't see the Boston Celtics to just let go of their two stars with future picks. But good move on the part of the Nets, and see if Celtics are willing to strike that deal.

If Boston will take that deal, it's a best trade for the Nets. Smart and Brown are both promising stars that have good futures from the league,

letting Durant go for these two and with the two future picks would really favor them. Not sure how Boston will take this one and if they

are really interested and make it happen. Another question is on how KD and JT will jive and blend their games. Oh well, that's how the league

works now, trades and switch teams is a business not a career concern now..

Hopefully the Celtics will wake up that they should not bite and strike the deal including Brown and Smart because that will really put them a year of setbacks. They've already managed to establish a good chemistry and the players can play good in offense and defense in the same time.

Letting go of Smart and Brown while adding Durant in the loop won't help the team because Tatum will struggle for sure because Durant will be the Alpha. The Celtics will be destroyed and will have the same situation next year where Durant will request a trade because he ain't going to sit in a team who won't give him a ring especially now that he's growing old.

And it take years for Tatum to really blend with Smart and Brown, so this might be the case with Durant as well and by the time that Durant and Tatum have the chemistry it might be too late already. And then the injuries and age factor on Durant, he is 34 if I'm not mistaken, lot of wear and tear and now very prone to injuries. So by chance he gets injured again playing with Boston, Taatum will be having a hard time carrying the load for them.

And Tatum will be struggling more carrying the load because Smart and Brown is not around anymore to help him carry and ease the burden. Durant is no doubt effective in court and he can produce good numbers as long as he's healthy but he is now more prone to injuries as his age figures adds up. Boston is already a heavy team even without Durant, and they have managed to sweep the Nets in the 1st round. They need to add more assets to the team though especially now that the current roster has established the right chemistry needed to destroy any teams that they will face and now they are much experienced than the last season.

[karabiber]

I was surprised when Kevin Durant asked the Nets to trade him. For this reason, many teams are struggling to add KD to their roster. But it looks like the Nets won't let go of KD easily. If KD leaves Nets it is inevitable that Nets will follow a good player. Contacted Raptors for a swap. The Nets have a strong hand in the KD trade and want rookie of the year Barnes from the Raptors. I think the Nets should send KD and sign Barnes, rookie of the year. This will be very good for their development. Because Barnes is a super player who can go to much better places in the future. It should be approached from a visionary point of view. It will be difficult to convince the Raptors.

[Kasabus]

The Golden State Warriors have shown some interest in picking up Carmelo Anthony for next season. I’m not sure how well he would fit in, but I’m sure he could do some damage off the bench. I’m thinking it would probably be his last chance to win a championship, so it wouldn’t be a bad option for him. I’d wait to see if Kyrie gets traded to the Lakers and see if I could run that back before anything else though.

I think he's a good fit for the GSW coming off the bench. He could definitely do some damage as most of the guys in GSW can shoot everywhere and that gives him the advantage to find an open space where he can shoot uncontested.
I'd definitely love to see him win a championship before he retires. I know he'll have a better chance of winning a championship if joins the Warriors than the rest of his career from different teams.

Coming off the bench? yeah, I think it will be good, but him in the starting five, I doubt that he will fit on that rotation.

Maybe the Warriors thinks he can give 10-15 points solid in any given night. So let's see if the Warriors will give him another chance. Who knows, it could click and perhaps Carmelo Anthony will win his first ring before retiring.

Well, I'm quite sure that he won't be a part of the starting five and it is quite obvious why. The GSW has already established their attacks and the defensive maneuvers they will have to do in any team they face that's why I don't think that they will just add Carmelo on that rotation. He will be good at bench producing nice figures every night and it's much better to give him more exposures as a substitute player because he's already proven to produce numbers.

[chaser15]

The Golden State Warriors have shown some interest in picking up Carmelo Anthony for next season. I’m not sure how well he would fit in, but I’m sure he could do some damage off the bench. I’m thinking it would probably be his last chance to win a championship, so it wouldn’t be a bad option for him.

Regardless if he will be fit or not, for sure his role will be limited and with only limited playing time.

Coming off the bench, Carmelo still has that good shooting form. And l agree with what you said that it might be his last shot to have a chance to experience the NBA Champion as Golden State Warriors will obviously be one of the favorites next season to win the Championship as their Championship lineup is still intact and only have some minor changes right now at this point.

Carmelo will surely just allow the young players to take over his minutes and for these young players, it's good to have Carmelo as their teammates as they might also consider him as an advisor like what Draymond Green is currently doing to their young teammates.

[sana54210]

I was surprised when Kevin Durant asked the Nets to trade him. For this reason, many teams are struggling to add KD to their roster. But it looks like the Nets won't let go of KD easily. If KD leaves Nets it is inevitable that Nets will follow a good player. Contacted Raptors for a swap. The Nets have a strong hand in the KD trade and want rookie of the year Barnes from the Raptors. I think the Nets should send KD and sign Barnes, rookie of the year. This will be very good for their development. Because Barnes is a super player who can go to much better places in the future. It should be approached from a visionary point of view. It will be difficult to convince the Raptors.

The thing is, he could ask to get traded, Simmons did as well and we know how long it took Sixers to deal him away (ironically to nets) and we are going to just keep seeing offers and rumors back to back for a long time until it really happens. There aren't any teams that could offer anything to Nets right now that would be worthy, so we are waiting for Nets to get the "best possible" one and not a worthy one.

It's clear that what Nets are looking for is salary fillers (players unimportant, just match the salary of Durant) along with overhaul of picks, if they can get like 3-4 good picks, then whoever else as a player comes along with that wouldn't be cared.

[ultrloa]

The Golden State Warriors have shown some interest in picking up Carmelo Anthony for next season. I’m not sure how well he would fit in, but I’m sure he could do some damage off the bench. I’m thinking it would probably be his last chance to win a championship, so it wouldn’t be a bad option for him. I’d wait to see if Kyrie gets traded to the Lakers and see if I could run that back before anything else though.

I think he's a good fit for the GSW coming off the bench. He could definitely do some damage as most of the guys in GSW can shoot everywhere and that gives him the advantage to find an open space where he can shoot uncontested.
I'd definitely love to see him win a championship before he retires. I know he'll have a better chance of winning a championship if joins the Warriors than the rest of his career from different teams.

Coming off the bench? yeah, I think it will be good, but him in the starting five, I doubt that he will fit on that rotation.

Maybe the Warriors thinks he can give 10-15 points solid in any given night. So let's see if the Warriors will give him another chance. Who knows, it could click and perhaps Carmelo Anthony will win his first ring before retiring.

Well, I'm quite sure that he won't be a part of the starting five and it is quite obvious why. The GSW has already established their attacks and the defensive maneuvers they will have to do in any team they face that's why I don't think that they will just add Carmelo on that rotation. He will be good at bench producing nice figures every night and it's much better to give him more exposures as a substitute player because he's already proven to produce numbers.

He will not as he is already a bench player so for sure in GSW he's role will be at the bench. This is good addition since they could use the shooting ability of Melo and fit up on their system. Lets just see if he will get more good exposure in GSW since if he produce good numbers maybe he will also get a ring on this team.

[blockman]

The Golden State Warriors have shown some interest in picking up Carmelo Anthony for next season. I’m not sure how well he would fit in, but I’m sure he could do some damage off the bench. I’m thinking it would probably be his last chance to win a championship, so it wouldn’t be a bad option for him. I’d wait to see if Kyrie gets traded to the Lakers and see if I could run that back before anything else though.

Not really bad if the GSW will pick him. Last season IIRC it was him that has been taken almost at the last minute since no team would like to have him but good thing he's saved. I guess I like him to be there because of the thought that he's gonna take the ring with him before his retirement.
Maybe all of us would agree with that matter and the rest, arguable about the whatnots of him being in the dub nation.

Carmelo is not as demanding as he was before, he already play the rule that is given to him and I'm pretty sure the Warriors will be able to utilize him because he is a superstar that ha past his prime and not only that, it will also give Melo an advantage because he might won his first championship with the Warriors.

Well, he is passed with his prime now and that's why he's not in the position to demand anymore, or else with his demands, he'll experience again the hardship of being on board.
While the Warriors are still on their greatness, the potential is there that they get a back-to-back championship and Melo could be part of it if they get him this season. Well, for sure, too many fans will be happy for him.

[harizen]

It's clear that what Nets are looking for is salary fillers (players unimportant, just match the salary of Durant) along with overhaul of picks, if they can get like 3-4 good picks, then whoever else as a player comes along with that wouldn't be cared.

Hmm, I think it's not. If that is just simple, there are teams who can match Kevin Durant's salary without risking their players to keep.

It's no secret that Brookly Nets already turned down lots of offers from those who show interest in Kevin Durant as they want good players in return which can't be granted that easily by those teams. It's not just they want some team to match the salary of Durant but they want a better package to fully utilize the trade.

They are trading a wonderful piece, not just a common player, and there's a chance they can get a big-name player too. For now, they don't find yet any good trade package so Durant is still hanging or maybe, no trade will happen and Durant has no choice but to still wear the Nets jersey in the upcoming season.

Well, we don't know though what's happening inside. Let's wait for the progress.

[wheelz1200]

Whether Kevin Durant takes a pay cut or not, I just believe that he needs to leave the team. Because this team started to seem not promising to me. They had a huge difficulty in qualifying for even the playoffs. They still failed big time in many games when they had Durant and Irving both in the starting five. Nets had better make some changes in the team. Of course Durant's departure would weaken the team in terms of scoring especially but it is up to them to find an alternative. Durant can be more successful in a decent team.

Define decent team? The standard is the Warriors based on what you're saying since KD failed in the other two teams he has been into. OKC was decent in my opinion but he still decided to run and join the splash brothers to complete a splash family hehe. Nets was also decent and doing well until Kyrie was barred from playing during the height of the pandemic.

For example, there are Suns and Heat which are rumoured to trade Durant and add him to the starting five. These are one of the strongest teams in NBA now. I would like to see Durant in one of these teams to find out how much successful he will be. Yes, Nets were an okay team but something was still going wrong for them. Even KD and Irving both couldn't help the team become more successful. Durant sill has only two championships in his career and maybe he needs some change now to be a winner again.

But the thing with KD is, he bolted out from the Warriors because he wanted his own team, so he did go to the Nets and instrumental on bringing Kyrie as well. But we have seen how disastrous it is, and now he wanted to join another successful them. So again, he will be what others call a bus rider, because he join team that is already strong in the first place. And having him bolster their chances to win a championship like the Suns or Heat, but at what cost.

Difference is he has no say over trade and can't just "join" a successful team.  If the Nets wanted to they can chuck him on a floundering team and let him rot for 3 years so long as that team can provide enough young guys and picks.  In free agency a lot of people do that.  And I actually respect him for that. He could have coat tailed on the Warriors for years always being title favorites.  He knew that was stephs team.  There are few people who are true #1s and steph and Durant are both 1s