2024 NBA Season

[mirakal]

Current framework of NBA In Season Tournament as soon as 2023-24, per sources: - Cup games through November - 8 teams advance to single-elimination Final in December; other 22 continue with regular season - All games part of normal 82-game schedule; one extra for two Final teams.

So is this a new framework? I'm confused at the finals in december? and then the rest will continue with the regular season?

Anyhow, if this is the new framework then teams will also have to adjust as well.

And I agree that they should keep the Supersonics, as I have said, lots of memories and histories behind that name, from Payton to former 3 point holder Ray Allen to Kevin Durant.

I like to see that happening soon, adding a team will make the competition more exciting, just imagine how many players can play and for sure fans would love that. However, since NBA is business, it's very important that the owner can continue to manage the team for a long period of time, rules can easily be change,  the risk of investing is very crucial.

I think money is not the biggest problem when it comes to franchising and owning NBA team for a long period of time because if the investors (may it minority or majority) will suddenly withdraw their assets then I really do think that there would be a lot more investors piled up and interested to fill the space.

If this said new teams will be added then chances is that it will bring a lot more flavors in the league and the talents will be shared throughout the whole league rather than seeing a team so stacked-up up until their bench players.

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[OgNasty]

I just read an article that said the Lakers are considering trading Anthony Davis for Damian Lillard.  I'm pretty sure these reporters are just making things up for clicks now, as I don't see either team wanting to make that trade.  The idea of LeBron and Dame on the same team is pretty exciting though.  I put a 1% chance on that happening, but it's still fun to think about.  They're both killers on the court and I imagine would make one hell of a playoff run no matter who else is around them.

[dwyane36]

I just read an article that said the Lakers are considering trading Anthony Davis for Damian Lillard.  I'm pretty sure these reporters are just making things up for clicks now, as I don't see either team wanting to make that trade.  The idea of LeBron and Dame on the same team is pretty exciting though.  I put a 1% chance on that happening, but it's still fun to think about.  They're both killers on the court and I imagine would make one hell of a playoff run no matter who else is around them.

The Lakers just signed Beverley, and they still haven't gotten rid of Westbrook. So I also think this rumor about the Davis-to-Lillard trade sounds unrealistic at the moment. Besides, I doubt that the Blazers' management has any plans to trade Dame. As for Davis, I guess the Lakers management will seriously consider trading him if he misses more than half of the upcoming season again due to injuries.

[tygeade]

I like to see that happening soon, adding a team will make the competition more exciting, just imagine how many players can play and for sure fans would love that. However, since NBA is business, it's very important that the owner can continue to manage the team for a long period of time, rules can easily be change,  the risk of investing is very crucial.

I am not entirely sure how the system will work though. It is not stopping the season, everyone else continues with their regular season, meaning teams who have games against the ones who play in the tournament will have to reschedule and otherwise all other games will stay the same and this will make it a bit harder to arrange again and again depending on the results.

I would highly suggest that the best thing to do right now would be to put this on either at the start or somewhere on the break. Like for example have a week longer all-star break, that way you will have a tournament before the all-star break, have a champion, then have all-star break, then go back to regular season.

[livingfree]

I just read an article that said the Lakers are considering trading Anthony Davis for Damian Lillard.  I'm pretty sure these reporters are just making things up for clicks now, as I don't see either team wanting to make that trade.  The idea of LeBron and Dame on the same team is pretty exciting though.  I put a 1% chance on that happening, but it's still fun to think about.  They're both killers on the court and I imagine would make one hell of a playoff run no matter who else is around them.

Just as you, the possibility for that to be real is very low.

Yeah, they've might really consider doing that but with these articles coming out and making it sound for real is getting the interest of the readers and these authors know what fans are up to.

AD still can do a lot for the team and I don't think that LBJ would just let it pass and the management as well. But let's see if some surprises are in store with trades like this since they've just recently acquired a new man to their roster.

[jakelyson]

I just read an article that said the Lakers are considering trading Anthony Davis for Damian Lillard.  I'm pretty sure these reporters are just making things up for clicks now, as I don't see either team wanting to make that trade.  The idea of LeBron and Dame on the same team is pretty exciting though.  I put a 1% chance on that happening, but it's still fun to think about.  They're both killers on the court and I imagine would make one hell of a playoff run no matter who else is around them.

You are right, this is probably a rumor for clickbait. I do not see the Lakers trading Anthony Davis before getting rid of Westbrook. And if it happens, the Lakers will have 3 players that need the ball all the time, Westbrook, Lillard, and Lebron. I wonder how this will help the team. It will be painful for the coach to draw plays if this will happen. Lebron and Davis, in my opinion, is a better tandem than Lebron-Lillard.

I like to see that happening soon, adding a team will make the competition more exciting, just imagine how many players can play and for sure fans would love that. However, since NBA is business, it's very important that the owner can continue to manage the team for a long period of time, rules can easily be change,  the risk of investing is very crucial.

I am not entirely sure how the system will work though. It is not stopping the season, everyone else continues with their regular season, meaning teams who have games against the ones who play in the tournament will have to reschedule and otherwise all other games will stay the same and this will make it a bit harder to arrange again and again depending on the results.

I would highly suggest that the best thing to do right now would be to put this on either at the start or somewhere on the break. Like for example have a week longer all-star break, that way you will have a tournament before the all-star break, have a champion, then have all-star break, then go back to regular season.

It is just an announcement. It will take time before the new team can put together their roster, coaches, trainers, and back office. It will not disrupt any season. If it comes true, we may see them play in 23-24 season but not this upcoming season.

[Baofeng]

I just read an article that said the Lakers are considering trading Anthony Davis for Damian Lillard.  I'm pretty sure these reporters are just making things up for clicks now, as I don't see either team wanting to make that trade.  The idea of LeBron and Dame on the same team is pretty exciting though.  I put a 1% chance on that happening, but it's still fun to think about.  They're both killers on the court and I imagine would make one hell of a playoff run no matter who else is around them.

The Lakers just signed Beverley, and they still haven't gotten rid of Westbrook. So I also think this rumor about the Davis-to-Lillard trade sounds unrealistic at the moment. Besides, I doubt that the Blazers' management has any plans to trade Dame. As for Davis, I guess the Lakers management will seriously consider trading him if he misses more than half of the upcoming season again due to injuries.

True, doesn't make sense about the Davis-Lillard trade. Portland is rebuilding since last year and Lillard is still injured if my memory serves me right. But they are slowly getting pieces around him so that when he is available, then they might have another round of playoff with Dame. Davis is still the core of the Lakers, and with a new coach, he will definitely have a big role again together with Lebron.

[harizen]

True, doesn't make sense about the Davis-Lillard trade. Portland is rebuilding since last year and Lillard is still injured if my memory serves me right. But they are slowly getting pieces around him so that when he is available, then they might have another round of playoff with Dame. Davis is still the core of the Lakers, and with a new coach, he will definitely have a big role again together with Lebron.

Portland Trail Blazers is crap. There's no such thing as rebuilding as their purpose. They are just going into the flow. As for Lillard, there are many times already that he shows disappointment with the team but still, he will not break his loyalty. The Blazers are not even involved and doing some attempts in getting a big fish in the off-season or trying to surround Lillard with good role players.

I agree though that the Davis-Lillard trade is not likely possible. The Lakers won't do that and let's say if it will happen, it's either Davis who will be the one to ask for that trade or the Lakers ended up on that decision as they see Davis always got sidelined because of injuries. If I remember it right, during the off-season after the Bubble, LeBron James told Anthony Davis that he's the current man of the Lakers and should not go anywhere else.

[danherbias07]

I just read an article that said the Lakers are considering trading Anthony Davis for Damian Lillard.  I'm pretty sure these reporters are just making things up for clicks now, as I don't see either team wanting to make that trade.  The idea of LeBron and Dame on the same team is pretty exciting though.  I put a 1% chance on that happening, but it's still fun to think about.  They're both killers on the court and I imagine would make one hell of a playoff run no matter who else is around them.

They are mixing things up just to make a scoop or yes it's just for clickbait.
The Lakers are lacking sharpshooters so reporters are trying to figure out who or what team they are making a deal with.
Reports last time were Lakers being interested with Bojan Bogdanovic and Mike Conley, iirc.
https://nba.nbcsports.com/2022/09/10/report-suns-lakers-mavericks-knicks-all-interested-in-bojan-bogdanovic-trade/
Those veterans should think about pushing that trade as the Jazz will be nowhere near the playoffs next season and it will pause their championship chance.
So, let's also expect more rumors will come out about sharpshooters being linked to the Lakers team.

[Baofeng]

True, doesn't make sense about the Davis-Lillard trade. Portland is rebuilding since last year and Lillard is still injured if my memory serves me right. But they are slowly getting pieces around him so that when he is available, then they might have another round of playoff with Dame. Davis is still the core of the Lakers, and with a new coach, he will definitely have a big role again together with Lebron.

Portland Trail Blazers is crap. There's no such thing as rebuilding as their purpose. They are just going into the flow. As for Lillard, there are many times already that he shows disappointment with the team but still, he will not break his loyalty. The Blazers are not even involved and doing some attempts in getting a big fish in the off-season or trying to surround Lillard with good role players.

Yeah, but he got injured and so the team decided to overhaul and trade CJ, Norman Powell and Robert Covington. So it might be a complete roster build for them and we will see how Lillard will come back.

I agree though that the Davis-Lillard trade is not likely possible. The Lakers won't do that and let's say if it will happen, it's either Davis who will be the one to ask for that trade or the Lakers ended up on that decision as they see Davis always got sidelined because of injuries. If I remember it right, during the off-season after the Bubble, LeBron James told Anthony Davis that he's the current man of the Lakers and should not go anywhere else.

And now that they have a new coach, it seems the he will explore Davis more often as he has said publicly. He will be the first choice in office.  But the injuries though, he has been plague for years and hopefully he will be at least play as much game as he can and will be healthy.

[stadus]

I just read an article that said the Lakers are considering trading Anthony Davis for Damian Lillard.  I'm pretty sure these reporters are just making things up for clicks now, as I don't see either team wanting to make that trade.  The idea of LeBron and Dame on the same team is pretty exciting though.  I put a 1% chance on that happening, but it's still fun to think about.  They're both killers on the court and I imagine would make one hell of a playoff run no matter who else is around them.

They are mixing things up just to make a scoop or yes it's just for clickbait.
The Lakers are lacking sharpshooters so reporters are trying to figure out who or what team they are making a deal with.
Reports last time were Lakers being interested with Bojan Bogdanovic and Mike Conley, iirc.
https://nba.nbcsports.com/2022/09/10/report-suns-lakers-mavericks-knicks-all-interested-in-bojan-bogdanovic-trade/
Those veterans should think about pushing that trade as the Jazz will be nowhere near the playoffs next season and it will pause their championship chance.
So, let's also expect more rumors will come out about sharpshooters being linked to the Lakers team.

Not a good idea, Davis for Lillard, I don't think that will make the Lakers better. I guess the right thing to do is to trade Westbrook for Lillard, that if the Blazers will accept the trade, as for sure Lakers will be happy with that.

[harizen]

And now that they have a new coach, it seems the he will explore Davis more often as he has said publicly. He will be the first choice in office.  But the injuries though, he has been plague for years and hopefully he will be at least play as much game as he can and will be healthy.

Yes, that's correct. Coach Darvin Ham even looking forward too for a change in Russell Westbrook this upcoming season. Good to see that their new head coach understand some of the "issues" that the team is dealing with last season and already have a plan for some adjustments.

Pointing to Anthony Davis, there's no question about his performance even after an injury. He is consistent in establishing decent stats every time he returns to the court. However, it's just that he always got injured. I thought before that he has that strong built but the more he will continue to suffer injuries, he might become a Boogie 2.0. So unfortunate seeing a player with a superstar or all-star level and still considered on their prime but always being sidelined for long because of injury.

[Pamadar]

And now that they have a new coach, it seems the he will explore Davis more often as he has said publicly. He will be the first choice in office.  But the injuries though, he has been plague for years and hopefully he will be at least play as much game as he can and will be healthy.

Yes, that's correct. Coach Darvin Ham even looking forward too for a change in Russell Westbrook this upcoming season. Good to see that their new head coach understand some of the "issues" that the team is dealing with last season and already have a plan for some adjustments.

Pointing to Anthony Davis, there's no question about his performance even after an injury. He is consistent in establishing decent stats every time he returns to the court. However, it's just that he always got injured. I thought before that he has that strong built but the more he will continue to suffer injuries, he might become a Boogie 2.0. So unfortunate seeing a player with a superstar or all-star level and still considered on their prime but always being sidelined for long because of injury.

Hopefully, he won't go that far, still young and still in his prime indeed.

AD can give decent stats each time he's inside the court. Unlike Boogie, he has good teammates who can lift him
if they all have healthy condition this coming season.

LeBron and Westbrook can give him good help if they will form their version of a big three. Looking to see them
sharing the same court with a good chemistry playing together.

[Yamifoud]

And now that they have a new coach, it seems the he will explore Davis more often as he has said publicly. He will be the first choice in office.  But the injuries though, he has been plague for years and hopefully he will be at least play as much game as he can and will be healthy.

Yes, that's correct. Coach Darvin Ham even looking forward too for a change in Russell Westbrook this upcoming season. Good to see that their new head coach understand some of the "issues" that the team is dealing with last season and already have a plan for some adjustments.

Pointing to Anthony Davis, there's no question about his performance even after an injury. He is consistent in establishing decent stats every time he returns to the court. However, it's just that he always got injured. I thought before that he has that strong built but the more he will continue to suffer injuries, he might become a Boogie 2.0. So unfortunate seeing a player with a superstar or all-star level and still considered on their prime but always being sidelined for long because of injury.

Hopefully, he won't go that far, still young and still in his prime indeed.

AD can give decent stats each time he's inside the court. Unlike Boogie, he has good teammates who can lift him
if they all have healthy condition this coming season.

LeBron and Westbrook can give him good help if they will form their version of a big three. Looking to see them
sharing the same court with a good chemistry playing together.

Westbrook was healthy last season and yet he doesn't play like a real big 3. If Davis will have a great season, I hope Westbrook will not ruined his moment as his inconsistency is really a big problem to the team, especially during crucial times.

[danherbias07]

Not a good idea, Davis for Lillard, I don't think that will make the Lakers better. I guess the right thing to do is to trade Westbrook for Lillard, that if the Blazers will accept the trade, as for sure Lakers will be happy with that.

That will work for sure if it's for the Lakers side only but not for the Trail Blazers.
Dame time will be the face of the Portland Trail Blazers but not WB time.  They already have one productive star and all they need is to surround him with good players to reflect how good he is but they are not doing that. This is also the reason why Lillard is being transparent in telling the media that he needs more good players on his side. But it seems the Trail Blazers management is deaf or they are just cheap.

[BALIK]

I don’t know for sure but as far as I know, Mayweather should have a lot more money compared to LeBron James. Whether he has more money than LeBron or not, I am pretty sure that Mayweather has a huge amount of money.

And yes LeBron James has a lot of money as well because you know in NBA a lot of money is always coming in and going out.

So, if they want they can obviously own NBA teams.
But are they going to own a team together?
If that happens it will be interesting to see who has the majority of ownership.

The biggest investor will of course be the majority holder of the upcoming Las Vegas team for sure, however, we can't say yet that they will be the owner though because I bet there have been a lot of investors lately that are interested to own a team in the NBA that have more wealth than Mayweather and Lebron combined.

For the record, LeBron James is wealthier than Mayweather and the latter is nowhere near LeBron's net worth at the moment.

Apart from his boxing accolades, Floyd Mayweather is best known for being one of the richest athletes in the world. However, taking his overall net worth into account, 'Money' is still far off from being a billionaire.

https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/news-is-floyd-mayweather-billionaire

I just googled it and I found out that Floyd Mayweather has a net worth of 450 million dollars. And at the same time, LeBron James has a net worth of One billion dollars. I was actually quite surprised to see that. I thought either they at least would be very close or Floyd Mayweather would have more net worth.

Anyway, I think it is not going to be so much money that they want to be able to make a 50/50 deal. I think however the net worth is for both of them, they can afford a 50-50 deal. But I can see the appeal for them trying to own an NBA team. The money is so fluent that they will see themselves having some profit from this.

[dwyane36]

Westbrook was healthy last season and yet he doesn't play like a real big 3. If Davis will have a great season, I hope Westbrook will not ruined his moment as his inconsistency is really a big problem to the team, especially during crucial times.

The upcoming season will probably be Westbrook's last chance to prove to everyone that he can still dominate the court and perform impressively like an all-star player. So if Westbrook is able to analyze his poor performance from the previous season and draw appropriate conclusions, he could be useful for the Lakers. Although I honestly don't have much faith in that.

[agustina2]

The upcoming season will probably be Westbrook's last chance to prove to everyone that he can still dominate the court and perform impressively like an all-star player. So if Westbrook is able to analyze his poor performance from the previous season and draw appropriate conclusions, he could be useful for the Lakers. Although I honestly don't have much faith in that.

Are you serious? Westbrook needs to prove to anyone that he can dominate the court? That expectation is too much. That was a big requirement just to impress the people? He only needs to prove that he can consistently play good and smoothly with his teammates. That's enough. If people sees that even losing the game, but he played well, people might change their bad view about him.

He doesn't need to dominate the whole game. What kind of expectation is that for a player that already considered as not on his peak already.

[carlisle1]

Not a good idea, Davis for Lillard, I don't think that will make the Lakers better. I guess the right thing to do is to trade Westbrook for Lillard, that if the Blazers will accept the trade, as for sure Lakers will be happy with that.

That will work for sure if it's for the Lakers side only but not for the Trail Blazers.
Dame time will be the face of the Portland Trail Blazers but not WB time.  They already have one productive star and all they need is to surround him with good players to reflect how good he is but they are not doing that. This is also the reason why Lillard is being transparent in telling the media that he needs more good players on his side. But it seems the Trail Blazers management is deaf or they are just cheap.

It would be a jackpot for the Lakers if, in any case, Blazers will release Lillard for Westbrook, maybe in my opinion if that's still

the prime Westbrook, the chance is high for Blazers to sit and negotiate, but after that several trades and we don't see any impact of Westbrook

being added to another team. For sure Blazers will not let their superstar to leave, unless another offer that will convince Blazers management

to deal with the trade.

[goinmerry]

For sure Blazers will not let their superstar to leave, unless another offer that will convince Blazers managementto deal with the trade.

Blazers will not surely let go of Damian Lillard but that was their only dedication for the team. They are not doing their best to give Lillard a good set of teammates. I'm really amazed that Lillard didn't force and demand the Blazers management to trade him even he is vocal about his concern with the team.

Lillard is now entering his 10th season at 32 years old. He will surely start showing signs of slowing down from here. Still not to late for the Blazers to act and do their best to give Lillard all the help he needs.