2025 NBA Season

[LogitechMouse]

It's really looking like NBA will be another boring season if this is how it goes. Some teams have a huge cap problem, but they do not care and pay the luxury tax thanks to rich owners, and some teams do not even try to win, they just give up before the season starts.

So, we are going to watch maybe like 2-3 teams to win, and we are going to see the rest to be either tanking, or trying to stay in playoff spot, but not even have a contending chance. That's not going to cut it anymore, this needs to change, it has been like this nearly for 10 years, we really need teams that could rival each other, not move away from each other, it really sucks this way.

I think it's going to be a lot better than the years where Golden State had all of their current players including Kevin Durant, or when Lebron "took his talents to south beach" and he, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh all completely dominated.  At least we don't know for sure what teams is going to win, because for a while there we did and it was ruining the game of basketball.  At least for me anyhow.

I still remember the time where it was Cleveland and Golden State that is playing in the NBA Finals for, I think 4 years or even more.
That's more boring that what currently the state of NBA is right now. At least this time, we don't know which teams will fight in west and in the east. The team that we keep saying will dominate are the ones who will be eliminated in the playoffs.

With regards to tanking, we know that there really are teams who are tanking every season for them to get a good pick in the next draft. For sure there are teams who will do it now again because there is the top prospect, Victor Wembanyana. Rival teams for me are a no-no because it will be more exciting if we will see more teams trying to compete with each other. Last season, there are many teams who are competing with each other and there are teams who we expect to be in the NBA Finals, but they didn't. Still, I agree with what @ChiBitCTy said that the competition right now is way better than it was years ago.

[Dave1]

It's really looking like NBA will be another boring season if this is how it goes. Some teams have a huge cap problem, but they do not care and pay the luxury tax thanks to rich owners, and some teams do not even try to win, they just give up before the season starts.

So, we are going to watch maybe like 2-3 teams to win, and we are going to see the rest to be either tanking, or trying to stay in playoff spot, but not even have a contending chance. That's not going to cut it anymore, this needs to change, it has been like this nearly for 10 years, we really need teams that could rival each other, not move away from each other, it really sucks this way.

I think it's going to be a lot better than the years where Golden State had all of their current players including Kevin Durant, or when Lebron "took his talents to south beach" and he, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh all completely dominated.  At least we don't know for sure what teams is going to win, because for a while there we did and it was ruining the game of basketball.  At least for me anyhow.

I still remember the time where it was Cleveland and Golden State that is playing in the NBA Finals for, I think 4 years or even more.
That's more boring that what currently the state of NBA is right now. At least this time, we don't know which teams will fight in west and in the east. The team that we keep saying will dominate are the ones who will be eliminated in the playoffs.

With regards to tanking, we know that there really are teams who are tanking every season for them to get a good pick in the next draft. For sure there are teams who will do it now again because there is the top prospect, Victor Wembanyana. Rival teams for me are a no-no because it will be more exciting if we will see more teams trying to compete with each other. Last season, there are many teams who are competing with each other and there are teams who we expect to be in the NBA Finals, but they didn't. Still, I agree with what @ChiBitCTy said that the competition right now is way better than it was years ago.

That's the era wherein Lebron is really on his peak or prime but at the same time Curry and his Warriors are also making a run so that is good to see that they appeared on the finals for many years and become rivals.

But it didn't last long because Lebron and Kyrie breaks up move on their separate careers. While the Warriors had injuries to their key players. Lebron won a ring after that and so is Steph Curry.

And so I think Warriors can still make it to the finals with their current roster while Lebron and the Lakers will have another difficult season.

[danherbias07]

I think it's going to be a lot better than the years where Golden State had all of their current players including Kevin Durant, or when Lebron "took his talents to south beach" and he, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh all completely dominated.  At least we don't know for sure what teams is going to win, because for a while there we did and it was ruining the game of basketball.  At least for me anyhow.

Correct!
There's a good competitive spirit again.
Mavericks should also not be underestimated, they are one of the teams that fought in the West Finals. Then there's the Grizzlies if only Ja Morant was not injured during the games of their series against the Warriors.
Murray is also back, partnered with Jokic they can dominate the West again.

East is also filled with teams that are packed with star players and the fan favorites are scattered. It may be Giannis, Embiid, Tatum, Butler, or to surprise us the Raptors with no superstar but are good defensively and at making plays.

[gagux123]

I think a lot of people are.  I'm actually rooting for this kid and hopes he makes it in tes of getting his head together.  I like that Nash said he doesn't care if he never shoots.  I know he doesn't mean it but shows at least the organization is behind him.  With Durant amd kyrie on the court he doesn't need to shoot much at all.

Well, even with the loss against 76ers I believe the Nets just played as if it was an exhibition game, the Nets stars players didn't spend much time playing, and I imagine this game (despite the big difference in the final result) was something to analyze and make some adjustments, because when the regular season starts, the Nets have great chemistry

[stadus]

Brooklyn Nets starting to look like a fun team to watch again.
The first five are Irving, Durant, Claxton, Simmons, and Harris. I am just glad to see them all back and healthy again. Harris is feeling it who made 2 threes in 15 minutes.
Simmons defensive help can be seen and Irving being a playmaker will be a game changer for them.
The 2nd team looks solid too with Patty Mills, Edwards, Morris, Royce O'Neale, and Sumner. Seth Curry didn't play yet.
A win for the 76ers without Harden and Embiid. Their roleplayers are pretty solid too.

I'm glad that we are finally seeing a healthy and complete Brooklyn Nets in the opening season. I am not a fan of Kyrie and Simmons anymore but I love this season to be more competitive, I want all the teams to possibly compete well so I like what I am seeing with the Nets. Kyrie should understand that the world doesn't revolve around him. The Nets would be a serious contender if they can set all their egos aside and work on their chemistry. I want to see KD's remaining NBA years fruitful even if doesn't mean a title rather than staying in a mediocre team.

There's still a big question though, can they be consistent until the end of this season? We both know that they are capable of destroying any team that is on their way, but we also know that the Nets weakness is also their own players. The big three is a threat to any team in the league if they will work as a team. Nonetheless, it's been good seeing them again playing together as team. I just hope that they will be consistent so that we can see an interesting season this time.

[Questat]

Brooklyn Nets starting to look like a fun team to watch again.
The first five are Irving, Durant, Claxton, Simmons, and Harris. I am just glad to see them all back and healthy again. Harris is feeling it who made 2 threes in 15 minutes.
Simmons defensive help can be seen and Irving being a playmaker will be a game changer for them.
The 2nd team looks solid too with Patty Mills, Edwards, Morris, Royce O'Neale, and Sumner. Seth Curry didn't play yet.
A win for the 76ers without Harden and Embiid. Their roleplayers are pretty solid too.

I'm glad that we are finally seeing a healthy and complete Brooklyn Nets in the opening season. I am not a fan of Kyrie and Simmons anymore but I love this season to be more competitive, I want all the teams to possibly compete well so I like what I am seeing with the Nets. Kyrie should understand that the world doesn't revolve around him. The Nets would be a serious contender if they can set all their egos aside and work on their chemistry. I want to see KD's remaining NBA years fruitful even if doesn't mean a title rather than staying in a mediocre team.

There's still a big question though, can they be consistent until the end of this season? We both know that they are capable of destroying any team that is on their way, but we also know that the Nets weakness is also their own players. The big three is a threat to any team in the league if they will work as a team. Nonetheless, it's been good seeing them again playing together as team. I just hope that they will be consistent so that we can see an interesting season this time.

As long as they are healthy, I'm pretty sure they'll be consistent. I hope that they already build good chemistry as that is the most important thing for this team to work. Durant, Irving, and Simmons, these are superstars, so it's just normal that we have a high expectation on this team.

[yazher]

As long as they are healthy, I'm pretty sure they'll be consistent. I hope that they already build good chemistry as that is the most important thing for this team to work. Durant, Irving, and Simmons, these are superstars, so it's just normal that we have a high expectation on this team.

These guys are really something and they need to do some difference in this upcoming season because the fans are expecting so much from them. These preseason games are just a warm-up and nothing really matters what the outcome of it these guys really need to take care of their bodies not engage in some real games until the real season games come. I think they won't gonna make the same mistakes where they missed a number of games without playing together and with Ben Simmons added to the roster, they can really make a difference this time if they can avoid getting seriously injured where they needed to sideline for 2 months and up.

[ultrloa]

Brooklyn Nets starting to look like a fun team to watch again.
The first five are Irving, Durant, Claxton, Simmons, and Harris. I am just glad to see them all back and healthy again. Harris is feeling it who made 2 threes in 15 minutes.
Simmons defensive help can be seen and Irving being a playmaker will be a game changer for them.
The 2nd team looks solid too with Patty Mills, Edwards, Morris, Royce O'Neale, and Sumner. Seth Curry didn't play yet.
A win for the 76ers without Harden and Embiid. Their roleplayers are pretty solid too.

I'm glad that we are finally seeing a healthy and complete Brooklyn Nets in the opening season. I am not a fan of Kyrie and Simmons anymore but I love this season to be more competitive, I want all the teams to possibly compete well so I like what I am seeing with the Nets. Kyrie should understand that the world doesn't revolve around him. The Nets would be a serious contender if they can set all their egos aside and work on their chemistry. I want to see KD's remaining NBA years fruitful even if doesn't mean a title rather than staying in a mediocre team.

There's still a big question though, can they be consistent until the end of this season? We both know that they are capable of destroying any team that is on their way, but we also know that the Nets weakness is also their own players. The big three is a threat to any team in the league if they will work as a team. Nonetheless, it's been good seeing them again playing together as team. I just hope that they will be consistent so that we can see an interesting season this time.

As long as they are healthy, I'm pretty sure they'll be consistent. I hope that they already build good chemistry as that is the most important thing for this team to work. Durant, Irving, and Simmons, these are superstars, so it's just normal that we have a high expectation on this team.

If Irving and Simmons will cooperate with Durant for sure they will be the toughest team to beat this season so hopefully for the past practices they made after the end of season they already settled out their prides together with willingness to work as a team so that they will not be placed on bad position because if they fail again for another round maybe they can call this big three as another huge bust.

[carlisle1]

These guys are really something and they need to do some difference in this upcoming season because the fans are expecting so much from them.

Fans are hoping that they will see better improvement to these team after those drama, by looking with how they played in their debut seems that they are all good and comfortable playing with each others, building chemistries still on its way for these three superstars.

These preseason games are just a warm-up and nothing really matters what the outcome of it these guys really need to take care of their bodies not engage in some real games until the real season games come.

For real fans, I know they understand that pre-season is just a warmup games and there's no bearing but for critics what we expect?

I think they won't gonna make the same mistakes where they missed a number of games without playing together and with Ben Simmons added to the roster, they can really make a difference this time if they can avoid getting seriously injured where they needed to sideline for 2 months and up.

If they can maintain their good health, the winning chance is higher and the chance on chasing the title is not by far.

[Pamadar]

If Irving and Simmons will cooperate with Durant for sure they will be the toughest team to beat this season so hopefully for the past practices they made after the end of season they already settled out their prides together with willingness to work as a team so that they will not be placed on bad position because if they fail again for another round maybe they can call this big three as another huge bust.

I don't see any issue from Simmons. I'm more with Kyrie giving way to KD as the alpha of the team.

But like what you have said, if they settle their ego and trust one another, they can give competitive games to whoever they will be
playing against with, the talents are huge. It's more on how they will execute the system and how they will play together with a same
goal of winning games. Still too early to give credits or criticism, better to watch them play and see if they will improve the winning chance
of this team.

[danherbias07]

Fun game by the New Orleans Pelicans versus the Chicago Bulls.
The bench players' performance in the last quarter of the game made it look like it was a regular season. 
NOP 129 - Bulls 125

The Pelicans look great, and Zion looks good (I can't tell if some weight was lost). They are a solid team and their bench looks promising too with Willy Hernangomez who won the Fiba Eurobasket MVP.
If healthy, I think they have a great chance to make a top seed. They will probably be one of the favorites this season.

[inthelongrun]

Fun game by the New Orleans Pelicans versus the Chicago Bulls.
The bench players' performance in the last quarter of the game made it look like it was a regular season. 
NOP 129 - Bulls 125

The Pelicans look great, and Zion looks good (I can't tell if some weight was lost). They are a solid team and their bench looks promising too with Willy Hernangomez who won the Fiba Eurobasket MVP.
If healthy, I think they have a great chance to make a top seed. They will probably be one of the favorites this season.

I don't usually watch pre-season games because they aren't serious games. But I'm also excited at how the healthy Pelicans will end up this season. Their line-up is already good so all they need now is to perform well. I heard that Zion is on a seafood diet. Hopefully, it's not a giant octopus or tuna per meal.

Chicago Bulls acquired veteran Goran Dragic and Andre Drummond to boost their line-up this season. So I am also hoping they can also perform well. I want to see Vucevic bring back his Orlando Magic stats.   

[sana54210]

If Irving and Simmons will cooperate with Durant for sure they will be the toughest team to beat this season so hopefully for the past practices they made after the end of season they already settled out their prides together with willingness to work as a team so that they will not be placed on bad position because if they fail again for another round maybe they can call this big three as another huge bust.

Let’s not really put too much pressure on Simmons because he hasn't played for a whole year, and before that he played a bad season where he wasn't even liked anymore by the end.

So, it would be tough for Simmons to provide something magical for the team, maybe some defence if he can, but that’s about it, and on top of that he doesn't really have that passion for the game if you ask me, that is his biggest problem. Irving could be a good help on the court, but he is a crazy person who creates trouble off the court for everyone around him, and I feel like it is not going to be easy to keep getting questions about Irving for Durant neither, he rather has a smarter teammate.

[dwyane36]

Fun game by the New Orleans Pelicans versus the Chicago Bulls.
The bench players' performance in the last quarter of the game made it look like it was a regular season. 
NOP 129 - Bulls 125

The Pelicans look great, and Zion looks good (I can't tell if some weight was lost). They are a solid team and their bench looks promising too with Willy Hernangomez who won the Fiba Eurobasket MVP.
If healthy, I think they have a great chance to make a top seed. They will probably be one of the favorites this season.

It's worth noting that the Pelicans were able to reach the first round of the playoffs last season without Zion. So the current Pelicans roster definitely has good potential, and it will be interesting to watch how they perform this season. However, I wouldn't call them favorites because there are many other teams that look stronger than the Pelicans.

[OgNasty]

Fun game by the New Orleans Pelicans versus the Chicago Bulls.
The bench players' performance in the last quarter of the game made it look like it was a regular season. 
NOP 129 - Bulls 125

The Pelicans look great, and Zion looks good (I can't tell if some weight was lost). They are a solid team and their bench looks promising too with Willy Hernangomez who won the Fiba Eurobasket MVP.
If healthy, I think they have a great chance to make a top seed. They will probably be one of the favorites this season.

It's worth noting that the Pelicans were able to reach the first round of the playoffs last season without Zion. So the current Pelicans roster definitely has good potential, and it will be interesting to watch how they perform this season. However, I wouldn't call them favorites because there are many other teams that look stronger than the Pelicans.

Not only did they do it without Zion last year, but they didn't have CJ for a majority of the year as well.  I'm sure they'll make the playoffs this year and if Zion can stay healthy I could see them getting through a round or two.  They looked great.  Especially Jaxson Hayes & Willy Hernangómez.  Zion looked faster than ever though.  He's easily lost 75lbs since some of the offseason pictures of him floating around and he's the lightest and most in shape he's ever been.  That quick baseline dunk was a flash at what he's capable of.  This is going to be a great year for the Pelicans.  When Ingram gets back this team will be tough to match up against.

[Smack That Ace]

Fun game by the New Orleans Pelicans versus the Chicago Bulls.
The bench players' performance in the last quarter of the game made it look like it was a regular season. 
NOP 129 - Bulls 125

The Pelicans look great, and Zion looks good (I can't tell if some weight was lost). They are a solid team and their bench looks promising too with Willy Hernangomez who won the Fiba Eurobasket MVP.
If healthy, I think they have a great chance to make a top seed. They will probably be one of the favorites this season.

I don't usually watch pre-season games because they aren't serious games. But I'm also excited at how the healthy Pelicans will end up this season. Their line-up is already good so all they need now is to perform well. I heard that Zion is on a seafood diet. Hopefully, it's not a giant octopus or tuna per meal.

Chicago Bulls acquired veteran Goran Dragic and Andre Drummond to boost their line-up this season. So I am also hoping they can also perform well. I want to see Vucevic bring back his Orlando Magic stats.   

We all know that no one actually cares about pre-season games. But this game was close. Something amazed me and that is Vucevic got 11 rebounds and scored 15 points. This was a great effort from him even though it was just a pre-season match. 

The pelicans are in really good shape. They have shown that in this match. I believe when the season finally starts their performance is going to be much better.

Goran Dragic and Andre Drummond are going to be important for the success of the Bulls. These are two good players that they brought in. Drummond has shown good performance in this match as well.


Regards

Duke

[btc_angela]

Fun game by the New Orleans Pelicans versus the Chicago Bulls.
The bench players' performance in the last quarter of the game made it look like it was a regular season. 
NOP 129 - Bulls 125

The Pelicans look great, and Zion looks good (I can't tell if some weight was lost). They are a solid team and their bench looks promising too with Willy Hernangomez who won the Fiba Eurobasket MVP.
If healthy, I think they have a great chance to make a top seed. They will probably be one of the favorites this season.

I don't usually watch pre-season games because they aren't serious games. But I'm also excited at how the healthy Pelicans will end up this season. Their line-up is already good so all they need now is to perform well. I heard that Zion is on a seafood diet. Hopefully, it's not a giant octopus or tuna per meal.

Yes, Zion losing weight is one of the biggest story this season. I think he listens to Barkley's criticism that he needs to lose up that belly, and in the end it will really benefit him and his team. They have a solid line up right now that is playoff bound with him and CJ in the side.

Chicago Bulls acquired veteran Goran Dragic and Andre Drummond to boost their line-up this season. So I am also hoping they can also perform well. I want to see Vucevic bring back his Orlando Magic stats.   

Vucevic has a good season with them, not that consistent but I would say good enough for a center. It's that it was overshadowed by the Lavine and DeRozan tandem. But with Drummond helping him, he can up his stats and maybe improved his outside shooting.

[Yaunfitda]

Fun game by the New Orleans Pelicans versus the Chicago Bulls.
The bench players' performance in the last quarter of the game made it look like it was a regular season. 
NOP 129 - Bulls 125

The Pelicans look great, and Zion looks good (I can't tell if some weight was lost). They are a solid team and their bench looks promising too with Willy Hernangomez who won the Fiba Eurobasket MVP.
If healthy, I think they have a great chance to make a top seed. They will probably be one of the favorites this season.

I don't usually watch pre-season games because they aren't serious games. But I'm also excited at how the healthy Pelicans will end up this season. Their line-up is already good so all they need now is to perform well. I heard that Zion is on a seafood diet. Hopefully, it's not a giant octopus or tuna per meal.

Chicago Bulls acquired veteran Goran Dragic and Andre Drummond to boost their line-up this season. So I am also hoping they can also perform well. I want to see Vucevic bring back his Orlando Magic stats.   

We all know that no one actually cares about pre-season games. But this game was close. Something amazed me and that is Vucevic got 11 rebounds and scored 15 points. This was a great effort from him even though it was just a pre-season match. 

But it can be a good measurement to see how teams are, specially those who have upgraded their roster.

The pelicans are in really good shape. They have shown that in this match. I believe when the season finally starts their performance is going to be much better.

See, we all get excited to watch a new version of Pelicans or Zion, he clearly losses a lot of weight and move very different and so we want to see him more and hopefully the team will be different with him and Ingram.

Goran Dragic and Andre Drummond are going to be important for the success of the Bulls. These are two good players that they brought in. Drummond has shown good performance in this match as well.

They need to be consistent and again, we just hope that they will be healthy and no more injuries to their star players. At least he had a god back up in Drummond and a experience point guard in Dragic.

[Oasisman]

Fun game by the New Orleans Pelicans versus the Chicago Bulls.
The bench players' performance in the last quarter of the game made it look like it was a regular season. 
NOP 129 - Bulls 125

The Pelicans look great, and Zion looks good (I can't tell if some weight was lost). They are a solid team and their bench looks promising too with Willy Hernangomez who won the Fiba Eurobasket MVP.
If healthy, I think they have a great chance to make a top seed. They will probably be one of the favorites this season.

I don't usually watch pre-season games because they aren't serious games. But I'm also excited at how the healthy Pelicans will end up this season. Their line-up is already good so all they need now is to perform well. I heard that Zion is on a seafood diet. Hopefully, it's not a giant octopus or tuna per meal.

Yes, Zion losing weight is one of the biggest story this season. I think he listens to Barkley's criticism that he needs to lose up that belly, and in the end it will really benefit him and his team. They have a solid line up right now that is playoff bound with him and CJ in the side.

Not only with Barkley's criticism, but he listened to everyone's suggestion that he should lose some weight to unlock his full potential. Some people might have been starting to hate the kid for becoming so fragile after reaching the NBA, but I still believe he's not a bust and he'll eventually live up to the hype he once have after the draft night.
Hoping for him to bounce back and be as durable as LeBron.

[Baofeng]

Fun game by the New Orleans Pelicans versus the Chicago Bulls.
The bench players' performance in the last quarter of the game made it look like it was a regular season. 
NOP 129 - Bulls 125

The Pelicans look great, and Zion looks good (I can't tell if some weight was lost). They are a solid team and their bench looks promising too with Willy Hernangomez who won the Fiba Eurobasket MVP.
If healthy, I think they have a great chance to make a top seed. They will probably be one of the favorites this season.

I don't usually watch pre-season games because they aren't serious games. But I'm also excited at how the healthy Pelicans will end up this season. Their line-up is already good so all they need now is to perform well. I heard that Zion is on a seafood diet. Hopefully, it's not a giant octopus or tuna per meal.

Yes, Zion losing weight is one of the biggest story this season. I think he listens to Barkley's criticism that he needs to lose up that belly, and in the end it will really benefit him and his team. They have a solid line up right now that is playoff bound with him and CJ in the side.

Not only with Barkley's criticism, but he listened to everyone's suggestion that he should lose some weight to unlock his full potential. Some people might have been starting to hate the kid for becoming so fragile after reaching the NBA, but I still believe he's not a bust and he'll eventually live up to the hype he once have after the draft night.
Hoping for him to bounce back and be as durable as LeBron.

I think he is not a bust, still very young although he was out last year, he still has a lot of potential to be the next face of the NBA like Giannis before him. And it's good that the kid listens to every critics of his, like Sir Charles and the rest of the basketball fans and analyst. And so with that new bod, for sure we will see a lot of improvement, he has the moves already and the shooting touch outside, he just need to be consistent and not injury prone and we wish we can see him play full season.