2025 NBA Season

[Oasisman]

The Kings are indeed the best team in Cali now. It's really very surprising to see the Kings being in the top seed when we usually see them at the bottom for more than a decade.
It looks like they are a perfectly created team this season and the light beam gives a little confidence boost?

On the other hand, the Lakers are now back to reality. They just cant beat a team above .500 and the "trade LeBron" jokes just officially ended today lol.

They are really improving this season and they seem not to care about whose team they are gonna play in the next game. This kind of chemistry is more important than having some star players on the team that is not doing their job like how they used to do in their last teams. To be honest, the Sacramento Kings are really the most exciting thing in the NBA right now and hope that they will gonna win against Atlanta in their next game and proceed to play against the Boston Celtics with 8 wins streak. That would be an insane game to watch.

Damn, so that's how long the Kings have this winning 7 games in a row.

That was like their prime years, with CWebb, Bibby and Peja and add Divac to that equation. They are one team that really put competition with the Lakers and Spurs in the West that era. They felt short though specially against the Lakers.

They are against the Hawks on the road, might be difficult for them to continue with their run at the Hawks leading by 11 points in the second quarter.

Ohh man so the Hawks just snapped the Kings' winning streak.
Well, nobody expected for the Kings to play this well this season though, but I hope they'll maintain their good team chemistry and consistent with the good run this season.
I'm gonna be happy to see them play in the playoffs after the long time being on the bottom of the western conference standing.
Utah, Pelicans, and Kings - I hope these teams makes it to the playoffs, so we can see different teams playing in the playoffs next year.

[Cryptmuster]

Damn, so that's how long the Kings have this winning 7 games in a row.

That was like their prime years, with CWebb, Bibby and Peja and add Divac to that equation. They are one team that really put competition with the Lakers and Spurs in the West that era. They felt short though specially against the Lakers.

They are against the Hawks on the road, might be difficult for them to continue with their run at the Hawks leading by 11 points in the second quarter.

Atalanta brought their advantage to 15 points in two quarters, which was enough to defeat Sacramento. In any case, it was a great win series, I hope we don't have to wait another 17 years for the next one. Philadelphia failed to repeat their feat with the Nets, and despite a solid 12-point lead in the first quarter, they still lost to the Hornets, yet the lack of leaders is palpable for the team.

[Baofeng]

Damn, so that's how long the Kings have this winning 7 games in a row.

That was like their prime years, with CWebb, Bibby and Peja and add Divac to that equation. They are one team that really put competition with the Lakers and Spurs in the West that era. They felt short though specially against the Lakers.

They are against the Hawks on the road, might be difficult for them to continue with their run at the Hawks leading by 11 points in the second quarter.

Atalanta brought their advantage to 15 points in two quarters, which was enough to defeat Sacramento. In any case, it was a great win series, I hope we don't have to wait another 17 years for the next one. Philadelphia failed to repeat their feat with the Nets, and despite a solid 12-point lead in the first quarter, they still lost to the Hornets, yet the lack of leaders is palpable for the team.

Maybe we jinx the Sacramento Kings hehehe, they have been winning in the last 7 games but when everyone highlighted it, they suddenly lost to the Hawks. However, Atlanta is somewhat a hot team, so I'm not surprised that they were able to beat the Kings.

Also good win by the Bulls, DeRozan carry it till the fourth quarter, he had to 2 great assists as well to White and Vecuvic for the 3 to ice the game for them against the home town Bucks and Giannis. Also good win for me as I was able to get on the Bulls.

[Reid]

Didn’t put a bet down but I should have as the Celtics and Warriors m came through with wins on ESPN tonight. Day off tomorrow for the NBA but we’ll be able to enjoy games on the next big holiday, Christmas. Enjoy Thanksgiving if you’re in the US and if you aren’t, sorry for the lack of basketball for a day.

The Celtics duo did a good number again. Luka Doncic cannot shoulder everything, he will need someone that will step up his game to match this offensive monsters. From start to finish, it was an obvious win for the Celtics because the Mavericks are having a hard time to make stops.

How about the Chicago Bulls? It was a tight game against the Bucks. If not for White and Vucevic putting the dagger it could've continued in overtime.
This is the Bulls that we saw last year but they fell short after being hit by injuries. I wish it will be different this season.
Happy Thanksgiving.

[Kelvinid]

Didn’t put a bet down but I should have as the Celtics and Warriors m came through with wins on ESPN tonight. Day off tomorrow for the NBA but we’ll be able to enjoy games on the next big holiday, Christmas. Enjoy Thanksgiving if you’re in the US and if you aren’t, sorry for the lack of basketball for a day.

The Celtics duo did a good number again. Luka Doncic cannot shoulder everything, he will need someone that will step up his game to match this offensive monsters. From start to finish, it was an obvious win for the Celtics because the Mavericks are having a hard time to make stops.

That's really the problem with the Mavs as they really so much on Luka. As you can see on his numbers, it's too high because he had most of the attempts and he holds the ball a lot, unlike the Celtics where they spread the ball very well so they are less predictable.

How about the Chicago Bulls? It was a tight game against the Bucks. If not for White and Vucevic putting the dagger it could've continued in overtime.
This is the Bulls that we saw last year but they fell short after being hit by injuries. I wish it will be different this season.
Happy Thanksgiving.

I wish to see them healthy this season as well, this is a good team and like what we have seen in their performance this season so far, I think it's impressive and they'll be a great playoff team.

[danherbias07]

And with that the referee a ejection on Pat. Can't wait till this two teams meet each other again (not sure if they still have one in this season).

Me too. Not just Suns vs Lakers but also Suns vs Warriors. Both teams have fire whenever they play against them. Klay Thompson for the Warriors and Pat Bev for the Lakers which has a history behind it. CP3.

Let's check the schedule.
December 20 - Suns vs Lakers
January 11 - Warriors  vs Suns
March 14 - Warriors vs Suns
March 23 - Lakers vs Suns
April 8 - Lakers vs Suns - this game might be crucial if the Lakers will need every win they could get. What if they will be prevented by Booker? 

Don't forget, Luka also had some beef with Booker. It's also fun to watch them play.

[Sanitough]

And with that the referee a ejection on Pat. Can't wait till this two teams meet each other again (not sure if they still have one in this season).

Me too. Not just Suns vs Lakers but also Suns vs Warriors. Both teams have fire whenever they play against them. Klay Thompson for the Warriors and Pat Bev for the Lakers which has a history behind it. CP3.

Let's check the schedule.
December 20 - Suns vs Lakers
January 11 - Warriors  vs Suns
March 14 - Warriors vs Suns
March 23 - Lakers vs Suns
April 8 - Lakers vs Suns - this game might be crucial if the Lakers will need every win they could get. What if they will be prevented by Booker? 

Don't forget, Luka also had some beef with Booker. It's also fun to watch them play.

It would be fun to watch but I doubt the Lakers can beat the Suns because they are a struggling team this season.

Lakers are 5-11 while Suns are 11-6, that's like the top team against the bottom team.
https://ph.global.nba.com/standings/

However, if the Suns will face Luka and company, I think we will see an exciting game as Luka believes he owned Booker.

[stadus]

The best season for Clarkson so far, in that game, he took over in the 4th quarter to give the Jazz a comfortable lead, it looks like he already is the main man of the team, the previous 6th man of the year will likely become an all star this season. Their chemistry is really impressive, you can tell by looking at the scores distribution, I mean everyone is contributing on the floor.

I guess the lack of a superstar is working great for the Jazz. Since there is no superstar that hogs the ball, they all get touches and a chance to contribute to a win. That is great basketball. In this scenario, the coach should get a credit as well since he brings out the best on his team even when they are on a rebuilding process.

The management must be very happy with the Jazz now, I'm sure they didn't expect a rebuilding team to be at the number 1 spot now. They are for real, they loss some games but they also come back strong. number 1 in the West and 2nd overall, that's a great achievement so far.

Team play is very important and the Jazz are showing that every game, no superstar, they'll create their own, but no one did the ball hogging like Mitchell did in the past.

That is for sure, seriously they did not expect that they will be handling this kind of scenario this season because the current roster turns out to be great apart from what they really expected. I know that they don't have much hopes when the season started but now it's different because the Jazz is now bullying heavy teams in the league. Well anyway, there's no harm if they will suddenly fall mid season or won't be consistent when games gets much tougher soon because they are still learning as they are still on the process.

Perhaps this is what they really needed after all, not a superstar laden team that they had the previous year, but can't bring any output in the end. So now they are very happy with the way it turn out to be on their part. They are winning games, and many analyst says that they are going to tank for this year, but look at where they are right now. And they didn't have to chance anything at this point, JC is great and so is Markkanen.

And it's also good to see the Mitchell and thriving and so is Rudy Gobert, and so you can't ask for a better outcome that than.

We only have 4 games, and I'm interested to see Lakers vs Phoenix Suns.

And that is the reason why the rebuilt the team because the roster they got last season didn't worked out well, lucky for them that they are already getting the expected outcome in just a short amount of time because they are supposed to build their trust first by bonding throughout the whole season before they can start to expect some good outcome. It's just nice to see an unselfish team with no superstar but can bully a team consists of superstars.

[LogitechMouse]

Damn, so that's how long the Kings have this winning 7 games in a row.

That was like their prime years, with CWebb, Bibby and Peja and add Divac to that equation. They are one team that really put competition with the Lakers and Spurs in the West that era. They felt short though specially against the Lakers.

They are against the Hawks on the road, might be difficult for them to continue with their run at the Hawks leading by 11 points in the second quarter.

Atalanta brought their advantage to 15 points in two quarters, which was enough to defeat Sacramento. In any case, it was a great win series, I hope we don't have to wait another 17 years for the next one. Philadelphia failed to repeat their feat with the Nets, and despite a solid 12-point lead in the first quarter, they still lost to the Hornets, yet the lack of leaders is palpable for the team.

Maybe we jinx the Sacramento Kings hehehe, they have been winning in the last 7 games but when everyone highlighted it, they suddenly lost to the Hawks. However, Atlanta is somewhat a hot team, so I'm not surprised that they were able to beat the Kings.

Also good win by the Bulls, DeRozan carry it till the fourth quarter, he had to 2 great assists as well to White and Vecuvic for the 3 to ice the game for them against the home town Bucks and Giannis. Also good win for me as I was able to get on the Bulls.

Looks like you really jinxed the Kings .

Kidding aside though, the Kings really surprised me aside from the Jazz because of their 7-game winning streak. Even though they lost now against the Hawks who is a strong team TBH, I just hope that they will continue the way they are playing until they reach the playoffs because they haven't reached the playoffs since 2006. Just imagine how long the Kings fans who are waiting for their team to enter the playoffs. It's the same as the Knicks when they entered the playoffs after a long time.

[YuginKadoya]

Didn’t put a bet down but I should have as the Celtics and Warriors m came through with wins on ESPN tonight. Day off tomorrow for the NBA but we’ll be able to enjoy games on the next big holiday, Christmas. Enjoy Thanksgiving if you’re in the US and if you aren’t, sorry for the lack of basketball for a day.

The Celtics duo did a good number again. Luka Doncic cannot shoulder everything, he will need someone that will step up his game to match this offensive monsters. From start to finish, it was an obvious win for the Celtics because the Mavericks are having a hard time to make stops.

How about the Chicago Bulls? It was a tight game against the Bucks. If not for White and Vucevic putting the dagger it could've continued in overtime.
This is the Bulls that we saw last year but they fell short after being hit by injuries. I wish it will be different this season.
Happy Thanksgiving.

The Celtics Duo really did a great job in making a big lead and combining them with Luka Doncic's 41 points is really insane, well right now Luka Doncic is having a hard time right now when they were humiliated by the Rockets on their home court and the Houston Rockets is way bellow the Western Conference you can surely imagine how humiliated and how frustrated Luka Doncic, and right now this Celtics game for me Luka Doncic will need his tandem,


And right now that the NBA is having its break, I want to discuss a list of players that I think doing remarkable and are breaking into their all-star form, and right now the NBA is really shifting its course to the new generations and looking at these 7 players I think you would all agree,

1] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC -  Right now this kid is giving Oklahoma Thunder some advantage not because of scoring and could explode whenever he wants and is a tough one to guard,

2] Lauri Markkanen UTA - Right now this kid is pretty much improving right now and showing great progress when they destroy the Hawks, and the Jazz really is a team with great progress right now,

3] Bennedict Mathurin IND - This kid has a nice shooting stroke and in their recent game against the Nets he was averaging and outscored both Irving and Durant and along with Haliburton the Pacers is surely a threat for many teams especially the Warriors,

4] Tyrese Maxey PHI - Right now Tyrese Maxey is the 2nd leading player to score behind Joel Embiid, pretty much this he is a great addition to the team, point guard but if Harden was there he will be a transition getter,

5] Tyrese Haliburton IND - Well The Sacramento Kings might have a huge mistake in trading this kid because right now this kid is leading Indiana and making progress right now  

6] Paolo Banchero ORL - This kid entering the NBA this season is pretty much ready, and if I say ready 100% ready for the NBA but he still has the ceiling to properly improve a lot, but right now with this kind of play he will surely go the mile,

7] Desmond Bane MEM- This kind has a lot of improvement I really notice it because on his 1st try in 2020 entering the NBA he just shoots the ball from afar, but right now he has shown confidence in making plays dribbling the ball and right now most of his plays he somehow manage to put on 30 plus score, for his team,

[wheelz1200]

After watching the first ~fifth of the season one thing is for sure, the Celtics are the team to beat in the East.  The duo of taytum and brown are unstoppable.  If they stay healthy all year long I can see them running the table end to end.  No other team has a twosome as good as them right now.

[dwyane36]

Ohh man so the Hawks just snapped the Kings' winning streak.
Well, nobody expected for the Kings to play this well this season though, but I hope they'll maintain their good team chemistry and consistent with the good run this season.
I'm gonna be happy to see them play in the playoffs after the long time being on the bottom of the western conference standing.
Utah, Pelicans, and Kings - I hope these teams makes it to the playoffs, so we can see different teams playing in the playoffs next year.

It's a pity that the Kings' winning streak was interrupted. Nevertheless, 7 wins in a row is also a pretty good result, and I guess the Kings have a good chance of reaching the playoffs this season. Even if the first round of the playoffs is their limit, that would already be an impressive achievement for the Kings' franchise, given that their last playoff game was 16 seasons ago.

[freedomgo]

Lakers had a great game last night even if they lost again, but Suns is a better team than them overall so nothing to brag here. However, it seems Lakers without LeBron are doing much better as they were winning the last 3 games and they were doing it in style. Now, I'm not saying it's LeBron fault or something but I think Lakers perform better without him because the pressure is off from his teammates and they can play and enjoy basketball without having all the time an eye on LeBron of where he is and what he does. He still has 3 more games with injury so let's hope Lakers will get more points until he comes back.

It’s obvious that they have some tactical problems, the players they have are not as terrible as the results show, they are a bottom team right now and the players they have, even without Lebron is not this bad, and they were playing bad with lebron as well so it looks like they were really not doing anything proper at all.
I feel like there is a good case to be made about the fact that coaching changes didn't help, they had a few changes so far and yet none of them figured out a way to find how to play this team. It would be better if they fired their coach after such a terrible start and start considering another coach that could make them win.

This only show that there rooster doesn't really fit together since even if they changes the coach and system they still encounter a heavy loss maybe they should consider to rebuild if they want their organization to get championship. Maybe its time for them to let go their valuable piece since if they keep them for sure they will just go for another upset loss. Lebron right now is aiming to increase his stats and I think this season that's his target so that he can surpass records over records.

As some people have said in the previous posts, the Lakers are not performing as a team. Three players for the Lakers, Anthony Davis, Westbrook, and Walker played well. They tried very well, but it was a team effort from the Suns. And I think that’s why they won the game.

I cannot agree that they had a great game last night because it’s true that the star players of the team played very well and if this continues they are going to see positive results in recent future. But I am saying this again, this has to be a team effort.

It should be because that is one of the easiest way to win a game without burning out their superstars due to the load they are carrying each game, it is still best for a team especially the Lakers if almost everyone can do their respective jobs and effectively do their assigned posts. So far, AD, Walker and WB is getting impressive but that might change soon if Lebron will once again join the equation.

[emrecemsan]

We have been watching a different Warriors than the one we were used to watch in the recent seasons. They haven't made a good start to this season. They have lost the half of their games so far. Curry can't carry the team all the time in the end so they need to keep up a good team performance. I remember the game Curry scored 50 points in but they still lost. Wiggins has also been impressive by consistent and good statistics for a long time. He has made a really important score contribution so far - 20+ points in the recent times.

Thompson is still not able to play like in the old times. There was a game in which he scored 41 points recently and that made me excited. But he is still inconsistent. If he improves his scoring performance a little more it would be really helpful for the team.

[harizen]

The Celtics duo did a good number again. Luka Doncic cannot shoulder everything, he will need someone that will step up his game to match this offensive monsters. From start to finish, it was an obvious win for the Celtics because the Mavericks are having a hard time to make stops.

Jason Kidd should at least change tactics and strategy if Doncic's bunch of role-player teammates are not getting their rhythm. For example, if most starters getting a tough night and having a hard time finding their rhythm, how about considering someone to take their place and give chance to others?

Specifically, I want to point out that they should fully utilize their rookie, Christian Wood. There's no problem with Doncic's consistency in every game but if the Mavericks are still losing despite him always getting good numbers, that's a big concern that they need to address.

[TravelMug]

The Celtics duo did a good number again. Luka Doncic cannot shoulder everything, he will need someone that will step up his game to match this offensive monsters. From start to finish, it was an obvious win for the Celtics because the Mavericks are having a hard time to make stops.

Jason Kidd should at least change tactics and strategy if Doncic's bunch of role-player teammates are not getting their rhythm. For example, if most starters getting a tough night and having a hard time finding their rhythm, how about considering someone to take their place and give chance to others?

Specifically, I want to point out that they should fully utilize their rookie, Christian Wood. There's no problem with Doncic's consistency in every game but if the Mavericks are still losing despite him always getting good numbers, that's a big concern that they need to address.

Thanks, I think I have been wondering as well as to why Christian Wood is not being utilized by Kidd? I think he can be another offensive weapon for the Mavs if he will just be given a break by Kidd.

Definitely, Luka can't do it alone, specially a good team like the Boston Celtics. And I guess the role playing not clicking could be a sign that they really need to rotate more otherwise, they can't maintain their winning form and be inconsistent.

[RealMalatesta]

Didn’t put a bet down but I should have as the Celtics and Warriors m came through with wins on ESPN tonight. Day off tomorrow for the NBA but we’ll be able to enjoy games on the next big holiday, Christmas. Enjoy Thanksgiving if you’re in the US and if you aren’t, sorry for the lack of basketball for a day.

That's okay, they should also have a day off and enjoy that day with their family. I'm not from US but I'm okay with that, besides, they'll only have one day off and the action will resume the following day.

Update, Utah Jazz from number 1 in the West is now ranked at number 4. I think they should start winning games.

That’s true, we have national holidays in my country as well and we do not have games on those days too, which is fine because these players may make millions of dollars, but they are human too and they deserve to get a break here and there.

Remember, NBA players who go to finals could play as much as 110 games in one season, 82 games in a regular season, and if all games go to 7 games, that means 4 rounds of 7 equals to 28 games, that means 110 games, usually it's over inside 100 or so games though, but that is a ton of games. That on average means about 1 game in 3.5 days, that’s terrible and must be very tiring, a little bit of break here and there should be what they deserve too.

[goinmerry]

Remember, NBA players who go to finals could play as much as 110 games in one season, 82 games in a regular season, and if all games go to 7 games, that means 4 rounds of 7 equals to 28 games, that means 110 games, usually it's over inside 100 or so games though, but that is a ton of games. That on average means about 1 game in 3.5 days, that’s terrible and must be very tiring, a little bit of break here and there should be what they deserve too.

Any issue referring to being tired of what should be out of the topic. NBA players already know that they will experience games over games and surely, they are used to being in a situation like that. They even practice day by day that's why it's not really a big deal for them to play consecutive more games.

Let's not put too much technicality on their break but they are just enjoying their time.

We have been watching a different Warriors than the one we were used to watch in the recent seasons. They haven't made a good start to this season. They have lost the half of their games so far.

Don't just look at the big changes that Warriors is showing right now but also give credit to other teams that they are now improving. It's good to see that some unusual teams that are not always on the big screen are now getting some attention.

Once the season end, all teams will be on 0-0. That's where we will see a much tight and strong competition. Let's also see if these rising teams that will able to secure a playoff spot will maintain the same level of playing during season games once the playoffs now commenced.

[carlisle1]

We have been watching a different Warriors than the one we were used to watch in the recent seasons. They haven't made a good start to this season. They have lost the half of their games so far. Curry can't carry the team all the time in the end so they need to keep up a good team performance. I remember the game Curry scored 50 points in but they still lost. Wiggins has also been impressive by consistent and good statistics for a long time. He has made a really important score contribution so far - 20+ points in the recent times.

Thompson is still not able to play like in the old times. There was a game in which he scored 41 points recently and that made me excited. But he is still inconsistent. If he improves his scoring performance a little more it would be really helpful for the team.

The pressure of being the defending champ creates more negative feedback for the Warriors unlike last season, where most of the fans think that they are an underdog and each wins gives them a credit.

Now, every loss are counts as criticism. They continue to receive negative feedback stating that they are not the same Warriors that we used to watch before, nothing to say, but I just like to give credit to all the improving teams.

they are the reason why those heavy favorite teams are gaining lots of criticism.

[livingfree]

Update, Utah Jazz from number 1 in the West is now ranked at number 4. I think they should start winning games.

They just have one to two more loss than those teams that are 1-3 ranking. But look at their winning stat, they've got more games and got one more win than them.

It is that this ranking thing is based on how many lose a team does but in comparison with the other teams, Jazz got the most games which is in total of 20 games.

While the ranks 1-3 have an average of 17-18 games.