2025 NBA Season

[vennali]

Embid already seems to be the most over rated MVP in the league history. He's soft and can't even pick up his team in any aspect of basketball. Can't score at will against decent guards. Can't guard against decent centers or power forwards, he can pass and create space but it's at a bare minimum at this point. The 76ers are absolutely getting destroyed against the Celtics in game 7 with almost 30 points lead, going into the 4th qtr. Absolutely no hopes from them and with even harden being shut down. The game has been tragic after the first qtr. I just wanted to watch competitive basketball..a thriller of a game 7. Nope, not tonight.

[blockman]

They’re saying Chris Paul is done in Phoenix. Vegas currently has the odds on Chris Paul being with the Lakers next season. This wouldn’t surprise me at all as LeBron has always wanted to play with Chris Paul. I’m not sure having an injury prone Chris Paul on the roster with Anthony Davis will be great for the postseason. They’ll probably talk about it during tonight’s game.

That is not a good combination, right now Anthony Davis is hanging like a thread whether he will be injured or Questionable just like Lebron James, but I think it is not a good idea in acquiring Chris Paul for the Lakers

Well, having "superstars" that are injury prone is a gamble and a high risk - high reward type of team. We saw it from the Phoenix although they're close to it but wasn't good enough. And after all the firing of these head coaches from teams that have got eliminated. That only shows that the team's management's weren't really happy with the result that they've invested heavily for their contracts. But say that Lebron will still play for Lakers for the next season, it is for sure that he's involved with the decision making into making the team greater and stronger.

I think Dennis Schroder is the best for a long time this is for the future of Lakers

Yeah, that was a good acquisition back for them and good decision for Dennis. Well, if he has just taken the old contract offered to him that's giving him lots of money, he should have some other extended contract now but let's see if there will be a better compensation to him after this season.

[jakelyson]

I thought Ja Morant got some help this time because he said it himself before that he will take what happened to him seriously for him to be a better version, but what happened is the better version is his worse. Seriously though, this kid should be surrounded with people that have real goals to help him achieve his full potential in the court and not being a gangsta when they aren't.

Remember that a real gangsta like Damian Lillard is not even bragging it, he knows what's the true meaning of it unlike Ja here who just wanted to be the next Ja Wick, but the worse version.

His suspension is nothing to what he is earning from NBA. If they really want to teach Ja Morant a lesson, they should hit him with something that could hurt him. He has not learned anything if he has done it again. I think the previous statement that he got helped and everything, is just a press release written by a corporate lawyer or something. He did not really get help. His talent will be wasted if he continues to act like this. He has not even proven anything in NBA yet and he acts like this.

By the way, game 7 between Philly and Boston just got started. I want Philly to win but they might lose their chances when they let Boston force this deciding game. 

Not the game 7 of a playoff series that I am expecting. It was a blowout game. Jason Tatum was unstoppable. I think he made 50+ points in that game. He redeemed himself after a few bad games in this series. The stars of Philadelphia are nowhere to be found. I bet for Boston in this game because of the record of Doc Rivers not being able to win on a game 7 and this proves to be the right call.

Embid already seems to be the most over rated MVP in the league history. He's soft and can't even pick up his team in any aspect of basketball. Can't score at will against decent guards. Can't guard against decent centers or power forwards, he can pass and create space but it's at a bare minimum at this point. The 76ers are absolutely getting destroyed against the Celtics in game 7 with almost 30 points lead, going into the 4th qtr. Absolutely no hopes from them and with even harden being shut down. The game has been tragic after the first qtr. I just wanted to watch competitive basketball..a thriller of a game 7. Nope, not tonight.

He is exposed today. Jason Tatum had a field day on him. The Boston Celtics took advantage of the pick-and-roll because he can't guard the guards of Boston. Another disappointing season ending for the 76ers. I thought they would be able to win it all this season since they are really good this year. They have the right roster to win but they failed again in the second round this year.

[LogitechMouse]

Game 7 Boston is different. They finished the third quarter very well and widened the lead. Tatum plays amazing. I was waiting for this to be over at TD Garden, I think I wasn't wrong. The Sixers should have won at home in Game 6, it was clear they were going to have a tough time in Boston. I would prefer Boston to make it to the Conference Finals anyway. It will be an interesting series with Heat. Of course, first of all, Boston needs to complete the game without making any mistakes in the final period. The Sixers don't bode well, Embiid, Maxey and Harden are unbelievably bad today. They only scored 10 points, I don't remember seeing such a bad 3rd quarter performance from any team in play-offs.

They managed to stop Tatum in Game 6 temporarily because he became a hero in that game, scoring most of his points in the 4th quarter, and lead his team to victory. Now in crucial Game 7, he did it again as he broke the previous record that Steph Curry did, and scored 51 points, the most points in a Game 7 playoffs in NBA history as they won and will be facing the Heat in the Conference Finals. I just saw this in Facebook, but we are seeing the same teams facing in the Conference Finals during the 2020 Bubble. Lakers facing the Nuggets while the Celtics facing the Heat.

Just so for context, Joel Embiid is 0-3 now in Game 7's in the playoffs, and Coach Doc "CHOKE" Rivers did it again, and now has a record of 17-33 in closeout games all-time. He CHOKED again.  Being up 3-2, stealing one at the road, and I thought that they have the control already, but he choked, and so as the Sixers. He did it in the Clippers, and now he did again in the Sixers. I will not be surprised if he's the next coach to be fired this off-season.

Well, the Celtics manage to stop the big 3 of the Sixers because of their good defense. Anyway, good game for both teams. Celtics Vs. Heat in the Conference Finals again. We've seen these 2 teams matched up last season, and the Heat are just one Jimmy Butler's three only to win on that series. Will they get their revenge now, and will make a history.

I think Dennis Schroder is the best for a long time this is for the future of Lakers

Yeah, that was a good acquisition back for them and good decision for Dennis. Well, if he has just taken the old contract offered to him that's giving him lots of money, he should have some other extended contract now but let's see if there will be a better compensation to him after this season.

Well, I just hope that he will not demand more money again like what he did in the past where he demanded 100M$ to the Lakers. If I'm the GM, I'd rather spend more on Reaves than Schroder because he's the new star player in town.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

What a big comeback by the Celtics in this series, they were trailing the Sixers 3-2 going into the homecourt of Philly and Tatum having a bad shooting night. But eventually he caught one and another and another and then it was a sweet victory for the Celtics on the road.

And now they go at their fame Boston Garden and then Tatum shows why he is the leader of the team, big 51 points for him and every time he had Joel Embiid in a switch, he will just go and hit that 3 in Joel's face and nothing he can do about it.

So now it's going to be Miami vs Boston in the ECF, gonna be a great series. Tatum going against one of the best mind in the game right now, Jimmy Butler. And I can smell a defensive game here as both are known to be a good defensive team, so maybe low scoring games.

[Jating]

^^ Game 7 is not even close, yeah, the 76ers took lead in the second quarter, but the Celtics are not bothered by it and they keep coming back. And then they just needed one quarter to close it, because in the 3rd, they just allowed 76ers to just score 10 points. While they become hot on the 3 point line as everyone is hitting beyond the arc.

The MVP for this season just had 15 points, another frustrating year for Joel, although he won the coveted MVP, his team will not advanced to the finals and fell short after taking a lead in this series.

For me, Tatum and Jaylen Brown is the best duo in the league and it will take a lot from Miami to step either one of them.

[Yogee]

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For me, Tatum and Jaylen Brown is the best duo in the league and it will take a lot from Miami to step either one of them.

It looks like an easier win for the Celtics if you look at the roster for each team. Heat has Buttler and not so many great individual players unlike the Sixers who have Embiid and Harden. They have Lowry but they can't really rely on him the entire series and I bet he'll be out injured in one or two games.

I think it's another difficult match up in reality. Celtics have more talented players but Heat plays really good as a team and they hustle. This could be a six or seven game series.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

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For me, Tatum and Jaylen Brown is the best duo in the league and it will take a lot from Miami to step either one of them.

It looks like an easier win for the Celtics if you looks at the roster for each team. Heat has Buttler and not so many great individual players unlike the Sixers who have Embiid and Harden. They have Lowry but they can't really rely on him the entire series and I bet he'll be out injured in one or two games.

I think it's another difficult match up in reality. Celtics have more talented players but Heat plays really good as a team and they hustle. This could be a six or seven game series.

Well the first lets say 15 minutes of the game haven't been easy. I watched them but since it was so late I turned it off when Philly was up by 9, and I thought, maybe there is a chance for the upset.
God was I wrong, haha.
Especially in the 2nd half it looks like hilly fell off a cliff, 36:57, oh well.

Boston must have really turned up their D to just let them 36 points in 24 minutes, that some small European team numbers. 

Both teams gave us a very entertaining and back& forth series with a lot of highlights. In the end the better team won because they could handle the pressure. Coming back from 3:2 being forced to win a game 6 on the road is not an easy thing!

The series with Miami is gonna be exciting as well. Boston is a big favourite to win but I bet Miami likes it's chances.

[danherbias07]

The Grizzlies just suspended him again for the video. What an idiot. Ja won’t be happy until he loses all his endorsements and gets murdered by someone who isn’t larping as a gangsta. It’s so weird how they can’t get this suburban private school kid to stop acting like he’s Nino Brown. This next generation is so weird. They do it all for the gram.

Last time the NBA commissioner had to step in and lengthen the suspension. I think this time Ja is looking at a minimum 1 month. The NBA is not going to play a round with him and the wanna be thug image he is portraying. It wouldn't shock me if he is suspended for the whole next season and loses all endorsements like you alluded to.

The gram is evil. Yeah, a season would be much better. I think he needs rehab and it will take that long to recover. 
I found tweets that are obviously for Ja Morant's gun issue again.

Trae Young
@TheTraeYoung
It’s okay to live in the moment, just not too much💯

https://twitter.com/TheTraeYoung/status/1657606983351148544?s=20

Juan Toscano Anderson
@juanonjuan10
If ppl got they phone out recording my privacy and private time-that’s a way to never be invited around me again. However, I am mature enough to understand accountability….. But why they always recording???

https://twitter.com/juanonjuan10/status/1657769258523439108?s=20

D'Angelo Russell
@Dloading
If you can’t change the people around you, change the people around you.

https://twitter.com/Dloading/status/1657824338207473665?s=20

What DLo said is an important piece. This already happened twice and I am sure the guy holding the phone (recording) want to erase this as fast as he could but he failed to do so. He tried to keep the camera away but it was a big mistake when he is too animated about what is happening around him.
They can sure have fun, but they should move away from cameras or don't bring it at all. Kids. They make their gram, facebook, twitter accounts like it is their diary while knowing everyone can read or watch them.

[Oasisman]

And just like that! The stage are officially set for the WCF and ECF and It is something looks very very familiar, because this was the NBA 2020 final match up for both conferences. I thought this was going to be a tight game 7 as they traded buckets and leads in the first half, until the Celtics made a 3 pt barrage in the 3rd quarter and end it with a 25 pt lead moving towards the 4th quarter and the Sixers did not had the chance to make their own run to comeback to the game.

 This is going to be interesting. It was the Lakers and Heat in the 2020 finals, but it looks like the Denver and the Celtics are a much stronger team now than the last time these team met in the conference finals. Will we see a Denver-Boston match up?

[Botnake]

And just like that! The stage are officially set for the WCF and ECF and It is something looks very very familiar, because this was the NBA 2020 final match up for both conferences. I thought this was going to be a tight game 7 as they traded buckets and leads in the first half, until the Celtics made a 3 pt barrage in the 3rd quarter and end it with a 25 pt lead moving towards the 4th quarter and the Sixers did not had the chance to make their own run to comeback to the game.

Tatum, who struggled in Game 6, played great basketball in Game 7, scoring 51 points. His performance was enough for his team to dominate the team led by the NBA regular season's MVP. Congratulations to the Boston Celtics for reaching the ECF once again. However, I believe that the Heat are being underestimated, and I like to think that they have the potential to upset the Celtics.

This is going to be interesting. It was the Lakers and Heat in the 2020 finals, but it looks like the Denver and the Celtics are a much stronger team now than the last time these team met in the conference finals. Will we see a Denver-Boston match up?

I'd like to see the other teams that will be in the NBA Finals, but I'm also okay with the Heat vs. Denver. 

Anyway, we have a bet on the conference MVPs. Who do you think will win in their respective conferences?

[mirakal]

^^ Game 7 is not even close, yeah, the 76ers took lead in the second quarter, but the Celtics are not bothered by it and they keep coming back. And then they just needed one quarter to close it, because in the 3rd, they just allowed 76ers to just score 10 points. While they become hot on the 3 point line as everyone is hitting beyond the arc.

For me, Tatum and Jaylen Brown is the best duo in the league and it will take a lot from Miami to step either one of them.

And this time, the opposite thing will happen instead of the Heat advancing towards the Finals just like what happened in the Bubble. I know it is still early to make an assumption but looking at the Miami Heat's situation right now, they are currently undermanned, and their chances are not that good because only Butler and Adebayo are the remaining reliable players in the team. Strus, Robinson, Vincent and Lowry especially Love are not even stepping up to help their core to win some games meanwhile the Celtics here are different and young. If there will be an injury again from the Heat, it will decrease their chances heavily and that will put an advantage towards the Celtics.

The MVP for this season just had 15 points, another frustrating year for Joel, although he won the coveted MVP, his team will not advanced to the finals and fell short after taking a lead in this series.

Quite an embarrassing round for Joel Embiid after winning the most coveted MVP award, surely enough that Sixers fans are also not happy with the outcome because they end up choking again after pushing the Celtics to the edge. Meanwhile, Nikola Jokic is averaging triple double.

[blockman]

I think Dennis Schroder is the best for a long time this is for the future of Lakers

Yeah, that was a good acquisition back for them and good decision for Dennis. Well, if he has just taken the old contract offered to him that's giving him lots of money, he should have some other extended contract now but let's see if there will be a better compensation to him after this season.

Well, I just hope that he will not demand more money again like what he did in the past where he demanded 100M$ to the Lakers.

I'm sure that he has learned his lesson the hard way and that won't happen again. Whatever will be given to him, let's just guess that he's going to be grateful to remain on the team.

If I'm the GM, I'd rather spend more on Reaves than Schroder because he's the new star player in town.

Yeah, that's much more making sense if they'll going to give more compensation for Reaves to stay. But before with all of that, they should win against the Nuggets and aim to get into the finals first.

[Yaunfitda]

And just like that! The stage are officially set for the WCF and ECF and It is something looks very very familiar, because this was the NBA 2020 final match up for both conferences. I thought this was going to be a tight game 7 as they traded buckets and leads in the first half, until the Celtics made a 3 pt barrage in the 3rd quarter and end it with a 25 pt lead moving towards the 4th quarter and the Sixers did not had the chance to make their own run to comeback to the game.

 This is going to be interesting. It was the Lakers and Heat in the 2020 finals, but it looks like the Denver and the Celtics are a much stronger team now than the last time these team met in the conference finals. Will we see a Denver-Boston match up?

Most likely this is what I'm seeing as well, top seed Denver in the West vs the second seed in the East. Dynamic Duo of Jokic and Murray, against Tatum and Jaylen Brown.

But still early to say though, Lakers is a very different team as compare when they become champion, but the core of Davis and James are still there. Miami still has their core of Bam and Jimmy Butler, but they have the experience of Lowry and other undrafted picks who are showing very good with them in this playoff, specially on how they dismantle the Bucks in their first round series.

[btc_angela]

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For me, Tatum and Jaylen Brown is the best duo in the league and it will take a lot from Miami to step either one of them.

It looks like an easier win for the Celtics if you looks at the roster for each team. Heat has Buttler and not so many great individual players unlike the Sixers who have Embiid and Harden. They have Lowry but they can't really rely on him the entire series and I bet he'll be out injured in one or two games.

I think it's another difficult match up in reality. Celtics have more talented players but Heat plays really good as a team and they hustle. This could be a six or seven game series.

Yes, we know that the Celtics will be the favorite in this series, not just every game. But just like in the Sixers series there could be unexpected results, like Sixers stealing game 1 for them. But they were able to get it back and win it in 7, so not every easy. And as we are now in the conference finals, it will be harder against the veteran Miami Heat. We thought that they are done, but this experience players specially Jimmy Butler still has one aces down in their sleeves and will everything they got against the Celtics. so it could really be six or seven series again.

[Distinctin]

[.....]
For me, Tatum and Jaylen Brown is the best duo in the league and it will take a lot from Miami to step either one of them.

It looks like an easier win for the Celtics if you looks at the roster for each team. Heat has Buttler and not so many great individual players unlike the Sixers who have Embiid and Harden. They have Lowry but they can't really rely on him the entire series and I bet he'll be out injured in one or two games.

I think it's another difficult match up in reality. Celtics have more talented players but Heat plays really good as a team and they hustle. This could be a six or seven game series.

Yes, we know that the Celtics will be the favorite in this series, not just every game. But just like in the Sixers series there could be unexpected results, like Sixers stealing game 1 for them. But they were able to get it back and win it in 7, so not every easy. And as we are now in the conference finals, it will be harder against the veteran Miami Heat. We thought that they are done, but this experience players specially Jimmy Butler still has one aces down in their sleeves and will everything they got against the Celtics. so it could really be six or seven series again.

It wasn't easy for other teams, but it was easy for them. If you still remember, they did the same to the Bucks last season, although in the ECF. And now, they have repeated their dominance in the semifinals. Game 7 was a complete domination by the Celtics, and Tatum had a big bounce back after his not-so-good performance in Game 6. Now, it will be the Celtics versus the Heat. This is certainly an exciting series, and although the Heat had the easiest journey to the ECF, it's the Celtics who are the favorites to win.

[dimonstration]

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It wasn't easy for other teams, but it was easy for them. If you still remember, they did the same to the Bucks last season, although in the ECF. And now, they have repeated their dominance in the semifinals. Game 7 was a complete domination by the Celtics, and Tatum had a big bounce back after his not-so-good performance in Game 6. Now, it will be the Celtics versus the Heat. This is certainly an exciting series, and although the Heat had the easiest journey to the ECF, it's the Celtics who are the favorites to win.

Jimmy Butler wort nightmare once again on Eastern conference is fighting against Boston that keeps them knocking out. Actually, I don’t know how Heat can beat Boston with complete roster. The last time Heat face them was they are no match at all since Butler is only consistent scorer but can he maintain that performance with Boston that has a lot of consistent scorer player.

Jimmy need to double his effort if he wants to beat Celtics since this team is far different on Bucks that only relying to Giannis. Tatum has a very bad game most of their matches against Philly but still Boston manage to recover and beat Philly.

[Pamadar]

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For me, Tatum and Jaylen Brown is the best duo in the league and it will take a lot from Miami to step either one of them.

It looks like an easier win for the Celtics if you looks at the roster for each team. Heat has Buttler and not so many great individual players unlike the Sixers who have Embiid and Harden. They have Lowry but they can't really rely on him the entire series and I bet he'll be out injured in one or two games.

I think it's another difficult match up in reality. Celtics have more talented players but Heat plays really good as a team and they hustle. This could be a six or seven game series.

I like that analysis, Celtics got a lot of talents, but Heat always surprises us.

Personally, I like the match up as the game will not only be the core, but it is more on team efforts and good play executions,
both teams are known help each other, both offense and defense. They are all willing to share and really give everything to
win the game, so it's an interesting rematch of the bubble let see who's going to win this ECF finals.

[yazher]

It wasn't easy for other teams, but it was easy for them. If you still remember, they did the same to the Bucks last season, although in the ECF. And now, they have repeated their dominance in the semifinals. Game 7 was a complete domination by the Celtics, and Tatum had a big bounce back after his not-so-good performance in Game 6. Now, it will be the Celtics versus the Heat. This is certainly an exciting series, and although the Heat had the easiest journey to the ECF, it's the Celtics who are the favorites to win.

Their last match was not really good and the Heat will not gonna miss this chance to get back to competing for the NBA championship this year and so as the Celtics. it will be an interesting game and might gonna also end up in game 7 because these teams right now are on fire because they have their star players playing well and it could be their last time to get back to this point so they will gonna play more intensely than ever before to get back to the NBA finals especially the Boston Celtics cause they kinda mess up last year.

[carlisle1]

It wasn't easy for other teams, but it was easy for them. If you still remember, they did the same to the Bucks last season, although in the ECF. And now, they have repeated their dominance in the semifinals. Game 7 was a complete domination by the Celtics, and Tatum had a big bounce back after his not-so-good performance in Game 6. Now, it will be the Celtics versus the Heat. This is certainly an exciting series, and although the Heat had the easiest journey to the ECF, it's the Celtics who are the favorites to win.

Their last match was not really good and the Heat will not gonna miss this chance to get back to competing for the NBA championship this year and so as the Celtics. it will be an interesting game and might gonna also end up in game 7 because these teams right now are on fire because they have their star players playing well and it could be their last time to get back to this point so they will gonna play more intensely than ever before to get back to the NBA finals especially the Boston Celtics cause they kinda mess up last year.

Both have that mindset that they needed to bring all the best from their squad, the same goal to move forward and win the ECF and then
win the NBA finals.

I also see that angle where both teams are really hunger as we can see from the performances of their superstars. All are well coordinated and
all are really contributing the way they are needed by the team.

Though only one can win and make it to the finals, so let see if how both teams will try every knowledge and skills they've got,
from the coaches to each player that will have that chance playing the game.