After maybe the most spectacularly newsworthy off seasons in any of the major sports ever, the NBA regular season is back.
There's little intrigue in the east. If everyone stays healthy (well, as healthy as they are now), and if Isaiah Thomas gets back to where he was most of the last 2 seasons, the Cavs will likely get to the Finals again. Not a lock, of course. LeBron spent a good part of the summer railing against Dan Gilbert (understandable, he's a snake), telling the people of Cle, he owes them nothing. It is possible that, if he is thinking of leaving Cle, he might check out early. If that happens, Boston or maybe Toronto could sneak in.
As for the west, unlike last season, I don't think the Dubs are a lock to even make the Finals. This has nothing to do with the way they've opened the season. Trying to make it to 4 straight Finals in the west is a daunting task. They will have to get by rejuvenated OKC and seemingly improved Houston. But both of the aforementioned are essentially new teams who are trying to integrate new players into their cores, so who knows how that will work out. I think it wiil be the Dubs againt the Rox in the Western Conf Finals. But also unlike last season, the NBA championship will be played in the west finals.
The well coached, young and loaded T-Wolves are an interesting dark horse -- very dark.
As for my Lakers, they started the season with a terrible performance against the Clips and got routed. Randy Beverley, who had been pumped up by a Twitter beef with Levar Ball, took it out on the kid, holding him to 3 total points in about 30 or more minutes.
Lonzo wll just have to play through this. He should talk to Kobe about playing with adversity. Anyway, Zo, who still had 9 rebounds and 4 assists against the Clips, came back with a 29 pt., 11 rebound, 9 assist game the next night against pathetic Phoenix. Almost became the youngest player to notch a triple double in NBA history. At only 19, that will likely come soon.
Lets jump it up.
There's little intrigue in the east. If everyone stays healthy (well, as healthy as they are now), and if Isaiah Thomas gets back to where he was most of the last 2 seasons, the Cavs will likely get to the Finals again. Not a lock, of course. LeBron spent a good part of the summer railing against Dan Gilbert (understandable, he's a snake), telling the people of Cle, he owes them nothing. It is possible that, if he is thinking of leaving Cle, he might check out early. If that happens, Boston or maybe Toronto could sneak in.
As for the west, unlike last season, I don't think the Dubs are a lock to even make the Finals. This has nothing to do with the way they've opened the season. Trying to make it to 4 straight Finals in the west is a daunting task. They will have to get by rejuvenated OKC and seemingly improved Houston. But both of the aforementioned are essentially new teams who are trying to integrate new players into their cores, so who knows how that will work out. I think it wiil be the Dubs againt the Rox in the Western Conf Finals. But also unlike last season, the NBA championship will be played in the west finals.
The well coached, young and loaded T-Wolves are an interesting dark horse -- very dark.
As for my Lakers, they started the season with a terrible performance against the Clips and got routed. Randy Beverley, who had been pumped up by a Twitter beef with Levar Ball, took it out on the kid, holding him to 3 total points in about 30 or more minutes.
Lonzo wll just have to play through this. He should talk to Kobe about playing with adversity. Anyway, Zo, who still had 9 rebounds and 4 assists against the Clips, came back with a 29 pt., 11 rebound, 9 assist game the next night against pathetic Phoenix. Almost became the youngest player to notch a triple double in NBA history. At only 19, that will likely come soon.
Lets jump it up.
