Seeding is gonna matter a lot this year but
The NBA Finals in 2026
Will Be the Timberwolves Vs Boston Celtics
They have the Best Combination of Coaching Experience and Player Depth.
Pathway wont be Easy tho, It’s Projected that Only 1 Playoff Series This Year will Be less than 6 Games, Almost Every series will be competitive.
The NBA Finals in 2026
Will Be the Timberwolves Vs Boston Celtics
They have the Best Combination of Coaching Experience and Player Depth.
Pathway wont be Easy tho, It’s Projected that Only 1 Playoff Series This Year will Be less than 6 Games, Almost Every series will be competitive.
Teams will figure out quickly how reliant Pistons are on Cade very quickly, also the 678 seed in the east is 76ers, Magic, Heat, 3 Dark Hourses.
OKC Thunder lacks talent, they’re very good in the regular season because they play harder than everyone else and have guys that are young and bought into the system. If you match their energy you can beat them in a series, Pacers and Nuggets figured this out in the playoffs they were just injured. Spurs play hard, have depth and Talent but lack of coaching and playoff experience which could be be their downfall. 80% of their losses were comebacks and they don’t guard the 3 particularly well. Nuggets, Wolves ,Rockets, Clippers, and Suns, could give could give them Hell in a playoff series.I suspect OKC and Spurs will be out in the 2nd Round tho.
OKC Thunder lacks talent, they’re very good in the regular season because they play harder than everyone else and have guys that are young and bought into the system. If you match their energy you can beat them in a series, Pacers and Nuggets figured this out in the playoffs they were just injured. Spurs play hard, have depth and Talent but lack of coaching and playoff experience which could be be their downfall. 80% of their losses were comebacks and they don’t guard the 3 particularly well. Nuggets, Wolves ,Rockets, Clippers, and Suns, could give could give them Hell in a playoff series.I suspect OKC and Spurs will be out in the 2nd Round tho.
Luka Doncic is a horrible Defender, whines to the refs 24/7 and is a hard watch when he’s not scoring. And yes the Lakers aren’t that good roster wise, But if Luka was even an Average Defender, That team is 10x better than what they are probably a Contender damn near. Lakers have a 35-24 record and are 6th in the West off of Pure Offensive Talent. The Best Player sets the tone and the others will follow suit. I used to think Luka was in that Jokic, SGA, Giannis, tier….. but tbh I think Wemby, Cade, and Anthony Edwards are Better than Luka since they can actually play Offense and Defensive at an elite level.
he's still really good offensively but he takes 'time off' on defense which I don't agree with. On paper the Lakers have plenty of offense but with an aging LeBron and Reaves not great defensively, they're only really able to win when they can completely outscore whoever they are up against knowing that they can't get a stop on the other end. They also do not have any players that they could have flipped during the deadline to upgrade either...
https://x.com/BronsMindset/status/2030133258000945217
great blowout by the Knicks against the Nuggets, now can we beat Detroit or Indiana for fucks sake...
great blowout by the Knicks against the Nuggets, now can we beat Detroit or Indiana for fucks sake...