2022 NBA Offseason Thread: Preseason kicks off; Things are fine in Los Angeles, Draymond beats the charges

[adobecs4]

"Major force in the east" is hilarious

 

[addict4sneakers]

So you got the Cavs ahead of Philly? Miami? Brooklyn? ATL?

Cs, Bucks are basically up there

Yes. Embiid going to sit his normal 20. Heat probably banged and old but still there. Atlanta isn’t getting HC.

Like others have said they were top 5 last year until guys got hurt.

 

[elpablo21]

I'm all in on the Timberwolves man. I believe. They will make it to the second round and push a team, may make it to the conference finals matchup pending. They are for sure better than a team like the Suns who people continue to gas like that over there isn't fluky nonsense.

Pretty much where I am. Already a top offense and you add a guy that dragged those Utah teams to a top 10 defense with zero wing help. They're going to rack up wins in the regular season but yeah I think they max out in the 2nd round until Ant man is ready to ascend

 

[antidope]

GSW
PHX
LAC
DAL
DEN
MEM too (Jaren's injury however)

I think at least on paper right now, are better than the T'Wolves. Maybe Ant takes a jump, though.

I'm not there on Dallas yet. Too much weirdness I gotta see them play.

The Suns are frauds the Timberwolves would smack them around.

 

[ill steelo]

Mitchell playing with playoff playable bigs should be interesting

He went from zero to TWO, and got a huge upgrade from Conley.

They have options all over the floor, and one of the best 4-5 defensive tandems in basketball

 

[rolaholic]

Boomer Sam Presti

 

[Blue Mamba]

Boomer Sam Presti

OKC and Utah are going to be stacked with 8th graders

 

[P C H]

I'm not there on Dallas yet. Too much weirdness I gotta see them play.

The Suns are frauds the Timberwolves would smack them around.

The suns are out in R1 barring something drastic so I'm with you there. They need an actual #2 scoring option badly.

I can go either way on Dallas. The lack of scoring juice outside of Luka is concerning.

 

[RustyShackleford]

I'm not there on Dallas yet. Too much weirdness I gotta see them play.

The Suns are frauds the Timberwolves would smack them around.

So you taking personal shots at me now, thought you said we were good

 

[P C H]

I just can't get Mitchell's defense out of my head. Even with Mobley and Allen behind him.

 

[QU!K]

Spida to the Cavs?!?

 

[dman14]

Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell, Evan Mobley, and Jarrett Allen is a spooky lineup Very happy with this trade although they lost Sexton. Hope he has big success in Utah and anywhere else he ends up playing

And they kept kevin love
Cavs going to be solid

Jazz and thunder competing for the tank for Victor sweepstakes

 

[ill steelo]

The Bucks led by Giannis and Dallas led Luka are the two teams who knocked off Phoenix but we have…... KAT & Edwards smacking them around? Based on what?

 

[Blue Mamba]

They’ll need Okoro to step up. Agbaji was supposedly a better version of him but now he’s gone and Lauri too so they just need to fill in the 3 position

 

[antidope]

I just can't get Mitchell's defense out of my head. Even with Mobley and Allen behind him.

Bad guard defense can be hidden pretty easily and they have two good bigs. I'm not worried there. I think the Cavs will be better off depending on how much alone time with the ball Mitchell gets

 

[mike219]

Mitchell playing with my boy DG; Can't wait to see the Cavs this season

 

[P C H]

Houston should be better, but between Houston, Utah, and San Antonio, that's like 12 potential wins for WC teams depending on how many times you play them.

I'd bet the over on quite a few of these west teams' totals.

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

I’m a believer of the Trae-DJ-Hunter-Collins core

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I hope they thrive cuz I’m trae gang but their defense was so so bad. If Murray is a cure all then i guess. Their offense suffered at times too that been harped on here

 

[dacomeup]

What strain y'all smoking to hype up this Cavs team

They were top 3 in the East for most of the season before getting hit by injuries, and then they just upgraded one of the injured guys.

 

[shotsrangout]

the land is BACK!!!!

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

He went from zero to TWO, and got a huge upgrade from Conley.

They have options all over the floor, and one of the best 4-5 defensive tandems in basketball

Boston def gonna be a prob for them but having those two hedging and at the rim is crazy

 

[CJMcfly26]

Can we cancel the All Star Game in Utah. What’s the point if you have nobody to even represent your state. They gonna have to bring out Stockton, Malone and Ostertag. Sad times we living in.

 

[dacomeup]

I'm all in on the Timberwolves man. I believe. They will make it to the second round and push a team, may make it to the conference finals matchup pending. They are for sure better than a team like the Suns who people continue to gas like that over there isn't fluky nonsense.

I don’t see it and I love Ant Man.

 

[antidope]

The Bucks led by Giannis and Dallas led Luka are the two teams who knocked off Phoenix but we have…... KAT & Edwards smacking them around? Based on what?

There's no secondary scorer over there, Chris Paul is another year older, the Suns had a road to the Finals littered with injuries to key players on the other end and still looked shaky.

I'm just not there man. They walked around with their chest out for an entire year and folded in the biggest game of their season. Not seeing it. They are Fools Gold to me.

 

[antidope]

I'm alone on Timberwolves Island. If I'm wrong the receipts gonna be crazy.