Erik Spoelstra may not be the best "basketball" coach in the sense of X's and O's, he might not have the best system or the tactics or even the playbook.

However, what he has is bringing players together, think about Miami in the last 20 years, there have been a lot of teams with a lot of disgruntled superstars and a lot of teams with disgruntled any player but looking at Miami I can only remember a few, Whiteside comes to mind at first but not that many others and to be honest Whiteside just didn't accepted the fact that NBA moved on from his play style and he should focus purely on defense and rebounding just like Gobert.

So, all in all he is a good players coach, he builds great team chemistry and he has done a lot to get out most of the talent out of his players, that is why he gets to keep his job and be paid the big bucks year after year.

just like unusual show by clippers last season, this season can expect few unusual teams to climb up the scoring ladder. Golden state warriors looks strong with stronger players. Also, recent signing of Tomas Satoransky from the Washington Wizards to Chicago Bulls makes it even stronger as an underrated team. Lets keep our eyes open !

No one is stopping you from believing but understand that the second year is usually more difficult for these young bloods. Teams already know what to expect. Trae had a good debut season and he should step it up even more this coming season because defenders are more prepared now and should be easier for them to figure Trae's moves.   

Mvp? I highly doubt it. Unless he can lead the hawks to probably the top 3 in the east before the playoffs. Though Young still has a lot of room to improve and if Luka wasn't in his batch last  year he probably would've nailed ROY. I'm looking more at the Nets this year and to see how Durant and Kyrie can carry the team deep in the playoffs. And the Bucks should also a top team to watch. The defending champs i think would have a hard time to make it deep, if they even get to the playoffs this time.

Who are the fans here that got hyped by Russell Westbrook's transfer? I thought that we're going to see some of his plays against Shanghai Sharks but he didn't play as per Report: Russell Westbrook to miss Rockets' preseason opener

The game ended nice for Rockets though.

https://watch.nba.com/game/20190930/SDSHOU#/matchup

I love to see him play with Harden but I expect most star players won't focus and play much in pre season.
This is a no bearing game so we can expect lack of effort, full shooting only and less defense.

Don't worry, the regular season will start soon so we can also start betting again.

Who pick the Rockets to be this season's champ? raise your hands... lol

Let's see if their chemistry will blend better next season compared the last time they are in OKC with Durant. The trio didn't get even one ring before, well, maybe they have changed if they want to become a champ. Anyway, I agreed, it's too early to pick who' s going to become a champ this season. It's unpredictable, hard to say, who has the highest chance in going to Finals because of a lil bit balance roster.

Nice? I think it' way far from it. Their game ended very great! Houston brutally killed the Shanghai Sharks anf take note, Westbrook didn't played yet . I don't know if Rockets was so powerful or Shark's quality of basketball is just poor? Whatever the reason is, I see that Houston is now ready for the upcoming season.

Props to Gerald Greens' 3 pointers, I can feel that he can be a good scoring machine for his team throughout the season .

I think with Westbrook, it is already enough as Westbrook is even better than him in terms of stats, they just need to cooperate of each other to have a better team. They don't need to chase for the MVP award since both of them have already won one, and they should be more focus on taking their team tot he NBA finals, even if they will lose, that's already a big improvement that people will conclude their chemistry is good.