We don't know yet if Warriors can come back to the Finals now that they are not anymore as dominant as before, they loss Durant and Thompson, and Iguadala as well, so I don't really expect they will come back anytime soon.

Of course, Gobert is beast down low when it comes to defense, he can play any center in his position, he maybe not a type of center that will do some good offense but when it comes to defense, you can really rely on this man. He is playing with consistency and the management sees that so he is now rewarded.

We are not in the position to say that, the management knows better, but I understand that we give our best opinion, maybe they really want to keep him so he give him a maximum salary, and I hope Utah Jazz will have a good playoffs this season, and I hope Gobert will play harder to bring that success to the team.

Too big for me but certainly this is big for someone who just specialize in defense. Certainly this is the price the Utah Jazz has to pay in order for them not to lose Gobert but for me I won't be paying this much when he is not my mvp or something that would help me win the championship. Maybe the Utah Jazz are just losing options that is why they are forced to have this decision. On the other hand if a contract has been made I think both parties have agreed to this decision and maybe they are happy with it.

You can start posting your picks, I already made mind during the preseason and I have a little run. I also like to red your predictions so I hope to see you guys in our betting thread, and I hope we will make money this season.

I do not see Harden leaving honestly, not with any trade that would make Rockets worse. Sure if Nets are willing to trade Kyrie Irving, but that would mean Rockets would have both Wall and Irving at PG spot and would have to play them both at the same time at wrong positions. Or nets give Durant which is as impossible as it gets we all know that and Harden doesn't even worth for Durant honestly. So all in all Nets have nothing they could offer that would keep Rockets a competitive team.

Rockets will be a team that will make it to playoffs without a doubt, and they will content once again, maybe fail to win the ring as usual but could go to second round at least, and that is good enough for them, that is literally all they ask for. Why blow it up just because Harden wants to? He will play no matter what anyway and there is no team that can offer the same amount of talent for him.

Every sane team would try to keep every top50 player. Unless you are one of top NBA names like Lakers, Celtics or Knicks your chances for rebuild are very slim. So you better to give all you have to stay as competitive as you can.

I think the Lakers are hoping that Kuzma will developed to be the next generations that will carry the team. And his name was not in the trading block when they acquire Lebron, so that is the sign that they are willing to develop Kyle under Lakers.

Although I would say that I'm expecting more in his contract extension, but I think it's fair though. So let's see how motivated Kyle this season and the Lakers chasing back-to-back championship.

He is still very young and he can improve more. He has times in his career that he also struggle, maybe that's the reason why the rumors  for him being traded came out, but in the bubble he proving himself, he had some big contribution and the management really rewarded him for that.

Not the biggest contract but with his contribution to the team, I think it's worth it for him.

NBA season is coming back and LA Lakers are probably looking stronger than before with new signings and paying $40 million for Kuzma, so I don't think LA Clippers will have any chance in LA battle.