I'm not sure though if we will discover Porter Jr, if not for Jamal being out of the season because of the injuries. It was sort of of blessing though, Porter Jr. step up and fill the vacuum for a missing Jamal. But as you have, it's too much for him and it seems he was overwhelmed by the playoff atmosphere. But he has gained valuable lessons and experience so for sure he will improved a lot next season.

Last season, we've seen a lot of injuries all throughout the whole playoffs and it kinda like dictates who will win the series.
If there is a superstar on a team that is injured, chances of them losing is high.

Injuries are inevitable we know that and that happened to the Big 3 of the Nets that is why they came short into the playoffs and they got defeated by the complete roster Bucks. I don't know if they will apply this but they might put some load management on some of their superstar players like what they did to Kawhi when he is in the Clippers just because these 3 superstars of the Nets are prone to injuries (except for Durant maybe since he didn't get injured in the playoffs) but if they will play all throughout the playoffs this upcoming season, we might see them in the NBA Finals. Right now, they are still on the top on the bets of winning a championship.

They are very close defeating the Bucks last season if not for Durant's long feet, remember the 3? well he was stepping so it only counts as 2 points and go for another overtime which eventually they lost. Harden was injured that time, was afraid to take the shots.

Still a big gamble on the Nets side though, they acquire this big 3 to get a ring in at least 3 years. First year was a failure already, so let's see if in the last 2 years if they can accomplished something otherwise the gamble didn't paid off.

That's still speculation though, more like the chemistry would need to be sharpen first on their roster. Westbrook is definitely good and no doubts on that and he's a good addition to the Lakers roster. I just hopes that all just be healthy and fine when the regular season comes since the upcoming one is totally exhilarating to see, more surprises again.

I think that the biggest candidate for winning the championship this season are Brooklyn Nets. They struggled with injuries too much in the last season. We couldn't watch KD - Irving - Harden trio very much. But in this season, I believe this won't happen again. And this time, they will reach the championship.

Not only greed. Schroeder thinks he is far more valuable than the $85m max contract. I mean, he's not that bad, he's actually good, but turning down the offer from the Lakers let's the other team wonder how much would he want to make to sign a contract when they could actually find a good pg with low salary. Thus, it turns out no one wants to offer him a good offer as the Lakers.
Well, the Lakers luckily evaded a massive payroll as the Lakers are looking to find good pieces at a cheaper contract.

That's true, injuries killed the hopes of our favorite teams last playoffs. 3 of the favorites to win the championship had one of their players injured.

LA Lakers, - Anthony Davis
LA Clippers - Kawhi Leonard
Brooklyn Nets - Kyrie Irving.

Also, we have Jammal Murray who was injured before the season and has been ruled out in the remainder of the season.

Yes, Harden was also injured and although he got back in the game, he is still not 100% so he was still not able to help his team to win and beat the Buks in the East conference finals, if they only they havea  healthy Irving, I'm sure the Nets will be able to beat the Bucks in less than 7 games.

Haslem signed another one-year contract with Miami Heat, and it will be his 19th season in NBA. It's worth noting that Udonis could have retired a couple of years ago because he has played only five times in the last two seasons. However, his dedication to the team is surprising, considering that he still wants to be part of the Heat.