Just watched the Jump, and interesting enough, the average age of Lakers currently is 31.8 and would be the oldest in NBA's history. They are also interested in getting Isiah Thomas, as rumours has been circulating in the last 48 hours.

So it's very intriguing now that the Lakers becoming the oldest team in the NBA and yet they wanted to be a running team, with Westbrook and Lebron anchoring it.

But they don't really need that, right?
They are indeed the favorites now and people are going to pay just to watch an All-Star caliber kind of game.
Damn, I'd pay for it if I have the money or the chance to be in Brooklyn. 

Although, when the season starts I might bet against them. We will see high differences in odds and handicaps will be far.
I'd rather take the lower chance of with big profits than a high chance of low profits. They will be the super dogs this season.

Yeah Iean it definitely is a different dynamic.  Wonder how they hold up over an 82 game season and multiple levels of playoff series.  Older tes barely ever win because legs after a season that long tend to break down.  I bet you are going to see tons of "game management" where they sit a bunch.  I don't think they get it done with that squad.  I like the Suns again, and the Jazz are nothing to scoff at....and you also have Denver and clips.  Hopefully Jamal Murray comes back to form.  Nuts were a fun watch.  Might take a long shot with them winning the chip this year.

He can fire a coach and that's for sure, however, not all the time his wish is granted, it still depends on the management if they are willing to gamble. you know, the coach's loyalty is very important to the team, and a good example is how the Miami Heat able to keep Erik Spoelstra despite https://heatnation.com/media/pat-riley-reveals-lebron-james-wanted-erik-spoelstra-fired-2010/

My favorite NBA player, Spurs will be a bit weird this year. Not that they will suck, it is the Spurs and we all know they will be mediocre even at the worst cases, last season was probably the worst year they had in the last 25 years or so. However the biggest salary in that team is 15.2 million with Dejounte Murray.

How many teams are out there with max salary at 15 million? I believe nearly every single team have their highest paid player at higher level, aside from that they also have a very good amount of cap space for the future as well if they want to, very short contracts with small amounts so it is easy to get out of them whenever they want to.

So, this season is a bit weird because I am not sure if they are trying to do something with the current core? Like Murray - White - Walker - Keldon - Poeltl is a damn good starting five if you ask me with the new additions of the past 2 seasons rookies and few other veterans that team looks fine, OR are they just trying to make a cap space to get some free agent stars in the following seasons? Not like we manage that easily, but that cap space wiggle room is certainly available for that if they can achieve it.

^ I haven't paid close attention to the development in Spurs since Manu, Tony, and Tim were gone. They had good replacements like LMA and that former Raptor but it never worked out.

The 15 million salary as the highest for their current players suggests that they haven't found the right pieces yet. The team management is not willing to commit anything big. I guess they are still in the experimental stage.

Don't forget about the Kawhi experiment too, Pops was successful with it, until it went sour and Kawhi went to Toronto and the rest is history.

Good to hear about the Celtics retiring KG's jersey. One of the best players we have seen in this generation. Straight out of high school (same with Kobe), he was as at his prime with T'Wolves, but it was with the Celtics that he really blossom to become part of the big 3 (Paul Pierce, Ray Allen).

Leonard demanded to be traded, that's why the team was not able to develop a big 3.
https://www.nba.com/news/report-kawhi-leonard-demands-trade-san-antonio-spurs

That means he doesn't want to stay with the team and he had already won a championship back then in that team and won again with the Toronto Raptors. You know, Leonard is really talented as he doesn't need to form a super team to win a championship.

Yes, so many questions about that demand to be traded but all are rumors and nothing was proven.
The most famous one was the locker room issue where Leonard is not happy with his teammates and so does his teammates with him.
That is the time where Manu and Tony are still playing. Well, he got what he wanted so I guess there is no need to dig the grave.

Leonard, I believe he can really boost one team even when just surrounded by roleplayers. I think what he did for the whole country of Canada speaks of it.
Injuries are the only problem with this guy. Even with his massive body figure, he is always prone to injury.