That's not gonna happen with the way the Bulls are playing now, I don't even think that they'll pass the first round. Sorry, but it seems like their popularity is just a short-lived one, they are exposed maybe by their opponent and they have taken advantage of their weakness.

He was not able to show his true potential because the Lakers already have the big 3 that is expected to produce for the team. Look how the other players are playing with the big 3 are absent, they still play well despite because undermanned and that's what the Laker's management failed to utilize.

^^ Yes your are correct, the last time I checked, (about a month ago), Embiid was all over the MVP race and he is the odds favorite.

But recently, Jokic and Giannis is doing good numbers statistically and bringing their team to a win why the Sixers, even with Harden is losing games right now. But for sure it will be a close fight for the MVP between the 3.

That's already not new because he's been struggling to do that even before the issue and it's not his best asset that's why 76ers kept him before they traded him for James Harden. He can adjust his shooting skills in the summer league or even before that but now is not the right time to experiment if he can still shoot or not especially if it's really needed. What he can do for now to help the Nets is his defensive mindset because that's what they lack, that's why they're still losing even though Durant and Irving contributed big points for the team.

Who knows things will be change when he is on nets especially if he get proper support to his teammates and his coaches then he will got huge confidence to shot more better than when he is on sixers, But I believe Nets will not get a problem in that area since they already have quality shooters on their team and most provably they need Simmons defensive presence and passing to make their team more better.

To be honest, Ben needs to give his best here since all eyes are on him when he will gonna play for the Brooklyn Nets for the first time. He just needs to play good defense and a little bit of offense like Rodman does in his prime if Ben wanted to really Help the Nets win some games in the playoffs. This is not the right time to regain himself and made a comeback by forcing some shots, he needs to know his position and role so that they can even pass the first round if he wants to.

To be honest, I agree he needs to adjust and not to force to contribute in terms of offense. They've got a lot of players who can do that,

He can use his speed defending scorers. I like this kid way back in sixers he have that competitive mentality
taking scorers to try limiting their productions.

He can do that again during his stay, he can be like Kukoc when he played with Pippen and Jordan, he can take
some shots but more on adjusting to his defensive capabilities. He mostly needed on that part.

It is just sad to see LA Lakers being out of the playoff stage in this season. But they deserved this for sure. Because they haven't been that good as a team the whole season. And they deserved to be out of the title race as a result. Lebron just tried to carry the team by himself but of course it wasn't going to be enough for them. Lebron hasn't been contented with the team for a long time. They haven't built a lineup that he would like. And if they don't do this again, I wonder what Lebron is thinking of doing.

 Imagine a world where Lakers get wiggins and some draft picks and whatever filler they can. In exchange for that Warriors get Lebron. I mean not only he is good enough even at that age, but dude would be the perfect player to play in that team. Just give him the ball, and watch him pile up assists like crazy. This isn't just lebron though, like rondo could do that even at this age, but his position is filled with curry, lebron is a great big that can pass, he could play the small ball line up as well. I mean this is just unreal for Warriors if it were to happen, would change the way a bit but could still be awesome for sure. Would love to watch that before he retires, dude could have like 12-13 assists per game avarages realistically and reach like 20 assists multiple times if he ever played there.