Yeah, probably it could be one of the most anticipated games in the opening of their franchise, with all the drama in the background, for sure they are going to be scrutinized by the basketball fans and public media so let's see.

Hopefully KD will just settle nicely and make the team what it supposed to be when he went in Brooklyn.

Now the trade shifts to Donovan Mitchell, all attention he is getting to be traded to New York.

Also there is rumor that Pat Bev will be a Laker in exchange of THT and Stanley Johnson.

As usual, everyone is going to be interested to see how KD performs. Ultimately, they will be interested to see how the team performs as a whole. For me, it is good news that Kevin Durant is planning to stay. If they can play well together I think they will be able to achieve their goals. If I am not mistaken, all of these five players do not even like to play the position of center. Therefore, I think they will have to play the position of a center.


@Dave1,
Kevin Durant will have a difficult time adjusting to the team, especially after he requested to be traded. But now he doesn’t have any choice but to stay with the team.


I think what the Knicks offered for Donovan Mitchell was reasonable. As compared to what they are being offered for Donovan Mitchell, the Jazz want a significant upgrade over what they are being offered now.

If I am not wrong, that Patrick Beverley rate was held up because of Kevin Durant/Kyrie's situation. He wanted to get the hell out of Utah. And yes it is confirmed that he is going to sign to the Lakers.

Both said teams were trying to build a super team and none of them succeeded because they haven't established any chemistry at all as almost all players on both sides is a playmaker and used to be alpha before they got into Lebron's team. As far as I know, Lebron wanted to trade WB in exchange for Irving but that didn't happen because the Nets were giving a priority to Durant to be traded but that didn't happen as well, so it's quite safe to say that we'll be seeing the same roster this coming season.

Trade update: Talen Hourton-Tucker and Stanley Johnson have been traded for Patrick Beverley.
Now, things have gotten spicier for the Lakers because Pat Beverly and WB have a long-standing beef with each other. This might be a good trade though but let's see if WB and Pat Beverley can settle things aside.

Patrick Beverley is a good stopper Lakers can use him for that role, while they will might try to blend

LeBron,AD and Westbrook, they need defense and that might be the job for Beverly. in regard to THT, we've seen him contributing
when LeBron or AD is sitting, he adds up good numbers for Lakers offense.

Moving to a new team which is also in the process of rebuilding might give him more minutes and more time to handle the ball
I mean, he can be used as the center of the offense. Him And JC would have a good combo.

Maybe Seth will be better paired with Ben, while KD and Kyrie stay at their own pace. There's already chemistry built on both of those pairs so it won't be a problem for them. Now the question is if Coach Nash would like to mix things up. NBA is a battle of being unpredictable and I would like to see how far they will be willing to take once they are mixed. It should be good. They should probably test it at the start of the season and see if it can be worked out. Who knows, maybe old Nets fans will be back cheering at them. 

The failed trade of Durant is now being compared to what happened with Kobe during his 2007 trade request.
They even went far as the Brooklyn Nets may also get a championship if history will be repeated. 2009 is when Kobe achieved another championship with Pau, Odom, Artest (Metta World Peace), Fisher, Bynum, and more.

It's crazy how Utah Jazz is still rejecting New York Knicks' offer for Mitchell. Was it 5 future draft picks already? Plus a young Toppin who's still very useful in case the Jazz is playoffs-ready in 3 years or more.       

Meanwhile, super rich Los Angeles Lakers is still hoping for some trades and acquisitions before the season starts. Another target for them is Buddy Hield whom Lebron also wanted even before.

I don't think that Simmons can be a "shooting" guard, we all know that his one of his weak points, he can't shoot outside. He is more of a drive by player and assists man, so really a point guard. So now sure how they can space things up with Kyrie and Ben at the same time. Or it could be Irving and Simmons alternating as PG for the Nets, and then KD doing his thing and then Seth as tehir shooting guard. But we will have to see what kind of adjustment Nash will do with his 3 superstars that might overlap the position.

I think it's Hield and Turner from the Pacers? Perhaps Toppin might be good, but Fornier? they might be looking for another more name player in the Knicks lineup that's why the didn't accept it.

The Lakers is just finalizing the Pat Bev acquisition, gonna be interesting to see Bev in Lakers uniform and obviously the experience is what brings him to the Lakers and of course his tough defense.

That's gonna be very big if the Lakers can also acquire Turner. I do not know how or why the Pacers are just giving up its star players and acting like a rebuilding team. They already wasted a lot of talent which they will try to get from future draft picks. Malcolm Brogdon for example for a bunch of extras the Celtics wanted to avoid and a 2023 draft pick. The Celtics are favorites to win the next season's trophy so Indiana may settle for pick 30.

Fournier will become a mentor since he will be old by the time the Jazz becomes a playoff team again.

Pat is experienced but also with an ego together with Lebron and Russ. They will collide if they always lose games. Pat is the guy that can be honest and will tell Russ to his face that he sucks.

I’m not expecting that Simmons can provide that kind expectation play that you are just assuming after he comes back but having him as PG assuming he will be performing in his prime will gonna give Nets an edge for the upcoming season if KD and Kyrie didn’t trade successfully but since these players heart is not with the Nets anymore then I doubt they can provide an explosive performance on the upcoming regular season for Nets because we alp know that there Playoffs choke gives them a major turn off.

They really need to have a better 6th man to give relieve to the team once starters is resting because this is there main problem aside from Seth Curry being not effective on crucial times of the game.