They have plenty of players now that could attack the paint compared to the past, and with their size, there's a chance that they could get an offensive rebound in case they will not be fouled. Adding Holiday and Porzingis is the biggest move they had this season, although they loss Smart and Williams, but you can tell their experiment is a success since they are the number 1 team now.

Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porziņģis production have dropped a bit compared to last season, but they are delivering here, or say more productive.

So there's a reason why the Boston Celtics is also currently the top favorite on winning the championship this season per NBA future finals odds.
@ +350 at the moment - https://www.vegasinsider.com/nba/odds/futures/

And it's really a improvement from last year, Holiday being their point guard was a big help because of his experience when he was with the Bucks. And KP is like playing when he is with the Knicks.

And then Tatum and Brown maybe the best 1-2 player that we have right now in the NBA delivering consistently day in day out. And if not for their lost on GSW on Christmas day, they could have been perfect in their last 10 or 11 games.

And not to mention, Holiday is a good defender, maybe not as good as Marcus Smart who won a defensive player of the year last 2021–22 season. However overall, I would choose Holiday over Smart because he is smart and he knows how to play his role, maybe that's the reason why the Bucks had  won a championship with him, but the management was probably force to make a decision to change their roster by acquiring Lillard so Giannis will stay.

We can't deny that the Bucks had a bad season last season, so they need to make a big changes.


Jaylen Brown received a huge contract this year, he is sure inspired playing every game. Although his average have dropped this season, but it's understandable as there's plenty of players who could contribute consistently within the team, I think it's better this way to make them more unpredictable.

$304 million for 5 years, who would not play hard for that kind of reward?
Celtics has to get their investment on him, and it will only happen if Jaylen will continue to play his usual and stay healthy this season and off season, as if he gets injured, I doubt the Celtics will advance in the Finals. But since they have lots of roles players who are willing to contribute day in day out, the burden maybe not that hard compared to the previous season.



Tatum averages 27PPG from 30PPG last season, while Brown averages 22PPG from 26PPG last season, numbers dropped because others helped them.
Not good on individual numbers, but as a team, it's a success.


He can guard Booker but not Jimmy. I hope the Celtics are ready for the underrated Heat this season too.

I also think it's a way of reducing them being predictable and they can switch to driving to the paint like usually do in previous seasons, and become more dynamic with a multiple way of executing their plays, however, they'll be very vulnerable if this is how they want to play all season because I can still remember their last match against Warriors,  where they had about 5 second chances opportunity and the game being on the line but they can passing out the ball for a 3 point short that eventually didn't and it cost them the game when Curry was able to get a final shot for the Golden State Warriors.

Why the Lakers are always in the conversation about whether there's a potential all-star player in the trading block?
I mean I can't even think of a reason. Maybe they're popular?

What I can't even think of is the fact that even though some aren't even fit for the system of the team, or they aren't interested in that player at all, the Lakers are always involved whenever there's a huge player who wants to get traded. When news about LaVine getting traded became the talk of the internet, the Lakers were the top to get them. Now that the Hawks want to trade Murray, the Lakers are now among the teams that people want to get him again.

Lebron being part of the trade is just ridiculous, and as for the Lakers getting him, he's a liability when it comes to defense this season for the Hawks so if this trade will push through, I don't know which players the Lakers will give to the Hawks. Reaves maybe? Some benches and draft picks? Nevertheless, I don't see this pushing through just because the Lakers have no assets to trade to the Hawks. My 2 cents only though.

The defending champion Denver Nuggets loss to the Oklahoma Thunder once again, it wasn't even a close game as OKC had dominated them in a 26 points victory. What happened here? I know    Aaron Gordon was out, but Murray and Jokic played, I don't understand what happened to the Nuggets, or just the OKC is so good right now?

BTW, SGA scored 40 points from a an efficient shooting (14-20), the consistency level of this guy is very impressive.

Should be at the top 3 of the MVP conversation now.

He can't be in the top 3 because he is just a scoring machine, unlike the top 3 now which are,
https://www.nba.com/news/kia-mvp-ladder-dec-29-2023-edition

1- Embiid
2-Jokic
3- Antetokounmpo

These 3 averages a double double, and even Jokic almost average a triple double, just 1 assist needed for a triple double.
SGA could continue to play like that, maybe he'll win as the scoring champ, or most improved player this year.

I agree with the first point that SGA is great and playing splendidly but Embiid, Jokic and Giannis, also Doncic is whole another level. There has always been great players but the effect of these 4 is something else in my opinion. League is faster, tougher and much more scored but players also gotten much better. SGA maybe would have been in the mvp talk 10-20 or 30 years ago but this 4 is really something else. Although I remember the stats from Iverson, T-Mac or Kobe for example, none of them were this consistent with almost triple double numbers. In the modern nba at least.

A couple of good games on today. The 2-29 Detroit Pistons look to get win number 3 against the Toronto Raptors. Better matchups to actually watch are the Los Angeles Lakers against the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Golden State Warriors against the Dallas Mavericks. Luka has been on a tear lately so that should be a good one to see.