Different from my own view. I'm not ruling out Milwaukee Bucks as one of the best contenders this upcoming season. Giannis is currently playing at his peak. He just needs some consistency from his teammates to make a good run.

About the Lakers, they got hit with major injuries last season. They don't relax and obviously, they won't do it. Some part of their roster also didn't seem to step up when the times they are needed.

Yes, they are all all-star players but have not won a single championship in their career.

Westbrook never had a chance to win a championship back in OKC because, despite his triple-double average, OKC was still a weak team in the playoffs competition, and Durant understands that he and Westbrook could not win a championship as their chemistry is not 100% fully blend, so Durant choose to play with Curry and Thompson and the GSW dominated.

This season it's different, the GSW's era is over, it's now the battle of the big teams which are the LA Lakers and Nets, period.

Let's see if Lakers and Nets will live up to our expectations, and please watch out for the Warriors as they have Klay back this season, this might be an improved warrior with Curry and Klay taking this team to the NBA Finals, again, for sure it will be fun to watch since most of us did not expect it to happen, but you know, when Klay and Curry are both health, warriors always has a chance to beat the top favorites.

Too early to conclude that, Lakers and Nets are the favorite to win but with how each teams improve,

It's not easy to say that they are really dominant this season. The defending Champ improved their lineup while we see trades also from Miami and Bulls, just some interesting teams to watchout this upcoming regular season in the eastside.

West side still has a lot of potential, we can't say that Lakers can also dominate it easily, GSW, Clippers and Nuggets are also chasing
for the title.

Chicago Bulls are doing great in their pre-season games. If that intensity will be consistent, they can also be on top teams in Eastern Conference. Miami Heat's young players are also shown good performance this pre-season different from what they show last year.

Let's hope injury won't happen much for all teams. No one expects the Bucks and Suns will reach the finals last year. It might happen again this season.

Judging from the Lakers' preseason performance, they really have to work on their chemistry, Russ will have to adjust to a shoot-first playstyle (he was messing up turnovers which can really ruin the team's momentum), as I can see it's either Rondo or LeBron taking the maestro role and setting up plays for Melo and Russ alongside with the whole team,  Melo on the other hand has his own way of shooting the ball without the help of any teammate, Melo has been doing this kind of play since he was on the Knicks, it's a thing that LeBron might not like considering how different both players are when it comes to court vision.

What I see from the Lakers lineup is a bunch of veterans used to their playstyle during their primes and changing that right away is actually hard for them compared to the rookies or young players, I'm curious to see how LeBron and coach Frank Vogel will set the Lakers chemistry as the NBA season starts.

As for the Nets, they have solidified their chemistry giving KD the first option to actually take shots, I don't see any problem for the Nets, though they may have to show extra effort knowing that there are several teams that have shown such performance during the preseason. (GSW, Bulls, Heat, Kings, Wizards and Nuggets).

In the first matches of the season, I bet on the victories of the guests. It is not only in my opinion that the Nets are the main favorites for the NBA title and I think they will want to show it from the very first game. The Bucks, of course, will also want to prove that they did not become the champion by accident. We are going to have a great match. As everyone else, I'm curious to see what the Lakers will look like. Teams that play fast, offensive basketball like GSW seem to be their toughest rival. Several Lakers players are also injured, so I bet the Warriors will win.

Good luck everyone on whatever your pick tomorrow.

We will see the opening of the NBA regular season tomorrow and I'm betting on Bucks -1 as my only bet.
I would pass on the Laker as they are inconsistent during the preseason, so I'll just observe how they'll play in game 1.

How about the LA Clippers, we disregard them but they are a good team, in fact, they beat the Utah Jazz even without Leonard.
Based on the NBA Futures, LA Clippers is currently at +1600, think that's worth to risk.

https://www.vegasinsider.com/nba/odds/futures/

Anyone bet on the Lakers vs GSW though?

I took GSW ML @2.38, and so far it's given me my money's worth as the match is very close. Haven't watch the full 2 quarters though, but i read that GSW took an early lead. But at the end of the second half, it's Lakers 59-53, so very tight, but hopefully the underdogs will win.