The 2018/2019 NBA season will be marked by several major changes from renowned players, shuffling the list of strong teams. Only one thing has not changed: the favoritism of the Golden State Warriors. Who will be able to for the current champion.
joeisi said:GSW is a great team. On paper no one can beat them. But like any great team what will stop them is either ego or injury.
Next year should be different but for this upcoming season barring catastrophic injury I see no one putting up a fight.
Next year Lakers should get another superstar to pair with LBJ and Draymond/Klay could become free agents so there is a chance that GSW could get weaker. Their tax bill should start to get astronomical if they keep everyone too.
steved757 said:Putting injuries to the side I think the only two teams with a good chance of beating them is the Celtics and possibly the Rockets. The Celtics are really deep if they team can stay healthy and the Rockets are a good match-up against them. But when they added Boogie Cousins to the roster that could be a potential X factor to putting them over the top of once they already was!
619Leafs said:Golden State Warriors will always be favourites to win the Larry O'Brien Trophy it won't change for a long time.
jho said:Great point, but I wouldn't underestimate the Thunder. Getting rid of Melo is addition by subtraction, and they have many of the similar pieces as the Rockets to push the GSW. In fact I think they are going to shock a lot of people this year, they are my #3 seed