11-01-2022, 10:06 AM
(11-01-2022, 10:00 AM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: Don´t expect it to stay like this but at some point the wheels of some of the veteran teams in the league will fall off. Maybe it is this year. Maybe next year. But the contender window is closing. Clippers and Warriors belong in that category. Same for the Nets and Heat in the east. Mavs to a lesser degree because of Luka but looking at the role players a big roster overhaul is going to be needed in the not so distant future. Too many guys on the wrong side of 30.
Yeah, the Clippers, Nets and Heat are going to be very interesting to watch. I would argue that both the Heat and Clippers are very well run (Clipps just have had awful injury luck), but they are both in win now mode. The Nets are a whole different story. I think the Warriors are much better positioned as long as Steph is good. I just trust their system.
For the supposed tanking teams, I expect they either run out of steam on their own or their front office assists with this. OKC typically plays very well the first half of the season, but then go on long losing streaks as the season goes in the second half of the season. I think Utah and SA will go this route as the season progresses. It sucks losing to Utah twice though (Memphis) early in the season.