The strongest basketball League in the world starts fascinating marathon lasting eight months.
New season long before the start of the called the historical – all thanks to the “Golden State”, who managed to collect the incredible power of the fist of four players of level of the all-star game.
The main newsmaker of inter-season in the NBA was Kevin Durant, who left suddenly “OK” for his first championship ring. The former star of “thunder” reasonably decided that his dream is faster can be done in the “Golden State” and moved to Auckland to existing MVP Stephen Curry, Clay Thompson, and Draymond green.
The emergence of Durant in the camp of the Warriors instantly made the team of Steve Kerr undisputed favorite of the season. “Golden state” last season he posted the best regular season in NBA history – the pursuit of the record “Chicago” made itself felt in the final series against Cleveland, when the Warriors lost leading 3:1. The warriors have already passed this way and is unlikely to allow its recurrence now the leaders will play less, purposefully preparing for the playoffs.
Who can challenge arguably the strongest team in NBA history? Of course, the first line in this list is Cleveland, led by LeBron James and Kyrie Irving. In the West to prevent the “Golden State” to get to the finals I’ll try all the same person – “San Antonio” Kawai Leonard and Lamarcus Aldridge, “clippers” Chris Paul, “Oklahoma” Russell Westbrook and others. Yes, and very “Cleveland” is no guarantee of the red carpet towards the way to the final – “Toronto”, “Boston”, “new York”, “Indiana” and the rest can create problems the notebook favorite Eastern conference.
The new season can be called a change of eras in the NBA – the giants of the Association, Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett retired, and their places in the not so distant future is able to come Karl-Anthony towns, Kristaps Porzingis, Ben Simmons, Brandon Ingram and others. For the future of the NBA not to worry.
The East – zone playoffs (forecast hronika.info):
1. Cleveland, 2. Toronto, 3. Boston, 4. Atlanta, 5. Indiana, 6. New York, 7. Charlotte, 8. Detroit.
Western conference zone playoffs (forecast hronika.info):
1. Golden State, 2. San Antonio, 3. The Los Angeles Clippers, 4. Portland, 5. Oklahoma, 6. Utah, 7. Houston, 8. Dallas
