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6 NBA Teams That See Themselves as NBA Champions in 2018
As the 2017-2018 NBA season approaches, it’s a good opportunity to see which teams, besides the defending champions Golden State Warriors, see themselves as candidates for a championship. They might realistically be good enough, but the Boston Celtics, San Antonio Spurs, Cleveland Cavaliers, Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder all believe they can finish with the league title. Here’s a closer look at each team, and why they might be good enough to go all the way.
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NBA Rumors: Despite Tampering Fine, Los Angeles Lakers Still Favorites to Sign Paul George in 2018
The NBA punished the Los Angeles Lakers for making comments regarding their interest in Paul George with a hefty tampering fine of $500,000. This doesn’t change the fact that they remain the favorites to sign the small forward, who will spend his contract year with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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Free Agency, Day 1 – Oh What a Night!
The first day of free agency continued the trend the days before it set: Big trades instead of big free agent moves, mega re-signings, and the East continues to get weaker. Paul George leaving to Oklahoma City, Jeff Teague joining Minnesota, while Ricky Rubio joins the Jazz and both Stephen Curry (unsurprisingly) and Blake Griffin (quite surprisingly) staying put.
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NBA Rumors: Celtics, Thunder & Clippers Potential Landing Spots for Rudy Gay
We still don’t have a full picture of how the free agency market is going to be in 2017, but there things we know: Rudy Gay is going to opt out of his contract with the Sacramento Kings, and will be an interesting possibility for a lot of teams, including the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers and Oklahoma City Thunder.
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What Happens Now With the Oklahoma City Thunder & Russell Westbrook?
The first round exit of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Russell Westbrook wasn’t a surprise considering their opponents and the team’s overall ability this season. Westbrook is the favorite to win the NBA’s regular season MVP for his impressive one-man show and statistical efforts, but this never looked like a team capable of going far in the playoffs.
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Warriors vs Thunder Predictions
In an NBA regular season that is looking a lot like the previous one, the one game that has really stood out since the beginning of the season as something to look forward to is the Golden State Warriors facing the Oklahoma City Thunder in OKC for the first time (there’s going to be another game). It’s also Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant facing off once again, only this time in a much more hostile environment.
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Golden State Warriors Destroying Errbody Up in Herr
Every time the Golden State Warriors lose, it seems like the Internet goes insane, and the rest of the NBA’s fanbases are throwing a party. When they win, however, it’s business as usual, which makes some of their more impressive stretches go unnoticed.
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Kevin Durant & Russell Westbrook Reunion Video Highlights (Thunder vs Warriors)
The first game between Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant? Fill with hatred and not-so-underlying tension, but most importantly the Golden State Warriors beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 122-96, with a huge night from Durant.
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Thunder vs Warriors Predictions & Preview
The Golden State Warriors have a big advantage heading into their first game of the season against the Oklahoma City Thunder: They’re hosting, and they have one more day of rest. But all of that becomes irrelevant when you shift the focus towards what everyone is interested in: Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook facing each other for the first time since the breakup.
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A Very Early Look at Russell Westbrook’s Stats Without Kevin Durant
So how are things for the Oklahoma City Thunder? Pretty good. They started the season 3-0, Russell Westbrook is posting monster numbers as expected, and no one is thinking about Kevin Durant, at least not in a good way.