In this article, I am going to talk about the NBA season openers. I am going to start with the Bucks game because they played first. For the Bucks game, they played the Brooklyn Nets. These two teams are on top of the Eastern Conference. They played an insane playoff series where Kevin Durant’s foot was on the three-point line for the game-winning shot two ties the game and then the Bucks walked awry victorious. Now onto the Milwaukee Buck’s game where they won the game 127 to 104. This was unexpected because the Nets had major roster improvements with Patty Mills and the reason that Kyrie Irving didn’t play in that game is that he refuses to take the covid vaccine so the Nets won’t let him play but I think that is better because he and James Harden need the ball to do their stuff and then Kevin Durant doesn’t get the ball as much as he should. I think that one of the biggest reasons that the Nets lost was because they didn’t get a lot of extra scoring from the bench and James Harden played poorly probably because he doesn’t want to be there anymore. I also think that it is hilarious that they are having the Bucks ring ceremony for winning the NBA championship against the Nets because James Harden and Giannis have a lot of beef and it started with James Harden saying that Giannis had no skill and that he would like to be able to just run and dunk too. But James Harden vowed to win a ring before Giannis and Giannis won so I think it will be hilarious to watch Harden watch Giannis get his ring.
Onto the Warriors game. The Warriors were the best team in the league since 2015 but they declined rapidly due to injury since 2019 but they are looking to take back that crown this year with their original lineup format of good starters and then a bench that can hold its own without the starters. Last season the Warriors barely missed out on the playoffs due to the stupid play in-game. They had a high enough seed that they would have made the playoffs every other year in NBA history but Adam Silver is an idiot and came up with the play in the game. If a team wins more games than the other team then they deserve to play in the playoffs. But in the game about a week ago they beat the Lakers 121 to 114 with Steph Curry playing like trash. He had 21 points on 23% from the field which is terrible for anyone. But the rest of the team picked up some slack and the biggest problem with the Warriors last year was they couldn’t score without Steph but the whole roster has found ways to get open and create their shot without Curry on the floor which is scary because it shows that they can win without him and that they can maintain and create leads without Curry on the floor which was the biggest problem with their game last year. Now that the Warriors have veterans and young talent that carry the Warriors franchise when Steph, Klay, and Draymond Green retire. One of the biggest things that decide if they win the championship is how healthy Klay Thompson is, how well the rookies play, and if their bench can stay consistent. But overall I have high hopes for the Warriors this year and they should be disappointed if they don’t make the western conference finals.
Overall I am excited about this season because there are a lot of teams that got a lot of roster improvement to make the playoffs and go far and then there are teams that were already in the playoffs and made roster improvements to win it all so I am excited to see how the season goes. I also expect Steph to win his third MVP.
