- 29 Sep 2018, 22:45
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Miki28 wrote:Pozdrav ljudi, sta se radi? Ocemo angazovat nekog da ispise tekst o timovima za pocetak sezone, neki uvod? Malo jace od mjesec dana ostalo
Moze li ovako nesto?

Atlanta Hawks:
Hawks were tanking last season, and they will continue doing it this season as well. They send Schroder to OKC who was their main offensive option last season, and in return they took Carmelo which they then let go, and he signed with Houston Rockets (more about that in the post where we will analyze Rockets).
Taylor was also free to go (he picked Cavs), and Muscala was traded away for Justin Anderson. Damion Lee will be player of GSW this season (probably only in G League).
Atlanta signed several players: Justin Anderson from Phila via Muscala trade. He was scoring 6 points for Phila in the last season and we can expect him to come of the bench for Atlanta and not play big minutes. Vince Carter, D.Hamilton and Alex Len were signed as free agents. Out of these 3 only Len should be playing big minutes. Atlanta managed to get a T.Young, who was a No. 5 pick on this year's draft, so he should be expected to play decent number of minutes this season because Atlanta is still in rebuilding phase.
From these trades and signings we cant have a clear vision on who will be a main offensive option for Atlanta. Price is still there, he is known to take many shots per game- so he might be a good option as OVER on the first few games of the season depending on margin we get from the bookies. Lin is supposed to fight for a spot with T.Young so we might be able to exploit this. Lin is known for being injury prone, so there should be some games where value on Young over will be high and we are going to take it. Other than that, I think we will be avoiding Atlanta players this season because they arent fighting for anything so they individually shouldn't be consistent.
Boston Celtics:
There were many rumors about Boston wanting to sign Leonard from Spurs, and that they are ready to let go Brown and Hayward in order to do so. This didn't happen and Boston kept the core from the last season and didn't do any major changes.
Baynes, Bird and Smart signed new contracts while Larkin and Monroe wont be here for the next season. Even though they didn't had a big trade, they do have a big difference for this season- Hayward is back and will be ready for the season after a nasty injury at start of the 17-18 season. Boston is surely a contender for a title this year and I think they will continue playing their style of game this season as well. With Hayward being back, they secured one more great defensive player on SF/PF and if they continue playing with slower pace and keep defense on same level as before, we will be playing many UNDERs on their opponents (Boston last season was 7th slowest team in the league, while having the best defensive efficiency).
When it comes to players from Boston, we will have to see first how will Hayward fit in, how many minutes we can expect for each one of them etc.
Irving in his NBA career is averaging around 60 games per season and if he continues in same direction this season, there should be situations where we can exploit this.
Brooklyn Nets:
Nets will be in similar situation as Atlanta. They got rid of some players like Arthur, Cunnigham, D.Howard (traded from Hornets, then waived), Lin, Okafor, Stauskas and Whitehead.
They signed Ed Davis, Dudley, Farried, Graham and Napier, while drafting Musa and Kurucs.
From these trades we can see they don't have any short term ambition. They will probably continue playing faster than average which should bring more points, at least for opponents because Nets were 5th worst team in defense last season and now with Dudley and Farried here I don't think this will change.
They got rid of Lin so they created some more space for Russell who will fight with Dinwiddie over minutes on PG. Harris re-signed with Nets and he should be having a decent playing time. RJH and Carroll are still there, so their starting 5 might be really similar to last season. We will see will Russell now bite harder with Lin being out- this might be our chance to exploit the situation.
Other than that, we will probably be avoiding Nets while they are without injuries because it isn't easy to find good options for betting there. On the other side, we should be playing many overs against them because they should be really bad in defense this season as well.
Charlotte Hornets:
I don't really understand what they are planning to do this season. They look like a team that can't play play-off, but at the same time they are not that too far away.
They signed Biyombo, Tony Parker and drafted 3 players while letting these guys go: Carter-Williams, Graham, Howard, Mozgov (came from nets, then sent to Magic) and J.Stone.
MCW wasnt playing many minutes last season+ Hornets signed T.Parker so there shouldnt be a difference in minutes for Kemba who will surely be their main offensive option this season. They lost a strong center in Howard, but he was replaced by Biyombo who isnt as good as Howard in offense, but at least he is good in rebounding so they wont be much weaker in defense against centers. With Howard gone Kemba might be taking more shots because there will be less reasons to pass the ball to the paint because Howard isnt there anymore and Biyombo is not someone who actively seeks to get the ball inside.
Chicago Bulls:
Bulls made some changes this season. Main change is signing of Jabari Parker who didnt get a great chance after coming back from injury in Milwaukee, so I think that Bulls did a good job here. They also re-signed LaVine (for big amount of money- some say they overpaid him).
They released many players- Zipser, Kilpatrick, J.Stone, Pondexter, Nwaba, J.Grant and Vonleh. With all these changes, we can say that Parker and laVine should be leading offensive options for the Bulls, maybe even Markannen- this should be a nice young trio around which Bulls could create a nice team.
LaVine came to Bulls from Minnesota, where he wasnt rested- he was playing almost 40 minutes per game before he tore ACL after which he was traded to the Bulls. This leaves LaVine with personal motive when playing against Tim/Minnesota and I think if other "modifiers" are good, we will be playing him over against them, just like we did last few times in the last season. What will be especially good is if Butler gets traded from Minnesota, so LaVine could have an easier job in offense. Parker should feel similar when it comes to the Bucks. He had a big injury, in PO he almost didn't played, and was let go in the end. I think he will try to prove himself in the games against the Bucks, and we should try to exploit this.
Cleveland Cavaliers:
This one will be interesting. We all know that they have lost LeBron James, and with him- their chances of playing Finals again. They re-signed Hood and Love, while taking in Nwaba, Frye, Dekker and drafting Sexton.
Together with James, they also lost Calderon, Jeff Green, Perkins and Okaro White.
What should be clear from this is that Love will be first and only real attacking option for the Cavs, so I think the first few games if the margin is ok we will be playing overs on him. They didn't add anyone who will take majority of usage rate James had, so it will go to players like Love and Hood. Cedi Osman should also start getting a bigger role because he proved to be decent in the last season.
With James being out, we can expect Hill to get more assists and create more plays, especially if Cavs decide to play Clarkson on similar role as he had in Lakers- someone who will come of the bench for 15 min and lead most of attacks while scoring 15-20 points.
Dallas Mavericks:
They made plenty of changes. First, they are without these players: Seth Curry, Collinsworth, Ferrell, Larrier, McDermott, Motley, Noel and Onuaku.
They have signed 2 players that should play a lot this season- Jordan and Luka Doncic. Doncic has potential to be the best EU player of all time in the NBA and I believe Dallas is not risking anything in giving him big playing time just to get used to NBA and to the team. Jordan should be a starting center. They received a great rebounder in him.
They have also signed Devin Harris, but it will be interesting to see how much playing time will he get, because they already have a really talented PG (Smith) and they also already have a nice back up in Barrea.
They still don't have a strong squad, but with Doncic there, they should have a good potential.
Denver Nuggets:
Denver Nuggets made some good choices this season. They re-signed Barton and Jokic, and it's a sure thing now that they will make Jokic to be a main player of this franchise.
They traded away Chandler, Farried and Arthur and also released Whitehead (who they got from the Nets) and Devin Harris. They signed I.Thomas as a free agent and that should be a nice boost from the bench.
They stayed with a same core which was fighting for PO last season and almost got it- only change was on the bench which shouldnt be a big difference. They should continue playing their style with fast pace, weak defense and many points so their games should be good for betting because opponents should be scoring a lot.
Detroit Pistons:
Pistons didn't made many changes. They don't have a cap room so they couldnt make any big free agent signings so they just went with Calderon and Pachulia. Last season they werent unable to make it to the PO and I think they wont be able to do it this season as well.
They signed Casey who was fired from Toronto even though he Toronto was first on the EC table after regular season. With him, Pistons might change a little bit. Casey is known to play a good defense and use bench a lot during the regular season. In Toronto he was unlucky with Lowry and DeRozan which choked in PO.
Golden State Warriors:
They did an excellent job this season. They resigned Durant and Looney and also managed to sign Cousins who was a free agent. He agreed to a 5 milion $ one year contract and to be honest, GSW looks unstoppable now. The only problem with Cousins is his injury because of which he will miss a big part of the season. While he is out, GSW will probably use their youngsters to fill the role- Bell is showing a nice potential and should get bigger minutes while Cousins is out.
McGee and Pachulia left GSW, which is a nice move- they have Cousins now, plus this will leave their youngster with more minutes.
Last season they played with a fast pace and a decent defense. They played somewhat worse defense than one season ago, but they are still a strongest team in the league. It will be hard to bet on their games simply because they are so good- they can blowout anyone, so it will always be risky to choose players from the games played by this team.