Hear Ye!!! Hear Ye!!! the NBA season will begin tonight! for all of my basketball fans. October can go down in sports history as the best month of the year for the all sports fan. Why you ask? Take a second and think about it, you have the world series for baseball going on which the Giants are leading the series 3-2, you also have the NFL season in full swing with games basically going all week except for four days out the week and now comes the NBA season. How will the 2014/2015 season play out? We have the Black Mamba back and kicking off his debut tonight! against the Rockets at home in L.A. The one thing I bet everyone has on their minds is with Kobe being 36 years old how much gas does he have left in the tank. According to his former teammate and new coach Byron Scott, "he's playing like the Kobe of old." On september 22nd the Black Mamba played three games of five-on-five and he looked great. Myself and this is my opinion, I believe Kobe will be back on top in the talks for the league MVP because of his work ethic and his I will not lose!!! attitude. So look out NBA he's back
After consecutive seasons of tearing up his knees Derrick Rose just like Kobe will be back on the hardwood this week. He will get to test that repaired knee against Carmelo and the Knicks on wednesday at the Garden. Rose definitely is a major component to the bulls, however they have had success with him not in the line-up. I believe in the past with Rose in the line-up the flow of the team followed the Sixers when Iverson was there. Rose would get the ball and everyone else would spread and let him create baskets which would take them out of their own game and minimize their importance on the floor. I think this time around Derrick Rose should spread it around which would take some of the pressure off of him and will save his body when they really need it just as Kobe did once the Lakers roster was depleted because of free agency and he was partnered with new and young players. Just as the MLB season the NBA season is a very long season and he will be needed down the line to help them in the playoffs. I do believe if the Bulls had Rose in the playoff last season they would of gotten further because of his creativity.
Last and certainly not least the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Miami Heat. Miami has lost some prime real estate during the off season but added some quality talented along with the talent they already have. Even though many believe that Dwayne Wade should call it quits because of injury plagued years he's still hanging on as the leader of the Heat. They had the bank to keep Bosh onboard and hopefully he steps up his play especially with the absence of Lebron James. Ray Allen has left but they add Luol Deng to the roster to jump start his career back up and they still have the Birdman on the roster which will help them with rebounding and defense. The Heat have a decent bench but Erik Spoelstra needs to use them. The Cleveland "Lebron James" Cavaliers will tip off Thursday at the Garden against Carmelo and that will be a great game to watch. Everyone except James and his family didn't see him going back to the Cavaliers after the Heat lost to the Spurs in the finals. James is back home which gives the city of Cleveland a spark. Lebron a very smart man didn't come back to Cleveland alone, he brought some high talent with him in Mike Miller who played big role in the Heat second championship, and adding free-agent Kevin Love to the mix to help all-star Kyrie Irving out. This could be a huge season for the Cavaliers not a championship season I think because as we all know when adding different pieces to a puzzle you have to make sure they fit. So lets hear it for the start of the 2014/2015 season and it should be a interesting season.
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