Congratulations, looks like you made it to my first NBA blog post! As the NBA season has not started yet (preseason begins in early October), there are still many interesting things that happens and has happened around the league. This time period where the season isn't currently
on is called the "off-season".
A lot of interesting trades occurred during this off-season, some I found interesting, however a few others I didn't understand why. The end of last season was very unsatisfying, seeing the Golden State Warriors sweep the Cleveland Cavaliers, 4-0 in the finals. Right after that boring series, I was really hoping for good trades to occur, where a team gets formed to at least put up a challenge against the stacked Warriors. When it comes to my favorite team, that being the Los Angeles Clippers, it is pretty depressing here. The Clippers have lost a majority of their star players, trading Deandre Jordan most recently. At this point we practically have nobody. This off-season, I did not even think about them making or getting anything out of a trade in order to contend in the playoffs. However, this off-season had some interesting trades. Lebron James had signed to join the Los Angeles Lakers, who will probably become the better LA team once again. Another really interesting trade was the San Antonio Spurs' Kawhi Leonard heading to the Toronto Raptors as the Raptor's Demar DeRozan heads to the Spurs. There were many other fascinating, like Carmelo Anthony going to the Houston Rockets, Isiah Thomas heading to the Denver Nuggets, and several other big trades. However, there was one trade in particular that I did not understand at all. That is, of course, a trade involving the Warriors, an already stacked team, getting another all-star player once again.  |
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Early in July, Demarcus Cousins signed with the Warriors in free-agency. This move basically completes an All-star lineup, practically making them nearlyQuestions, Comments, Free V-Bucks? impossible to beat. I honestly think this was a bad move on Cousins and one that probably has every other NBA fan clenching their fist. He has probably ruined the league for the next few years. If we already have an idea of who will win the championship every year, we won't see the point in watching. With this trade, the Western Conference is also very stacked and overpowered. Although I am still excited to see how everything turns out in this 2018-19 NBA season, I am still already aware of who will win, as well as everyone else.
