24-25 Season

[mufan2003]

To me, Boston is still the clear-cut best team in the East and the NBA. However, Milwaukee has never had its "Big 3" since winning the championship in 2021. No Middleton in 2022, no Giannis in 2023 or 2024, Lillard missing 2 games in 2024 and not being healthy in game 6 against Indiana.

If everyone is available, the way they are now playing together offensively and defensively as a team, they certainly can come out of the East and win it all. Not wishing for it, but Boston has not had to deal with missing Tatum or Brown in the playoffs. Cleveland has been very good. New York, Indiana and Miami all have talent and good coaching......but to me Boston is the best until someone knocks them off.

[Goose85]

To me, Boston is still the clear-cut best team in the East and the NBA. However, Milwaukee has never had its "Big 3" since winning the championship in 2021. No Middleton in 2022, no Giannis in 2023 or 2024, Lillard missing 2 games in 2024 and not being healthy in game 6 against Indiana.

If everyone is available, the way they are now playing together offensively and defensively as a team, they certainly can come out of the East and win it all. Not wishing for it, but Boston has not had to deal with missing Tatum or Brown in the playoffs. Cleveland has been very good. New York, Indiana and Miami all have talent and good coaching......but to me Boston is the best until someone knocks them off.

Winning the title is a crap shoot of who has all their top guys healthy.

Celtics are top dogs, but it is really hard to run it back. It was a long grind last year for the Celtics, and it will be another long season too. Holiday is 34 and Horford is 38. Hard to have fresh legs deep in the playoffs after NBA championship season, and another long season. They should really focus on load management with those two guys as the regular season doesn't matter as long as you get to the playoffs.

Like you said, Bucks haven't had the big 3 healthy since winning it all. Teams that are healthy have a shot. Let's hope the Bucks are healthy!