Top 5 Most Exciting Off-Seasons / Top 5 Least Exciting Off-Seasons

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Top 5 Most Exciting Off-Seasons / Top 5 Least Exciting Off-Seasons 

Post#1 » by NYG » Tue May 27, 2025 12:07 am

Which 5 teams will have the most exciting 2025 Off-Season?

Which 5 teams will be the most boring?
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Post#2 » by Tim Lehrbach » Tue May 27, 2025 12:10 am

Anger is a kind of excitement. Therefore, I expect the Blazers to have a very exciting offseason of inking Ayton, Simons, and Sharpe to massive extensions.
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Post#3 » by SkyHook » Tue May 27, 2025 12:50 am

I don't know about exciting vs boring, but the ones that I am most interested to watch—setting aside Utah—are Brooklyn, Houston, Miami, Milwaukee, and Portland.
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Post#4 » by JRoy » Tue May 27, 2025 1:25 am

SkyHook wrote:I don't know about exciting vs boring, but the ones that I am most interested to watch—setting aside Utah—are Brooklyn, Houston, Miami, Milwaukee, and Portland.


If OKC falls short, they might be in there too.
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Post#5 » by NYG » Tue May 27, 2025 2:29 am

Suns are interesting too
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Post#6 » by babyjax13 » Tue May 27, 2025 4:27 am

For least I'll go:
Celtics (trading talent away)
Cleveland (no/few changes)
Denver (no flexibility)
Indiana (no/few changes)
Sacramento (most likely doubling down on their roster)
Memphis (moving a bit of salary but remaining otherwise the same)

One extra, but still, I don't expect much from these teams.
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Post#7 » by tmorgan » Tue May 27, 2025 4:40 am

I doubt Detroit does much.
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Post#8 » by Skybox » Tue May 27, 2025 11:10 am

Most...
-ORL's sleepy GM has publicly put the fire to his own feet, stating that "we are pivoting to win-now" and conceding that ORL will have to concede some defense for offense...they have two frps this year and swap rights with PHX/WAS next year. The stage is set...
-BOS has to do something...nothing fun, but there will be action
-PHX's owner has no chill, which is fun...I expect 2 of KD, Beal, and Booker(least likely) being moved
-Never bet against MIA standing pat...the East is wide open

Least...
-I agree that DET will focus on retaining their guys (which isn't a bad plan, IMO).
-I see BRK kicking the Free Agent can down the road another year...likely getting a ton of offers to help other teams make deals and grabbing draft equity for their stash.
-OKC has everything going right for one more year, before they have to address their $$$ concerns. They'll ride out the summer...maybe swap some picks
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Re: Top 5 Most Exciting Off-Seasons / Top 5 Least Exciting Off-Seasons 

Post#9 » by Texas Chuck » Tue May 27, 2025 12:52 pm

Most:

Bucks
Rockets
Celtics
Wolves
Cleveland

Least:

Memphis
Charlotte
Portland
Atlanta
Detroit
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Post#10 » by brackdan70 » Tue May 27, 2025 12:56 pm

babyjax13 wrote:For least I'll go:
Celtics (trading talent away)
Cleveland (no/few changes)
Denver (no flexibility)
Indiana (no/few changes)
Sacramento (most likely doubling down on their roster)
Memphis (moving a bit of salary but remaining otherwise the same)

One extra, but still, I don't expect much from these teams.

In a sense the Celtics off season could be pretty exiting….though Brad already promised no fireworks.
Maybe interesting is a better word than exciting.
They are going to shave some salary and need to make a plan to reset the repeater and have a contender around Tatum when he is back.
There are some pretty extreme paths and more subtle slow plays to accomplish this.
I think it will be Interesting anyway.
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Post#11 » by shrink » Tue May 27, 2025 3:18 pm

This is the first year in twenty seasons that I can’t give people good answers on what MIN is likely to do.

1. They have consecutive WCF trips. Most previous years, they were rebuilding, lottery teams. Do they roll it back?
2. They have a GM that is willing to take big swings.
3. They have new ownership, and we have no idea how much they are willing to spend.
4. They are over the second apron. Will they try to cut salary to get below it for rules freedom?
5. They need to negotiate new contracts to Randle, Naz Reid, and NAW - important pieces in their past success.

I don’t know if it will be “exciting.” But it is certainly confusing.
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Post#12 » by Texas Chuck » Tue May 27, 2025 4:13 pm

Yeah we all have different definitions of exciting. For some its only about big huge trades/signings. For me, cap manipulation is exciting, so teams trying to navigate tax/apron lines especially those still trying to compete is exciting. I get for many here, they don't care about any of the financial stuff. Though its surprising a bit they would find their way to this board under this CBA -- there just is no avoiding it any longer as just "a billionaire's money, I don't care".
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