They'll welcome back shooting guard Klay Thompson, a five-time All-Star who was a staple of the Warriors' three championship teams (and two runner-up squads) in the 2010s. The Dubs are looking to make the playoffs following a two-year absence. Two of the best point guards in NBA history will square off when Curry and the Warriors face Paul and the Phoenix Suns. Beating the Bucks in their own building would be a huge win. Together, this group will look to improve off last year's effort in a quest to make the franchise's first NBA Finals since 2010. The C's also welcome back some interesting young talent, namely Aaron Nesmith, Robert Williams III and Payton Pritchard.īut some veterans have been brought in, including guard Dennis Schroder and big men Al Horford and Enes Kanter. Ime Udoka was hired as the head coach following a successful stint as an assistant.Īll-Stars Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum are back, and Marcus Smart re-signed. President of basketball operations Danny Ainge is out, and head coach Brad Stevens got the call up to the front office. The roster is largely intact, with complementary pieces such as Brook Lopez, Bobby Portis and Pat Connaughton returning. Middleton and Holiday's playoff performances complemented the two-time NBA regular-season MVP (and 2021 NBA Finals MVP) as the team earned its first NBA title in 50 years. The Bucks' Big Three of Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday is back in business. This should be a fun matchup between two teams that appear destined for the playoffs again.Īntetokounmpo and the defending NBA champion Bucks will face a new-look Boston Celtics team looking to bounce back from a. Both could play key reserve roles this year as Atlanta looks to make the leap to the NBA Finals. They got one of their big pieces back after re-signing power forward John Collins, who posted 17.6 points and 7.4 rebounds per game during the regular season.Ītlanta also picked up Jalen Johnson and Sharife Cooper in the draft, and both players impressed in summer-league action. The Hawks upset the top-seeded Philadelphia 76ers after beating the Knicks before falling to the eventual NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals. New York's backcourt scuffled outside herculean efforts from Rose, but the Knicks got some reinforcements thanks to offseason additions Kemba Walker and Evan Fournier, who should help New York improve its three-point shooting.
The Knicks offense struggled in defeat as Young largely did what he wanted.
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The dominant scorer got the last laugh, averaging 29.2 points and 9.8 assists per game in a 4-1 series win. Last spring, the Hawks and Knicks engaged in a heated first-round playoff battle that featured a testy relationship between New York fans at Madison Square Garden and Atlanta superstar point guard Trae Young, who was vociferously booed and even spit on by one fan. Here are some quick breakdowns of all the teams and games. That group doesn't include some other notable superstars who could win MVP some day, including Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic, Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young and Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell. New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose, who won the 2011 NBA MVP with the Chicago Bulls, will take on the Atlanta Hawks. Two-time MVP Stephen Curry and his Golden State Warriors will visit Chris Paul, Devin Booker and the defending Western Conference champion Phoenix Suns. Four-time MVP LeBron James, 2016-17 MVP Russell Westbrook and Anthony Davis will see 2013-14 MVP Kevin Durant, 2017-18 MVP James Harden and Kyrie Irving. Two-time regular-season MVP (and defending NBA Finals MVP) Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks are set to play the Boston Celtics. The slate includes every NBA regular-season MVP from 2009 to 2020 (reigning MVP Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets are not included).
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