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After silently judging as I scrolled through posts riddled with hot takes from 5 years ago I thought...

What are your hottest takes about how the NBA will look 5 years from now? (Go wild with your guesses, nobody will be judging you......)

My hot takes are

  1. Josh Giddy will be in the MVP race
  2. The Booklyn Nets will have either made or won the finals due to Bridges and Ben Simmons showing out
  3. LeBron will continue to refuse to retire, while still putting up 18/4/4. And will blame it on wanting to play with his wife's uncles barbers daughters stepson 17 years from now.
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[–] Leafman1996@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The Las Vegas Lebrons will make the playoffs in 5 years.

And to piggyback on your take, Giddey will be battling Jeremy Sochan for MVP. That’s my hottest of takes.

[–] chickenheadj@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The Charlotte Hornets….will make the playoffs.

[–] Durden93@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I think okc will acquire another star and win a title. Also think Luka leaves Dallas and heads east.

[–] chuckercarlson@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Our draft picks will be worthless to the nets.

[–] jakkdaman@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago
  • The NBA will be on Amazon. The fee will be reasonable.
  • LBJ has retired and the new stars just don't feel exciting (a lot more parity). The age of limelight via a Slam Magazine are gone.
  • OKC will trade for a super duper star in a gigantic first round picks + Giddey trade to start a teams rebuilding (Like Giannis, Zion or Anthony Davis) which will shake up the type-of-market rhetoric
  • Harden will open his own club chain - the beard (Strip Club + concert venue)
  • Jokic will retire or play for a Serbian Club he owns in expansion. Sambor Shires 🐴
  • Doncic will still not have a championship, unfortunately.
  • Victor will have some issue that will have him play 50 game seasons
  • Mourning is the new Riley. Spo is the new Mourning. Haslem is the coach. Still defending their way to the finals just to lose.
  • Boston fans will still be annoying (Sorry)
  • /NBA will be more toxic
[–] haterich@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

San Diego has a new NBA team

[–] burnerbabyburns@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

If Josh Giddey is in the MVP race we’re winning the chip

[–] DoinDoinDoinUrDad@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

LeBron drops dead on the court and it becomes a legitimate taking point in the GOAT discussion

[–] veksone@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The NBA will be less popular in the US due to LeBron retiring and the continuing rise of players from overseas.

[–] AyyDelta@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Sonics will upset the Thunder in the playoffs.

[–] mankls3@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Steph will not retire

[–] YoungTrillDoc@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago
  1. Butler literally wills the Heat to an NBA title this season, beating the Nuggets.

  2. Despite losing the Finals, Jokic wins league MVP and, more importantly, wins a major horse race back home and views the year as a win.

  3. For 2024 season, Lakers draft Bronny to play with Bron. Lakers stay healthy, and Bron wins his 5th NBA title and Finals MVP against the Celtics. Then he retires, fulfilling his promise to play with Bronny.

  4. Bucks never live up to their hype bc, despite having an excellent big man & guard/forward combo, they're one of several teams who does. Dame retires one of the best players in history to never win a title.

  5. At the beginning of the 2025 season, Nuggets and Celtics are early favorites for the title. But Warriors, who aren't even a top seed in the West, play like their life depends on it and upset both the Nuggets and the Celtics to win the 2025 NBA, giving Steph his 5th and CP3 his very first. They both choose to retire on top.

  6. This season, both the Lakers and Warriors are completely irrelevant for the first time in a while. With Bron and Steph out the league, KD is the only remaining great from the 2000s-early 2010s. Kawhi and PG are still there, but both only play half the season in a good year so they've stopped being relevant. They ultimately fizzle out of the league, Kawhi kinda just disappears, and PG's podcast blows up big time.

  7. Embiid, tired of losing in the ECF to the Heat and Celtics, decides not to resign with Philly and an ultra complex trade leads to him going to Dallas with Luka and Kyrie. They make it to the Finals in their first year, but lose due to subpar team chemistry (expected, only first season). But then they go on to win the next to win the 2027 and 2028 NBA championships, with Luka and Embiid both splitting a Finals MVP a piece.

[–] hajle-selasije@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Jokic will be in GOAT discussion

[–] Lanky_Cashington@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Zion is top 3 in the league

Wemby has at least 2 DPOYs by age 24

6'6+ pgs becomes league average

Nba will consider "1 on 1" event at the allstar break

"Superteams" make a return on multiple franchises

Ball Brothers are teammates

Chris Paul becomes a head coach

Bryce James has a better rookie year than Bronny had

Lebron owner of expansion team

[–] pork_buttinski@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

James Dolan moves the Knicks to Las Vegas so they can play at his new Sphere. Wholesales all the players for KAT, Donovan Mitchell, and Zion. Zion is the only one who know wants to play for the Knicks because he loves Vegas, and we end up trading KAT and Mitchell for pennies on the dollar. The Las Vegas Spheres feature Zion, past his prime Ingram, 8th player of the year candidate (an award the NBPA comes up with so the players can have more accolades) CJ McCollum, Valanciunas, Larry Nance Jr, and Bronny James, who is drafted by team equity owner Lebron James Esq.

[–] robocopfrommars@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I saw some maniac that said that the WNBA and NBA would merge within 5 years because the women are developing at a high rate.

[–] AltF4irl@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Matas Buzelis will be the goat

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