3 days until NBA

There are 3 days left until the 2015-2016 NBA season begins, and it should be a very interesting season. Last year the Warriors beat the Cavaliers in the NBA finals, and both of those teams should be top contenders again this year. The Warriors are the new team to bandwagon on, they have an explosive offense based around perimeter shooting and they have one of the best players in the league in Steph Curry. Last year it just seemed like it would be wrong if the Warriors didn't win the championship, they finished with a league best 67-15 record and won impressively throughout the year. The Cavaliers sort of seemed like the villain to people outside of Cleveland, Lebron left Miami to come back to Cleveland. Then the Cavs proceeded to form a super team of Lebron, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Love, with a handful of other decent players like Iman Shumpert, J.R. Smith, Tristan Thompson, Anderson Varejao. However the Cavs lost Anderson Varejao tore his Achilles in the regular season, and lost both Kevin Love (dislocated shoulder) and Kyrie Irving (broken kneecap) during the playoffs. Injuries are a part of sports so it takes nothing away from the Warriors championship run, but I would guess that Lebron brings Cleveland its' first ever NBA championship in 2016.

The 2015 season was greatly affected by injuries, Kevin Durant, Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook, Jimmy Butler, Wes Matthews, Jrue Holiday, Kobe Bryant, Demar Derozan, Chris Bosh, Carmelo Anthony, Brandon Jennings, Jabari Parker, Julius Randle, Paul George, and Bradley Beal all missed significant time with injuries last year. Right now there are very few injuries so there is a lot of hope and it's definitely more fun to watch all the best players compete against one another. A couple teams to watch this year would be the Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks, Oklahoma City Thunder, and the San Antonio Spurs. For the Rockets they still have superstar James Harden, plus they should have more depth at point guard between the addition of Ty Lawson and hopefully a healthy Patrick Beverly. The Milwaukee Bucks have a solid young core of Jabari Parker, Michael Carter-Williams, Greg Monroe, and Giannis Antetokounmpo, and should have another solid year in the eastern conference. San Antonio and Oklahoma City played each other in the 2014 NBA Western Conference Finals, but neither made any noise in the post season last year. The Thunder had trouble all year with injuries to their superstars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook and ended up barely missing the playoffs. The Spurs just couldn't keep up in the loaded Western Conference and ended up losing in the first round but they added a star in Lamarcus Aldridge and solid backup David West, both could help the Spurs chances this year.