The 75th NBA season kicks off on Wednesday, setting a record for the Lakers

The first game of the season will be the Brooklyn Nets-Golden State Warriors meeting from 1 p.m. Superstar LeBron James and his team have been able to rest for just 72 days - the shortest dead season in NBA history - since winning the Orlando bubble grand final against the Miami Heat with a 4-2 overall.

The Lakers plan to collect their 18th championship title next year, setting them alone at the top of the perpetual rankings, ahead of the Boston Celtics, who are also 17th. Since the NBA was founded in 1946, the league’s California Guard, which moved from Minneapolis in 1960, has every chance: next week, 36-year-old four-time champion James recently signed a $ 85 million two-year contract extension. , while Anthony Davis will remain in the metropolis for $ 190 million until 2025. They were joined by Montrezl Harrell from the Clippers, Dennis Schröder from Germany in Oklahoma City, and Marc Gasol from Spain from Toronto.

As for the challengers, the Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz have the best chance of the playoffs in the West, and Milwaukee Bucks has signed a 228 million contract with the best of the previous season (MVP), the finalist Miami, alongside the finalist Miami. , as well as the Philadelphia 76ers, Boston and Brooklyn are favorites, according to experts. The latter team can finally introduce themselves to Kevin Durant, who missed a year and a half, a two-time champion with the Golden State Warriors, who still suffered an Achilles tendon rupture in the fifth game of the 2019 grand final. The two-time MVP Stephen Curry is back in the Warriors, who have won three league titles since 2015, while the other "triple maker" Klay Thompson is skipping the season due to an Achilles tendon rupture after not playing due to knee problems last season.

After the Florida bubble, which hosted an eight-and-a-half-week playoff, the NBA will return to the club halls, with some viewers even admitted in limited numbers despite the coronavirus epidemic. The regular season, instead of 82 per team, this time consists of only 72 matches, and the 2021 Grand Final will end no later than July 22, one day before the Tokyo Olympics.

Also new is that the Toronto Raptors - the league’s only Canadian team - are temporarily moving to Tampa Bay, Florida, and the February All-Star Gala has been postponed to 2024 in Indianapolis.

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