3 Teams To Watch Out For At 2024-25 NBA Season

The 2024-25 NBA season is set to kick-off on 22 October to the start of the Finals on 5 June. The world’s top men’s basketball players will compete in the 79th season to win the coveted Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy.

The basketball players will compete in an 82-game regular season schedule, the Emirates NBA Cup, trade deadline, All-Star break, international games, Play-In Tournament and finally the Playoffs and Finals themselves in a nine-month long journey of the NBA (National Basketball Association) season.

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On that note, let us have a look at the three teams to watch out for in the 2024-25 NBA season.

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics in all probability will return to the NBA Finals. They are the top favourites to win the season.

The Celtics registered 64 regular season wins and the title in June — Boston’s first since 2008 and 18th overall, the most championships in NBA history.

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Boston Celtics, moreover, had three members on the USA men’s team that won Olympic gold at Paris 2024 this summer (Jrue Holiday, Jayson Tatum and Derrick White) — more than any other NBA franchise. Additionally, they also have Jaylen Brown (the 2024 Finals MVP), 2018 All-Star Kristaps Porziņģis and five-time All-Star Al Horford making them a highly rich squad.

3 Teams To Watch Out For At 2024-25 NBA Season

Oklahoma City Thunder

Oklahoma City Thunder are the main challengers to the Celtics. They had a good last season in which OKC posted a 57-25 record (1st in the Western Conference) and advanced to the playoff semi-finals before losing to the Dallas Mavericks in six games.

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Despite a sour playoff exit, the thunders had an incredible 2023-24 campaign reaching the postseason for the first time since 2020 and earned the third-best regular season in franchise history since the team relocated to Oklahoma City from Seattle in 2008.

3 Teams To Watch Out For At 2024-25 NBA Season

They have the 2023-24 MVP runner-up Shai Gilgeous-Alexander who averaged 30.1 points per game on 53.5 per cent shooting. He would be supported by 2020 champion and defensive stalwart Alex Caruso and double-double machine Isaiah Hartenstein.

They will be playing under NBA’s reigning Coach of the Year, Mark Daigneault, and the Thunder have their best chance to reach the Finals for the first time since 2012.

New York Knicks

New York Knicks will enter the season as underdogs. They had their best season in decades in 2023-24, winning 50 games for the first time since 2012-13, before losing to the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference semi-finals.

However, the Knicks got better in the offseason by adding Mikal Bridges and four-time All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns through trades, to complement their star player Jalen Brunson.

3 Teams To Watch Out For At 2024-25 NBA Season