There are still several weeks left until the 2024-25 NBA season kicks off. The battle for the ring is a long way off, with an endless regular season campaign and incentives such as the Cup, the All-Star, the Play-In or the Playoffs. Any resemblance to the reality of months and months (of cold Charlotte nights, as they say jokingly in the United States) will be mere coincidence. Although some stars of the game believe there will be similarities to the last campaign. Starting with the two who fought for Larry O’Brien, the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks.
Luka Doncic celebrates a basket in Game 4 of the Finals against the Boston Celtics.
Jayson Tatumperhaps the franchise player of the NBA champion along with Jaylen Brown, went with his achievements of the last season under his arm to a program that you must see if you are important in the United States scene, the television show of Jimmy Fallon. There, at the same time he made it clear that his son Deuce (a celebrity) would have his championship ring, he launched his prediction for next season. “The final will be Boston Celtics-Dallas Mavericks. There will be a rematch,” he said.
The final will be Boston Celtics-Dallas Mavericks. There will be a rematch
Boston and Dallas, in Tatum’s eyes, would meet again for the league crown. It is too early to know if he is right, although the offseason for both is positive.The Celtics kept their team, with six stars at the helm, and will start as favorites for one game and the championship. Dallas added the most important piece of the preseason, the shooter, who has been in decline, Klay Thompson.
Such a rematch would not be overly groundbreaking in the league. In fact, it is a common occurrence among important NBA teams. The last one was that four-part movie between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers.giving away one of the most surreal finals in history (the 2016 one). Another case also featured LeBron James, with his double battle in 2013 and 2014 with his Miami Heat vs. San Antonio SpursIn those series, for example, Ray Allen’s three-pointer went around the world.
Also in the last century. Michael Jordan and his Chicago Bulls They closed a legendary era with the fifth and sixth rings against the Utah Jazz of Karl Malone and John Stockton in 1997 and 1998. With ‘The Shot’ and the “God dressed as a basketball player” in the Canal+ broadcast with Andrés Montes and Antoni Daimiel. Or one of the most iconic, in the fights between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird with the Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1984 and 1985 seasons. Who knows if Boston and Dallas, with Doncic, Tatum, Irving and company, will repeat. The league will dictate.
