The 2014-2015 NBA season is under way tonight when the defending champions the San Antonio Spurs play against the Dallas Mavericks in San Antonio. The Spurs will be getting their Championship rings and raising their banner before today's game. Many sports analysts have the Spurs and the Chicago Bulls as favorites to reach the NBA finals, but San Antonio is in a harder conference which is the Western conference and it is very hard to repeat as champions in the NBA. The link above is about some of the trades that happened during the off-season, in which some teams improved their roster and have a better chance to reach the finals then they did last year. The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Chicago Bulls are the favorites coming out of the Eastern conference while the San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles Clippers, Dallas Mavericks and depending on when Kevin Durant comes back for the Oklahoma City Thunder those are the favorites coming out of the Western conference. The biggest question in the Eastern conference is how well Derrick Rose plays coming off of surgery the past two years, if he plays anything like he did during his MVP season a few years ago the Bulls are favorites over the new and improved Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavaliers added LeBron James in the off-season and also traded for the All-Star Kevin Love from the Timberwolves, on paper these two teams are matched very well against the other but the Bulls have the edge with a deeper bench. The Bulls and Cavaliers play against each other on Friday at the United Center, we'll see how the two favorites play against each other and see if this game is an indication of what's to come this season. Other headlines for this season is whether Kobe Bryant will be the old Kobe after last season's surgery, if the San Antonio Spurs are getting too old and if they have enough gas in the tank after the 82 game season going into the playoffs. Also how Kevin Durant will come back after having surgery in the off-season, if Carmelo Anthony made the right decision in staying with the New York Knicks instead of signing with a contending team. So many questions surrounding teams and their players so the fans have to see how their teams will do this season.
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