padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
if Harden manages to force a trade, maybe. I still don't understand how that trinity would actually work with only one ball, but they'd at least have the firepower you'd think to challenge the Lakers. they have a pretty nice peripheral cast of players too.Will the Brooklyn Nets pull it together with Kyrie and a healthy Kevin Durant?
just Kyrie and Durant idk, definitely a contender in the East but how strong of one depends on how well Durant comes back from an Achilles tear - one of the most devastating injuries - and I certainly wouldn't rate them much of a threat to the Lakers even if they made it out of the East