It is that time of year when we are going to be starting up a new NBA season, and we definitely have some very new things happening for the start of the 2014-2015 season, including some major trades which may or may not effect the outcome of the season, predictions, and some plain awesome news, so lets get right into the action!   The Trades: This offseason I definitely saw some major improvements to some teams and especially one, the Cleveland Cavaliers. They made some of the craziest trades to get quite a few talented players in this offseason, including trading for one of the best players in the NBA, Kevin Love who is considered one of the greatest shooters in the league. And get this: He’s a power forward. Nobody considers power forwards to be good shooters because they are so tall. This guy is amazing considering how well he shoots, standing at 6’11”. He has never had won a title since he played for a team that was not very good, the Minnesota Timberwolves. They had to trade Andrew Wiggins, one of the big stars coming out of college. Now that Love will be playing with some of the best superstars in the NBA, such as Kyrie Irving, the star of the FIBA world cup, and LeBron James, he has a pretty good shot at getting a ring, or maybe even multiple championships. LeBron James is considered the greatest current player. The Miami Heat acquired him in 2010 and he led them to two championships and four trips to the finals. The last team to go to the playoffs four times in a row was the Celtics in 1984-1987. Even though the Heat could probably win 2014-15 with the improvements of Luol Deng and addition of rookie, Shabazz Napier, LeBron decided to go to Cleveland. I mean, really you just would not give away the best basketball player in the league to the Cleveland Cavaliers and let them create a new and improved line up now including LeBron as well as Kyrie Irving and superstar Kevin Love. Even thought Lebron is gone, the Heat still has a good chance at getting a title this year.

The Predictions: As a big follower of the NBA, I have a few predictions to make about the playoffs and what it is going to look like. Here are my predictions:

        The Eastern Conference

Southeast                                                Central                                                   Atlantic

        The Western Conference

Northwest                                                           Pacific                                                                Southwest