The NBA starts again. LeBron-Davis, Leonard-George, then Curry and Antetokounmpo: throne hunting in Toronto | Yahoo Feed

The wait for all basketball fans around the world is finally over. Tonight the world of the segmented ball will see the first two-handed ball of the new season of the NBA, the National Basketball Association, the most important basketball championship for posting globally. And this will be a special year because for the first time in many seasons there will not be a favorite team at the starting line. Yes, because with a free agency among the most talked about in recent decades and a trading market that has revolutionized entire rosters, it is difficult to say today who will be able to snatch the ring from the Toronto Raptors. THE GOLDEN EPOPEA YOU ARE AT THE HEADLINE? – The epic of the Golden State Warriors he had faltered (probably only because of injuries) already last season when the title was won by the Raptors of the then Kawhi Leonard MVP of the Finals. Needless to say, a team that still boasts Stephen Curry and Draymond Green, who renewed the contract for the victim Klay Thompson (he will return for the playoffs) and added the talent of D'Angelo Russell is still among the favorites for the title, but without Durant (flown from injured in Brooklyn) and with a very short roster due to the salary cap for coach Kerr it will be difficult to replicate the record of 73 victories in the season obtained in 2016.

FIRE DERBY IN LOS ANGELES – After dragging Torono, Kawhi Leonard it was certainly the most courted free agent of the entire market. The choice ultimately rewarded i Los Angeles Clippers that together with the finals MVP has contracted the other All-Star Paul George which is added to a roster that has also kept the best sixth man in the league Lou Williams. The dream of Steve Ballmer, owner of the Clippers, is to finally color the city of angels of a different color than that purple and gold, but will have to face the title ambitions of the Los Angeles Lakers and, above all, of the couple of dreams formed by chosen LeBron James (last year out of the playoffs in a year conditioned by too many injuries) and by Anthony Davis so the Gialloviola management has literally sacrificed half a roster just to buy it. Will it be enough for the ring? And who will conquer the city dominance?

ON THE EAST THERE IS ONLY GIANNIS – If the struggle in the west is very rich, turning one's gaze to the east among the favorites for the title there seems to be one single certainty: Milwaukee Bucks of the MVP of last season Giannis Antetokounmpo. After flopping in last year's conference final The Greek Freak he obtained a deeper roster and with many more arrows to his bow, applying himself, after a bad world, to the role of dominator of the Eastern Conference.

THE POSSIBLE SURPRISES – Inuitle to say that the greatest surprises could come from the Eastern conferences. Toronto even without Leonard it remains a solid team that is focusing on the growth of Paskal Siakam. Boston bought Kemba Walker from Charlotte and confirmed a young and very talented roster, but lost that Kyrie Irving passed to Brooklyn Nets along with Durant (but will not be on the pitch this season due to the achilles tendon injury) who with LeVert and DeAndre Jordan could be amazed if he finds the right amalgam. Finally, the final quality leaps are also called Philadelphia 76ers that with Simmons and Embiid they have another of the potentially more dominant pairs of the league.

THE ENEMIES – Potentially from the title, but with big unknowns above all related to the amalgamation of the stars available are the Houston Rockets who lost Chris Paul, but earned the former MVP Russel Westbrook next to James Harden. If the two find ways to coexist then Houston will be frightening. The same applies to i Portland Trail Blazers of Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum that has extended the long department with the purchase of Whiteside and Gasol to be placed side by side with Nurkic (at the moment injured), all with different characteristics and not very suited to the game of coach Stots. Finally it can amaze both youth and gods Dallas Mavericks "Europeans" of Doncic and Porzingis (returning from a long stop, but potentially from All-Star), and gods New Orleans Pelicans however, they will start with a handicap given the knee injury of the first choice in the last draft Zion Williamson.

ITALIANS – There are three Italians on the NBA roster and only the last arrived surprise Nicolò Melli may have some chance of access to the playoffs with the aforementioned New Orleans Pelicans. It seems to be marked, at least for this year the fate of the Oklahoma City Thunder that without Russell Westbrook and with a Chris Paul service will cling to the creativity of Danilo Gallinari to mark a few Ws on the board. The same roster, but with an extra year the San Antonio Spurs of Marco Belinelli. Will coach Popovich succeed in the miracle playoff after failing to World Cup with the USA team? The feeling is that this could be the first year without Spurs among the best 8 of the Western Conference. Let the show begin, the NBA is back.