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5 Things To Watch For In The 2016-17 NBA Season

By Matthew Hallett

May 10, 2016; San Antonio, TX, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook (0) celebrates a basket and a foul against the San Antonio Spurs after scoring in game five of the second round of the NBA Playoffs at AT&T Center. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports
May 10, 2016; San Antonio, TX, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook (0) celebrates a basket and a foul against the San Antonio Spurs after scoring in game five of the second round of the NBA Playoffs at AT&T Center. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports /
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With the NBA season just around the corner, here are five things that I am looking forward to watching unfold.

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Sep 26, 2016; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana Pacers forward Paul George (13) poses for photos during media day at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports /

This NBA season has more story lines coming up than the next season of Game of Thrones. October 25th cannot come quickly enough. How will Paul George and his revamped Indiana Pacers outfit fare? Will the “everything old is new again” New York Knicks show us that the Chicago Bulls made a mistake by getting rid of Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah?

How will the various rookies fare around the league? How will all the free agents who moved away to try at greener pastures go? This is such an exciting time for me, there are so many unknowns. Even the Brooklyn Nets have a shot at the NBA title in October.

For me, the East is going to be more competitive. The Cleveland Cavaliers will not have it all their own way, mainly due to Indiana, the Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics, all of whom are going to make some noise this year at one time or another.

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In the West, the Golden State Warriors are going to show us that competitive sport is in fact not fair. They might not win the regular season by as much but this team is primed for the playoffs, barring injury and a weakness at center being exposed too much.

Once again their main competition will be the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Clippers. There will be a couple of surprise teams at the end of the year, some of which I will go into below.

One thing is for certain, the 2016-17 season of the NBA cannot start quickly enough for me. Here are five things that I am looking forward to watching unfold, in no particular order