The 2019-20 NBA season is almost upon us, but Hot Take SZN is here, and at the end of another eventful summer we will see how close to the sun we can fly and still stand the swelter of these viewpoints. Hot takes we might actually believe: The Lakers are wildly overrated] Four bounces stood between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Eastern Conference finals last season, and a single summer move sent stumbling their two biggest threats to this season's East crown, all while the defending champions lost Kawhi Leonard, the man whose prayer over rising superstars Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons ended their season when the last bounce went his way. The arrival of Al Horford serves the Sixers manyfold.