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 • The 76ers are Eastern Conference locks • The Clippers are overwhelming title favorites] The similarities between the 2019-20 Brooklyn Nets and pre-Kyrie Irving Boston Celtics are many, from the collection of young talent to the coach who molded them into a sum greater than their parts. With Irving comes expectations, mostly because he is otherworldly talented and unafraid to remind you of it.