
The run up to the regular season is mostly noise as teams hold back starters. But there are a few patterns emerging that could be significant in 2025
Most of the preseason is noise. Starters sit. Teams don’t game plan. Coaches roll out bland schemes, evaluating their own roster rather than attacking the opposition. But there are always some threads that have a real, actual bearing on the regular season. Here are five storylines that look like they will matter in 2025.