Finally, the NBA is back.
As hoops fans prepare to watch all of the basketball, many questions hang over the 2014-15 NBA season: Do LeBron James and Kevin Love make the Cleveland Cavaliers instant title contenders? How badly does Kevin Durant's injury hurt the Thunder's season? Can Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose finally stay healthy? Can anyone stop the San Antonio Spurs from a repeat?
To answer all these questions and more, Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter Sam Laird will host a live Hangout on Air on October 21 at 3 p.m. ET with Yahoo's Marc Spears, Basketball Insiders' Alex Kennedy, and SB Nation's Paul Flannery.
You can follow along through the embedded player above, or at this event page. But we don't just want you to follow along -- we want your input as well.
What questions do you have for our group of NBA experts? Tweet them using the hashtag #MashTalk or ask in the comments below, and we'll try to answer them during the Hangout.
The 2014-15 NBA season begins on Tuesday, October 28 when the defending champion San Antonio Spurs take on the Dallas Mavericks.