After a summer of player movement, predictions and speculation, the 2016-17 NBA season is just hours away. Here are complete season previews for all 30 teams.
The long summer drought is over for basketball fans. In just a few hours, the 2016-17 NBA season will be underway!
As always, it’s been an agonizingly long offseason. Even with the draft, free agency and the Summer Olympics, all our speculation, analysis and offseason grades can only do so much to fill the void left by real NBA basketball.
Luckily, we won’t have to wait much longer. The first three games of a 1,230-game regular season will be underway Tuesday evening, starting with the New York Knicks and defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers, the Utah Jazz and Portland Trail Blazers, and the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs.
In the meantime though, we might as well squeeze every last ounce of speculation out of the dwindling hours of the offseason.
Over the last month we’ve taken an in-depth look at each team’s 2016-17 season outlook, complete with roster breakdowns, the main storylines to keep an eye on, best- and worst-case scenarios, and overall predictions.
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For your viewing pleasure, we’ve gathered them all in one convenient location. Feel free to browse through to find your favorite team (alphabetical order) and read up on what to expect before the new NBA season tips off!
Atlanta Hawks
“The Atlanta Hawks seem like they’re on a precipice of sorts. On the one hand, they could very well be a playoff team again, one that will take Dennis Schroder‘s breakout season in stride and remain a dangerous defense with Dwight Howard manning the middle.
On the other hand, a couple injuries here and there and this team could very well opt for a rebuild of sorts.
To be clear, a full-scale roster strip-down seems unlikely, especially after signing Howard to a three-year, $70.5 million deal. That’s not just a feel-good move bringing home an Atlanta native, it’s a move designed to keep this team competitive as they try to get over the hurdle in the East.
Realistically though, nothing the Hawks did this summer indicates they’re capable of competing with the Toronto Raptors or Boston Celtics out East, let alone the Cavs team that’s tormented them over the last two years.”
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Boston Celtics
“The Boston Celtics‘ defense will smother plenty of talented offenses, and that should bleed into the second unit as well, even as it struggles to score. The biggest question, however, is whether the addition of Al Horford is enough to move Boston’s needle into the legitimate contender category.
Boston should be able to win its first playoff series under Brad Stevens this year. This team is too well coached and far too stingy on the defensive end to go home in the first round again. They may even usurp the Raptors for the No. 2 spot in the East and make it all the way to the conference finals.
But at this point, it’s hard to project them stacking up well against the Cavaliers for Eastern Conference supremacy. As always, LeBron James in the East is pretty close to being a lock for another NBA Finals appearance, and the Celtics aren’t quite in position to end that six-year streak just yet.”
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Brooklyn Nets
“The Brooklyn Nets will be better in 2016-17 than they were a season ago. Just not, you know, a lot.
Jeremy Lin will try to recapture at least some of the magic from the winter of 2011-12 and Brook Lopez is what he is at this point–a professional low-post, mid-range scorer who can alter some shots and needs a rugged rebounding partner because he just doesn’t eat a lot of glass.
The Nets are in a special sort of basketball purgatory–bad, but with no incentive to be really bad, since the Celtics would reap all the rewards.”
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Charlotte Hornets
“A wild card for the Charlotte Hornets is the healthy return of wing Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, who missed all but seven games last season due to a dislocated shoulder that he injured twice–once in the preseason and again on Feb. 10, less than two weeks after he made his delayed season debut.
Steve Clifford took the Bobcats to the playoffs two seasons ago on the back of a gritty defense and a pound-the-ball-inside offensive approach that featured heavy doses of Al Jefferson.
There is a feeling that Charlotte will take a step back this season, but this team has defied the odds before under Clifford, making the postseason in 2014 after posting 28 wins combined the previous two seasons.
So Charlotte is a bit of a wild card itself heading into 2016-17. There are lots of very nice pieces, but not without some questions as to how it all fits together.”
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Chicago Bulls
“Gar Forman’s strategy of adding fading stars who are awkward fits shockingly doesn’t pay off for the Chicago Bulls, who fall below the .500 mark and finish near the bottom of what looks to be a mosh pit of mediocre among a group of nine or 10 teams in the middle of the East.
Because Jimmy Butler and Dwyane Wade do a lot of their scoring from the same areas of the floor, spacing and offensive flow will be a constant struggle. Because none of Chicago’s guards shoots the ball from deep particularly well, defenses will be able to clog driving lanes readily.
The worry with Rajon Rondo is a legitimate one, as well. If the Bulls slide out of contention early, offensive flow will be further sacrificed in his ongoing quest to get every assist possible for his line on the stat sheet.
There are so many questions surrounding the Bulls that it becomes difficult to envision the scenarios necessary for everything to fall into place for a playoff run.”
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Cleveland Cavaliers
“After the Cleveland Cavaliers improbably overcame a 3-1 deficit against a 73-win Golden State Warriors team in the 2016 NBA Finals, LeBron James cemented his status as one of the greatest players in league history, and perhaps the greatest sports figure in the history of Cleveland as well.
At this point, there’d be no shame in falling short of a title this season, or every season for the rest of his career. King James more than earned his crown and the eternal love of his subjects, who bore witness to the most memorable Herculean labor of his career. The burden has been lifted.
But when you’re king of the hill, there’s no reason to give it up until someone forcibly removes you, and good luck telling this Cavaliers team that they can take it easy after bringing Cleveland its first championship in a half-century.
With the Golden State Warriors adding Kevin Durant this summer, the defending champs are once again underdogs. “The rich got richer” saying seems appropriate, except it’s more like Warren Buffet winning the Powerball. Somehow, LeBron’s next challenge will be his toughest one yet.”
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Dallas Mavericks
“More than likely, Harry Barnes will experience his ups and downs in an increased role. He won’t have the breakout season Dallas Mavericks fans are hoping for, nor will he be the miserable failure his harshest critics are expecting. The overwhelming takeaway that he’s not Nowitzki’s eventual successor, however, will be fairly obvious to both parties.
Dirk’s numbers will continue their steady decline, but the drop-off won’t be so sudden to place even more pressure on Barnes to perform. With another solid season from Justin Anderson, the Mavericks will be able to unleash some stifling defensive lineups whenever they choose to go small with that wing combination of Wesley Matthews, Anderson and Barnes.
There’s still no definitive answer to the question, “What happens after Dirk Nowitzki?” but at the very least, the Mavericks will be able to supply their seven-foot German with another playoff appearance in 2016-17 as they win 45 games…and bow out once again in the first round.”
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Denver Nuggets
“The Denver Nuggets may have only won 33 games last season, but for the first time since the 2012-13 season, there’s a scent in the Mile High air other than marijuana — optimism! (Also, probably marijuana.)
Despite being in the early stages of a youth-centered rebuild, the Nuggets and their head coach Michael Malone have done an excellent job creating a new, positive basketball culture.
It hasn’t shown up in the home attendance numbers or the win-loss column yet, but when older veterans like Darrell Arthur and Danilo Gallinari are asking the front office not to be traded so they can be a part of something, you know you’re on the right track.
This young team has plenty of talent and veteran leadership to build upon moving forward. The biggest challenge for the Nuggets at this point will be striking the right balance of minutes between their established vets and their extensive collection of promising youngsters — particularly at crowded shooting guard and power forward positions.”
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Detroit Pistons
“Stan Van Gundy went into the offseason with a clear need to upgrade the Detroit Pistons‘ bench and he appears to have filled that need well.
Improved play from the reserves is enough to push a talented team into the next echelon in the Eastern Conference and Detroit’s win total should be improved from the 44 it achieved a season ago.
Combine that with much of the teams that were in the middle of the East last season taking steps backward and the Pistons appear poised to win 48-50 games and jump into the top four in the conference.”
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Golden State Warriors
“The NBA has seen super-teams before, but never like this. The Golden State Warriors won 73 games last season and have the league’s two-time reigning MVP (plus two other All-NBA players) and still managed to add the 2014 league MVP. Two of the NBA’s three best players now play on the same team, and four of the association’s 20 best players make up 80 percent of the starting five.
This is not Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett joining Paul Pierce in Boston. This is not LeBron James and Chris Bosh taking their talents to South Beach alongside Dwyane Wade, nor is it the King’s second super-team in Cleveland. This is a different animal entirely.
The good news for the Dubs is that although there will be an adjustment process — as there were for each of those aforementioned super-teams — it should be nowhere near as painful.
There will be egos to assuage, and early on, we may see the Warriors’ star-studded roster tripping over themselves trying not to step on anyone’s toes. But for the most part, plugging in Kevin Durant’s skill set into Harrison Barnes‘ vacant spot on the wing makes for a pretty seamless transition.”
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Houston Rockets
“Despite putting up 29.0 points, 7.5 assists and 6.1 rebounds per game last year, James Harden didn’t make a single All-NBA team. Why? Because his defensive effort was atrocious for most of the season, his team won only 41 games and his leadership left a great deal to be desired.
The Houston Rockets spent their whole summer upgrading an already impressive offense, they got the right coach for the job and they even gave Harden a four-year, $118 million extension this summer, but none of it matters if the Beard doesn’t play with some charisma this season.
Under Mike D’Antoni, there’s no question Harden will be able to put up elite numbers. But will he actually try on the defensive end with no Dwight Howard protecting the rim? Will he set the example for new arrivals like Eric Gordon and Ryan Anderson? Will he embrace the challenge of being Mike D’s lead facilitator and become a legitimate leader for his franchise?”
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Indiana Pacers
“The Indiana Pacers appear set to start Myles Turner in the middle this season, but got itself a whale of an insurance policy by signing free agent Al Jefferson, an All-NBA selection in Charlotte just two years ago.
Meanwhile, Frank Vogel’s replacement is a familiar face. Nate McMillan moves up after three years as associate head coach. He was 478-452 in parts of 12 seasons with the Seattle SuperSonics and Portland Trail Blazers from 2000-12 and is tasked with making Bird’s offensive wishes come true.
His track record doesn’t exactly scream “offensive genius,” but the Pacers have solid role players around Paul George in newcomers Jeff Teague and Thaddeus Young along with incumbent 2-guard Monta Ellis.
Whether Indiana has the firepower to get to Larry Bird‘s magic number is one question. Whether that is enough to push the Pacers back to the top of the Eastern Conference is another.”
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Los Angeles Clippers
“The pressure is on for the Los Angeles Clippers this season, not only because the front office will believe this core has reached its expiration date if they can’t get past the second round again, but because the star players might begin to believe it too.
After all, it’s no secret that both Chris Paul and Blake Griffin can opt out of their contracts at the end of the 2016-17 campaign, putting immense pressure on Lob City to give them a reason to stay. That falls directly on the shoulders of CP3 and Griffin, of course, but anything less than a conference finals appearance may push them into the arms of another offseason suitor.
Lob City has been a popular preseason pick to usurp the Spurs as the West’s No. 2 team. Only time will tell if they can pull that off, let alone avoid another second round meltdown in the playoffs. But with Griffin and Paul’s free agency decisions looming, it’s now or never for the Lob City era.”
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Los Angeles Lakers
“Coming off the worst season in franchise history, it’d take a rash of injuries to send this tantalizing young core to an even worse record in 2016-17. In the first year under Luke Walton and looking past Kobe Bryant for the first time, this is the start of a new era for Los Angeles Lakers basketball, and there’s nowhere to go but up from here.
It won’t always be pretty, and there will be plenty of growing pains throughout the roster. Luol Deng has never had to mentor such an inexperienced group, the young core has never had the opportunities they’ll enjoy this season, Walton has never dealt with a rebuild like this and Timofey Mozgov has never been so overpaid while being expected to perform.
But there are plenty of reasons for optimism as well, even if it’ll be tough for the Lakers to even reach the 30-win threshold this season. The 2016-17 campaign is about internal development, with the franchise taken a path it’s rarely traversed: the long and winding road back to prominence through a full-scale rebuild.”
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Memphis Grizzlies
“After an injury-stricken year that saw the Memphis Grizzlies set an NBA single season record for most players on their roster (28), the grit-n-grind era was perilously close to ending. But with some deft maneuvering in free agency, the Grizz were not only able to preserve it, but revitalize it as well.
No one will be expecting this Memphis team to challenge the Golden State Warriors or San Antonio Spurs for Western supremacy, but this could very well be the most dangerous iteration of grit-n-grind — even compared to the 2013 team that made it all the way to the conference finals.
The timing is unfortunate for the Grizzlies. Not only did they manage to bolster their starting rotation the same summer that a 73-win Warriors team added Kevin Durant, but they also did so with their star players starting to show signs of wear and tear.
If this team can stay healthy, however, the Grizzlies now have the defensive personnel AND three-point firepower to be a far more well-rounded team. Head coach Dave Joerger is gone, but there shouldn’t be too many changes to the blueprint that’s kept Memphis successful for the last half decade.”
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Miami Heat
“The Miami Heat are in a bit of an uncomfortable spot in the wake of Dwyane Wade’s departure and Chris Bosh’s health concerns. They have two highly paid players who want to win now, but might not be good enough to get them back to the playoffs. They also have younger guys like Justise Winslow, Josh Richardson and Tyler Johnson, who figure to play prominent roles for the next era of Heat basketball.
The question is, how does Pat Riley plan on either improving the present or bridging the gap between now and the future?
At this rate, the Heat might be better off taking a path that Riley has very rarely indulged in: tanking. Goran Dragic and Hassan Whiteside are a great 1-2 punch on paper, but both have questions to answer about their ability to lead a very thin rotation and may not be enough for a postseason berth even at their best.”
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Milwaukee Bucks
“There is no denying the Milwaukee Bucks have some intriguing pieces. Giannis Antetokounmpo appears to be poised to hit a new level and Jabari Parker finished strong in the lost 2015-16 season.
But they’re gambling a lot on Matthew Dellavedova being able to bring a championship attitude and quality minutes to a starting role while the draft won’t yield much initial fruit; Thon Maker showed massive potential, but also needs time to learn the NBA game.
At the end of the day, Milwaukee would’ve been in the mix for a playoff berth if not for Khris Middleton‘s injury, likely somewhere in a battle with the Washington Wizards and Charlotte Hornets for the fifth, sixth and seventh spots in the East.”
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Minnesota Timberwolves
“Led by Karl-Anthony Towns, one of only five unanimous Rookie of the Year awardees since 1984, and Andrew Wiggins, a fellow No. 1 overall draft pick and former Rookie of the Year, the Minnesota Timberwolves have two sturdy pillars to build a foundation around.
Throw in other young talent like Ricky Rubio, Zach LaVine, Gorgui Dieng, Shabazz Muhammad and the newly drafted Kris Dunn, and this team’s future is exceedingly bright, even if their place in the playoff mix has yet to be solidified.
With the hiring of head coach Tom Thibodeau, it truly is a new era for Minnesota Timberwolves basketball — perhaps the most promising one ever, which is saying something for a franchise that had Kevin Garnett for his entire prime.”
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New Orleans Pelicans
“Fingers crossed that Anthony Davis plays at least 70 games this year, because if he doesn’t, it’s hard to see how the New Orleans Pelicans sneak into the playoffs in an improved Western Conference.
The Brow put up great numbers last year, but it’s also true that his game didn’t exactly take the next step forward. His team struggled, he missed significant time and his numbers didn’t really improve, but hopefully that one-year plateau turns back into an uphill climb.
Even if Davis turns in his next career year, however, the Pelicans might not have enough help around him to even reach the 40-win threshold — especially since relying on the health of guys like Jrue Holiday and Tyreke Evans has not been a rewarding endeavor over the last few years.”
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New York Knicks
“They’ve shuffled the decks at Madison Square Garden yet again, but with a new coach and a raftful of new talent, fans of the New York Knicks may have reason to be hopeful that the arrow is pointing up.
Can Jeff Hornacek find success blending parts of Phil Jackson‘s beloved triangle into his offensive plan? Can Derrick Rose turn back the clock to 2011 (yes, this has been an annual question for some time now)? And how much progress will second-year phenom Kristaps Porzingis make?
That’s setting aside the health questions surrounding Joakim Noah and Brandon Jennings (torn Achilles in January 2015) and figuring out how it all fits around franchise player Carmelo Anthony, who still has three years (with an early termination option after 2017-18), $78.7 million and a no-trade clause remaining on his free agent deal from July 2014.
But coming off a 15-win improvement even after the wretched second half of the season, the big question is whether or not Phil Jackson’s New York Knicks can take another step toward respectability in 2016-17.”
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Oklahoma City Thunder
“Ever since he entered the league, Russell Westbrook has played the game with a relentless amount of fire and passion. After being betrayed by his superstar partner Kevin Durant, Russ is about to take that insane competitive streak to another level.
The man is simply going to be must-watch television in 2016-17. Whether that’s because he’s a triple-double machine programmed to destroy the world or because he’ll be a regular threat for an in-game meltdown remains to be seen.
But the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde nature of Westbrook’s game will be amplified like never before, and bearing witness to it all will make the Oklahoma City Thunder one of the league’s most entertaining teams no matter their record.”
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Orlando Magic
“The Orlando Magic, on paper, appear to have depth and athleticism galore. What they don’t have, however, are enough shooters to really be competitive in the pace-and-space era.
Frank Vogel will make sure this team defends, because that’s what his teams do, but Orlando will struggle to score consistently despite his assertions about the exciting offense the Magic will put on the floor.
If it goes sideways early, the Magic could look to shuffle the decks once again. The interior looks rugged with Serge Ibaka and Bismack Biyombo, but Aaron Gordon appears to be miscast as a small forward–even if the prospect of all that length is mouth-watering to a defensive savant like Vogel.”
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Philadelphia 76ers
“The Philadelphia 76ers have five lottery picks from the last three drafts on the roster who play either center or power forward. With only 96 minutes a game available at those two spots and none of the players having the skill set to play the 3, how does the logjam get broken?
Five lottery picks, two positions. Such is the plight of the Philadelphia 76ers entering the 2016-17 season.
At this point, Colangelo has been true to his word–not making a deal just for the sake of making a deal. But with none of the quintet of bigs, outside of Saric, possessing any sort of three-point range and the NBA in the midst of the pace-and-space era, it seems something will have to give.”
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Phoenix Suns
“The Phoenix Suns are an extremely hard team to predict for the 2016-17 campaign. When fully healthy, this is a borderline playoff team, especially if the young bench lives up to its end of the bargain after earning plenty of experience in hearty minutes last year.
However, there are too many things that have to go right for Phoenix to even sniff the playoffs. Injury-prone guards like Eric Bledsoe and Brandon Knight have to stay healthy and actually show some signs of chemistry together. Devin Booker has to avoid the dreaded sophomore slump now that he’s won the starting role.
In the end, the Suns will probably start tanking too late for most fans’ taste. Once they start losing ground in the playoff picture or someone gets hurt, the minutes for the youngsters will flow, somewhat lessening the blow of once again missing the playoffs.”
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Portland Trail Blazers
“The Portland Trail Blazers won’t regress in 2016-17, but the rest of the West is going to catch up after an inexplicably down season. Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum are going to put the ball in the hole as always, but more than likely, all that talk about improving defensively will subside as the season wears on.
Evan Turner will bring all of the projected pros and cons to the floor, making him a hit-or-miss addition in Rip City. He’ll clog up the floor when the ball isn’t in his hands, but his playmaking should work well with shooters spreading the floor around him. His defense will also be a bonus for a team that desperately needs to improve on that end.
No one should doubt Lillard’s leadership by now, which is why it’s hard to count Rip City out of the playoff picture (especially if he’s snubbed for the All-Star Game again). But with the Jazz, Grizzlies, Mavericks, Thunder, Rockets, Pelicans, Nuggets and Timberwolves all vying with the Blazers for the final five playoff spots outside of the three locks (Warriors, Spurs, Clippers), it feels like “regression” could be in play this year.”
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Sacramento Kings
“The arrival of head coach Dave Joerger represents a fresh start for the Sacramento Kings, but their failures over the offseason — which have become all too familiar to the faithful fans of the silver and purple — represent a larger issue that has plagued the organization for years.
Once upon a time, this mighty franchise was a legitimate challenge to the Kobe Bryant-Shaquille O’Neal Los Angeles Lakers dynasty of the early 2000s. Now, the Kings are stuck on an endless treadmill of bad decisions, resting easy only in the fact that they were smart enough to draft DeMarcus Cousins in the first place.
With Boogie toiling away on sorry teams and the front office no closer to putting this franchise back on the right course, it’s easy to wonder what will go wrong in Sacramento next. After failing to lure elite talent to the Kings once again this summer, a breaking point appears to be all too imminent.”
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San Antonio Spurs
“Unfortunately for the San Antonio Spurs, even if Kawhi Leonard is ready, he may not have enough help around him to do so. Though Gregg Popovich squeezes wins out of his bench with ease during the regular season, that story changed once the postseason rolled around and lineups got shorter.
The Spurs’ bench is thinner than last year and remains unproven, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili are as ineffective driving the lane as they’ve ever been, and the defense could be ready to take a step backward. With LaMarcus Aldridge rumors already swirling, Zach Lowe may have described it best when he said this season could turn into a “placeholder” year for this perennially great franchise.
A placeholder year for the Spurs could very well lead to the conference finals, which is what separates San Antonio from 90 percent of the league. But with the Warriors as powerful as ever and the Spurs showing a few signs of weakness, championship expectations may prove to be unrealistic in 2016-17.”
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Toronto Raptors
“To be perfectly honest, the Toronto Raptors are about as likely to regress in 2016-17 as they are to take another surprising step forward. Coming off a 56-win season and a conference finals appearance, it’d be very easy to fall short of that same kind of success this year.
The Celtics could be a legitimate threat to Toronto’s standing as second-best in the East after adding Al Horford. Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan struggled to prove to anyone that they truly exorcised their playoff demons during a very shaky run to the conference finals, and JV’s inconsistent role on offense really limits his ceiling on a backcourt-heavy team.
That backcourt is the Raptors’ greatest source of strength, but Lowry is now 30 years old. Even in a contract year, isn’t it reasonable to expect him to take a slight step back after averaging 21.2 points, 6.4 assists and 4.7 rebounds per game in a career year? After all, Lowry has become notorious for running out of steam late in the season and his subsequent playoff duds.
Barring Jonas Valanciunas and Norman Powell making the leap, DeMarre Carroll unexpectedly transforming this team into contenders, or a blockbuster trade from Masai Ujiri, it’s entirely possible the Raptors’ star backcourt won’t be enough to prevent regression in an improving Eastern Conference.”
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Utah Jazz
“The Utah Jazz have had all the makings of a playoff team for the last two or three years now, but haven’t been able to get over the hump. In 2016-17, this team that was scrapping for a bottom-feeder playoff spot just a few months ago may be ready for an enormous leap.
No one will be mentioning them in the same breath as teams like the Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs or even the Los Angeles Clippers, but make no mistake about it: Their defense is going to give some teams nightmares.
They may not get enough love outside of Salt Lake City, but the Jazz are one of the few teams that, on paper at least, matches up well with the juggernaut Warriors. Utah should be heavy favorites to secure a playoff spot…and maybe even land home-court advantage in the first round.”
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Washington Wizards
“It’s not inconceivable that the Washington Wizards could not improve their record at all from last year and jump five places in the conference standings.
That’s because of anticipated slides by several playoff teams of a year ago including the Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Hornets, Indiana Pacers and Miami Heat, while the team that just missed the postseason–the Chicago Bulls–are an … interesting … team on paper.
Washington probably doesn’t have enough to challenge the top four teams in the East, but a fifth seed isn’t out of the question if the Wizards can get to .500 or a shade better.
A lot of it depends on the health of Bradley Beal. If Washington can get 75-80 games out of Beal, their chances of winning 43-45 games increases exponentially.”
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Final Standings And Playoff Predictions
Western Conference Eastern Conference
1. Golden State Warriors — 65-17 1. Cleveland Cavaliers — 57-25
2. San Antonio Spurs — 56-26 2. Toronto Raptors — 53-29
3. Los Angeles Clippers — 56-26 3. Boston Celtics — 51-31
4. Memphis Grizzlies — 50-32 4. Detroit Pistons — 47-35
5. Utah Jazz — 48-34 5. Indiana Pacers — 46-36
6. Oklahoma City Thunder — 45-37 6. Charlotte Hornets — 42-40
7. Dallas Mavericks — 45-37 7. Atlanta Hawks — 41-41
8. Houston Rockets — 44-38 8. Washington Wizards — 41-41
9. Portland Trail Blazers — 44-38 9. New York Knicks — 39-43
10. Minnesota Timberwolves — 37-45 10. Chicago Bulls — 37-45
11. Denver Nuggets — 36-46 11. Orlando Magic — 35-47
12. New Orleans Pelicans — 34-48 12. Milwaukee Bucks — 33-49
13. Sacramento Kings — 30-52 13. Miami Heat — 32-50
14. Phoenix Suns — 30-52 14. Philadelphia 76ers — 18-64
15. Los Angeles Lakers — 22-60 15. Brooklyn Nets — 16-66
Next: 2016-17 NBA Power Rankings: Week 1
There you have it! Complete season previews for all 30 teams. Enjoy the 2016-17 NBA season and feel free to share where you think your favorite team will end up this year!