I will preface this by saying I’m a Mavericks fan so you can feel free to put Thunder above them, but I don’t see it.

West:

  1. Mavericks
  2. Thunder
  3. Timberwolves
  4. Nuggets
  5. Grizzlies
  6. Suns
  7. Pelicans
  8. Warriors
  9. Clippers
  10. Rockets
  11. Kings
  12. Lakers
  13. Spurs
  14. Jazz
  15. Blazers

East:

  1. Celtics
  2. Knicks
  3. Sixers
  4. Pacers
  5. Cavaliers
  6. Bucks
  7. Magic
  8. Hawks
  9. Bulls
  10. Heat
  11. Hornets
  12. Pistons
  13. Raptors
  14. Nets
  15. Wizards

I would really only consider bucks at 6 and pistons at 12 as contentious predictions. The bucks drop that low due to age and injuries, the pistons climb finally catching some momentum. I suppose lakers fans might be mad but try being realistic bros. Ranking the west is truly brutal beyond the nuggets though and so many teams will be within a few games of each other. Finals should be a repeat with hopefully closer games this time around and a memorable game 7.

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    7 days ago

    warriors have too many 40% shooters to be that low in a west that just got slightly weaker. There’s also a kings disrespect going on after adding demar. And lastly, the wolves lost their bread and got more butter with their butter. OKC is still too frail and a 3 man show clippers with no kawhi (so a 2 man show) knocked them out first round. again, wemby, lakers, denver, boston, cavs, sixers. look at their win rate against larger teams, very low. Mavs i like, lively took a leap forward and they added a vengeful top 3 shooter of all time who in 2023 led in threes and 2024 was 4th at a career low 38% <that’s in the top 6%> . lakers deserve the ranking, they didn’t do squat but aged and added a young podcast nba player who never won a ring as their head coach. And idk what the grizzlies are doing up there take them out. Without Ja they ain’t a play off team and ja rolled his ankle in a pre season game.

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      7 days ago

      Can you go deeper into your thoughts on OKC being frail? I’m not exactly sure what you mean but am curious. 🙏