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.

    • jandezanOPBEnglish
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      7 days ago

      I wouldn’t put them below wolves and nuggets, which both had major changes over the offseason, probably for the worse, the nuggets surely. But yea if you take previous seasons into account mavs don’t tend to do well in the regular seasons - I’d argue this is because of rotten injury luck though :)

      • Turd_Ferguson_Lives_BEnglish
        1·
        7 days ago

        I think the Mavs got really hot in the playoffs last year, but I don’t know if Luka and Kyrie are motivated enough to play at that level for an entire 82 game season.

        Like i can see Luka winning a championship as the #1 guy, but I can’t see him being the #1 seed as the #1 guy. Know what I mean?