These predictions are based on my picks for where each team will finish. You can see those for the East and West. Now, this is not going to end up meaning all that much down the road. There’s a 0%…
Category: NBA Season Preview
You can read my brief overall intro and my full take on the East here, but now it’s time to look at the West, where picking apart a mess of playoff hopefuls feels like a goal that can’t possibly end…
It’s December 21. The season starts tomorrow. Which teams will be the last two standing this summer, and who takes home the title? Ethan Perlmutter: The Lakers are the defending champions coming off a season where they won every series…
The NBA is back, and, for the first time since March, it will be played in NBA arenas. We’re starting a little later than usual, but the general format will be relatively similar to what we’re used to. The regular…
10. Toronto Raptors Pre-Bubble Ranking: 3 One of the main lessons from the 2020 NBA season was to never count out Nick Nurse and the Raptors, but a flurry of off-season departures could be a little too much to handle…
In the unprecedented COVID-19 2020 NBA season, the Los Angeles Lakers came up on top. Though it takes a lot of work to win a title, some fans have already put an asterisk next to Lebron’s 4th ring. Lebron and…
The NBA season isn’t over quite yet, but it is for twenty-eight of the thirty teams. For everyone but the Lakers and Heat, the off-season is here. That’s enough for me to get started on my end of season power…
The NBA is finally back. To celebrate the return, I took a deep dive into the twenty-two teams playing in Orlando. Each team is ranked below, and we’ve got key storylines and stats all around. This will act as a…
1. Milwaukee Bucks Record: 53-12 Conference Seed: 1st in East The Bucks were the best team in the league during the regular season, essentially from start to finish. They dominated on both sides of the ball after a relatively slow…
2. Los Angeles Lakers Record: 49-14 Conference Seed: 1st in West The Lakers have won consistently despite concerns about their depth beyond LeBron James and Anthony Davis. James has stepped up to deliver a vintage LeBron season the year after…