The Oklahoma City Thunder are coming off what they would consider a disappointing season after losing in seven games to the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals. The Thunder are basically tied with San Antonio in terms of NBA Finals odds, and after those two teams there is a pretty significant gap in terms of who people expect to win the championship. Oklahoma City is bringing back nearly the same core. They let go of a few role players and replaced them with younger player

The Timberwolves are going into this new season with some optimism. The organization made several roster changes this offseason and overall had a pretty solid summer. Trading for LaMelo Ball brings a new level of excitement and should take some of the offensive pressure off Anthony Edwards, which could help him thrive even more. Re-signing Ayo Dosunmu was huge, and adding Jonathan Kuminga could end up being a massive move if he can thrive in his role. The Roster Point Guards:

The Suns are coming off a very impressive season. Although the team collapsed in the postseason and got swept by the Oklahoma City Thunder, winning 45 games in Year 1 under Jordan Ott was not expected, and last season helped set the tone for what the future of this organization could look like. They did not have a really chaotic offseason. They definitely made some tweaks that could end up being helpful, and they have expectations that they can remain a competitive team in th

The Pelicans are a team heading into the year that really just does not seem to have a whole lot of excitement surrounding them. They barely made any moves this offseason, maintaining basically the exact same roster after going 26-56 last season. Not having their first-round draft pick also made last year feel even more dreadful, and not making many moves this offseason only added fuel to that fire. A new voice in the locker room with Head Coach Jamahl Mosley could help. He h

The Spurs may have had a pretty disappointing appearance in the Finals, and it became disastrous on multiple levels, but going into last season, no one thought the team would make that kind of leap. They should only have a much-improved roster this season, with their young players getting another offseason to develop and the addition of Tobias Harris, who gives them a major veteran presence that this team really needed. Nothing less than a championship will be considered a su

The Sacramento Kings have been on a downward spiral over the last few years, and last season was about as low as an organization can get. After making the Play-In the year prior, the Kings followed it up with a disappointing 22-60 campaign. They also did not get the best lottery luck, landing the 7th overall pick. Luckily, things went their way on draft night, and they were able to get the No. 1 player on their draft board, Darius Acuff Jr. GM Scott Perry was very pleased wit

The 2025-26 season for the Dallas Mavericks was a train wreck, as they finished 26-56. Trading Anthony Davis during the regular season and then firing GM Nico Harrison just created a chaotic environment for rookie Cooper Flagg. Owner Patrick Dumont was not hesitant to make a necessary change at the GM level, bringing in Masai Ujiri, an established executive in the league, while also making an outside-the-box hire in Dusty May. The Mavericks certainly have the pieces to make t

The Denver Nuggets are coming off a very underwhelming and disappointing season. They had a very successful regular season at 54-28, securing the 3 seed, but then a total disaster occurred in the playoffs when they lost to the Timberwolves once again, even though Minnesota was shorthanded. The roster is basically the same, but they did make a very nice addition in DeMar DeRozan. He can provide some scoring depth, and while he may be older now, if he can get in sync with Nikol

The Los Angeles Lakers are a pretty intriguing team entering this season. They’ve had a major roster overhaul, and Rob Pelinka made plenty of moves this offseason for fans to at least be intrigued by the squad entering a new season. The Lakers wrapped up last season by getting swept by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the second round. That led to a rebuild around Luka Dončić and Austin Reaves. Losing LeBron James, I think, will hurt them more than they think, as he basically led

The Houston Rockets wrapped up the 2025-26 season in underwhelming fashion. Losing to the injured Los Angeles Lakers in six games after going down 3-0 was just unacceptable. There was no reason they should have lost a series to a Lakers team with a 41-year-old LeBron James as the No. 1 option. Ime Udoka called out his team after going down 3-0 in the series, telling them to “grow up” and saying, “You’re not that young anymore.” The Rockets just wrapped up their media day, as

With the Knicks winning the 2026 NBA Championship and Jalen Brunson putting on a legacy-defining performance the way he did, it really helped cement the 30-year-old point guard’s legacy. He won in college and then at the professional level. Throughout his career, he has really shown that the clutch gene exists, and some players have it while others do not. For the three-time All-Star and three-time All-NBA Second Team player, those might not be insane accolades, but he has so

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