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Jimmer!San Antonio Spurs -- 53-13
Guess who won 61 games and had the best record in the Western Conference a year ago? Guess who is best suited to make another run and probably will thrive in the shortened season? Guess who won a title the last time the NBA had an abbreviated season?
Oklahoma City Thunder -- 51-15
Hungry. All back together. A year wiser. This is going to be a very good basketball team if Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant can play together. They could very well dominant. If they want. And that's a big, huge "if."
Los Angeles Lakers -- 46-20
I'm not buying the "Kobe's going to crack" theory. If anything, he might get uber-focused and put this thing on his back, kinda where's it's been for seven years. Made a lot of savvy, cheap moves in the off-season that should shore up their depth. None of them made headlines. Who is this team?
Dallas Mavericks -- 45-21
Turns out they made a lot of moves. The roster is almost turned over. I think they are content with cruising and playing on the road in the playoffs. At this point, it doesn't matter to them. A quietly focused team with a number of key guys in contract years.
Los Angeles Clippers -- 43-23
I'm in. Extremely deep at guard. Very thin in the frontcourt and I don't know if they want Blake Griffin playing 40 minutes a game. I guess the idea is to be up by 20 by the time the fourth quarter rolls around.
Portland Trailblazers -- 41-25
First season without the local hero Brandon Roy. What a bummer. Also a year probably without Greg Oden. I think they'll be OK, nonetheless. LaMarcus Aldridge is a pretty salty customer.
Memphis Grizzlies -- 39-27
If the Clippers rise, someone's got to drop. Last season felt like a lot of things went totally right. Which is fine, but you can't depend on every season. What am I saying? I have them being 12 games over .500 and getting into the playoffs. Screw me.
Denver Nuggets -- 33-33
Only because I don't know who starts on this team. I assume it's Ty Lawson-Arron Affalo-Dan Gallinari-Al Harrington-Nene. Don't certainly hold that to me. Potentially a very deep team, especially if you consider that half of the team is half of the 2010 New York Knicks and a fourth of the 2010 Dallas Mavericks and and eighth of some Chinese team.
Houston Rockets -- 30-36
I should keep up because I accidentally drafted Chase Budinger in my fantasy league. Accidentally being the key word, although, fantasy-wise, he's not terrible. Finally moving on from Yao Ming and the league taking Pau Gasol away from them (they're top eight with him). Will we finally get to see Patrick Patterson and how many times will I mix up Patterson and the Arizona Cardinals corner Patrick Peterson. It's already happened.
Utah Jazz -- 27-39
Prediction: Gordon Hayward will get better and Alec Burks will turn into something. Just wait. And just in case you were wondering where Josh Howard wound up.
Phoenix Suns -- 24-42
A hodgepodge of formerly great veterans (who still have a little in the tank), role players and youngsters. Would not be shocked if they won 10-12 more games than I predict.
Golden State Warriors -- 21-45
No doubt there's a ton of talent here. And if they wanted to completely take over a draft, they have two or three pieces that would fetch any number of picks. I don't know how they all fit together on this team of scorers. I especially don't understand how Kwame Brown is any kind of stabilizing force on a team full of kids.
Sacramento Kings -- 21-45
You can't tell me you're not enthused by Jimmer Fredette and Isaiah Thomas. You just can't. One killer college team.
New Orleans Hornets -- 19-47
Did Eric Gordon just look at Emeka Okafor and think "What did I do to deserve this?"
Minnesota Timberwolves -- 16-50
At least they have a lot of point guards. Can't have too many, I guess. I predict they simply outscore 16 opponents along the way.
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