Tier 1: Lakers (a mortal lock to repeat unless one of Davis or James is injured in the playoffs) Tier 2: There isn't one Tier 3: Nuggets, Jazz, Rockets, Clippers, Mavericks Tier 4: Pelicans, Blazers, Warriors, Suns, Grizzlies Tier 5: Spurs, OKC, Minny Tier 6: Sacramento Most volatile: Houston (could go much lower) and the Warriors (could go higher)
Id have Rockets tier 5 and Spurs Tier 6 with Sac tier 5 as I think they will surprise. They are very deep and talented.
They certainly look that way when they play us. Maybe I'm downgrading them because their franchise cornerstone is D'Aaron Fox, who is like an even worse-shooting John Wall without the passing skills.
I guess this guy assumes the Rockets will have to trade Harden. Also that the Mavs absolutely will not miss Porzingis
Lakers Clippers Blazers Nuggets Mavericks Warriors Jazz Rockets Suns Grizzlies I'm only ranking ten teams because the rest won't even make it into the play-in game(s).
I would agree that there really isn't a tier 2 because the Lakers are so far ahead of everyone else. I don't have any problems with who you have in your tier 3 but you don't have the Blazers there and that's a mistake. Our team is extremely deep and that is going to be important with the quarantines and the compact nature of the schedule.
