1) Warriors
They have one of the best offenses in history. All of their players can play defense and shoot well. They have the magician known as Curry, have Draymond Green(the heart of the team and great defender), and a supporting cast that is probably the best out of the entire league currently. Seeing them not winning back-to-back titles will be surprising.
2) Cavaliers
1 word- loaded. Trust me, they're more loaded than any other team. LeBron james, Kyrie Irving, AND Kevin Love on one team? Gotta be kidding me. Add JR Smith, Iman Shumpert, Dellavadova, Mo Williams, Richard Jefferson, Tristan Thompson, and Mozgof to the roster as well. See all these big names? You could consider them their own mini all-star team.
3) Spurs
Popovich is a great coach, managing to bring potential out of all players, and use them effectively. Even father time(Old Timmy) is a great supporting cast for the Spurs.
Their lockdown defense is one of the best is NBA history. Offense? Don't worry. Aldridge and Leonard are beasts. Their leadership and unselfishness is what made the team be so good for 20 years.
4) Thunder
Kevin Durant and Westbrook are good enough to make you a top 3 team- simple as that. While they're close to the same as before, their cast has gotten better, removing pressure off of KD and Westbrook.
While unlikely to win it all, they have a small chance of reaching the conference finals.
5) Clippers
Poor clippers losing that 3-1 lead is really making people wonder if they were truly worth $2 billion.
If the Clippers fix their mistakes, then I can see them reaching the conference finals and falling short. If not, then we'll all see another departure in the semis.
6) Grizzlies
Lmao I'm just pulling at your leg. It'd be surprising enough if they win 2(let alone 1) games against the Spurs.
7) 76'ers
If KD, Curry, LeBron, Jimmy Butler, Chris Paul, Paul George, Hassan Whiteside, Isiah Thomas, Damian Lillard, Klay Thompson, and Kyrie Irving all decide to join the 76'ers, they can win it all pretty easily.
All the other teams have their mistakes pull them down. Cavs seem the most fit for the east, while the West is bizarre. Sure, the east has many good teams, but I don't see any beating a team with LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Love at center(putting him back to his god-like form).
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12/22/2016- Made a bet with Ganoncrotch that the first 6 months of 2017 will be worse than 2016. A poll will be made to determine the winner. Loser has to take a picture of them imitating their profile picture.