07-02-2026, 06:04 AM
(07-02-2026, 02:45 AM)F Gump Wrote: With all the big moves, there should be some really good teams next season, and to me the ones who look like they have positioned themselves the best are mostly in the East.. It looks like a major fight ahead just to get a top-6 playoff spot:
NY
PHI
TOR
MIA
ATL
CLE?
DET?
BOS?
In the West I only see 3 teams ready to land in the top tier, and then a world of opportunity below that for playoff spots:
SA
OKC
DEN
Clearly (to me) a big step lower, with many many questions marks,, would be LAL, MINN, HOU, POR?, PHX?, GS?, maybe UT?
It should make for an interesting, unpredictable season.
Do you feel like Denver improved?
They haven’t signed Watson yet, lost Hardaway, and Bagley won’t make any difference - and are historically cheap and will lose a player or two.
I think they should have tried to get Brown for a package similar to the Sixers one and formed a true tier 1 team.

