Saturday, October 13, 2018

NBA Preseason Rankings - 2018

The NBA season is set to begin on Tuesday, so as usual I have analyzed every team's roster changes since the end of last season, then adjusted each team's rating based on how much they have improved their roster (or vice versa). Here are my full preseason rankings and playoff seedings, along with transaction reports on the big movers:





Rec
Proj



TW
LW
Team
Rating
W
L
W
L
MOV
SOS
PO Seed
1
15
Washington
-9.99


63
19


E1
2
16
Milwaukee
-9.59


62
20


E2
3
1
Houston
-8.91


60
22


W1
4
3
Toronto
-7.94


59
23


E3
5
2
Golden State
-6.38


55
27


W2
6
11
New Orleans
-5.55


53
29


W3
7
12
Minnesota
-5.06


52
30


W5
8
9
San Antonio
-4.97


52
30


W4
9
21
LA Lakers
-4.69


50
32


W6
10
13
Indiana
-4.48


52
30


E4
11
6
Oklahoma City
-4.38


50
32


W7
12
17
Miami
-4.12


50
32


E5
13
5
Utah
-3.97


49
33


W8
14
8
Denver
-3.67


48
34



15
7
Boston
-3.6


49
33


E7
16
4
Philadelphia
-3.44


50
32


E6
17
18
LA Clippers
-1.65


43
39



18
23
Brooklyn
0.002


39
43


E8
19
10
Portland
0.51


37
45



20
20
Detroit
0.9


38
44



21
14
Cleveland
1.898


34
48



22
22
Dallas
1.898


33
49



23
19
Charlotte
3.074


32
50



24
27
Sacramento
4.58


26
56



25
28
Memphis
8.61


18
64



26
24
New York
9.582


18
64



27
25
Orlando
10.94


16
66



28
26
Atlanta
11.32


15
67



29
29
Chicago
11.63


15
67



30
30
Phoenix
13.36


12
70




Washington
Added: Dwight Howard, Austin Rivers, Jeff Green
Lost: Marcin Gortat

Milwaukee
Added: Malcolm Brogdon (from injury), Greg Monroe
Lost: Jabari Parker

New Orleans
Added: Julius Randle, Elfrid Payton
Lost: DeMarcus Cousins

Minnesota
Added: Anthony Tolliver, Derrick Rose
Lost: None

LA Lakers
Added: LeBron James, Rajon Rondo, Michael Beasley
Lost: Julius Randle, Brook Lopez

Playoff Picks

First Round

(1) Wizards over (8) Nets
(2) Bucks over (7) Celtics
(3) Raptors over (6) 76ers
(5) Heat over (4) Pacers
(1) Rockets over (8) Jazz
(2) Warriors over (7) Thunder
(6) Lakers over (3) Pelicans
(5) Timberwolves over (4) Spurs

Second Round

(1) Wizards over (5) Heat
(3) Raptors over (2) Bucks
(1) Rockets over (5) Timberwolves
(6) Lakers over (2) Warriors

Conference Finals

(1) Wizards over (3) Raptors
(1) Rockets over (6) Lakers

NBA Finals

(1) Rockets over (1) Wizards

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