Rockets: 3rd best team in NBA? Cavs or Rockets

[Ghazi]

Discuss.

[Robz4000]

Dubs





Cavs
Clippers (healthy)
Rockets
Jazz/Spurs
Spurs/Jazz

[HarlemHeat37]

Warriors

Spurs
Cavs
Clippers
Rockets
Celtics
Grizzlies
Wizards
Jazz

[AlexJones]

Warriors
Spurs
Rockets
Cavs
Celtics
Jazz
Wizards
Grizz
Raptors

[spursistan]

Regular season Power rankings:

1- Warriors

2- Spurs

3- Cavs
4- Houston

5- Celtics
6- Clippers
7- Jazz
8- Wizards


9- Raptors
10- Grizzlies


Playoff Ceiling:

1- Warriors ( le favorites despite looking thin and bully-able in the interior + question marks about their mental for ude (KD)/stability (Raymond)

2- Cavs ('Bron is the best in the game until further notice..the regression of their role players and defense is very concerning..same for Love/Kyrie health)
3- Clippers (sleeping giants, when healthy, who are "due".but that gaping hole in SF position is going to kill them)
4- Spurs (guard play, PnR D, and Playoff Pop are mortal flaws)

5 - Wizards (they have the talent and their core is lowkey playoff-tested from previous runs)
6- Houston (they probably have the least translatable basketball style to the playoffs of any other teams)
7- Boston (haven't done in playoffs, and good luck banking on 5'9" PG to carry you there)
8- Memphis (proven, rugged and more versatile..pencil them in for seven-game series in 1st round)

9- Jazz ("Det core" first rodeo..Don't think they have enough offense to win a series especially against a healthy Clippers team)
10- Raptors (short of trade to address their ty front court; they will be a potential 1st round fodder)

[spursistan]

Regular season Power rankings:

1- Warriors

2- Spurs

3- Cavs
4- Houston

5- Celtics
6- Clippers
7- Jazz
8- Wizards


9- Raptors
10- Grizzlies


Playoff Ceiling:

1- Warriors ( le favorites despite looking thin and bully-able in the interior + question marks about their mental for ude (KD)/stability (Raymond)

2- Cavs ('Bron is the best in the game until further notice..the regression of their role players and defense is very concerning..same for Love/Kyrie health)
3- Clippers (sleeping giants, when healthy, who are "due".but that gaping hole in SF position is going to kill them)
4- Spurs (guard play, PnR D, and Playoff Pop are mortal flaws)

5 - Wizards (they have the talent and their core is lowkey playoff-tested from previous runs)
6- Houston (they probably have the least translatable basketball style to the playoffs of any other teams)
7- Boston (haven't done in playoffs, and good luck banking on 5'9" PG to carry you there)
8- Memphis (proven, rugged and more versatile..pencil them in for seven-game series in 1st round)

9- Jazz ("Det core" first rodeo..Don't think they have enough offense to win a series especially against a healthy Clippers team)
10- Raptors (short of trade to address their ty front court; they will be a potential 1st round fodder)

bump them a spot or two after the Ibaka trade.

[spursistan]

Was just looking at the East standings..whatever happened to the Hornets?

Complete implosion...them and Portland are cautionary tale as far as never judge your team pedigree if you had a bunch of players in contract years..

[HarlemHeat37]

^^There are always teams like that in the NBA..they have a successful RS because they play much harder than the other team, every night..once their energy isn't the same, their lack of talent becomes obvious..

Hornets have nothing outside of Kemba and Batum..they have 3 white American bigs in their rotation

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