>1) How many games do the Lakers (35-47 last season) win this
>year?

I’ll go with 50. LeBron adds 10, improvement from young players and other additions adds another 10, minus 5 for needing time to gel.

>2) Of these teams, who makes the playoffs:
>1-Rockets (65-17)
>2-Warriors (58-25)
>3-Blazers (49-33)
>4-Jazz (48-34)
>5-Thunder (48-34)
>6-Pelicans (48-34)
>7-Spurs (47-35)
>8-Wolves (47-35)
>9-Nuggets (46-36)
>10-Lakers
>11-Grizz (22-60)

Rockets
Warriors
Jazz
Thunder
Lakers
Wolves
Nuggets
Pelicans

>3) Which team will improve the most and which team will fall
>off the hardest?

Lakers/ Blazers. Portland has been overachieving IMO. I think some of these others have more talent and will surpass them. Utah and Denver seem more solidly built. Lakers, OKC, TWolves have more talent at the top. I think Portland battles NO and the Spurs for the 8 seed.

>4) Who will have the best season between the Suns, Mavs and
>Kings?

Mavs.

>5) Which west rookie will have the biggest impact on team
>success yr 1 and why?
>-Doncic
>-Ayton
>-Bagley
>-SGA
>-Giles (technically)
>-Bridges
>-Porter Jr
>-Other

Doncic. More help, better organization, team in better position to win. Phoenix is too young, and the Kings look promising but they can never get right so something will go wrong.