Portland? On paper NO should easily be better than Memphis, Utah, Denver and the Clippers. Blake Griffin has a worse supporting cast but I wouldn't be surprised at all if his team is more successful.



>1) Gstate
>2) Houston
>3) San Antonio
>4) Minnesota
>5) OKC
>6) Portland
>7) ???
>8) ???
>
>I think Denver, NO, Utah, Memphis and the Clippers are the
>front runners for both these spots and it'll be competitive.
>The Lakers, Kings and Suns might improve enough to make that
>race for #8 even more fun. But #7 is prolly NO's MAX this
>year and they aren't beating any of the top 3 seeds. Roster
>isn't strong enough.
>
>Unless NO figures out how to trade for Kyrie without losing AD
>and Cuz, eh.
>
>But playoff expectations this year are reasonable and he'd
>deserve some frying if not.