Lakers have more pop in their 1-2 punch but less depth. Sixers taking a weird shrink-the-court approach to the extreme and have been a little wayward. Denver is still young and only made small improvements. Portland got better but so did most of the league. Celtics and Raptors took big steps back, so did Milwaukee personnel-wise even if Giannis is still improving. Houston entered into an odd experiment, they seem to be more in the Portland/Denver/possibly Utah bracket. If the Clippers aren't the favorite, then who is?