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1. Oklahoma City Thunder - best incubator in the league. if lamb or jones or jackson become as good as parsons was last yr, the west is in trouble. And who knows what Adams can be in 2 yrs.
2. Houston Rockets - have them higher than the cavs because of the dwight effect. he makes life for their young core better and 5 guys (harden,lin,dmo,tjones,smith,parsons) will play out of that group.
3. Cleveland Cavaliers - a good bynum might raise them a tick, but really kyrie's group to make better. tristan's changing hands, dion's shootin whenever he wants, is bennett gonna be another derrick williams? highest risk-reward group.
4. Portland Trail Blazers - dame grease n cj are gonna be fun some nights, robinson will do some of Lamarcus' dirty work, and batum is a nice playmaker whose game went bad when he hurt his wrist. should contend for the 8 most of the yr
5. Orlando Magic - Harkless,Harris,Nicholson,Oladipo,Vucevic can all play. add a top 5 pick or a superstar via trade and that's a playoff team.
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