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Going: Tony Allen, Vince Carter, Troy Daniels, Zach Randolph. Dante Exum (separated shoulder) is sidelined indefinitely again.Ĭoming: Mario Chalmers, Tyreke Evans, Ben McLemore. Ricky Rubio, Thabo Sefolosha and Ekpe Udoh also are strong defenders and rookie Donovan Mitchell has great potential to be a disruptive on-ball defender. Utah is recovering from the loss of Gordon Hayward by putting together the league’s top defense, headed by Rudy Gobert. Going: Boris Diaw, Gordon Hayward, George Hill. Portland must get better defensively and that could be accomplished by fouling less and better protecting the three-point line.Ĭoming: Jonas Jerebko, Donovan Mitchell (rookie), Ricky Rubio, Thabo Sefolosha, Ekpe Udoh. Jusuf Nurkic showed what an inside presence he can add in 20 games before an injury last season. The Trail Blazers are a blast offensively with 50 points a game from the backcourt of Damian Lillard and C.J. Minnesota has a more seasoned roster to end a 13-year playoff drought.Ĭoming: Zach Collins (rookie), Anthony Morrow, Caleb Swanigan (rookie). Adding Jimmy Butler’s two-way play in his prime to budding superstar Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins will do that. The Western Conference is brutal but the Timberwolves still could jump from 13th to even higher than this. Going: Kris Dunn, Zach LaVine, Ricky Rubio. That is hard to fathom with Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan in their NBA primes and Danilo Gallinari joining them in the frontcourt.Ĭoming: Jimmy Butler, Jamal Crawford, Taj Gibson, Jeff Teague.
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Many unproven teams are leap-frogging the Clippers in preseason prognostications, some speculating that the Clippers could miss the playoffs for the first time since 2011. Going: Jamal Crawford, Luc Mbah a Moute, Chris Paul, J.J. George and Anthony have to adjust from leading-men roles but the Thunder now have options beyond Russell Westbrook creating everything offensively.Ĭoming: Patrick Beverley, Sam Dekker, Danilo Gallinari, Milos Teodosic, Lou Williams. The Thunder stayed relevant with the shocking acquisitions of Paul George and Carmelo Anthony, although the team will have to be successful to keep them from leaving next summer. Going: Taj Gibson, Enes Kanter, Victor Oladipo.