Memphis were an unexpectedly elite team last season. They finished the regular season with the second best record (56-26) in the league while having the #4 best offense and the #5 best defense. The blueprint of their success was “anti-analytic”: they didn’t take...

After reaching the Eastern Conference Finals, Atlanta expected to be a top team last season. However, they completely failed to do that as they were just #8 in the East and needed to win two play-in games to even get to the postseason. There, they were dispatched by...

One more year, one more losing season for Sacramento whose last winning season was in 05-06! The team spent the whole year in the news, but unfortunately for them, not always for good motives. After being involved in several trade rumors, Marvin Bagley and Buddy Hield...

Philadelphia survived the whole Ben Simmons saga last season that ended with them trading for James Harden. At the time, the Sixers had a respectable 35-23 record and post-trade, they managed to win 16 out of their last 24 games in the regular season. Harden showed to...

Toronto started last season slowly. They finished 2021 with a 14-17 record, but then they really bounced back by winning 14 of their last 17 games and getting the #5 seed in the East. They struggled with injuries all season and always seemed to be missing key players,...

Phoenix were the favorites to win the West going into the last season. They proved they deserved that status during the regular season, as they had the best record in the league with 64-18. They were also incredibly clutch as they finished 53-0 when leading after the...