NBA predictions: Expect Thunder to run away with West, but can Suns blaze a trail?
New York TimesWelcome to the NBA’s Western Conference, which should be as wild as ever. The Oklahoma City Thunder had the conference’s top playoff seed a season ago, have the youngest roster of any contender and had arguably the best offseason of any team in the league. Inevitably, at least one legitimately good team won’t make the playoffs, much as the 46-win Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors were left home last season. Dallas Mavericks Last season’s finalists have a good case to make another deep playoff run in 2024-25, but I’m not sure we necessarily see a big jump in their regular-season win total. Last season, the Suns didn’t exactly storm the league even in lineup combos with Durant and Booker or those two plus Beal ; the supporting cast wasn’t good enough.
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