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Lowe: Rating all 30 NBA teams, from the top tier to the very bottom – ESPN Australia
The NBA opens the season with eight tiers. Let’s rate the 30 teams from best to worst.
It’s time for another preseason tradition: breaking 30 NBA teams into tiers. Grouping teams — as opposed to 1-30 power rankings — nudges you to consider the league holistically. It forces difficult choices, even if you know the boundaries between tiers are fluid (and that you will be wrong): Why is Team X in the inner circle of contenders, but almost-equal-on-paper Team Y one tier lower?Editor’s Picks
The order within tiers does not matter.
The Lakers got better, and that was the case before Talen…
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