DEFENSE

The phrase defense wins champions has held true as most teams in the past 25 years have won the chip without a top 10 defensive rating, The 2 that didn't, The 2001 Lakers and 2017 Warriors, Are head and shoulders consodered one of the greatest teams of all time. Teams that fit that criteria are

Cleveland, Boston, Memphis, Milwaukee, Bulls, Pelicans, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Miami, and Minnesota.

As the raptors are 11th and are not heavy favorites in any playoff matchup thats 10 teams that could win the chip, we can now eliminate the

OKC, LAL, LAC, GSW, Denver, Brooklyn, New York, Atlanta and Sacramento

Phil Jackson Clause

The Phil Jackson Clause is that no team is a true contender if they lose 20 games before they win 40. The 40-20 rule is more accurately the 40-22 rule due to the miami heat and the 95 rockets who added clyde drexler at the deadline. Teams that fit this criteria are the

Sixers, Bucks, Celtics and *Suns (KD Clause)

Shooting Rule

In the past 10 years no championship winner has won a ring without shooting at least 46% from the field and had at bare minimum a top 5 TS%

The only 2 teams that fit this are the Boston Celtics and Philidelphia 76ers

I Know you probably want to know who I will chose between these 2 teams but the celtics will msot likely take that title from us ad the sixers due to rebounding in which they beat us by