Standings and records
East
Boston Celtics 54-28
Philadelphia 76ers 53-29
Milwaukee Bucks 52-30
Cleveland Cavaliers 50-32
Brooklyn Nets 48-34
Miami Heat 47-35
Atlanta Hawks 46-36
Toronto Raptors 44-38
Chicago Bulls 42-40
New York Knicks 41-41
Washington Wizards 39-43
Charlotte Hornets 36-46
Detroit Pistons 32-50
Indiana Pacers 31-51
Orlando Magic 23-59
West
Golden State Warriors 61-21
Los Angeles Clippers 56-26
Denver Nuggets 54-28
Phoenix Suns 53-29
Minnesota Timberwolves 52-30
New Orleans Pelicans 48-34
Memphis Grizzlies 46-36
Dallas Mavericks 45-37
Los Angeles Lakers 42-40
Portland Trailblazers 40-42
Sacramento Kings 37-45
Houston Rockets 34-48
Utah Jazz 32-50
Oklahoma Thunder City 27-55
San Antonio Spurs 21-61
Awards
Mvp : Joel Embiid
Roty : Keegan Murray
Dpoy : Giannis Antetokounmpo
6moty : Jordan Poole
Mip : Anthony Edwards
Coy : J.B. Bickerstaff
Hot-takes
De’Arron Fox will have his best season yet
Pelicans will make a deep playoff run
Tari Eason will make all rookie first team
Embiid will win his first mvp over Jokic and Giannis
Memphis Grizzlies will have a big drop off compared to last season
Cade will not have the season everyone is expecting him to have
Hornets will have the 4th worst record in the league
Keegan Murray will win Roty over Jabari and banchero
Play-in
East
Hawks (7) will beat the Raptors (8) to advance to the playoffs to vs the Bucks (2) in the 1st round
Knicks (10) will beat the Bulls (9) to vs the Raptors to potentially vs the Boston Celtics (1) in the playoffs
Raptors (8) will beat the Knicks (10) to vs the Celtics (1) in the 1st round of the playoffs
West
Grizzlies (7) will beat the Mavericks (8) to advance to the 1st round of the playoffs and vs the Clippers (2)
Lakers (9) will beat the Trailblazers (10) to vs the Mavericks (8) to potentially vs the Warriors (1) in the 1st round of the playoffs
Mavericks (8) will beat the Lakers (9) to advance to the playoffs and vs the Warriors in the 1st round
Playoffs
1st round
East
Celtics (1) vs Raptors (8)
Celtics (1) in 5
Bucks (2) vs Hawks (7)
Bucks (2) in 6
76ers (3) vs Heat (6)
76ers (3) in 7
Cavs (4) vs Nets (5)
Nets (6) in 7
Warriors (1) vs Mavericks (8)
Warriors (1) in 5
Clippers (2) vs Grizzlies (7)
Clippers (2) in 7
Nuggets (3) vs Pelicans (6)
Pelicans (6) in 6
Suns (4) vs Timberwolves (5)
Timberwolves (5) in 7
2nd round
East
Celtics (1) vs Nets (5)
Celtics (1) in 6
Bucks (2) vs 76ers (3)
Bucks (2) in 6
West
Warriors (1) vs Timberwolves (5)
Warriors (1) in 6
Clippers (2) vs Pelicans (6)
Pelicans (6) in 7
Eastern Conference Finals
Celtics (1) vs Bucks (2)
Bucks (2) in 7
Western Conference Finals
Warriors (1) vs Pelicans (6)
Warriors (1) in 6
Finals
Bucks (2) vs Warriors (1)
Bucks (2) in 7
Finals mvp : Giannis Antetokounmpo
These were my predictions for the upcoming season in a few days, feel free to comment for any reason but keep in mind that this is just my opinion and I’m obviously not going to guess everything. Thank you for reading this, I really appreciate it.