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The Chicago Bulls were a perfect example of how a team can develop through the season and playing their best basketball when it matters: the playoffs. The challenge for them is to start where they finished last season and with them being the Bulls, this won't be easy at all for them. First...

The Los Angeles Lakers didn't disappoint last season, as they accomplished what they had promised: the championship. They were the second best team in the regular season and in the postseason, although some unexpected letdowns against the Rockets, the Lakers never lost consecutive games. The...

The glory days where the Phoenix Suns were one of the powerhouse clubs in the league are now gone and by sending Shaquille O'Neal to Cleveland for basically nothing, the Suns are just trying to hang on the tough Western Conference. However, don't think that they are in rebuilding mode right...

The Golden State Warriors were the Cinderella team in the playoffs a couple of seasons ago, but since they lost Baron Davis in the free agency to the Clippers, they weren't able to make the right move for the franchise. They put their future on the hands of three players: Monta Ellis, Corey Maggette...

Last season the Sacramento Kings were the worst team in the NBA with a 17-65 record and they are officially on a rebuilding mode that will take them some time until they can be a top team. Right now, the key word is the development of their young players. The Kings helped the Bulls last season by...

The Los Angeles Clippers were by far the most disappoint team last season by winning a miserable mark of 19 games. They had high expectations with the signings of Baron Davis and Marcus Camby but soon they showed that those expectations wouldn't be matched by starting the season with a 4-17 record...

Before the start of last season, the Orlando Magic were already considered a top team, but few believed that they could reach the NBA Finals. However, Orlando enjoyed a terrific regular season and then, they beat the Celtics and the Cavaliers in the Playoffs to go the NBA Finals for the first time...

The Atlanta Hawks are a model of maturation and development in the last few years, as their progress is evident and unquestionable. When Mike Woodson arrived in Atlanta in the 2004/2005 season, the Hawks finished the season with a 13-69 record - a 15% winning rate! Then, the Hawks progressed year...

The Miami Heat were one of the brightest surprises last season due to their brilliant season. I remember that they were coming from a 15-67 record in the previous season and with a rookie head coach and two rookies receiving plenty of minutes, the Heat were able to finish with a 43-39, behind the...

The Charlotte Bobcats had last season their best season of the franchise, but it wasn't still enough for them to earn a spot in the Playoffs. Head coach Larry Brown did a good overall job in tough conditions at the start of the season. I remember that the Bobcats went winless in the preseason...

The Washington Wizards are coming from one of their worst seasons in their franchise history, with only 19 wins and they were the worst team in the Eastern Conference last year. Everything went wrong for this team... the team had a 4-23 record around Christmas; Gilbert Arenas played just 2 games...

The San Antonio Spurs had a terrific off season, as they boosted their roster with significant talent and going for this season, they are one of the legit contenders to win it all. However, they are coming from a disappointing season last year. Last season, the Spurs were derailed by injuries on...

Last season, the only team that pushed the eventual Champions Lakers to the limit - a 7 game series - was the Houston Rockets and this is a clear sign of how tough this team is. Even though they had lost their best player Yao Ming, the Rockets didn't give up and showed an incredible resilience...

The Dallas Mavericks somehow overachieved last season because many experts predicted that they could even miss the playoffs, but Dallas ended the regular season with a 50-32 record and beat the Spurs in the first round of the Western Conference Playoffs. However, let me say that they didn't start...

The New Orleans Hornets were the biggest surprise of the league two years ago when they battled with the Lakers for the best record in the Western Conference and with their postseason ending with a dramatic elimination in 7 games against the Spurs. They had legit expectations for last season and...

In a perfect world, the Memphis Grizzlies look like a terrific team going into this season. After all, they have three young players with all star potential in Rudy Gay, OJ Mayo and Mike Conley and they have added to their roster a Hall of Famer guard in Allen Iverson. They have also a Power Forward...

The Cleveland Cavaliers went from a formidable regular season, in which they had the best record in the NBA with a 66-16 record to a disappointing outcome in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Orlando Magic. I remember that the Cavaliers had swept the Pistons and the Hawks prior to that series...

The Indiana Pacers ended last season with the 9th best record in the Eastern Conference (36-46 record) and they want to make the playoffs this season. Despite the losing record, they were fun to watch, as they were the 5th best offensive team of the league, scoring 105.09 points per game, however...

Just a year ago, the Detroit Pistons were coming from a 59-23 record in the regular season - 2nd best of the NBA and they had just lost to the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals by 2-4, despite having won at Boston in the first game of the series (they were the only team to win in Boston in...

Last season, the Bucks had legitimate aspirations in reaching the Playoffs when they received Richard Jefferson from the Nets. However, injuries suffered by both Michael Redd and Andrew Bogut guided the Bucks into the lottery once again. Even without those two guys, head coach Scott Skiles managed...

The Denver Nuggets are coming from their best season in the team's franchise history and such outcome was coincident with the arrival of Chauncey Billups to the roster. Billups brought leadership and a high basketball I.Q. to a team that was lacking those skills and suddenly all pieces were in...

Development was the key word for the Blazers in the last season, as GM Kevin Pritchard was step by step building a young team via the draft and with Head Coach Nate McMillan, the Blazers were turning into a better team year after year. I remember that the Blazers ended the 2005/2006 season with a dismal...

The Utah Jazz are coming from a bizarre season last year. Of their projected starting lineup for this season, there isn't a single player that played all the 82 games of the regular season. In fact, the starting unit missed a combined of 85 games and this is one of the reasons why the Jazz regressed...

The Minnesota Timberwolves and GM David Kahn are not worried about building a good team for this season, instead they are focusing in the future, even if this means that the Wolves will be in the lottery the next 2 or 3 years. Drafting Ricky Rubio was the clear sign of that because the Wolves knew that...

GM Sam Presti is making a terrific job in the last couple of years in turning the Thunder into a decent and respectable team through the draft, while preserving cap space. Patient is a virtue and he didn't freak out last season, when the young Thunder team started the season with a 3-29 record and...