LOS ANGELES LAKERS Advanced Stats: PACE #18 93.3 OFFENSE: #07 107.9 DEFENSE: #06 101.3 The last season of Phil Jackson as coach didn’t go very well for him and for the Lakers as they were humiliated and swept by the Dallas Mavericks...

NEW JERSEY NETS Advanced Stats: PACE #23 92.5 OFFENSE: #27 100.2 DEFENSE: #22 107.0 The New Jersey Nets doubled the number of wins that they had achieved in the previous season, but it seems only important to me to analyze the Nets season...

SAN ANTONIO SPURS Advanced Stats: PACE: #15 94.3 OFFENSE: #2 109.4 DEFENSE: #11 102.8 The Tim Duncan Era ranks: Season Pace OffRtg DefRtg 1997-98 23 15 ...

ORLANDO MAGIC Advanced Stats: PACE #19 93.3 OFFENSE: #13 105.5 DEFENSE: #03 98.9 I left Orlando’s preview to be one of the last to be released due to Howard’s situation, as it is likely that he will be traded and his presence...

NEW ORLEANS HORNETS Advanced Stats: PACE #29 90.7 OFFENSE: #19 103.8 DEFENSE: #09 102.5 Talking about the Hornets’ last season is a mere exercise of futility because going for this season, the Hornets have lost their two best...

HOUSTON ROCKETS Advanced Stats: PACE #10 97.1 OFFENSE: #6 108.0 DEFENSE: #13 106.2 Last season no team started the season in such a disastrous way like the Rockets and probably this was the reason that cost them the 8th seed in the...

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES Advanced Stats: PACE #14 94.7 OFFENSE: #16 104.4 DEFENSE: #8 102.5 In the first half of last season, Memphis looked like to go for a pretty average season for them, with a 19-23 record by January 19. Even though...

PHOENIX SUNS Advanced Stats: PACE #8 96.5 OFFENSE: #9 107.0 DEFENSE: #25 107.4 Steve Nash is a special player, but even him can’t produce miracles every single season and for the first time in the “Nash era” in Phoenix...

DENVER NUGGETS Advanced Stats: PACE #2 98.0 OFFENSE: #1 109.5 DEFENSE: #17 104.8 The Denver Nuggets are coming from a season in which they had two completely different teams! They were one of the most talked teams in the league, but...

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS Advanced Stats: PACE: #19 95.6 OFFENSE: #29 99.5 DEFENSE: #29 109.0 The Cleveland Cavaliers showed last season why LeBron James has been arguably the best player of the league in the last 3 years. With basically...

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS Advanced Stats: PACE: #10 96.0 OFFENSE: #23 101.8 DEFENSE: #19 106.3 Last season the Clippers limited themselves to be the “same old” Clippers the franchise has been over the last...

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS Advanced Stats: PACE: #6 97.3 OFFENSE: #12 105.5 DEFENSE: #26 107.6 In the first season after the end of the “Nellieball” era in Golden State, the Warriors gave the keys to Keith Smart and the...

PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS Advanced Stats: PACE: #30 90.6 OFFENSE: #10 105.6 DEFENSE: #14 104.2 With a good dose of health, the Portland Trailblazers would have been the “original” Oklahoma City Thunder: a contending team built almost...

SACRAMENTO KINGS Advanced Stats: PACE: #3 98.0 OFFENSE: #26 100.6 DEFENSE: #20 106.3 After being one of the powerhouse teams in the early 2000’s, the Kings have been one of the most consistently bad teams in the...

DALLAS MAVERICKS Advanced Stats: PACE #20 93.1 OFF #8 107.6 DEF #7 102.3 Dallas did exactly what people expected from them in the regular season: be one of the top seeds in the Western conference. They were one of the most fundamentally...

WASHINGTON WIZARDS Advanced Stats: PACE: #9 96.5 OFFENSE: #28 99.6 DEFENSE: #23 107.2 After being a veteran team that was a contender in the East, the Wizards are now in the middle of a rebuilding...

NEW YORK KNICKS Advanced Stats: PACE: #4 97.8 OFFENSE: #5 108.3 DEFENSE: #21 106.9 Time has changed and unlike in the previous seasons, the Knicks have now serious aspirations to reach the finals and hang around with the other...

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS Advanced Stats: PACE: #26 92.0 OFFENSE: #25 100.8 DEFENSE: #16 104.8 After going to the playoffs in the previous season while compiling a respectable record of 44-38, the Bobcats couldn’t fill the good expectations...

UTAH JAZZ Advanced Stats: PACE: #17 93.8 OFFENSE: #14 104.9 DEFENSE: #24 107.3 A couple of years ago who would say that right now Larry Miller wouldn’t be the team’s owner, Jerry Sloan wouldn’t be the coach and Deron...

MILWAUKEE BUCKS Advanced Stats: PACE: #25 92.1 OFFENSE: #30 99.0 DEFENSE: #4 99.9 The Bucks were arguably the most disappointing team of last season and by a far margin! Milwaukee was coming from a surprising 46-36 regular season record...

MIAMI HEAT Advanced Stats: PACE : #21 92.9 OFFENSE: #3 109.2 DEFENSE: #5 100.7 The Miami Heat didn’t beat the Bulls 72-wins record for most wins during the regular season, not even close! However they showed some glimpses of dominance that...

BOSTON CELTICS Advanced Stats: PACE: #24 92.3 OFFENSE: #17 104.0 DEFENSE: #2 97.8 After sweeping the Knicks in the first round of the playoffs, Boston couldn’t be competitive in the following round against Miami and clearly...

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES Advanced Stats: PACE: #1 99.5 OFFENSE: #24 101.1 DEFENSE: #27 108.3 Kurt Rambis is no longer the Minnesota timberwolves head coach and just because of that the Wolves will be a more competitive team than they were...

INDIANA PACERS Advanced Stats: PACE #5 97.4 OFF #22 101.9 DEF #12 103.4 The Pacers were the only losing record team that was still able to reach the playoffs last season. They were only able to achieve that because midway in...

CHICAGO BULLS Advanced Stats: PACE : #22 92.8 OFFENSE: #11 105.5 DEFENSE: #1 97.4 Derrick Rose was the NBA’s regular season Most Valuable Player but make no mistake, it was Tom Thibodeau’s combination of team defense and rebounding...