X-Washington Wizards 48-34 (6) The Washington Wizards continue to be one of the NBA's enigmas. The Wizards have the talent on their roster to be one of the better teams in the Eastern Conference, but they continue to hover around the .500-mark, while they've also been unable to get past the second round of the [...]
X-Washington Wizards 50-32 (2) Three of the last four NBA seasons have seen the Washington Wizards reach the playoffs, but they have been unable to advance past the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Last season the Wizards won 49 games for their highest win total since the 1979 which was their last trip to the NBA Finals. [...]
Heading into the 2016-2017 NBA season, it was tough to get a fix on the Washington Wizards. Scott Brooks was set to begin his first season as the Wizards head coach, while Washington's two best players in point guard John Wall and shooting guard Bradley Beal were not on the same page. John Wall, [...]
X-Atlanta Hawks 46-36 (6) Believe it or not, the Atlanta Hawks will enter the 2016-2017 NBA season with the second longest active playoff streak in the league. The Hawks have made the playoffs in each of the last nine seasons and they've done it under the guidance of three different head coaches. Mike Budenholzer is [...]
Y-Miami Heat 51-31 (3) We all expected the Miami Heat to take a step back last season, but it was worse than expected for them. After making four straight trips to the NBA Finals, the Heat struggled last season; especially since small forward LeBron James decided to rejoin the Cleveland Cavaliers. Injuries also derailed the [...]
We all knew that things would be drastically different for the Miami Heat this season. After four seasons with the Heat, small forward LeBron James decided to return to playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers. The departure of James forced Heat president Pat Riley into scramble mode as far as fielding a team this season and [...]
Mike Bundenholzer The Atlanta Hawks have made the NBA Playoffs in each of the last seven seasons, but they have continued to fly under the radar. Last season the injury bug hit the Hawks real hard, but under first-year head coach Mike Budenholzer they surprised many observers with a trip to the postseason. [...]
X-Miami Heat 49-33 (3) The last four NBA seasons have seen the Miami Heat franchise soar to new heights. In the past four years the Heat claimed a pair of NBA Championships in four trips to the league's final series. But things will be drastically different this time around as forward LeBron James left the [...]