Washington Wizards
Last season: 34 wins, 38 losses (East 8)
Offensive Efficiency: 110.5 (20)
Defensive Efficiency: 112.3 (20)
Rounds: 104.67 (1)
Transfers: Spencer Dinwiddie, Cardwell Pope, Kyle Kuzma, Montrez Harrell, Aaron Holliday, Corey Kispert (15th pick), Isaiah Todd (31th overall).
Transfers: Russell Westbrook, Ismail Smith, Robin Lopez, Garrison Matthews, Isaac Bunga, Chandler Hutcheson, Alex Lane, Anchijas Pasicanix.
Battle Strength Analysis: Last season, the trade that sent Wall to usher in Westbrook directly helped the Wizards advance to the playoffs. But a 1-4 exit in the first round of the playoffs calmed management down, and Westbrook couldn't lead the Wizards to a qualitative change. So when the Lakers asked for less in the offseason, the Wizards did not hesitate to send away the former MVP, and after getting Pop, Kuzma and Harrell, the Wizards' lineup depth has been strengthened to a certain extent, and they can continue to retain the hope of impacting the playoffs.
The Draft Wizards picked Gonzaga's 22-year-old wing, Kispert, with 15 picks, averaging 18.6 points and five rebounds per game in his senior season, shooting 52.9%/40%/87.8% from three fields, and the player with the instant combat attribute will have the opportunity to plug and play. The inside todd in the second round of the pick is more of a lottery attribute, and he will not have too many opportunities in the new season.
Of course, the most eye-catching new signing this season is Dinwiddie, compared with Wei Shao, although Dinwiddie's impact is much worse, but the playing style is more reasonable, it seems to be more suitable to match Beal. In addition, Thomas Bryant's physical condition and Bertans' feel will also influence the trend of the Wizards' new season to some extent.
Ranking Forecast: 10th in the East
Atlanta Hawks
Last season: 41 wins, 31 losses (East 5)
Offensive Efficiency: 114.3 (9)
Defensive Efficiency: 112.1 (18)
Rounds: 98.68 (22)
Transfers in: Delange Wright, Gorgy Gion, Jaylen Johnson (20)
Transfers out: Chris Dunn, Bruno Fernando, Brandon Goodwin
Analysis: The mid-season coach change changed the course of the Hawks' season, MacMillan led the team to revive in the regular season, and the playoffs also advanced all the way to the East Finals, and finally won two victories against the Bucks. After such a season, the Eagles' future is undoubtedly bright. As a result, the Hawks retained most of last season's major rotation players in the offseason, while also picking Duke's 19-year-old wing Jaylen Johnson in the draft, who played only 13 games last season, averaging 11.2 points and 6.1 rebounds per game and shooting 44.4% from three-point range. If the growth goes well, he will be the main candidate for Bogdan's future replacement.
Due to the minimal change in the lineup, the Hawks' playing style of play in the new season will not change much. However, the so-called gun shot the head bird, after last season's amazing play, the Eagles have been focused on by the league's teams, and their core lineup may encounter greater resistance. And the offseason league has also made some changes to the rules, the focus is to limit unnatural foul making, which will have a big impact on Trae Young's playing style. Trae Young averaged 11.3 free throws last season and increased to 13.4 in the playoffs, and his offensive efficiency is bound to decline when the rules are less encouraging to attack. And because of the inefficiency of the three points, the voice of curry's successor has become smaller and smaller, and when the efficiency of the core players declines, it is not easy for the Hawks to maintain their position last season.
Rank Prediction: 6th in the East
Orlando Magic
Last Season: 21 wins, 51 losses (East 14)
Offensive Efficiency: 104.6 (29)
Defensive efficiency: 113.9 (26)
Rounds: 99.17 (17)
Transfers: Robin López, Jaylen Sargers (5), Franz Wagner (8)
Transfers out: Dwyane Bacon, James Ennis, Frank Mason
Combat analysis: With the removal of Vucevic last season, the magic's reconstruction officially begins, and they are destined to be insulated from the playoffs in the next few seasons. The summer draft team selected Gonzaga's backcourt Sagas with the 5th pick, and the 6'4 defender played a stunning performance in his freshman season, but due to the size of the body, Sagas's ceiling was generally not optimistic. With the 8th overall pick, Wagner improved significantly in Michigan's Dahl season, with a lot of improvements in shooting efficiency and assists, and the wingman is clearly very much in line with the development of modern basketball, although a little shorter than his brother, but his prospects are obviously better than Moritz.
The Magic have a lot of young people in the team, Fultz, Isaac, Okiki, Wendell Carter, RJ Hampton and Kerr Anthony all have some room to grow, but the Magic's core lineup is too young, and the new season obviously can't belong to them.
Rank Forecast: 14th in the East
Last season: 40 wins, 32 losses (East 6)
Offensive Efficiency: 110.6 (18)
Defensive Efficiency: 110.7 (10)
Rounds: 97.09 (29)
Transfers: Kyle Lowry, PJ Tucker, Markieff Morris, Ermel Jurceven
Transfers: Golan Dragic, Kendrick Nunn, Andrei Iguodala, Tevera Ariza, Nemanja Belitsa, Precius Achuva
Combat strength analysis: The Heat stopped the first round of the playoffs last season, compared with the previous season, this gap is obviously too big. Judging from last season, it seems difficult for the Heat to reach too high a ceiling. But Riley's team never took the initiative to spoil, the Heat still gave the 32-year-old Ballett a big contract of 4 years and 140 million yuan in the offseason, while trading Dragic and Achuva for Lowry, and the Heat gave the 35-year veteran a three-year, 85 million contract. That is to say, in the 23-24 season, the 34-year-old Butler and the 37-year-old Lowry will occupy 74 million salary space, coupled with the long contract of Adebayo and Robinson, the Heat's salary space has been locked up until the 25-26 season. The Heat's total salary this season is as high as $159 million, well above the $136 million luxury tax threshold.
But lowry, Tucker and Markieff are all hard to play too many games, Oladipo has long since lost its purpose, Hiro's growth rate is slow, and Barrett's competitive status will inevitably decline, so the Heat are obviously not in the top of the regular season candidate list.
Ranking Prediction: 7th in the East
Charlotte Wasp
Last season: 33 wins, 39 losses (East 10)
Offensive Efficiency: 110.1 (23)
Defensive Efficiency: 112.0 (16)
Rounds: 99.00 (18)
Transfers: Kelly Oubre, Mason Plumlee, Ismail Smith, Wesley Evondu, James Bucknett (11), Kay Jones (19)
Transfers: Derwent Graham, Cody Zeller, Malik Munch, Bismarck Biennberg, Brad Wanamaker, Crab Martin
Combat strength analysis: The Hornets played very satisfactorily last season, playing a stunning rookie season with three goals, Hayward seems to be on the way back to the top, if it were not for the injury impact of the two, the Hornets would most likely directly qualify for the playoffs. The Hornets lineup was changed in the offseason, major rotation players such as Graham and Zeller were abandoned, the team signed Oubre with a two-year, 24.6 million contract, and recruited Plumlee, and the Hornets' flanks and interior mobility were reinforced.
The Hornets were the winners in the draft, and they selected Bucknett with the 11th pick, the 6'4 guard averaged 18.7 points and 5.7 rebounds per game in the NCAA last season. At Lamelo Ball's side this season, there is no need to worry about the growth of newcomers such as Bucknett and Kay Jones.
Although the Hornets have improved their combat strength this season, it is not easy for the Hornets to get a direct promotion place in the playoffs because the East Side has gradually thrown away the hat of the Fish Belly Division in recent years.