Quick, grab your glass-half-full-seeing goggles. Optimistic NBA projections are among us.
Preseason predictions aren't inflexible doctrines. Many of them are overly harsh. Some NBA teams are generating too much hype (Philadelphia 76ers), while others aren't receiving enough attention (Cleveland Cavaliers).
Consider this your official crash course in righting those injustices.
By "injustices," we mean actual injustices. We want to identify teams that will greatly exceed the expectations laid before them. Don't enter the classroom looking for a defense of why the San Antonio Spurs will actually win 65 games instead of 60, or why the Indiana Pacers offense won't actually explore new depths of awful without Paul George and Lance Stephenson.
Rather than acknowledge marginal or slight deviations from 2014-15 expectations, the idea is to go after the drastic differences. These positively charged disparities will be found by looking at last year's win totals, taking a gander at forecasts for the forthcoming season, evaluating talent on rosters and then, somewhat subjectively, figuring out where said team really belongs.
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5 NBA Teams That Will Greatly Exceed Expectations During 2014-15 Season
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