[Source](https://twitter.com/fivethirtyeight/status/1580906531096174592?s=46&t=uCVvX9LB2Z67r195HnwNig)
> When the 2022-23 NBA season begins next week, our RAPTOR prediction model sees a league with a field of title contenders more wide-open than at any time in recent history.
[Direct link to Conference Standings projections](https://twitter.com/jadubin5/status/1580905872154595328?s=46&t=uCVvX9LB2Z67r195HnwNig)
by lopea182
29 Comments
Do they think Warriors are a play in team again
RAPTOR still loves us
Mavs incredibly overrated
The Jazz blow up their team for a rebuild and are still projected to make the play-in over the Lakers. That’s wild lol
This is an objectively correct ranking, lets just start the playoffs on Tuesday.
If the Jazz start winning that many games Danny Ainge is gonna start wandering onto the court during games and pulling players off with a hook.
Are we still listening to 538 after the countless number of times their models have messed their pants, both inside and outside of sports?
They still have Derrick White as the second best player on the Celtics.
They love Bones Hyland. His +2.1 O-RAPTOR projection is the same as Jamal Murray and Jordan Poole. It’s better than Zion, Middleton, Herro, DeRozan, and Maxey.
Raptors in the top 8? fake news
-ESPN
Morey believes any team with a 5% chance of winning the title should be “all in.”
According to 538, that means 11 teams should be all in this year!
I’m very ready for the most exciting season of NBA in maybe a decade or more.
Idk how accurate that’ll be but I really hope the Jazz don’t make the play-in
I will take one “Nuggets in the Finals,” please!
That being said, I’m just excited to watch our healthy roster this year. Having Murray and MPJ back is going to make the games so fun to watch.
Top teams in each conference
West:
1. Clippers
2. Warriors
3. Suns
4. Nuggets
5. Grizzlies
6. Lakers
7. Mavericks
8. Timberwolves
East:
1. Bucks
2. Sixers
3. Celtics
4. Nets
5. Heat
6. Hawks
7. Cavs
8. Bulls
These are the definite top teams of each conference, and will continue to be barring injury/a major player returning from injury.
Stop reading all these clickbait, obese sports journalists articles.
Dont know what their systems issue with the pels is but according to their player projection pretty much all our players peaked last season (except for Zion who peaked 2 seasons ago lol)
No way do the Suns go sub 50 wins this year.
Hawks in 2nd? LMAO
We are clearly 1st seed.
Well gosh 😳
I put a pretty big bet a month back on the Nets not making the playoffs. Numbers like this with the 66% probability of making it in make me think there’s a very slim chance that bet could actually pay out lol
Still seems like the minute projections are a bit suspect. Just picking on the Lakers since everybody knows them, but why would they only give their 3rd best player (Beverley) 14 minutes a game? Same thing happened last year with the Warriors in reverse where they said they’d give Wiseman a ton of minutes and his negative rating made the team look bad.
I’m disappointed they didn’t pick us as a lottery team….
How the fuck are the Mavs more likely to win the titles/makes the finals than Warriors and Clippers? That team is one half-season injury to Luka away from the Wembanyama sweepstakes.
C’mon Pistons, let’s go for Wembanyama!
538 models are trash and Nate Silver fantasizes about making love to Hilary Clinton
So you’re telling me there’s a chance!
How the hell do you have Jazz above the Lakers?
How are Bucks so low?
They gave the warriors a less than 1% chance of winning the finals last year and I think rated them as a marginal playoff team. I think something is wrong with this model.
I don’t understand how the Bulls are projected to be worse than the Hornets and the Knicks.
I, for one, support these projections