Inside the NBA’s 2025-26 Gamble: Which Teams Will Rise to Glory or Crash and Burn?
If everything falls apart: Simple: The Thunder do not repeat. The second apron comes for Oklahoma City, too, and the new extensions for Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams squeeze out some of that depth. They are not as formidable a trio without all those reinforcements, and the Thunder become just another contender.
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Phoenix Suns
Best-case scenario: Devin Booker turns the page on the failed experiments of the last two seasons and turns in the kind of full-tilt scoring and playmaking season that us “Point Book” heads have been clamoring for, vying for the league lead in scoring while putting up career-best assist numbers and vaulting back into the conversation for an All-NBA spot. Jalen Green finds shot-selection and rim-pressure religion, blossoming into an increasingly efficient and exciting second banana for a better-than-expected offense. Mark Williams finally stays healthy, turning those flashes he showed in Charlotte into consistent two-way impact. The Suns grind their way to play-in contention; this time, that doesn’t feel like a disappointment.


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