Inside the NBA’s 2025-26 Gamble: Which Teams Will Rise to Glory or Crash and Burn?

Inside the NBA’s 2025-26 Gamble: Which Teams Will Rise to Glory or Crash and Burn?

If everything falls apart: The defense is so bad that the Kings stop playing the sort of offense that can win games and start playing hero ball. Everyone is vying for his next contract, only we can all see that, and none of their top pieces — Domantas Sabonis, Zach LaVine or DeRozan — holds any trade value. They hinder the development of Sacramento’s recent draft picks, and there is little hope next season will be any different, save for another lottery pick.

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San Antonio Spurs

Best-case scenario: Victor Wembanyama stays healthy for the full season, muscling his way onto the MVP ballot and All-NBA First Team. De’Aaron Fox finds his flow alongside the big fella, returning to the All-Star team and providing San Antonio with the battery of a top-10 offense. Stephon Castle cements himself as the kind of 16-game two-way player with which the Spurs will need to surround Wemby; Dylan Harper wows enough in a limited role to keep everybody convinced he’s the right long-term running buddy, and that whatever issues the Spurs have to navigate in the backcourt are high-class, champagne problems. San Antonio builds on last season’s 12-win jump, surging to 50 wins and home-court advantage in the opening round of the playoffs, making it abundantly clear to all parties that the future is here, and it’s French.

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