How each NBA team can win or lose more games than projected

My stats-based wins projections for all 30 NBA groups, up to date after the blockbuster commerce sending Karl-Anthony Cities to the New York Knicks in change for a package deal that netted the Minnesota Timberwolves Donte DiVincenzo and Julius Randle, are an try and account for a typical state of affairs of how the season performs out.

In follow, there are many situations that may permit a crew to beat its projection, from higher well being to participant enchancment to creating trades. So let’s run via one such end result for every NBA crew and see the way it can enhance its projection — with a twist.

Main into what’s anticipated to be a loaded NBA draft, not each crew needs to win extra video games than projected. Rebuilding groups just like the Brooklyn Nets and Washington Wizards would certainly choose to win fewer video games, maximizing their lottery odds. So we’ll take a look at how pushing down the minutes of their key gamers may assist them accomplish that purpose.

With that in thoughts, here is how every crew can do higher (or in some instances, worse) than projected.

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ATL | BOS | BKN | CHA | CHI | CLE
DAL | DEN | DET | GS | HOU | IND
LAC | LAL | MEM | MIA | MIL | MIN
NO | NY | OKC | ORL | PHI | PHX
POR | SAC | SA | TOR | UTA | WAS