Here are The Arizona Republic's predictions for the top 10 teams in the NBA's Western Conference as the 2022-23 regular season begins.
Here are The Republic's predictions for who will be the top 10 teams in the NBA's West conference the 2022-23 regular season, with projected records.The defending champion Warriors extended their dynasty to four titles over the past eight seasons . They won it all last year after Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green were healthy together again once Thompson returned from his nearly two-year knee injury absence in January.
During their two recent non-playoff/draft lottery seasons the Warriors built a stronger and younger bench to back their 30-plus triumvirate including the emergence of 23-year-old guard Jordan Poole as their one of their best offensive threats besides Curry and Thompson. Golden State had the league's top defensive rating last season , and have most of the same roster back, so they won't just beat teams by raining 3s to outscore them.
But can Phoenix prove again it’s a title contender, not a pretender following that crushing Game 7 blowout loss to Dallas in the West semifinals? After the Suns’ 2021 finals run, then a franchise-record 64 wins last season that clinched the top overall playoff seed, they had plenty of well-documented offseason distractions.
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