Starting in the 2018-2019 season 17 different teams have at least made a conference finals run
raptors bucks lakers Celtics heat suns clippers hawks warriors mavericks nuggets pacers Timberwolves thunder cavaliers spurs Knicks
It’s parity and then some.
Jalen Brunson is closer to top 10 than 5, KAT is top what? OG? Mikal?
All really good players. But it used to be u need at least 2 top 5-10’ish guys to be a serious contender. DEN, BOS, OKC, NY, nope. U need a guy, & after that the emphasis on team has never been greater.
NBA cup is a hit by the way. Spurs, Thunder, Knicks, pacers, U look at the teams that make it to Vegas, more times than not so far it feels like they end up making a run.
Thunder Celtics
But this is just an insane era to make this kind of prediction. It almost feels certain for whatever reason a team we aren’t considering is gonna make a conference finals/finals run