If not for injuries, we would have witnessed an earth-shattering series in the Western Conference Finals last season.

But the good news is that Leonard has fully recovered this summer, and the Spurs also added strong players like Gasol and Gay in the summer.

The Spurs' strength in the new season is even better than last season, and their performance is worth looking forward to.

Expected: Parker, Green, Leonard, Aldridge, Pau Gasol;

Projected rotation: Patrick Mills, Dejounte Murray, Bryn Forbes, Kyle Anderson, Davis Bertans

Fifth, Menglong team

Although the Menglong team has not been able to take a further step, their strength has been steadily improving.

This past summer, they received the most important signing: Isaiah Ibaka (uninjured version).

Before Ibaka, the power forward position had always been the Mongolian team's biggest weakness, and now they have no weakness.

Causing the most trouble for the Nets in the East? Maybe he is the dark horse next season.

Expected: Lowry, DeRozan, Siakam, Ibaka, Valanciunas;

Projected rotation: VanVleet, Norman Powell, J. Myers, Jakob Poeltl, Lucas Nogueira;

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Sixth, forest cheerleading team

The Timberwolves made a controversial choice this summer. They gave up Rubio and signed Rondo instead.

Rubio has been criticized for not having a three-point range, and Rondo's situation is not much different from his.

But the difference between Rondo and Rubio is that he has leadership and championship genes, which is exactly what the Timberwolves lack now.

Next season will be interesting for the Timberwolves. If it goes well, they will move up a level in the Western Conference; but if it doesn't go well, they will still encounter the same problems as last season.

Expected: Rondo, Harden, Batum, Towns, Capela;

Expected rotation: Lou Williams, Mohammed, Bjelica, Dieng, Bogut;

Seventh, Hornets

Eighth, Pelicans

It takes a lot of imagination to put the Pelicans in this position, because they theoretically have the biggest losses of the summer.

But in fact, they have a very competitive lineup. The question is just how much Cousins ​​can recover from injuries next season.

If we can see a Cousins ​​with 80% strength, then the Pelicans will be very competitive in the Western Conference, and the future is promising.

Expected: Holiday, Jaylen Brown, Paul George, Mirotic, Cousins;

Projected rotation: Eowan Moore, Ian Clark, Darius Miller, Dante Cunningham, Solomon Hill;

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As soon as this list came out, the topic of the new season was immediately aroused.

Although there are still pre-season games and there is still at least a month until the official start of the season, there are too many topics here.

In the overall situation where the Nets, Warriors and Lakers are competing for hegemony, established teams like the Spurs cannot be ignored, and the strength of emerging teams such as the Denver Nuggets, Timberwolves, and Pelicans has also been underestimated.

The intensity of the new season will be much greater than expected, and it is not as easy as imagined for the Nets to complete their dynasty.

However, in this wave of ranking predictions, some fans noticed a very detailed issue, and this issue was also mentioned by the Big Four in the TT program.

Carter, was automatically ignored.

It doesn't seem like a big deal for a 40-year-old veteran to be ignored, but the problem is that he is Carter.

Among the four giants of TT, there are many Carters who have interacted with him, especially Tracy McGrady who raised this issue and showed dissatisfaction emotionally.

He is McGrady’s old cousin!

Although the two brothers did not get along very happily when they were in Menglong, they are old cousins ​​after all, and at this age, the conflicts in their youth are worth recalling.

And regarding this issue, several people in the commentary box had a good debate.

Barkley believes that there is something wrong with EP not mentioning Carter, because Carter's current state has not been greatly affected by age. He can still be the winner of the game at certain moments, such as a killer three-pointer.

O'Neal also believed that ignoring Carter would be the most dangerous thing to the opponent's morale.

Only Smith thinks this is harmless, because players have to admit that they will grow old, and a 40-year-old veteran will have a very limited impact on the game.

Their controversy has also attracted a lot of discussion on social media.

Because compared to Kobe, Carter is actually the most regretted by fans, because he should be at least as high as Kobe, but his life has been bumpy because of Bowen's three consecutive shots.

So unlike Tracy McGrady, the fans' discussion is not so much that they think EP is unfair, but more that they hope Carter can exert his final strength in the Nets.

After all, just like Anunoby and the others on the training ground, many of them grew up watching Carter's dunks.
Chapter completed!