 What's the word y'all? Today I'm going to be great in all 30 NBA teams based on a regular season. I don't care if Yotica potentially going to run, we just going on the 82 game sample size. This is based on expectations, this is based on execution, because realistically we could say, hey, the 1C gets an A plus and the 15C get an F. That's not the way I'm doing it today. And yes, I understand that Bleach Report just puts together their own article doing this exact same thing, but my witness is Ryan, my thumbnail designer. I messaged him yesterday about this. I've been working on it, okay? Leave a like, subscribe. And these are just my personal opinions about your favorite team. You let me know what you think as you've probably been watching them more closely than I have. Starting off with the 76ers, I'm giving them a very, very smooth, very, very solid beat. They entered the season at 37 and 35. I'm 47 and 35. Sorry, eight game win streak. All of that was really when Joel and B came back. And before Joel and B went down his injury, they were looking phenomenal. They even though we know that they have struggled to make it to the conference finals under Joel and B being a star, there was a lot of things points that this team could potentially cause some trouble. And they are playing team right now when we're potentially going against like the Nix in the first round of they can win their playoff plans here. But again, we don't care about that right now. Just a regular season. Joel and B missed over half the year and they still walked out with 47 wins. That's pretty dope. Jojo was on pace to win his second MVP. He was averaging more than one point per minute. And now we know that Tavis Maxi is an all star caliber guard as well. Nick Nurse came in and changed some things. Joel and B was the hub of his offense. His playmaker was higher under Nick Nurse. I loved a lot about this season, even if I didn't watch them a ton after Joel and B got injured. I'll be honest with you. Next we got the Bucks who were 49 and 33. This was a rough season given the expectations. You trade for Damian Lillard and most people would say coming into the season that you have two top 10 ish players on your team, right? Giannis is no lower than three, right? A lot of people argue he's the best player, the second best player. He's no lower than three. Damian Lillard had came in as one of the top 10 ish players in ball. Eventually, you brought in a top 15 coach of all time. You remember that? Back in 2022, he was voted one of the top 15 coaches of Doc Rivers. You don't believe me? Here's your proof. 15 greatest coaches in the history of NBA. Doc Rivers just sitting on that list. And though Doc wasn't there for the entirety of the season, under the 30th games of him being there, they weren't very great. Record wise, they do have some signature wins. I don't want to neglect the fact that they played the Celtics very well this season, but they did all of that. Two top 10 players, one of the best 15 coaches of all time, I guess. And they didn't win 50. Damian Lillard has both played 73 games. They didn't win 50. I know Chris Middleton, but in and out of the lineup and that matters a ton. But like some other teams across the basketball had had worse injury luck and performed way better. And given the expectations of his team of like people are asking the world, which of these two teams, the Celtics or the Bucks are going to win the East? That was the field. And a lot of people picked the Milwaukee Bucks and they still could. Don't get me wrong, they still could. Yannis is injured right now. Hopefully he gets well soon. It can play. But most people are leaning towards Celtics again, because their execution hasn't been as great. So I want to give them, based on the expectations that we had for them and their execution, I want to get them like a D, a D plus. It wasn't beautiful. Right. And again, they were one of the better teams of basketball. But given what we thought they could be, this was a lot worse than that. Chicago Bulls. D minus. D minus. And that's, hey, the players, this is what I want to say. Everybody be like, I'm critical of my favorite team. I think it's pretty normal. I got no ill will to anybody on the roster. My ill will is towards the people that's running the show. Right. Demarda Rose had a phenomenal season. Yet a lot of people would agree that coming that trade that line, they should have made some moves. And because they did it, I got to give it like a D. I got to give it like a D minus. We found out that Kobe White's a stud. Some of us, we never, never left. We never left our stock behind. Io DeSumo's dope. We knew that. Alex Geruso still one of the best defensive players in all the basketball. And yet we still sub 500. Come on, man, we should have made the decision. So because of that, it's like a D, D minus, bro. That team had times where they look really good. They were one of the best clutch teams of basketball this season. They're also one of the teams that lost to the Pistons this year. Twice. Two times. That's too much time on the bulls, but they lost twice to the Pistons. The Cavaliers is a hard team to call, man. I want to give it like a C plus maybe. They won 50 games last year or 50 ish games last year. This year, they're sitting at 48. So take a little step back. Obviously, they dealt with injuries throughout the entirety of the season. But even going into the playoffs right now, when they're going against your Lendo magic, I still don't know who this team is. I don't know. That series is going to be fun. I know a lot of people on Twitter talk about nobody's watching that series. I'm watching that series. I love defense and both of those scenes break. I might have to give it a C. I just don't know how to gauge it because when they were hot, that 20 and four run, 20 and four, it was amazing. And then since the deadline, they've been sub 500. Oh, sister, not the deadline. They all start break. They've been sub 500. I just don't know what to say. So I'm going to put it at a C. The Boston Celtics get an A plus. It's not many teams. It's going to get an A plus. They were 64 and 18, a 14 game difference between them and the two seed. And they took their foot off the gas the last week and a half, two weeks of the season. And they still ended up with a seven and three record because Peyton Pritchard is, I don't, I don't know. He's like, he's like Bob Coonsie out there. You feel what I'm saying? They not starting anybody. Peyton Pritchard, here comes a 30 piece, a 30 and 11 game. But yeah, they were headed shoulders above everybody in the association. What will happen in the playoffs? I don't really know. But the regular season, Joe Missoula did an amazing job. Everybody completely bought in. Jalen Brown statistically might not have had the same type of year of last year to make him all NBA player, but I thought he had a better overall season. Poor Ziggas was relatively healthy this year. That's all you could really ask for. Perfect, perfect year. A plus. The Clippers, the first Western Conference team. I'm only going in the order of the, the, the first letter of your team. Clippers, 51 win team. Now they, they basically didn't do anything at the end of the season because they had locked themselves up as a four seed. So yeah, Kawai Leonard's maybe playing game one, maybe not playing game one. I thought all things considered, this was a pretty good season for them. I'm going to give it like a B. I know they had that stretch with, they weren't looking very good. We actually made a video about that a couple of weeks ago that they weren't looking good, but they also had that 25 game sample size. And we were like, man, is this the team to beat? Which team are they closer to? The team that, that, that people should be fearing or the team that we saw the last month, I would probably steer closest to the team that we should fear. It was a healthy season for all of their guys. And that was one of the questions. Tyron Liu came into the season and said, Hey, I don't want to keep playing this low management game. I don't want to do this. I don't want to do that. Kawai Leonard played enough games that he's going to make an all NBA team. That was not something that was happening the last couple of years with him and the Clippers. Other than what year number one he made second team, regardless, I know that they didn't finish amazingly. I'm giving it a B. Grizzlies, 27 and 55. I don't, how, how do you gaze at state, right? Obviously, they were not very good without Jamerett. Jamerett comes back, he hits a game winner and so on and so forth. They start to look pretty solid at that. Bam, he tours his late, he tears his labrum and now they're like, Okay, they play the most players on one season in the history of basketball. I think it was 33 different people played for the Memphis Grizzlies. Did they call your phone because they called my phone asking if I want to do for them. And I said, No, that's how they were looking for talent. I'm going to give it a C minus for the gap year. Gigi Jackson's dope. Yep. The Atlanta Hawks, a 10 C right now, 36 wins. And my personal expectations for the Atlanta Hawks were a lot higher than consensus. So I don't want to grade it on my own scale. I would give this a C minus probably. They still wanted the higher power offenses in basketball, but we found out that Trae Young and Ajante Murray cannot coexist when they were on the court together in the 1,000 minutes they played together. They had a negative net rating and a majority of teams out there. A great majority of teams out there where your top two players are on the court together. The net rating is usually positive. Not this one. They still have a chance to make the playoffs. Hell, they did it last year, so maybe they could do it again. I don't feel too great about it. James Johnson is going to be missing this play in game. So I will probably give it like a D plus, maybe C minus in that rain. Because, you know what? Back to the Atlanta Hawks before we move on to the Miami. Quint Snyder is widely renowned as one of the best offensive minds that we've had at basketball over the last 10, 15 years. He couldn't fix this. They got to make some decisions. Quint Snyder couldn't make it at least decent? Oh, that's some scary stuff. The Miami Heads regular season, they hit the over. It was at 45 and a half. They exactly hit the over on the last day of season at 46. But with them going on a finals run, and though they did this same thing last year as an 8C going on a finals run, you don't want to be in the plan. I know they can't do it. They've done it before, but you don't want to be in a plan. This regular season was tough. There were plenty of stretches in the season where they were struggling to put up 100 points in 2024. 100, Joel and B, and Luca Dodgers was very close to doing that in one single game. And they were doing that as a team. I'd probably give it like a C plus. They still have the pedigree to do something come postseason, but the regular season was a drag for the Miami Heat. The Hornets get like a D minus. D, D minus. We know that Brandon Miller is a stud. We know that Trey Mann is going to be looking good next season. But for the most part, there's another, another loss year for the Charlotte Hornets. And I feel like we keep saying that at the end of every Charlotte Hornets year, a lot of that this year is that Lamello ball didn't really play. And we just got to get Lamello healthy. Utah Jazz. How do you grow at the Utah Jazz? The end of the season at 31 and 51. And at one point, just like last year, early in the season, we're like, oh, is this the year to jazz? Can maybe make some things happen? And nothing was really happening, really. Keonti George, we know that he's about to be a stud. Even later in the season, Taylor Hendricks showed us a lot of good flashes. Bryce Sensible showed us some good flashes. So there are some building blocks in there. Lowry Market is going to get paid soon. But another year of them just sitting around and waiting for the lottery to be in their favor. I'm going to give it a D. C minus. C minus. C minus. D, D. I changed my mind again. Sacramento Kings ended the year at 46 and 36, a play-in game that they're hosting the Golden State Warriors, which is just not a good match up for them. And they're struggling at the finish line when Malik Monk and Kevin Hurd are both being out. It might not be pretty for the Sacramento Kings, but we don't really know. That's what the best thing about the play-in. You don't really know. It's a one-game elimination. I would say for the most part, this is probably like a C season for the Sacramento Kings. I mean, last year, they were the 3C with 48 wins. This year, they lost two more games in there than the 9C. That's how crazy the Western Conference has become. But given the circumstance of them missing a bunch of people with injury, D.R. Fox had went on a little slump after his injury. I'd probably give it like a C. Keegan Murray, I appreciate for the entirety of the season. He stepped up as the primary defender against a wide range of talented players in the association. But for the most part, this wasn't as good as last year. So, C. The Knicks get an A. They can't get an A-plus now. They can't get an A-plus, but they get an A. Jalen Brunson is the best point guard in the Eastern Conference. This season, at least, this 82-game sample size. He was the best point guard in the Eastern Conference. They felt injuries of Mitchell Robinson, of Ogyon and Obie, of Julius Randall. The list goes on and on and on, and they still walked out on a fifth as a 50-win team. That is insane. Coach Tom Thibodeau know what he's doing. Dante DiVincenzo had a breakout year. Hitting 40% of 3s on 8 attempts per. Josh Hart had multiple games when he played every single second. Say the O'Miles McBride. It's that smart? It's Tom Thibodeau. I saw him ruin my favorite players, ACL, doing that. But all that I consider, this was a great season. This is the most fun-knicks team of my lifetime. And I saw those mellow teams. And this team is significantly more fun than those mellow teams were. They're getting an A. The Knicks are the two seed, bro. That's crazy. Shout out to the Knicks. The Lakers got to get a C as well, man. 47 and 35. And through February 1st, they were 25 and 25. They had a 500 record, right? They were the ninth seed. Remember that? They were the ninth seed out of 500 record. And then they were hot guns blazing since February 1st. And they still ended up as an eighth seed. So as good as they were on the second half of the season, none of that mattered. It only helped them move up one spot. Anthony Davis has had his healthiest season since his first season with the LA Lakers. And he was phenomenal. Like, you could argue he deserves to be on all and be a first team. I know it's probably going to be that last spot. It might be Tatum. It might be Brunson. But you can argue that Anthony Davis deserves to be on the first team. He was locking it down defensively and had another one stellar offensive season. LeBron had 40,000 points this year. But all I consider, I'm probably going to have to give it a C. Maybe I can raise it up to a C plus because the second half of the season, they start to put it together. And that's still a dangerous team in the playoffs. So let's say C plus for the Lakers. Orlando Magic. They're Orlando Magic in a 5-C. And yes, they didn't finish well. At one point, they were in conversations for the 3-C. But the Orlando Magic are one of the youngest teams of basketball. A 21-year-old Paolo Bencaro. Frans Wagner is 22. Jalen sucks 22. That's three of their top three players. The three best players are all 22 or younger. Or they might be 23 now, given birthdays and stuff. But it makes no sense for them to be this good. This is how you do a rebuild, y'all. This is an A team. Because the expectations were not them even. The expectations, when I went on Orlando Magic podcast, shout out to our guys at the Six Man. When I talked to them, I said, when we talk again, we'll be talking about them being on a play-in. And that was like good expectations for the Magic. They've avoided the play-in completely. And they're going to be in a real seven-game series. Now we're going to find out who can fit for a seven-game series, who can't. We know that the offense has been a struggle for the entirety of the Orlando Magic franchise, basically. But this is as good as it gets for a young up-and-coming team. A, the Mavericks. The Mavericks, another 5C. They also won 50 games. And I have to give it an A as well. I know, I know, I know. Kenny, you gave a B to the Clippers, who are the higher C. The expectations for the Clippers are to do a lot better than that. You know what I'm saying? That's what you have. You have Kawhi Leonard, you have Paul George. The expectations are to be higher than that. The Mavericks' expectations were like, can we compete to stay the 5C? Can we potentially be a playing team? We didn't really know. And then the trade that line happened. P.J. Washington took a little bit of time to start hitting the shots. But you saw his impact immediately. Daniel Gaffords, impact immediately. They've been able to build a good, not just good, a great defensive team around Kawhi Irvin and Luka Donchich. That's phenomenal. Like I just, again, I made a video about it. I didn't see that as a likelihood, and they done it. This is one of the scariest lower seats in the Western Conference. I have to give it an A minus. Let's temper it a little bit. I have to give it an A minus. Luka Donchich should be maybe the MVP of this league. And Kawhi Irvin is one of the best secondary opposites you can ask for. You know what I'm saying? It's been a really good year. Brooklyn Nets, I'm sorry, Brooklyn Nets fans. 32 wins. I got to give it a D. I got to give it a D. Potentially, it's D-Mine. I don't know. The X-Mates, I did not have X-Mates for the Brooklyn Nets because I looked at their roster and I said, hey, there's a team that I don't believe is going to be really good. They should maybe try to sell off some pieces. They didn't sell anything. The only trade they did was getting rid of bringing in Dennis Schroeder. Okay. Like it was a real loss year, potentially. Potentially. Now, Cam Tom has jumped onto the scene and looked great. And we don't know what he's going to be. But for the most part, this feels like a lost season for the Brooklyn Nets from my perspective and because of that, I can't give them a higher grade. Different nuggets, I'll probably give like a B plus. You know, they had about 57 wins. Tied for the 1C, but didn't have the tiebreaker between them and OKC. But Yoke is like an MVP too. Everything's still going well. Championship fatigue is a real thing. Michael Forte Jr. talked about that earlier in the season. But after the all-star break, they went on his run. We're like, oh yeah, this is the team that we believe is going to win a championship. And I would still have them win in the Western Conference right now. But regular season-wise was good. B plus. Indiana Pacers, 47 wins. Listen, y'all. Terry Sallowbird is going to get his first bit of playoff action. Playoff action. And it's against the Milwaukee Bucks, who they had a little tussle with a little beef with earlier in the season. I cannot wait for that series too. I got to get this a B plus for them though. This is a team that they've always been a team that's been decent. The entirety of my life, the Indiana Pacers, has been a decent team. And they kind of continue that. They kind of continue that. But this time it means a playoff appearance. And they're running right now. The defense looked a lot better after the deadline. And I know they had one of the best offensive all time, but we're 29th the defense for the first half of the season. Pascal Siakam came in and said, hold on. Well, I'm from, we actually sitting at show. Well, I'm from, we actually play defense. And they started to play better defense where I think the post deadline, they were about league average. And if you're going to have a league average defense, but one of the better offenses, I like that recipe. So I'm going to give it a B. I think it was a good season for the Pacers, a B. The Pelicans fought through so many injuries this season. And they still wound it up with 59 wins. 59. And another team that skidded to the finish line. A lot of that was because Brandon Ingram's injured. He's finally back, played that last game, and they got destroyed by the Lakers. But regardless, he's back. And this is a fun team, one of the most fun teams in the league to me. One of my most watched teams in the league. It's cool to see that in the end season tournament, everybody's talking about Zion and his weight. Zion is Zion. He's not the player that we expected him to be. And then he was like, all right, shut up. I'm going to lose whatever amount of weight y'all was talking about. And I'm going to go out there and be that all NBA caliber player that we thought we were going to get. I'm probably giving them, considering all the injuries that they battled, if y'all remember, trademark for the third missed the first bid of the season two. I'm probably giving this like a solid B. I think there's a good season for the Pelicans, especially given the expectations. They're one game away from being in the playoffs. So we could finally see Zion in the playoffs then because we ain't seen that yet. The piss is getting enough. They get enough. They won 14 games in a year. And again, it's not all about how many total wins you get. 14 wins on year five of your rebuild is disgusting work. They tied 28 straight losses. And the only game that you want is because OGI and Adobe got traded like 24 hours before. So it was like six people on the roster against the Raptors. That's nasty. That's nasty work, bro. You're getting an F. They're going to get to the Raptors who won 25 games. And I'm just happy that they picked the direction. They lost Fred Van Blee for nothing in free agency. And I was like, you cannot let that happen again with Pascal Siakam. You cannot let that happen again with OGI and Adobe. And they made the decisions, right? Did they get back adequate value? Only time will tell because there's a lot of draft capital and then we got to see what quickly an RJ Bear turns into. I'm giving this like a C minus season, right? We know that Scotty Barnes is a perennial All-Star player. And after his sophomore year, there's a question on whether or not he could be that, bro. And he has been, he made that All-Star appearance. I'm probably giving it a C minus. The Rockets get a B plus? I'm teetering B plus A minus, bro. 41 to 41 in the season. And again, last year, let me take a their last year record. Last year, they were 22 and 60. See, time to tell me you were 20 games better this year. Now, granted, they still ended up as the 11 seed. And for a second, they were pushing the Warriors to get that 10 seed regardless. They brought in a new coach at Eme Yudoka who changed the entire philosophy this team. I said before years ago that when I watched the Houston Rockets last year, it felt like AAU basketball. And if you don't know me, I hate watching AAU basketball. But that's what it felt like. Eme Yudoka said, no, we're going to be a defensive-minded team. We don't even really have a ton of defensive-minded players in our rotation. But hell, we're going to shift the narrative about a bunch of us. And they won 41 games. That is beautiful work. Our fragmented league came in and said, hey, look what happens when you have a real point guard. De La Brics came in and said, hey, look what happens. We have a tone setter on the defensive side of the ball. 41 wins is phenomenal. I'm giving it an A minus. I'd say A minus. It probably would have been an A if they snuck into that team. But A minus is a phenomenal season for the Rockets. Cannot wait to see what happens next. The Spurs won 22 games this year. Last year without Victor with Miyama, they won 22 games. So they added the best prospect in the history of basketball. And he's lived up to the hype. And they still didn't get better by a game. That's something. I'm probably giving it a D plus. Everything I know, this is what I know. Victor with Miyama is all led in the bag of chips. He's going to be next season probably a top 15 player in basketball if he's not already. Devon Vaseo, second half of the year, Devon Vaseo. His feel for playing with Victor with Miyama was a lot better. I ain't got no numbers to say that. But the eye test, that was a lot of Spurs this year, y'all, because Winby's that crazy. He just felt significantly more impactful with Winby and Miyama. So there are some things to take away that were really solid when Winby was on the court. They wanted the best defenses in basketball. When he was off the court, they were the worst. So there are some little nuggets here and there with him and Devon Vaseo played together with Trey Jones. They were a net rating of like a seven point something. Like it was some great stuff. The round of edges though, it was a little bit crazy. I'm probably giving it a D plus because you added the greatest prospect in the history of basketball and you didn't get one win better. Sounds kind of crazy. The Suns ended the year as a sixth seed. And I do want to give credit where it's due. The Suns went through the last 12, 13 games of the season where they had the hardest schedule in basketball by a wide margin. And they finished. What? Let me like a double check. What did they finish? Here are their last 10 games. It was Denver. That was a win. I think Jamal Murray didn't play, but none of that really matters. They lost to OKC. That was a bad loss because if I'm not mistaken, OKC did not play Shea or J Dubb. So that's a bad loss sprinkled in there. But they beat the Pelicans. One of the, I know they lost later in the year, but that was such a significant win. That's when Booker put up for 50. Then two nights later, they went into Cleveland. When it gets Cleveland, won that one. Denver, Brooklyn were 40. They beat the Minnesota Timberwolves, held them to under 100 points. Yes, they lost here to the Pelicans, and then they lost to the Clippers here. But they finished on a three game win streak. So I want to give credit where it's due because they had such a hard schedule and they close it out. And a lot of people, even like the algorithm that try to predict, no, this team has a 60% chance of them. A lot of the hat that them, they were going to finish in the playing and they finished as a secure seed. And they go against the Timberwolves, which again, we're going to talk about matchups tomorrow, probably. There's a series right there, you know what I'm saying. But collectively, I'll probably give it a B minus. Because a lot of it was like, hey, we got so many injuries, right? Bradley Beal missed so much of the season, then when he came back, Denver Booker missed a week, and then so on and so forth. Kevin Durant had one of his most efficient seasons and they won 49 games, which is good. I'll probably give it a B minus. I just, B minus, B minus. Okay, see thunder. And my notes, I have eight. 57 wins. I'm giving it an A plus. This team's over under was 44 and a half. They blew that out of the water. This team is one of the youngest teams. We talked to say anything about the Orlando Magic. One of the youngest teams of basketball. Didn't matter. They were top 10 offense, top 10 defense, top 10 and half court. Oh, top 10 and half court defense, top 10 and transition defense. They were perfect. Nearly as perfect as you can get for a regular season. I'm giving it an A plus. And so the Timberwolves, you're getting a smooth A after last season. Everybody's questioning last season. Let me see where you finished. Eight seed, 42 wins. Oh my God. Is Rudy Gobiar the guy to be on this team? Can Carthenian Towns transition to be a power forward? The answer was yes and yes. Nobody ever questioned Anthony Edwards. We all knew he was a stuff. But the question was yes and yes. And Kiyah was in the walker, one of the best off the bench players in basketball. Nasri and Contention for six man a year. Real stuff. Real stuff. The defense was head and shoulders above a lot of different teams. Most of the teams in basketball. A, you're getting an A. You're getting an A. Nobody expected you to be 56 wins. Some of us made a video saying the Minnesota Timbers are under a lot of pressure. That was a clickbait video. In that video, seven months before the season, or seven, a month before the season started. In the video, I said that the Minnesota Timberwolves are poised for a breakout. Now, even with that, I didn't think that breakout was going to be the goddamn three seed and teetering the one seed all season long. But again, I felt good about them. I felt good about them. Trailblazers are a tough team to gauge because this is technically the first year of their rebuild, right? School Henderson last month of the season started to look better. Do I breathe a good find? I feel like when you're doing the rebuild, you have to find those good finds. And he's, what, like four years or moved from college, but found his way into the league and got a real contract. Like that's a great story. But because of the first year of rebuild, of course, they're going to be bad. I'm probably giving it a D plus. Let's just say D plus to be fair. Golden State Warriors are getting the C minus. They're one game away from missing the playoffs completely. Hell, D plus now. D plus, D plus. I forgot about that. They went through a lot this year. And some of it was some stuff that some heartbreaking things they went through, right? But Wiggins fell off a cliff after an all-star year and helping them win a championship. Draymond couldn't keep his hands to himself the first part of the season. And for them to be one game away from missing the playoffs, like that is way lower the expectations because I thought they were a lot to make the playoffs. And here we are. And lastly, the Wizards who won 15 games this year. But also, just like I just said with the Trailblaze, this is technically the first year of their rebuild. First year post Bradley Beal. And when they're in the first year of a rebuild, the goal is to lose. And they did that a lot. Somehow only ended one game better than a team that lost 28 in a row. Like that's kind of crazy. I'm giving it a D. Maybe even a D minus. It's not enough. But maybe a D minus. But I'll look good. I mean, Corey Kisper had a great season. Denny D had a great season. There are a lot of things that you can smile about about the year. Trust other than looking at the record. But the record is still, let's say D. Let me know what you think, man. Those are my awards based on this season. Agree? Disagree? Let me know in the comment section. I'll see y'all tomorrow.