 When making videos like this, obviously there will be people that are disappointed with how their team ranks. All 30 NBA teams will be mentioned, and not every team was a winner in this year's 2021 off-season. I think it's important to note that the biggest losers were basically teams that didn't make any moves. Because in the NBA, which is ever-evolving, there are obviously teams who make moves and they seemingly get better on paper. When in reality, when the NBA season starts again, those teams may actually not do very well, and teams that didn't make any moves may actually do better. So it's not to say that those teams who didn't make any moves will be bad next year, but it's hard to rank them any higher than a team that made moves. And I believe a team that didn't add anything inherently gets worse simply because other teams get better. But, obviously, this is all subject to change, and this is just how it is from my perspective. Without further ado, this goes in alphabetical order, and we're starting off with the Atlanta Hawks. The Atlanta Hawks finally have a team that is good enough on paper to be a playoff team. Whether it's the sixth, seventh, or eighth seed, you expect the Atlanta Hawks this year to be in the playoffs. Not only do they get Clint Capella back after trading for him last season, but Trey Young is entering his third year. And they also added guys like Bogdanovich, who was actually meant to be a part of the box, but obviously that didn't work out. And he's going to be a part of Atlanta, which I think is of great fit. In addition to Nilo Galanari, sure, he's 32 years old, and they did maybe overpay for him. But he's a really great stretch for that can play multiple positions. And he's a guy that I think fits well alongside Trey Young, Clint Capella, and obviously their young pieces in Cam Reddish, Deondre Hunter, and John Collins. And Trey Young can learn a lot from Rashan Rondo. I'm going to rank the Hawks off-season at a B+. I believe they did get some quality players, but they also made some questionable moves in terms of contracts. So we're going to see how they go next year. But definitely a step in the right direction. Then we go to the Boston Celtics. The Celtics were an odd team going into the off-season. Many believed that Danny Ainge would be on the phone most of the off-season looking for trades for Gordon Hayward, and even Kemba Walker was on the trade table. They've obviously got their two future All-Stars in Jason Tatum and obviously Jalen Brown, and they did give Jason Tatum a contract extension, which was very well deserved. But they lost Gordon Hayward. Not that he was a major piece to this team simply because he hasn't been the same since his injury, but they did add Tristan Thompson, who I think was a great complimentary piece since they did lack front court size and adding him ensures more rebounding and provides second chance points. But all in all, I don't think the Celtics comprehensively look a lot different from last season. I just think they'll play better simply because Tatum and Brown are one year older, but in terms of the actual off-season moves, I ranked them at a C+. The Brooklyn Nets didn't really need to make any moves. They're obviously getting two All-Stars back, and obviously they did re-sign Joe Harris, so this team is not only filled with two-star powerhouse players in Kevin Durant and Kyrie, but they've also got depth with their bench, Karis Levert, Jared Allen, Joe Harris, DeAndre Jordan. It's a really solid team on paper. We're going to see how they can all mesh together. I wouldn't be surprised if they did trade away some of their bench players to try and get that third All-Star. We saw they were going after Bradley Beale, but in that same sense, they didn't do anything special during this off-season, but I think bringing back Joe Harris, even though they did re-sign him on a pretty big contract, and adding Jeff Green, who also helps with that small ball five, and he's also played with Kevin Durant previously. But because of last season's off-season, which was obviously an A+, getting Kyrie and KD, they didn't need to do anything this off-season, so I'm just going to rank them at a C+. Next, we have the Charlotte Hornets, and the Charlotte Hornets are a very, very interesting team because obviously they drafted Lamello Ball, the new face of the franchise, and obviously if you followed this channel for a while and you can tell by my accent, I'm from Australia, and that's where Lamello Ball played all of this year for the Illawarra Hawks. I was able to watch him each and every game, and this guy is definitely the face of a franchise. He can improve in multiple aspects of his game. Definitely, defensively, he's got a lot to work on. He's shooting ability he's got a lot to work on, but he's a six-foot-eight point guard who can actually play point guard. He is no joke. He's an incredible offensive talent. He can finish with contact. He's arguably the best passer in the NBA without even playing a game, and because he is six-foot-eight and he's building size, he can actually improve on the defensive end and become a similar player to Lonzo, who's very good on the defensive end. So just through the draft alone, they finally got their new franchise player in Lamello Ball, but they also added Gordon Hayward. And Gordon Hayward is such an interesting player because Utah Jazz Gordon Hayward was an all-star. Is he able to be the Utah Jazz Gordon Hayward that he once was? Because in Boston he had to play alongside Tatum, Jalen Brown, Marcus Smart, Kemba Walker, Kyrie Irving. There were players that were taking his shots away from him. In Charlotte, he is going to probably be the main guy, and I think this team is looking for that eighth seed. I don't think they can get any better than a seventh or eighth seed, and that's just because they are in the Eastern Conference. If they were in the West, there'd be no chance they'd even make the playoffs, but it's just a very odd team and it's a hard team to rank because they definitely did overpay for Gordon Hayward, which is why I'm going to put them down at a C+. They obviously got Lamello Ball, which put them up to a B, B-minus, and then the Gordon Hayward Edition put them down a little bit for me just because of that contract and it's a long-term contract. I just didn't see him fitting in with this young Charlotte Hornets team to me. It doesn't make a lot of sense, so I'm going to put them back down to a C+. But they're going to be better than last season most likely, so if MJ just wants to see success, they're probably going to have minimal but playoff success most likely. Then we've got the Chicago Bulls, and I'm not going to beat around the bush. They took a roll of the dice on Patrick Williams at pick number five. I'm not entirely sure how good he'll be in the NBA. It is a roll of the dice. It's one of those things that if it pays off, it will definitely pay off. If it doesn't, they've wasted a top five pick. In saying that the Chicago Bulls need something, they might as well take the gamble, but to me, they didn't have a good off-season at all, and that's simply because they didn't sign anyone, nor did they really lose anyone, and that's a D+. For me. If you don't do anything, it's hard to rank you. I don't think they got any better, so I'm going to have to rank them at a D+. Next, we have the Cleveland Cavaliers. I'm going to keep this short and sweet. They added Javelin McGee. They lost Tristan Thompson. They didn't really make any moves. I'm going to also rank them at a D+. Next, we have the Dallas Mavericks, and the Dallas Mavericks are such an interesting team because Luca Doncic has the ability to be an MVP in this league. He's a guy that in just his second year took the league by storm, and the way that he played in the playoffs against the Los Angeles Clippers in that series was incredible, even without Christopher Zingus. I know that this guy is the future of the NBA. They didn't make any notable signings, but what they did do was get some defense on this team. Seth obviously is a part of the 76ers. Jay Rich is now a part of the Dallas Mavericks, and I think for both teams it really works out. For Philly, Seth is a better shooter, and for the Dallas Mavericks, Jay Rich is a great defender. I watched him in Miami all the time as the leader for our team when we didn't have a great squad, and I think Jay Rich is a guy that can really compliment Luca, and I think the role that he'll play in Dallas fits far better for Josh Richardson than the role he played in Philadelphia. He can even be the third scorer on this team, but he's also just a lockdown defender which is more suited to the way he plays. In addition, they wanted wing defenders and they were able to get them either through the draft with Josh Green, who is an Australian and I love the way he plays. They got James Johnson, a veteran guy that is actually just a very serviceable player, and I think for what the Dallas Mavericks could do, they did what they could do, and they got better during this offseason. They also re-signed Willie Coley-Stein, so I'm going to give the Dallas Mavericks a B-plus for this year's offseason. The Denver Nuggets didn't really get much better, nor did they get much worse. They lost Jemri Grant, which definitely hurt them, but they also added Jemri Green, who was a good player for the Clippers last season. They re-signed Paul Millsap, so they didn't get much worse, didn't get much better. But for what they could do with the limited amount of cap space they have, they're already a competitive team in the Western Conference. I'm going to give them a B. Then we've got the Detroit Pistons. I'm not going to get into the Detroit Pistons because I don't know what the hell they did. They lost Christian Wood, who that was the only bright spot for this team. They paid Mason Plumley so much money, $25 million. I just don't know why they did that. Jemri Grant's a nice addition, but he's really only a nice addition for like a playoff team. The Pistons are not a playoff team. They're going to probably look to trade Blake Griffin eventually as well. I don't know what they did, and I'm going to rank them at a D-plus, which is the worst you can get. Next we have the Golden State Warriors. And obviously with the injury of Clay Thompson, which is so unfortunate, a second year in a row that he's had a major injury is just devastating. But the Warriors as a team did really well during this off-season, and I think for what they could do, they did exceptionally well. They were able to replace Clay Thompson with Kelly Ubrey, which obviously you can't replace Clay Thompson. But Kelly Ubrey is 24. He brings youth, athleticism, a great defender, and he can even shoot the ball. He can be around an 18 to 20 point per game scorer. Can he play alongside Wiggins? They're kind of similar, but I'm not sure how that's going to work. But Steph Curry, Kelly Ubrey, Dremont Green, and they were able to draft James Wiseman. So this team is going to be nice in my opinion going into next season. Even without Clay Thompson, with Clay Thompson, they'd be one of the best teams in my opinion. But without Clay Thompson, I'm not sure how they're going to run. But Kelly Ubrey is not a bad replacement. And then they also added Camp Basemore, a previous Golden State Warrior, who's a really good 3 and D player for this team, coming off the bench. I really like what they did, and I'm going to give them an A- for this off season. Next we have the Houston Rockets. The Houston Rockets are such a strange team, because they were obviously running the small ball last year, and then this year they go out and get Christian Wood to Marcus Cousins, two big men. I'm not sure if they're going to make a trade, what they're going to do, but adding Christian Wood is a nice pick up for this team, depending on what they do. I think Christian Wood alone is just a really solid player, and to Marcus Cousins, they may as well take the plunge on him, considering that he could be a decent player. He was one of the best big men in the NBA, if not the best big man in the NBA when healthy. It's obviously been a few years since then, but I don't think they did as bad as many expected, and I'm actually going to give them a B-. The Indiana Pacers didn't really add anyone, nor did they really lose anyone, so I'm just going to give them a C-. Next we have the Los Angeles Clippers, and I actually do think they got better. Sure they did lose Montrez Harrell, Landry Shamet, who was a decent shooter for this team, and they also lost to Michael Green, but they added Sergei Barker, who in my opinion fits better than Harrell on this team. We've seen what he's been able to do on the defensive end, and he's a better defender than Harrell, and then offensively he's able to stretch the floor a little bit better than Harrell as well, so he probably fits better for this Clippers team, and then Luke Kinard is just a very good shooter. He's similar to Landry Shamet, but obviously a decent replacement for him, so I think that that's actually better for this Clippers team, and they actually are a better team going to the next season than they were this season, in my opinion, but they're not extensively better, and they also didn't add a point guard which they were looking to add, so I'm just going to give them a B for this off-season. Next we have the Los Angeles Lakers, and I've already made a separate video for the Los Angeles Lakers on the channel a few days ago. I think they were clear winners. They still have the ability to trade away Carl Kuzma with somebody that's more of a better fit for this Lakers team, and they also added Marcusol from Toronto, which is a really good player to add. I think they were clear winners, and it's an A plus for me. This Los Angeles Lakers team got so much better. They added Wesley Matthews, a great three-point shooter, and a great defender in replacement for Danny Green, but everyone that they lost, they got better players back. Montrez is a better player than Javale. Wesley Matthews is a better player than Danny Green. Dennis Rode is a better player than Rondo, and losing every Bradley wasn't too big, considering he didn't actually play in the bubble and they won an NBA championship, and then Marcusol for Dwight Howard, they're pretty similar players, except Marcusol's ability to shoot the outside shot probably helps this Lakers team even more. So NBA champions got better, an A plus for me. The Memphis Grizzlies didn't really add anyone noticeable, nor did they lose anyone noticeable either. I'm going to give them a C minus. The Miami Heat, obviously coming off an NBA finals appearance, they weren't able to do a lot in this offseason. They don't have major cap space just yet. That's looking for 2021, where they're looking to get a star player. This year though, they added some really good role players. Avery Bradley's a great 3 and D guy for the Miami Heat, who can really play well for this team and fit straight in. Mohaklis, similar player, they lost Jay Crowder, so he's a 6 foot 8 long player, can play defense, can hit the open shot. He'll fit in for this team, and they also re-signed Bam, Gorand Rajik, and they also signed Mayes Lennard for quite a noticeable contract, but people know Pat Riley's onto something. He's probably just going to be a part of a trade because he's able to match the contracts with an all-star, because you know Miami's going to try and get someone, whether that's Oladipo, Bradley Beal, Joelle Embiid, someone, the Miami Heat are looking to get someone, and to make the contracts work, that's how they're going to make it work, with Mayes Lennard's contract, along with some young assets. So whilst they didn't do anything special, what they did do was solid, and they just came off an NBA finals appearance, so I'm going to give them a B. Next we have the Bucks, and the Bucks needed to make some noticeable moves, so they're still competing next year. They were able to get Drew Holiday, who's a really, really underrated player. Losing out on Bogdanovich, though, really hurt this team. I would have given the Bucks a nice ranking. I would have given them an A- to B+, but because they weren't able to get Bogdanovich, and Drew Holiday's a good player, but they did still give up three first-round picks, I'm going to give them a B. The Minnesota Timbles, I thought they could have potentially tried to trade away that pick. You've got De'Angelo Russell, you've got Carl Anthony Towns. They want to start competing for a playoff push, so the number of Anthony Edwards, who's a rookie, will be able to get them over the line. I'm just going to say that the Minnesota Timbles got a C. I like the addition of Anthony Edwards, but I just think if you're Minnesota, you want to start making the playoffs considering Carl Anthony Towns is there, De'Angelo Russell is there, you need to start winning. Next we have the New Orleans Pelicans, a very weird addition of Stephen Adams, a guy that you can't really see him playing very well alongside Zion Williamson, because they're just two really big players, although it's the intimidation factor that you have Zion and Stephen Adams setting picks and screens, and that is tough. Those are two of the heaviest players in the league, two of the strongest players in the league. They added Eric Gledso, they lost through holiday. How do you really rank this team? Of course they re-signed Brandon Ingram, but I'm just going to say they're just mediocre. I'm going to rank them at a B minus. I like the addition of Stephen Adams, and I just don't know if they got much better though going into next year, but they don't need to. They're going to see how their young players play, and they're going to see a full healthy season out of the Zion hopefully, so that's when we'll see how this Pelicans team goes next year, but I think B minus is okay for this team. The New York Knicks, they didn't really make any major moves. They didn't add anything special. They got Obi-Toppin in the draft, who is a New Yorker. I like him. I think he's going to be solid, but he's another powerful that this team really doesn't need any more of. I'm going to rank them at a C minus, because I just don't see them doing any better than they did last year. The Oklahoma City Thunder, very, very different team going into next year that they had this year. They've lost their main players in Chris Paul, Galanari, Stephen Adams, Dan Ashrota, Noel Ferguson. They've basically lost everybody that they had last year besides Shay Guguz Alexander, so that team didn't get any better, but they were able to add in Al Horford, who's just a player that will be on this team, Trevor Reza, a player that will be on this team, just veteran guys that can help Shay, but they're not going to win, so what I'm looking forward to is a ton of picks in the future. They made so many trades, including pick swaps and picks, and they're just going to be crazy. They've got 18 first round picks by from now until 2027. I just think that's an incredible way to set up your future, and I'm going to give them a ranking of a B minus, because they didn't add anything, but because of the picks, which are unknown how good they'll be, a B minus I think is a very solid place to be in. The Orlando Magic, they didn't lose anyone, they didn't add anyone, they just stayed the same, and I think for me, that just means they're at a C minus. The Philadelphia 76ers, I spoke a little bit about them before, I think they got better, they lost the big contract of Al Horford, Jay Richardson's contract, they also lost that, but he also wasn't a great fit for this team. I think adding in Seth Curry is a much better fit, and then Terence Ferguson is a really underrated player, a good guy to have on your team, he's a great athletic player, 3 and D player, I think he fits really well, and I think it's a great year to see how Ben Simmers and Joellen Biedel play alongside some good shooters on the outside. It's white hell, it's veteran presence will be there, he's a great backup sentence to have, he can teach Biedel some good things on the defensive end which Biedel needs to work on. So I think for what they could do, they did do some very good things, and I'm actually going to give him one of the highest rankings, I'm going to give them a B plus for this year. I think they just did what they could do, and they got better, and I think on paper, it doesn't look like a better team, but in reality on the court, I think they'll be better, and I think they're really going to push a lot of teams this year in the playoffs in the Eastern Conference. The Phoenix Suns also, they made a major move in adding Chris Paul and Jay Crowder who's a very solid 3 and D guy to have on your team, alongside obviously Deondre Aden and Devin Booker. It's a guy that you didn't want to lose in Kelly Ubre, but in the same sense adding Chris Paul is a veteran player that can hopefully get this team into the playoffs, I think Devin Booker is going to take that next step, we saw what he could do in the bubble, and I think Deondre Aden, he's a guy that really cement himself as one of the better centers in the league next year, and I think adding Chris Paul just helps this team get a lot better straight away, so I'm going to give this team an A minus, they're not going to be a championship team, but they at least can get closer to making the playoffs, and that's all they really need to do to see Devin Booker and Deondre Aden become future stars in this league, and a really nice one-two punch. Similarly, I have the Portland Trailblazers as a major winner this year, I've got them ranked at an A, I think they did really well, Derrick Jones fits really well in this team, Robert Cummington is the perfect piece for this team, and Anna Skanta is a decent replacement for Hassan White's side. They got some really good defense first-forwards to complement CJ and Dame, and they do a lot better on the defensive end that Mello did, and they also still have Mello for the offensive end too, so I like what they did a lot. Then we've got the Sacramento Kings, they didn't really do anything, they were able to re-sign Derrick and Fox, so I'm just going to rank them out of C minus, obviously getting Hassan White's side doesn't do anything, they also lost Boganovich, so it was just a win-lose-win-lose kind of offseason for them, so I'm going to rank them at a C minus. Same with the San Antonio Spurs, they didn't really add anyone special nor did they really lose anyone special, so it's a C minus for them. The Toronto Raptors, I have them ranked at a C minus as well, they were able to re-sign Fred Van Fleet, but they lost Serge and Marc Gasol, two players that were really instrumental for this team, and adding Aaron Baines is okay, Alex Lenn is okay, Deondre Membre, okay, but nothing special, so I'm going to also rank them at a C minus. The Utah Jazz, they were able to re-sign Jordan Clarkson, Donovan Mitchell, two players that were really instrumental last year to this team, they added Derrick Fabers, a former Utah Jazz player, I don't think they did anything special, but I think what they did do was get a big man that they needed, and I think that it's important that they did that, but a C plus for me is where I rank them. Then we have the Washington Wizards, they re-signed Davis Bertrand's an $80 million contract, he's a really good player, I don't know if he's worth $80 million though, and I think the Wizards are a weird team because they will eventually make a trade, I think you can count on that happening, either it's going to be John Ball or Bradley Bill, I do like their draft pick, I think he's going to compliment Rui pretty well, and those are the two players that they're looking to build on, so I think they just did okay, nothing special, I'm going to rank them at a C, and that is every team, that's every team that I've ranked them, here's all the teams on your screen right now the way that I've ranked them, I want to hear though what you believe down below, how did you rank each team's off season, you can let me know down below, you can let me know your favorite team, I would love to hear what you think, if you enjoy the video I'd really appreciate if you guys could hit that like button, subscribe if you're new and I'll catch you guys in my next one, I am out, peace.