It’s October, which means the 2022-23 NBA season is just around the corner. It’s time to preview the spectacle to come. Will the Golden State Warriors repeat as NBA champions? How long will Kevin Durant remain with the Brooklyn Nets? Which young, emerging team will break into the NBA’s top tier? Can Nikola Jokić win a third consecutive MVP award? Can LeBron James return the Lakers to relevance — and pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA’s all-time leading scorer in the process? These questions and more will be decided over the next several months.
Here is The Athletic’s most relevant work from the preseason, including predictions, team previews, the biggest offseason stories and so much more. Consider it a cheat sheet to prepare for the NBA regular season.
John Hollinger’s team previews
The Athletic’s John Hollinger, a front-office expert, has spent two decades previewing each team before the upcoming NBA season, dating back to the first release of the Pro Basketball Prospectus in 2002. This season, the one-time inventor of PER uses the combination of his big-picture perspective, a more recent statistical formula he invented known as BORG (Big Ol’ Rating,
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