Here are the tournament pools:
West Pool A: Memphis, LAL, Phoenix, Utah, Portland
West Pool B: Denver, LAC, New Orleans, Dallas, Houston
West Pool C: Sacramento, Golden State, Minnesota, OKC, San Antonio
East Pool A: Philadelphia, Cleveland, Atlanta, Indiana, Detroit
East Pool B: Milwaukee, New York, Miami, Washington, Charlotte
East Pool C: Boston, Brooklyn, Toronto, Chicago, Orlando
Which pool will be the toughest? Who will win each pool? Who’s going to win the whole thing? Who will be making the underdog tournament run? Who will be the tournament MVP? What are your predictions for the tournament in general?
East pool A west pool B
Hardest is West C. Only one “bad” team.
Easiest is East C
Lakers and Phoenix gifted their pool by Silver
Edit: and Boston
My personal guess is Phoenix, LAC, GSW, Philadelphia, Miami, and Boston will be the pool winners with Denver and Milwaukee as the wild cards. Final is GSW vs. Miami. Miami wins off a very clutch Jimmy Butler performance.
Prediction: Only good teams will make the top 8, no surprise team that gets hot at the right time and makes it far