2021-2022 AROUND the NBA: GSW Champs [ARCHIVED]

[cjeter24]

Depends a lot on what the Lakers do this offseason. They have caproom, IIRC. Do the ring-chasers join up with Lebron and AD after what happened last year? I know, *everyone* was injured in the pandemic-shortened season, but Lebron is getting awfully old, and AD is always debilitated. Or close to it. Who's to say both those guys are healthy next year? Who are their running mates? I would still have the Suns penciled in unless they lose CP3, in which case they likely fall in the 5th or 6th in the West tier next year. And if the Mavs don't make some significant overhauls this offseason, I'd be very pleasantly surprised if even a CP3-less Suns team doesn't sweep the season series this year.

The same Suns who without CP3 couldn't even get to 500 last year? 

CP3 leaving would knock them out of the playoffs unless they get a legit PG another way. 
Suns had everything in the West go their way other than Paul's covid test. 

I think you are drastically overrating how good they are.