What we learned about 14 NBA contenders this preseason

The NBA's preseason is drafting to a close

The curtain volition emergence connected the 2025-26 play successful Oklahoma City connected Oct. 21, erstwhile the defending champion Thunder volition observe their archetypal title arsenic they big erstwhile Thunder prima Kevin Durant and the Houston Rockets. And portion overmuch of the preseason is astir rounding into signifier and getting to the commencement of the play healthy, determination are inactive things that tin beryllium gleaned from the aboriginal October action.

To instrumentality banal of wherever things beryllium aft astir of the accumulation slate has been played, our NBA reporters -- Tim Bontemps, Jamal Collier, Vince Goodwill, Baxter Holmes, Tim MacMahon, Dave McMenamin, Anthony Slater, Michael C. Wright and Ohm Youngmisuk -- provided their takeaways connected respective contenders from each conference, and what each franchise looks similar heading into the upcoming season.

Jump to a team:
ATL | CLE | DAL
DET | GSW | HOU
LAC | LAL | MIL
NYK | OKC | ORL
PHI | SAS

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Barkley: 'I privation a idiosyncratic loved maine arsenic overmuch arsenic the Bucks emotion Giannis.'

Charles Barkley weighs successful connected Giannis Antetokounmpo's aboriginal with the Bucks aft Milwaukee had commercialized conversations with the Knicks earlier successful the offseason.

Eastern Conference

Atlanta Hawks

One of the aboriginal observations made by players during the archetypal days of Hawks campy was that everyone was connected the court, and the trainer's country was empty. The Hawks are steadfast and buzzing implicit caller additions Kristaps Porzingis,

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