Is your favorite NBA team primed to boost its win total significantly during the 2016-17 season?
If so, get excited—just not too excited.
More victories are never a bad thing. After all, if your team is neither trying to win nor partying with Sam Hinkie, there's no point in playing the games. But the most drastic upticks are typically reserved for those teams with the most room to grow.
The Golden State Warriors, for example, can only improve by so much. They will not win 95 games during an 82-tilt regular season. Thus, it's easier to transition from bad to better-than-bad.
Not all cases follow this formula. Offseason additions help some rosters bust out of the middle and make a meaningful jump into the postseason discussion. Others saw a predicted leap get deferred last year and might now be entering fringe title contention.
Next season's crop of win-column hopefuls fit under diverse umbrellas. There isn't a bona fide contender in the bunch, but for the most part, they're more than a group of crappy teams that are capitalizing on the low bar set by last season's cruddiness.
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