12. Los Angeles Lakers (20-16)
It’s a shame that the Los Angeles Lakers lost LeBron James during their big Christmas Day win over the Warriors because this team was really starting to put it all together as a team, considering their roster.
Losing LeBron, it’s only natural for this team to fall down the standings a bit, especially if he missed a couple of weeks, but the fact that we have seen this team play some really good basketball this early in the season is a great sign.
Perhaps the Lakers will be bigger factors than what we all predicted before the season, and that would only help the NBA as a whole.