NBA: Way-too-early playoff predictions for the 2021-22 season

1. Brooklyn Nets

Assuming health, I feel as if the Brooklyn Nets are going to be full-throttle this season. I believe they’re going to enter this season with a chip on their shoulder and that this is going to be a team that absolutely runs through the Eastern Conference.

Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden create arguably the most lethal offensive trio in league history. They’re only going to get better with every passing day and if this team is healthy, they’re going to be impossible to stop – or even slow down.

If the Nets don’t win the championship this season or at the very least aren’t in the NBA Finals, something went terribly, terribly wrong. I would bet on the Nets coming through, however, especially with how their playoff run ended this past season.