2023-24 NBA Season Preview

Sportsnet NBA Insider picks and predictions for 2023-24 season

October 25, 2023 - 11:02am

Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes. (Brandon Dill/AP)

Which two teams will meet in the NBA Finals?

How many games will the Raptors win this season?

And who is most likely to challenge Victor Wembanyama for the Rookie of the Year Award?

With the new NBA season upon us, we asked our panel of NBA insiders and contributors for their picks and predictions on all those questions and more.

Here's what they had to say.

	ATLANTIC	CENTRAL	SOUTHEAST
Michael Grange	Boston	Cleveland	Orlando
William Lou	Boston	Milwaukee	Miami
Blake Murphy	Boston	Cleveland	Atlanta
Alex Wong	Boston	Milwaukee	Atlanta
Donnovan Bennett	Boston	Milwaukee	Miami
Savanna Hamilton	Boston	Milwaukee	Miami
Eric Smith	Boston	Milwaukee	Miami
Kai Gammage	Boston	Milwaukee	Miami
Kellen Forrest	Boston	Milwaukee	Atlanta

	NORTHWEST	PACIFIC	SOUTHWEST
Michael Grange	Minnesota	Golden State	Memphis
William Lou	Denver	LA Lakers	Memphis
Blake Murphy	Denver	Phoenix	Memphis
Alex Wong	Denver	Golden State	Memphis
Donnovan Bennett	Denver	Golden State	New Orleans
Savanna Hamilton	Denver	Phoenix	Dallas
Eric Smith	Denver	Phoenix	Dallas
Kai Gammage	Denver	Sacramento	New Orleans
Kellen Forrest	Denver	Phoenix	New Orleans

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	EAST CHAMPS	WEST CHAMPS	NBA CHAMPS
Michael Grange	Boston	Golden State	Golden State
William Lou	Milwaukee	Denver	Denver
Blake Murphy	Milwaukee	Phoenix	Milwaukee
Alex Wong	Milwaukee	LA Clippers	LA Clippers
Donnovan Bennett	Milwaukee	Golden State	Golden State
Savanna Hamilton	Milwaukee	Denver	Denver
Eric Smith	Boston	Phoenix	Boston
Kai Gammage	Milwaukee	Denver	Denver
Kellen Forrest	Boston	Phoenix	Boston

	EXCEED EXPECTATIONS	DISAPPOINT
Michael Grange	Cleveland	Milwaukee
William Lou	Toronto	Philadelphia
Blake Murphy	Orlando	Miami
Alex Wong	Indiana	Minnesota
Donnovan Bennett	Oklahoma City	LA Clippers
Savanna Hamilton	Oklahoma City	Philadelphia
Eric Smith	Toronto	Sacramento
Kai Gammage	Minnesota	Dallas
Kellen Forrest	Indiana	Dallas

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	MVP	SIXTH MAN	DEFENSIVE PLAYER
Michael Grange	Nikola Jokic	Rui Hachimura	Bam Adebayo
William Lou	Nikola Jokic	Norman Powell	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Blake Murphy	Luka Doncic	Derrick White	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Alex Wong	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Norman Powell	Jaren Jackson Jr.
Donnovan Bennett	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Chris Paul	Dillon Brooks
Savanna Hamilton	Nikola Jokic	Immanuel Quickley	Evan Mobley
Eric Smith	Jayson Tatum	Malik Monk	Bam Adebayo
Kai Gammage	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Malik Monk	Jaden McDaniels
Kellen Forrest	Jayson Tatum	Immanuel Quickley	Bam Adebayo

	CHALLENGE WEMBY FOR ROTY	HAVE BREAKOUT SEASON
Michael Grange	Scoot Henderson	Franz Wagner
William Lou	Chet Holmgren	Scottie Barnes
Blake Murphy	Chet Holmgren	Franz Wagner
Alex Wong	Chet Holmgren	Jonathon Kuminga
Donnovan Bennett	Scoot Henderson	Jonathon Kuminga
Savanna Hamilton	Chet Holmgren	Shaedon Sharpe
Eric Smith	Scoot Henderson	Mikal Bridges
Kai Gammage	Chet Holmgren	Devin Vassell
Kellen Forrest	Chet Holmgren	Bennedict Mathurin

Michael Grange	Nikola Jokic + Jamal Murray
William Lou	Nikola Jokic + Jamal Murray
Blake Murphy	William Lou + Alex Wong
Alex Wong	Victor Wembanyama + any teammate
Donnovan Bennett	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander + Chet Holmgren
Savanna Hamilton	Giannis Antetokounmpo + Damian Lillard
Eric Smith	Steph Curry + Chris Paul
Kai Gammage	Franz Wagner + Paolo Banchero
Kellen Forrest	Nikola Jokic + Jamal Murray

Michael Grange	LA Clippers
William Lou	Miami
Blake Murphy	Philadelphia
Alex Wong	LA Clippers
Donnovan Bennett	LA Clippers
Savanna Hamilton	Atlanta
Eric Smith	Miami
Kai Gammage	LA Clippers
Kellen Forrest	LA Clippers

Michael Grange	44
William Lou	44
Blake Murphy	40
Alex Wong	44
Donnovan Bennett	50
Savanna Hamilton	47
Eric Smith	44
Kai Gammage	44
Kellen Forrest	41

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