US media updates the strength list next season: Rockets rank 4th, Warriors 11, Lakers 8, Top 3 and East

With the opening of the trading market, there are fewer and fewer big fish left in the free market. Basically, the rest are minor repairs and minor repairs. There will be no players who can change the league structure to change teams. The US media "cbssports" updated the strength list for next season based on the existing lineups of each team. Let's take a look at the rankings.

1-3: The Thunder, Cavaliers and Knicks, as defending champions, will not only retain the team to win the championship, but they will not have too many luxury taxes to pay. The lineup is still very young, and they will inevitably further grow in the new season.

The Cavaliers ranked second, I didn't expect them to have Jerome left in exchange for the replacement Ball, with the upgrade of the lineup, and Garland and Mobley will grow further, but the Cavaliers still have hope of breaking out of the East with the decline of the Celtics in the Eastern Conference. The Knicks are also another team worthy of attention. They have introduced new head coach Mike Brown, and they have the hope of restructuring the team's system. They also signed Clarkson and Yabussele to improve the team's lineup depth. The fourth place: The Rockets are one of the biggest winners of the offseason. They only used Dillon and Jaylen Green + 10th signing and 5 second rounds to exchange for Durant, solving the problem of insufficient ability at critical moments, and also signed Finney Smith to make up for Dillon's vacancy.

The Rockets actually only paid one first-round pick, and there are as many as 5 first-round picks that can be traded, and they even have the ability to chase Antetokounmpo, but they definitely need to pay for players such as Shen Jing.

Fifth place: Nuggets

At the end of this season, the Nuggets fired coach Malone and general manager Booth at the same time under huge pressure, but they were not affected too much, and they also approached the champion Thunder in a desperate situation for a while, and several offseason operations completed the improvement.

Porter Jr. changed Cameron Johnson to reduce his salary and strengthened his efforts. Bruce Brown made up for Westbrook's vacancy, bought Hardaway Jr., and dealt with Shalic one by one. Moreover, the Nuggets still firmly asked Valan to stay, so the lineup depth has been greatly improved.

6-10: Timberwolves, Clippers, Lakers, Grizzlies and Magic

The Clippers have limited operations during the offseason, but they found a stable substitute for Zubac and completed the contract renewal of players such as Harden. However, as long as their lineup is a minor repair, the health of Xiaoka in the new season will be guaranteed to be the championship team.

The Lakers did not make any big moves in the offseason. They let go of the electric fan and signed Laravia as a supplement. Then they took advantage of 16.6 million in two years and found the biggest operation. In addition, he renewed his contract with Hayes, but the team set its long-term goal for 27 years, which made James feel dissatisfied. Even if James finally chose to leave the team, it would not be surprising.

The rest are ranked as follows

11-15: Warriors, Pistons, Celtics, Hawks and 76ers;

16-20: Pacers, Mavericks, Bucks, Spurs and Heat;

21-30: Trail Blazers, Bulls, Kings, Suns, Pelicans, Raptors, Hornets, Jazz, Wizards and Nets.