How does your NBA team look heading into the 2025-26 season? What about in 2028?
The NBA Future Power Rankings are ESPN's projection of the on-court success expected for each team over the next three seasons: 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28.
Can the Oklahoma City Thunder become the first team to break an NBA-record streak of eight consecutive seasons with a different champion? How quickly can Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs force their way into the title conversation?
And what about the Los Angeles Lakers ' chances moving forward into the Luka Doncic era of the franchise?
To determine the rankings, we asked ESPN analysts Kevin Pelton, Bobby Marks and Tim Bontemps to rate teams in five categories and rank them relative to the rest of the league. (An explanation of eac