A lot of potential contenders or playoff teams are dealing with injuries. Which franchises do you think will suffer the most early in the season?

Marilin Dubinski: Boston and Indiana immediately come to mind because unlike other teams mentioned, they lost their best player AND have the farthest to fall, having won or been to the last two finals. Now, with each missing their best players while suffering some significant losses in free agency, it’s looking like they’ll fall from contenders to lower-seeded playoff teams (the East is still that bad). We’ve already seen playoff teams like Philly and Memphis struggle with injuries, so that isn’t new. Houston is the wildcard. Fred VanVleet isn’t a superstar, but he’s by far their best floor general, and no matter how good or star-studded a team

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