2024-25 NBA Preseason Power Rankings

Getty Images/AP Images/Ringer illustration Gearing up for the new NBA season? The 'Group Chat' podcast has you covered. Across six episodes and nearly nine total hours, the hosts dived deep into all 30 teams and answered six essential questions about the year ahead. The NBA preseason is the ultimate basketball appetizer—a time to take stock of the almost-fully assembled rosters, project the impacts of new additions, pontificate about burbling leaguewide trends, and, most crucially, rank a bunch of shit. Behind on prep for the 2024-25 season? We've got you covered. Over the course of six episodes, spanning nearly nine hours in total, the Group Chat podcast crew dived deep into all 30 teams for their annual Preseason NBA Power Rankings. Check out every episode below (time-stamped by team, if you want to jump right into one), along with the hosts' takes on one essential question for each tier of teams. —Justin Verrier 30. Brooklyn Nets (Time Stamp: 8:07)29. Washington Wizards (27:15)28. Portland Trail Blazers (40:02)27. Detroit Pistons (1:00:12)26. Charlotte Hornets (1:10:22) Essential question: Can any of the trade candidates on these teams swing a playoff series? Of course they...