Lopez: The Bucks. This question feels like which team will get healthier first, and Milwaukee may have the nod. Once Khris Middleton gets out of health and safety protocols, he'll go back to giving the Bucks' offense a boost. Antetokounmpo has been giving it his all so far. The Lakers are just missing more bodies but hopefully can get back going once LeBron James gets back in the lineup. Pelton: The Bucks. Jrue Holiday is already back, and Middleton shouldn't be far away, getting Milwaukee closer to its full complement of stars after Holiday missed six games and Middleton five and counting.
Those absences underscored how quickly the Bucks' depth drops off, but few teams are capable of playing without four starters Brook Lopez and Donte DiVincenzo , who have played one game combined, being the others.
Youngmisuk: The Bucks have the massive advantage of having been together for the most part and knowing how to win a title together.
Yes, LeBron and Anthony Davis won a title just over a year ago but they have so many new pieces to incorporate, including a big piece in Westbrook. Antetokounmpo has his championship core around him.
Sure, the Bucks could be suffering from a championship hangover a bit. Giannis just needs a healthy and rested Holiday and Middleton together again.
Marks: The Bucks. The Lakers were always going to be a work in progress because of 12 new players on the roster. While both teams have been snakebit with injuries, the Bucks finally have Holiday back in the starting lineup and recorded back-to-back wins on the road against Philadelphia and New York.
Bontemps: The Bucks. They blew out Brooklyn on opening night and haven't been healthy since -- they'll be fine. The Lakers, meanwhile, haven't looked good against a soft schedule and now James is dealing with an abdomen injury. There are a lot of early warning signs in Lakerland. Marks: The Hawks, who are on a five-game losing streak and are closer to Detroit in the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings than Washington at the top spot.
Despite the poor start to the season, the Hawks have played a road-heavy early schedule eight of their twelve games have been away from Atlanta and return the same core players that were two wins away from the NBA Finals. Lopez: The Hawks. Atlanta has stumbled to a start, but the pieces are in place for them to make a push. Trae Young told reporters last week that the team has struggled getting motivated for regular season games after last year's run to the Eastern Conference finals.
Coach Nate McMillan found the right buttons to push once he took over in March -- he'll find the right ones to press again to get them going this time around. Bontemps: The Hawks. In modern terms, the Nets just moved to Brooklyn in from New Jersey. The Big Apple is, and may always be, a Knicks town. Even though the Nets have been more successful than the Knicks since they moved in, there are approximately five or six generations of Knicks fans—no new team is going to break that up.
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