1. New Orleans
2. Phoenix
3. Memphis
4. Denver
5. Golden State
6. Sacramento
7. Dallas
8. LA Clippers
9. Los Angeles Lakers
10. Portland

Dallas and the Lakers win the first play-in games and the Lakers beat the Clippers in the second.

It sets up the following series

New Orleans v Lakers - AD vs his old club and a chance for New Orleans and Brandon Ingram to do take it to the Lakers. It’d also be fun to see Herb Jone guard LeBron

Phoenix v Dallas - rematch if last years conference finals

Memphis v Sacramento - Sac breaks the streak by getting swept my Memphis

Denver v Golden State - I’d rather swap Denver and Portland here, Dame v Steph would be super fun, but Denver is making the playoffs. Jokic V Curry will be fun.

Clippers missing the playoffs again would be beautiful. Probably my least favorite team in the NBA.

Bottom 5
OKC
Utah
Minnesota
San Antonio
Houston

(Utah and Minnesota win the first two lottery spots 😅)