Early Predicted Standings (From Player Ratings)

Atlantic		W	L
BOSTON CELTICS		59	23
PHILADELPHIA76ERS		45	37
TORONTO RAPTORS		39	43
NEW JERSEY NETS		27	55
NEW YORK KNICKS		18	64
Central		W	L
DETROIT PISTONS		58	24
CLEVELANDCAVALIERS		50	32
INDIANA PACERS		39	43
CHICAGO BULLS		37	45
MILWAUKEE BUCKS		32	50
Southeast		W	L
ORLANDO MAGIC		44	38
WASHINGTONWIZARDS		39	43
MIAMI HEAT		36	46
ATLANTA HAWKS		34	48
CHARLOTTE BOBCATS		27	55
Northwest		W	L
UTAH JAZZ		56	26
DENVER NUGGETS		47	35
PORTLANDTRAILBLAZERS		40	42
MINNESOTATIMBERWOLVES		32	50
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER		27	55
Pacific		W	L
LOS ANGELES LAKERS		62	20
PHOENIX SUNS		48	34
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS		40	42
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS		39	43
SACRAMENTO KINGS		33	49
Southwest		W	L
HOUSTON ROCKETS		65	17
SAN ANTONIO SPURS		48	34
NEW ORLEANS HORNETS		45	37
DALLAS MAVERICKS		44	38
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES		18	64

Disclaimer: This simple projection assumes no injuries next season, as well as a 60%-30%-10% distribution of minutes between each team's starting 5, 2nd 5, and other players. Everyone knows these are naive projections; for instance, as talented as Houston is after the Artest deal, Yao and T-Mac's injury problems will keep them from winning 65 games... Still, it's not a bad system to be based entirely on a 0-10 player scouting method.

Early Team Depth Charts & Player Ratings

	BOSTON CELTICS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Rajon Rondo	8	Eddie House	6	Gabe Pruitt	4
SG	Ray Allen	8	Tony Allen	7	J.R. Giddens	6
SF	Paul Pierce	9	Brian Scalabrine	5	Bill Walker	5
PF	Kevin Garnett	9	Leon Powe	7
C	Kendrick Perkins	7	Glen Davis	6	Patrick O'Bryant	6
	NEW JERSEY NETS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Devin Harris	8	Keyon Dooling	5	Maurice Ager	4
SG	Vince Carter	8	Jarvis Hayes	5	Chris Douglas-Roberts	7
SF	Bobby Simmons	7	Trenton Hassell	5	Stromile Swift	5
PF	Yi Jianlian	5	Eduardo Najera	7	Ryan Anderson	6
C	Josh Boone	6	Brook Lopez	6	Sean Williams	7
	NEW YORK KNICKS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Chris Duhon	7	Stephon Marbury	6	Anthony Roberson	5
SG	Jamal Crawford	6	Nate Robinson	8	Mardy Collins	4
SF	Quentin Richardson	6	Danilo Gallinari	6	Jared Jeffries	6
PF	Zach Randolph	6	Wilson Chandler	6	Malik Rose	4
C	Eddy Curry	5	David Lee	8	Jerome James	3
	PHILADELPHIA 76ERS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Andre Miller	8	Louis Williams	7	Royal Ivey	5
SG	Andre Iguodala	9	Willie Green	4
SF	Thaddeus Young	7	Kareem Rush	4
PF	Elton Brand	9	Reggie Evans	5	Shavlik Randolph	5
C	Samuel Dalembert	7	Marreese Speights	6	Theo Ratliff	6
	TORONTO RAPTORS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Jose Calderon	8	Roko Ukic	6	Will Solomon	4
SG	Anthony Parker	8	Hassan Adams	4
SF	Jamario Moon	8	Jason Kapono	5	Joey Graham	5
PF	Chris Bosh	9	Kris Humphries	4
C	Jermaine O'Neal	7	Andrea Bargnani	5	Nathan Jawai	5
	CHICAGO BULLS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Kirk Hinrich	7	Derrick Rose	8
SG	Ben Gordon	7	Larry Hughes	6	Thabo Sefolosha	6
SF	Luol Deng	8	Andres Nocioni	6	Demetris Nichols	4
PF	Drew Gooden	6	Tyrus Thomas	7	Cedric Simmons	4
C	Joakim Noah	7	Aaron Gray	6
	CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Mo Williams	8	Delonte West	6	Eric Snow	4
SG	Daniel Gibson	8	Wally Szczerbiak	6	Tarence Kinsey	5
SF	LeBron James	10	Sasha Pavlovic	5	Billy Thomas	4
PF	Ben Wallace	7	J.J. Hickson	6
C	Zydrunas Ilgauskas	7	Anderson Varejao	7	Lance Allred	4
	DETROIT PISTONS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Chauncey Billups	9	Rodney Stuckey	7	Will Bynum	4
SG	Richard Hamilton	8	Arron Afflalo	5
SF	Tayshaun Prince	8	Amir Johnson	8	Walter Sharpe	5
PF	Antonio McDyess	7	Jason Maxiell	7	Walter Herrmann	6
C	Rasheed Wallace	8	Kwame Brown	6	Cheick Samb	5
	INDIANA PACERS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	T.J. Ford	7	Jarrett Jack	6	Travis Diener	5
SG	Mike Dunleavy Jr.	8	Brandon Rush	5	Marquis Daniels	6
SF	Danny Granger	8	Shawne Williams	6	Stephen Graham	5
PF	Troy Murphy	7	Maceo Baston	6	Josh McRoberts	4
C	Jeff Foster	7	Rasho Nesterovic	6	Roy Hibbert	6
	MILWAUKEE BUCKS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Luke Ridnour	6	Ramon Sessions	6	Tyronn Lue	5
SG	Michael Redd	8	Charlie Bell	7	Damon Jones	6
SF	Richard Jefferson	7	Adrian Griffin	6	Awvee Storey	5
PF	Charlie Villanueva	6	Joe Alexander	5	LucRichardMbahaMoute	4
C	Andrew Bogut	8	Dan Gadzuric	6	Malik Allen	4
	ATLANTA HAWKS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Mike Bibby	7	Acie Law	5	Speedy Claxton	5
SG	Joe Johnson	8	Ronald Murray	5	Salim Stoudamire	4
SF	Marvin Williams	7	Maurice Evans	7	Jeremy Richardson	4
PF	Josh Smith	8	Solomon Jones	5	Othello Hunter	5
C	Al Horford	7	Zaza Pachulia	6	Randolph Morris	4
	CHARLOTTE BOBCATS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Raymond Felton	7	D.J. Augustin	5	Shannon Brown	4
SG	Jason Richardson	8	Matt Carroll	6	Kyle Weaver	5
SF	Gerald Wallace	8	Adam Morrison	5	Jared Dudley	7
PF	Emeka Okafor	7	Sean May	6	Jermareo Davidson	4
C	Nazr Mohammed	5	Ryan Hollins	6	Alexis Ajinca	4
	MIAMI HEAT
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Marcus Banks	5	Mario Chalmers	6	Chris Quinn	7
SG	Dwyane Wade	9	Daequan Cook	5	Bobby Jones	5
SF	Shawn Marion	8	James Jones	7	Yakhouba Diawara	5
PF	Michael Beasley	8	Stephane Lasme	6	David Padgett	5
C	Udonis Haslem	6	Mark Blount	5	Joel Anthony	5
	ORLANDO MAGIC
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Jameer Nelson	7	Anthony Johnson	6
SG	Mickael Pietrus	7	Keith Bogans	6	J.J. Redick	5
SF	Hedo Turkoglu	8	Courtney Lee	6
PF	Rashard Lewis	8	Tony Battie	4	Brian Cook	5
C	Dwight Howard	9	Adonal Foyle	6	Marcin Gortat	5
	WASHINGTON WIZARDS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Gilbert Arenas	9	Antonio Daniels	7
SG	DeShawn Stevenson	6	Nick Young	4
SF	Caron Butler	9	Dominic McGuire	4	Oleksiy Pecherov	4
PF	Antawn Jamison	8	Andray Blatche	6	JaVale McGee	5
C	Brendan Haywood	7	Etan Thomas	5	Darius Songaila	5
	DALLAS MAVERICKS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Jason Kidd	8	Jose Juan Barea	4	Keith McLeod	4
SG	Jason Terry	8	Eddie Jones	6	Antoine Wright	4
SF	Josh Howard	8	Jerry Stackhouse	5	Gerald Green	4
PF	Dirk Nowitzki	9	Brandon Bass	5	James Singleton	5
C	Erick Dampier	7	DeSagana Diop	7
	HOUSTON ROCKETS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Rafer Alston	7	Aaron Brooks	6	Sean Singletary	5
SG	Tracy McGrady	9	Luther Head	7	Steve Francis	6
SF	Shane Battier	8	Brent Barry	8	Patrick Ewing Jr.	4
PF	Ron Artest	9	Luis Scola	7	Mike Harris	4
C	Yao Ming	9	Chuck Hayes	8	Carl Landry	7
	MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Mike Conley	6	Kyle Lowry	7	Javaris Crittenton	4
SG	O.J. Mayo	6	Marko Jaric	6	Greg Buckner	5
SF	Rudy Gay	8	Antoine Walker	5
PF	Hakim Warrick	5	Darrell Arthur	4
C	Darko Milicic	6	Marc Gasol	4
	NEW ORLEANS HORNETS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Chris Paul	9	Mike James	6
SG	James Posey	8	Rasual Butler	6
SF	Peja Stojakovic	7	Morris Peterson	6
PF	David West	8	Julian Wright	7	Ryan Bowen	5
C	Tyson Chandler	7	Hilton Armstrong	4	Melvin Ely	4
	SAN ANTONIO SPURS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Tony Parker	8	Jacque Vaughn	4	George Hill	5
SG	Manu Ginobili	9	Roger Mason	6
SF	Bruce Bowen	7	Ime Udoka	6
PF	Tim Duncan	9	Matt Bonner	6	Anthony Tolliver	4
C	Fabricio Oberto	7	Kurt Thomas	7	Ian Mahinmi	5
	DENVER NUGGETS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Allen Iverson	9	Chucky Atkins	6	Anthony Carter	6
SG	J.R. Smith	8	Dahntay Jones	5
SF	Carmelo Anthony	9	Linas Kleiza	6	Sonny Weems	4
PF	Kenyon Martin	7	Renaldo Balkman	6	Chris Andersen	5
C	Nene	7	Steven Hunter	5
	MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Randy Foye	6	Sebastian Telfair	5
SG	Mike Miller	8	Rashad McCants	7	Brian Cardinal	5
SF	Corey Brewer	6	Rodney Carney	5	Craig Smith	6
PF	Kevin Love	7	Ryan Gomes	7	Mark Madsen	5
C	Al Jefferson	7	Jason Collins	5	Calvin Booth	5
	PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Steve Blake	6	Jerryd Bayless	6	Sergio Rodriguez	5
SG	Brandon Roy	9	Rudy Fernandez	7	Von Wafer	4
SF	Martell Webster	6	Travis Outlaw	7	Nicolas Batum	6
PF	LaMarcus Aldridge	8	Channing Frye	5	Ike Diogu	5
C	Greg Oden	7	Joel Przybilla	6	Raef LaFrentz	5
	OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Earl Watson	7	Russell Westbrook	6
SG	Kevin Durant	8	Damien Wilkins	6	Donyell Marshall	5
SF	Jeff Green	6	Desmond Mason	6	D.J. White	5
PF	Joe Smith	6	Nick Collison	6	Saer Sene	5
C	Chris Wilcox	6	Johan Petro	4	Robert Swift	4
	UTAH JAZZ
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Deron Williams	8	Ronnie Price	7	Brevin Knight	7
SG	Ronnie Brewer	8	Kyle Korver	7	Morris Almond	4
SF	Andrei Kirlenko	8	Matt Harpring	6	C.J. Miles	7
PF	Carlos Boozer	9	Paul Millsap	8	Kyrylo Fesenko	5
C	Mehmet Okur	7	Kosta Koufos	5	Jarron Collins	5
	GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Monta Ellis	8	Marcus D. Williams	4	C.J. Watson	5
SG	Stephen Jackson	7	Marco Belinelli	4	Anthony Morrow	5
SF	Corey Maggette	8	Kelenna Azubuike	6	Anthony Randolph	5
PF	Al Harrington	7	Brandan Wright	6	Richard Hendrix	6
C	Andris Biedrins	8	Ronny Turiaf	7	Kosta Perovic	4
	LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Baron Davis	9	Jason Williams	7	Jason Hart	5
SG	Cuttino Mobley	6	Eric Gordon	6	Mike Taylor	4
SF	Al Thornton	5	Ricky Davis	7
PF	Marcus Camby	8	Tim Thomas	7	Steve Novak	5
C	Chris Kaman	7	Brian Skinner	5	DeAndre Jordan	6
	LOS ANGELES LAKERS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Derek Fisher	7	Jordan Farmar	7	Coby Karl	6
SG	Kobe Bryant	10	Sasha Vujacic	7	Dwayne Mitchell	4
SF	Lamar Odom	8	Luke Walton	7	Trevor Ariza	7
PF	Pau Gasol	9	Vladimir Radmanovic	7
C	Andrew Bynum	8	Chris Mihm	5	D.J. Mbenga	5
	PHOENIX SUNS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Steve Nash	9	D.J. Strawberry	4
SG	Raja Bell	7	Leandro Barbosa	7
SF	Grant Hill	7	Matt Barnes	7	Alando Tucker	4
PF	Amare Stoudemire	9	Boris Diaw	7
C	Shaquille O'Neal	8	Robin Lopez	4
	SACRAMENTO KINGS
	STARTERS		KEY BENCH		MORE BENCH
PG	Bobby Jackson	6	Beno Udrih	5	Bobby Brown	4
SG	Kevin Martin	8	John Salmons	6	Quincy Douby	4
SF	Francisco Garcia	7	Donte Greene	6	Jason Thompson	5
PF	Mikki Moore	7	Spencer Hawes	5	Shareef Abdur-Rahim	5
C	Brad Miller	8	Kenny Thomas	5	Shelden Williams	4

Legend:

10	-	All-time great talent level
9	-	Superstar caliber talent
8	-	Borderline star talent
7	-	Average to above-average talent
6	-	Mediocre to average talent
5	-	Well-below-average talent
4	-	Replacement-level talent
3	-	Sub-replacement-level talent