Who Will Make The Nba Playoffs in 2022?

The NBA playoffs are always an exciting time of year, and 2022 will be no different. But who will make the playoffs? Here are our predictions.

Eastern Conference

It’s never too early to start looking ahead to the NBA Playoffs. And with the 2022 NBA Playoffs just around the corner, we thought we’d take a look at which teams are most likely to make it to the big dance. In the Eastern Conference, there are a few teams that stand out as contenders. The Milwaukee Bucks, Philadelphia 76ers, and Brooklyn Nets are all looking like strong teams this season.

Milwaukee Bucks

The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded in 1968 as an expansion team, and play at the Fiserv Forum. Former U.S. Senator Herb Kohl was the long-time owner of the team, but on April 16, 2014, a group led by billionaire hedge fund managers Wes Edens and Marc Lasry agreed to purchase a majority interest in the team from Kohl, a sale which was approved by the NBA Board of Governors on April 30, 2014.

The Bucks have won one league title (1971), two conference titles (1971 and 1974), and 13 division titles (1971–74, 1980–86, 2001, 2011–12, 2018–19). They have featured such notable players as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Oscar Robertson, Bob Lanier, Sam Perkins, Terry Cummings, Vin Baker Jr., Glenn Robinson III, Ray Allen, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jrue Holiday and Khris Middleton. Abdul-Jabbar and Antetokounmpo have been named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player while playing for the Bucks once each; Gingerbread Robinson has been named Rookie of the Year; Caldwell Jones has been named Defensive Player of the Year; Abdul-Jabbar has been named NBA’s top center six times; Lanier was inducted into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991–92 season; Abdul-Jabbar and Robinson have both had their jerseys retired by the Bucks organization.

Brooklyn Nets

The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City. The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Barclays Center. They are one of two NBA teams located in New York City; the other is the New York Knicks. The Knicks are a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference, while the Nets are members of the Atlantic Division’s other conference, the NBA Eastern Conference.

The Nets were established in 1967 as a charter franchise of the NBA’s rival league, the American Basketball Association (ABA). They played in New Jersey as the New Jersey Americans during their first season, before moving to Long Island in 1968 and changing their name to the New York Nets. During this time, the Nets won two ABA championships (in 1974 and 1976). In 1976, they were acquired by Ted feet who moved them to New Jersey and renamed them feet Nets. As part of feet’s effort to turn around his troubled ownership stake in 1978 he hired former Boston Celtics coach Rick Pitino who turned around their fortunes making an improbable run to make back into back conference Finals appearing in 1984 and 1985 only to fall victim to Michael Jordan’s rise with Chicago and Larry Bird’s eventual supremacy in Boston . After being bought out by Ray Chambers and Lewis Katz in 1998 who then put former 76ers GM John Nash at helm who infamously presided over one of greatest draft blunders picking Kerry Kittles over Kobe Bryant but also acquired Jason Kidd who led them back into relevancy culminating with consecutive trips to NBA Finals losing first to Shaq Diesel and Kobe Bryant’s Los Angeles Lakers then losing Dirk Nowitzki’s Dallas Mavericks. Kidd was eventually traded away during 2012–2013 season after losing faith from management then after brief playoff appearance that next year they imploded again missing playoffs for seven straight seasons finally acquiring Kyrie Irving Kevin Durant who were able to lead them back into NBA FinalsAppearance eventually winning Championship over LeBron James led Los Angeles Lakers but Durant unfortunately tore his achilles tendon during game 5 .

Philadelphia 76ers

The Philadelphia 76ers are a professional basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and play their home games at the Wells Fargo Center, which they share with the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers.

Founded in 1946 as the Syracuse Nationals, they changed their name to the Philadelphia 76ers in 1963. The Sixers have had a rich history, making the NBA Finals nine times and winning three championships, with their most recent title coming in 1983 under head coach Billy Cunningham. They have also had some of the greatest players in NBA history on their rosters, including Wilt Chamberlain, Julius Erving, Moses Malone, Charles Barkley, and Allen Iverson.

Indiana Pacers

The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Pacers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Central Division. The Pacers were first established in 1967 as a member of the American Basketball Association (ABA) and became a member of the NBA in 1976 as a result of the ABA–NBA merger. They play their home games at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The team is owned by Simon Property Group and coached by Nate Bjorkgren.

The Pacers have won three championships, all in the ABA. The Pacers were NBA Eastern Conference champions in 2000 and made appearances in the NBA Finals in 1994 and 1999. The franchise has won five division titles (1973, 1974, 1975, 1993, 1994), three conference titles (1994, 1999, 2000), and one each for home court advantage during a conference finals series (1993) and play-off seeding (2004). Their best season came in 2013–14 when they won 52 games to capture both their first overall Central Division title since 1993–94 and their first conference title since 1999–2000; they subsequently reached the Eastern Conference Finals that year where they lost to eventual NBA champion Miami Heat four games to two.

Miami Heat

The Miami Heat are one of the most consistently successful teams in the NBA over the past decade, making the playoffs in nine of the last ten years. Including their run to the NBA Finals in 2020, the Heat have won five conference titles in that span.

With a core of All-Star caliber players like Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo, the Heat are once again among the favorites to come out of the Eastern Conference in 2021. They will have to contend with a number of other strong teams, including the defending champion Brooklyn Nets and the always dangerous Milwaukee Bucks. But if any team is built for playoff success, it is the Miami Heat.

Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. They play their home games at TD Garden, which they share with the National Hockey League (NHL)’s Boston Bruins. The Celtics are one of the original eight NBA teams founded in 1946. The team is owned by Wycliffe Grousbeck andpracticed in the Auerbach Athletic Complex.

Charlotte Hornets

The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Hornets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league’s Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team is owned by basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan, who acquired a controlling interest in the franchise in 2010. The Hornets play their home games at the Spectrum Center in Uptown Charlotte.

Detroit Pistons

The Detroit Pistons are a professional basketball team based in the Detroit metropolitan area. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Eastern Conference’s Central Division, and play their home games at Little Caesars Arena, located in Midtown.

The franchise was founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons in 1941, a member of the National Basketball League (NBL). The team was named after its owner, Frederick Zollner Corporation. In 1948, the NBL merged with the Basketball Association of America to form the NBA. The Pistons became one of the NBA’s eight original teams that year. The team’s recent plight has been well-documented, as they have missed the playoffs every year since 2009 and haven’t won a playoff series since 2008.

In spite of this, there is reason for optimism in Detroit. The team has a young core of players, led by All-Star center Andre Drummond. They also have a new head coach in Dwane Casey, who helped lead the Toronto Raptors to an NBA Championship in 2018. With some luck and development from their young players, the Pistons could be back in the playoffs as soon as next season.

Western Conference

There are a lot of contenders in the Western Conference vying for a spot in the 2022 NBA Playoffs. The teams that look the strongest right now are the Los Angeles Lakers, the Los Angeles Clippers, and the Denver Nuggets. All three of these teams have a lot of talent and they will be tough to beat.

Los Angeles Lakers

If the season ended today, the Lakers would be the number one seed in the Western Conference. They have a record of 38-12 and are two games ahead of the second-seeded Suns. The Lakers are currently on a five-game winning streak and show no signs of slowing down. Led by superstars LeBron James and Anthony Davis, the Lakers are looking to repeat as NBA champions in 2022.

The Lakers have a lot of depth and talent on their roster, which has allowed them to stay afloat despite injuries to key players. Rajon Rondo, Dennis Schroder, Kyle Kuzma, and Wesley Matthews have all missed significant time this season, but the Lakers have been able to rely on players like Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Alex Caruso, and Talen Horton-Tucker to step up in their absence.

With James and Davis leading the way, the Lakers are once again one of the favorites to win the NBA Finals in 2022.

Los Angeles Clippers

Led by two of the best players in the league in Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, the Los Angeles Clippers are a perennial playoff team and one of the favorites to make it out of the Western Conference. The Clippers have a deep roster that can score with the best of them, and they also have one of the best defensive minds in head coach Tyronn Lue. With a little luck, the Clippers could be hoisting the NBA Finals trophy come June.

Denver Nuggets

The Denver Nuggets are a professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Northwest Division. The team was founded as the Denver Larks in 1967 as one of the charter franchises of the American Basketball Association (ABA), but changed its name to Rockets before the first season. It changed its name again to the Nuggets in 1974. After the name change, the Nuggets played for the final ABA Championship title in 1976, losing to the New York Nets.

The team has had some periods of success, qualifying for the ABA Playoffs for three times in its early years, and for nine times since joining the NBA, winning their conference six times. However, it has not made an appearance in a championship round since its last year in the ABA. The Nuggets play their home games at Pepsi Center, which they share with both the Colorado Avalanche and the Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League.

Houston Rockets

The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the Toyota Center, located in downtown Houston. Throughout its history, Houston has won two NBA championships and four Western Conference titles. It is one of only two teams in NBA history to have never lost a playoff series, along with the San Antonio Spurs.

The Rockets were founded in 1967 as the San Diego Rockets, an expansion team originally based in San Diego. In 1971, the Rockets moved to Houston due to strong fan support and won their first conference title in 1975 followed by back-to-back titles in 1986 and 1987. They became only the second team after the Boston Celtics to win those three titles consecutively. In 1993 and 1996, led by All-Star center Hakeem Olajuwon, they repeated as champions making them one of only two teams to win four consecutive conference titles. The Emmy Award-winning Inside the NBA on TNT analyst and former Dream Team member Charles Barkley said that as a result of their success in those years “they [the Rockets] should be considered one of the great teams of all time”, and Olajuwon himself declared that they were “a dynasty”.

The Rockets went into decline following their second consecutive championship defeat by the Chicago Bulls in 1998, missing out on playoffs for three straight seasons from 1999–2002and narrowly avoiding this fate again during Yao Ming’s rookie season of 2002–03. Though Yao retired early due to injuries suffered during his Playing career with the rockets ebsite says that he “might have been one of history’s most impactful players”, he helped lead them back into contention by helping found their Chineseodka partnership which spurred on a significant international fan base resulting in much higher home attendance during his last few seasons with them; ironically however their failure to make or go deep into playoffs during this time despite possessing one of if not THE most talented regular season rosters ever compiled largely resulted from injuries sidelining or outright decimating them at critical junctures including but not limited to those Yao himself suffered which often ultimately proved fatal to their title hopes while he was active playing for them which coincided with Barkley’s claim that they were cursed given how otherwise talented and stacked they were relative to most if not all other NBA teams yet somehow always managed to find new ways to spectacularly implode come playoff time despite finally resolving their injury woes shortly before Yao’s retirement which ironically ended up dooming them given how his absence deprived them of badly needed star power and scoring since they no longer had anyone who could truly take over games for them leading to their ultimate downfall shortly afterwards when they failed to make playoffs again following his retirement which resulted in massive changes being made afterwards including trading away franchise cornerstone McGrady followed by:(More recent franchise history after Yao’s retirement up until present day);(present day roster)

Golden State Warriors

The Warriors are a professional basketball team based in San Francisco, California. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Pacific Division. Founded in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors, the franchise moved to San Francisco in 1962 and took its current name in 1971.

The Warriors have reached eight NBA Finals, winning four championships in 1947, 1956, 1975, and 2015 with former players such as Rick Barry, Wilt Chamberlain, and Stephen Curry.The team’s four NBA championships are tied for fourth-most in NBA history with the Chicago Bulls. According to Forbes magazine, the Warriors are the seventh most valuable NBA franchise with an estimated value of $3.1 billion.

Portland Blazers

The Portland Blazers are a professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. The Blazers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Northwest Division. The Blazers play their home games at the Moda Center.

The Blazers entered the NBA in 1970 as an expansion team, and played their home games in the Memorial Coliseum before moving to Moda Center in 1995 (renamed from the Rose Garden Arena in 2013). The franchise has enjoyed a resurgence in recent years, highlighted by two trips to the NBA Finals in 1990 and 1992. The team has been home to many players who have gone on to successful careers, including Bill Walton, Clyde Drexler, Damon Stoudamire, Rasheed Wallace, Arvydas Sabonis, Shawn Kemp, Zach Randolph, LaMarcus Aldridge, Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum.

Utah Jazz

The Utah Jazz are a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Jazz compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference, Northwest Division. Since 1991, the team has played its home games at Vivint Smart Home Arena. The franchise began play as an expansion team in 1974 as the New Orleans Jazz. The Jazz were one of the least successful teams in NBA history during their early years; playing for ten seasons between 1974 and 1984 with only two playoff appearances and never finishing a season above a .500 record. However, following their move to Salt Lake City under new ownership in 1985, they have been much more successful; making the playoffs 27 times since then including holding the best regular season record twice between 1997 and 1998 and 2006 and 2007. They have appeared in two NBA Finals since moving to Salt Lake City and won both times: In 1997 when they beat Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bulls team 3–2 and 1998 when they swept the Bulls to win their second championships in franchise history.

Oklahoma City Thunder

Oklahoma City Thunder general manager Sam Presti has done an excellent job of stockpiling draft picks and young talent over the last few years. The Thunder currently have five first-round picks in the next two drafts (2022, 2023), including three in the lottery. They also have a number of solid young players like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, and Darius Bazley.

The future is bright for the Thunder, but they may not be ready to make a run at the playoffs in 2022. They will likely be better than they are currently, but it may not be enough to make noise in the Western Conference.