Ranking Every NBA Eastern Conference Team for 2025

[@DeHave]

2025 Playoff Predictions Video (pt 3 of series) will be out soon! Stay tuned 🙏🏻🔥💛

[@mohanmukherjee2027]

My picks 1) Celtics 2) bucks (they have a great roster and fingers crossed healthy) 3) knicks kat was a downgrade cuz they lost divencenzo 4) sixers wont be healthy 5) cavs 6) magic 7) pacers 8) heat 9) bulls 10) hornets 11) hawks 12) pistons 13) raptors 14) wizards 15) nets

[@dan61909]

Scottie Barnes will be good enough to take the Raptors to an 8th seed. Y’all will see man

[@mariapatrzalek4598]

WE LOVE YOUR VIDEO 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@DeHave]

Thank you so much! That means a lot 🙏🏻

[@AndrewPolander]

Bulls will be the 10 seed! Raptors 13= Their schedule is very difficult thru Feb...then is incredibly soft for the final 20...by then Raptors will be in big time sell/Tank mode! Hawks playoff team;they don't have their #1 pick so they won't be tanking or selling!! Cavs floor is 7 but ceiling is 4! Pacers ceiling is 2...their system is that good!

[@vism2812]

gonna have to re-evaluate these rankings. cavs have not only won all 5 games, they done so comfortably. out scoring their opponents by 91 points combined. last two teams to do this were last years celtics and the 16 warriors. they have the best offence in the league rn, still a top 4 defence and they are winning without heavily relying on their core. all 4 of their all star caliber guys are under 30 mins a game rn. darius garland and evan mobley are still light years from their peak. yet they’re performing as well as everyones title favourites in boston and okc. they always had a ridiculous amount of talent. how many teams start 4 all stars??? the issue was their last coach didnt know how to maximise everyone simultanouesly. kenny atkinson doesnt have that problem

[@normanbell1410]

At least one of those top 5 will have enough injuries to scuttle them. Both Philly and Bucks look likely for that.

[@DeHave]

I agree that these rankings are very volatile when factoring injuries, something I just couldn’t account for. This is a good take, although as a 76ers fan I hope you’re wrong lol 🙏🏻

[@Creed845]

As a Knicks fan, great list but I’d drop the hornets and move up the raptors

[@quadiresmith7233]

Forget everything else I love how this man was able to put two teams above his favorite team and be straight honest about how their teams are better than his

[@DeHave]

Thank you so much, I take pride in being unbiased with my takes on this channel, sometimes I’ll joke around and give a biased take for some laughs but it really is something I try to do! Thank you for the support 🙏🏻

[@ronardostewart1157]

Boston still winning the east

[@Dachoseone2546]

And winning the championship AGAIN 🏆

[@ronardostewart1157]

@@Dachoseone2546 sixers think pandemic p is saver not seeing he is a pandemic

[@Dachoseone2546]

@@ronardostewart1157 😂

[@benebacher2470]

@@Dachoseone2546yo not even hating but how could it possibly be enjoyable to be a fan of a team that has won the championship 18 times. Gotta be the most underwhelming victories ever at that point.

[@Dachoseone2546]

@@benebacher2470 lol

[@Anonymousx3991]

1) Celtics 2) Pacers 3) Bucks 4) Philadelphia 76’ers 5) Knicks

[@Precision80]

I understand your logic for Cavs at 7, but its hard to see such a young team finish low in the regular season especially since one of them has 19:01 pressure to make leaps (Evan Mobley). I think they will try hard in the Regular season.

[@bartekino]

Thx ! Just thanks!

[@lyndaaugustin6326]

Some of ya'll in the comments are tripping. Learn to have some respect and integrity. This brother makes a video and gives his honest opinion on how the regular season will go. There's no wrong or right and remember this is only his opinion. I am a die hard Miami Heat fan and I don't think we will finish 8th seed for the third straight year. 😂 however, I still watched the entire video and respect this guy opinion. Jesus don't like ugly. Stop being mean online to strangers you don't even know cause every little thing hurts your precious feelings. Someone's opinion is not facts. That's just their opinion. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. If you disagree with him you can leave a kind and respectful comment on the video stating why you disagree with him or make your own freaking video. Stop being a jerk online. Btw I think the Miami Heat will win the East by beating Boston 4-2 in the Eastern Conference finals and Heat will win the finals by beating Thunder or Dallas 4-2 in the finals. Playoff Jimmy will be motivated to finally be a champion after watching Boston wins and also his desire to get another contract from Pat Riley. I believe in my team and especially in Playoff Jimmy. He seems focused and determined and the season didn't even start yet. 😂 as long as Playoff Jimmy is healthy come playoff time Boston will not repeat this year. Jimmy Butler is 2-1 vs Boston in the playoffs. 😂 #GoHeat

[@Birds-6ers]

Love your content bro but , here is a tip, try to keep you hand to your side bro lol. I know that hand be tired after every video lol. You waves it atleast 3000 times every video. But in all great content!! Keep growing the channel …love …go sixers!!!

[@talkingmoney4499]

He is from Philly area or something because we talk with our hands

[@DeHave]

😂😂😂 I’ve gotten several comments about this thing with my hands lol I honestly don’t know why I do that, I guess it’s just a strange habit! I can say that generally if you’ve ever tried to sit completely still and record a video, it’s very difficult for some reason! Idk why but it definitely is for me and I see a lot of other creators moving their hands as well lol granted, maybe not as much as me but still 😂

[@DeHave]

I also do think there could be an east coast/philly area component lol

[@vincentearl2437]

My 2024-2025 NBA Standings Prediction: East 1. Celtics 2. Knicks 3. 76ers 4. Bucks 5. Heat 6. Magic 7. Pacers 8. Cavaliers 9. Hawks 10. Hornets 11. Raptors 12. Bulls 13. Pistons 14. Wizards 15. Nets

[@davidrichards797]

The box will probably have the first few cuz Atlantic's going to be a freaking nightmare to play in

[@Winner1-v1f]

Scottie Barnes is better than Paulo in my opinion

[@Dachoseone2546]

lol 😂

[@jaydot4956]

Barnes is entering his fourth season and he’s still putting up rookie numbers lol.

[@whirlysquirrely3368]

Interesting list. I honestly would have bucks at 6 and have everything else the same. I don't think you can trust aging and injury prone guys like Middleton, Lillard, and Lopez. All of which are starters on this bucks team. And their off season gets are okay not great.

[@DeHave]

Fair take! Glad you enjoyed it 🙏🏻

[@jaydot4956]

Damn you might be right lol, Dame is getting up there in age. I think Giannis is going to demand a trade soon.

[@cguttabxbx3079]

Respect the rankings..Paulo B is definitely not a top 20 player, yet or ever

[@DeHave]

I should’ve said top 30, definitely a mistake 🙏🏻

[@sbutler3905]

He will def be top 20 in the near future

[@skippie8011]

Paulo not being a top 20 player ever is a crazy take, he has potential

[@ParrishHarris-ju7xo]

This is a Awesome video dude.

[@BuffKangaroo1]

To not have the bucks on the thumbnail is disrespectful

[@420Meatwad]

As soon as you put the Cavs 7th I lost a lot of respect for you. They are a very good regular season team with all of the same players coming back. Smh 😢

[@reperrepic2253]

Exactly why he put them there, becouse they coming with the same team while everyone else upgraded their rosters

[@BeneGIB09]

No one is putting tatum and brown in straight jackets unless you double or triple team them. 1v1 though? sorry that cope ain't coping.

[@HJ17GAMING]

Cavs a 7 when their 3 best players missed 20+ games each. Their head coach lost the locker room back in December last year and is a historically horrible offensive coach. Having the magic above them is just dumb when they lost to a Cavs team missing JA and Donovan literally playing on 1 leg. The pacers is just a bad take. They are good offensively but the only reason why they went so far is due to injuries

[@jtr1019]

Pacers finished 1 spot behind Cleveland last season, how’s that a bad take to have them where they are?

[@HJ17GAMING]

@@jtr1019well if your reading comprehension was better you would understand that the Cavs best players missed 20+ games this season. Spida only played 55, Mobley 50 And garland 57. When your best players are not on the floor that usually results in losses. They still had a better record than the pacers while Tyrese played 69 games and Palo/franz played 70+ games. Taking into account all 3 teams are young a healthy Cavs roster should easily be better than the magic and pacers this season. They beat the magic the 5th seed without JA and Spida on one leg. The pacers got lucky as the 6th seed facing an injured bucks and Knicks. Also if the Cavs didn’t purposely loose to the hornets they would have played the pacers in the first round which I would imagine the Cavs would win in 6 games.

[@domtheballer1]

@@HJ17GAMING you do realize we went on a hot streak with Garland out... Winning 22 of 23 while he was absent

[@nicholaseaster58]

The Bucks will be in the play in. Underselling the Pacers. They're young and going to get better. Could easily see them get back to the ECF to face the C's again.

[@pjlewis8061]

Cavs 7th seed ?

[@DeHave]

Genuinely curious, did you listen to my explanation? If so, which part do you disagree with? 🙏🏻

[@JoseFigueroa-b4k]

​@@DeHaveI'm alright with your reasoning. I personally would stick Cleveland in 7th in ranking. As a Cavs fan I gotta see the process/growth. I don't stack them high.

[@bagstarant2458]

@@JoseFigueroa-b4k then you don’t know ball if you really think Cleveland is going to be the seven seed then you’re just flat out dumb🤦🏽

[@bagstarant2458]

The Cavaliers are better than Orlando Magic You are delusional if you think just by adding Tristan DeSilva and KCP the magic are automatically playoffs contenders, and the Cavs fall to play tournament that doesn’t make any sense at all. You can’t even name five Orlando Magic players better than five Cavalier players.😂

[@fahadkhan5721]

The magic went 7 games against the cavs with 0 spacing, it's pretty plausible

[@champchubbs2548]

paolo a top 20 player is a L take but other than that W vid

[@DeHave]

You’re probably right, I might say top 25 or 30 if I could change it!

[@InoUnchy]

As you say it's ur prediction nothing is rang with that

[@donkeyeater6942]

👍

[@DeHave]

Thanks 🙏🏻

[@dearmas9068]

This clown has the Cavs at the 7th seed. What a joke... They literally had EVERYTHING go wrong for them last year and still held home court advantage. Theyre significantly better this year. Meanwhile the 6ers added ANOTHER guy who doesnt win, and the Knicks got worse. You have the Magic and Pacers over the Cavs too? Are you just blindly taking a shot at a team you dont like? Listen, bud. Youre not good at this. Not even with all those apologies laced in...

[@DeHave]

Did you even watch the video?

[@dearmas9068]

@@DeHave not even with all those apologies laced in, my man. Not even if you apologized again.

[@DeHave]

@dearmas9068 okay well I’m sorry you feel the need to insult people that disagree with you. Again, this is regular season prediction, I think the Cavs are anywhere in the range of 7 to 3. I just think the probability is higher for 7, the Magic added KCP, HUGE addition. I think the likelihood some of their young guys and that the Pacers young guys get better is super high. The Cavs are extremely high upside in the both regular season and playoffs for me, at the end of the day I think the range between 8 and 2 could be within 2 to 5 games. I don’t think the Cavs are the 7th best team overall, I just think in the regular season, they have will have the 7th best record. I know you don’t care, but for the record I am sorry you’re disappointed with the video, regardless if you accept or not 🙏🏻

[@dearmas9068]

@@DeHave for a moment I considered apologizing, but no. This is egregious.

[@retrodefault7913]

​​​@@dearmas9068you can disagree with someone's opinions without being, quite frankly, a toxic jerk about it, my friend. I don't necessarily agree or disagree that the Cavs will finish that low, but either way I understand and respect DeHave's points and opinions. The best way to go about countering someone's opinions is to have a civil and friendly discussion rather than name-calling and bashing someone. And as for telling him he's not good at this, then if you think you can make a better prediction, and video, then by all means, KZbin is free to upload to. You don't have to be here when you can make a video yourself. I wish you a good day, friend...

[@rohandunbar2072]

You said 76ers had the best off-season of any team, more complete than ever yet still you gave the Knicks the nod as the 2nd seed who won only 3 more games than the injured 76ers

[@DeHave]

This is a regular season prediction. The Sixers are going to have a lot of adjustments to make mid season, it’s almost an entirely different team we have. I completely understand what you’re saying though and it makes sense, I just think the Knicks were also injured last year and I believe they got a lot better this offseason too. I’m not saying it’s gonna be a huge margin, could be a game or two even.. tbh I’m also trying to be a little realistic about how many older players the Sixers are gonna rely on, usually doesn’t translate to a ton of top 2 playoff seeds anymore like it used to. I hope I’m wrong but that’s just kinda where I’m at rn! Thanks for the feedback 🙏🏻

[@rohandunbar2072]

@@DeHave the sixers were comfortable a head of the Knicks earlier in the season before Embiid & Randle got injured

[@fahadkhan5721]

​@@rohandunbar2072but that's exactly his point, he just talked about how many older players they have to rely on

[@Will-db6vs]

@@rohandunbar2072 Well the knicks hadn't traded for OG yet and thats when things changed

[@Hollisty]

@@rohandunbar2072The Knicks were already better than the 6ers before the off season started so adding a old ass PG wasn’t gonna put them over the Knicks

[@Water03122]

Gotta disagree with the Celtics being #1 cause of the KP injury, I see the Knicks at 1, Bucks at 2, Celtics 3.

[@talkingmoney4499]

Sixers are better than all of them …it’s sick that you don’t have them at 1 or 2 ….knicks aren’t doing anything

[@Water03122]

@@talkingmoney4499 Maybe sixers at 2, but when it comes playoff time they arent anything special. They have 2 generational chokers on the same team. Maybe Maxey will be the one to get them over the hump

[@ItzzShazey]

@@Water03122yeah I agree. Celtics and then the Sixers, I don’t see the Knicks being a 3rd seed.

[@talkingmoney4499]

@@Water03122 embiid didn’t choke …injured most of the time but definitely doesn’t choke often …just a fake narrative

[@Hollisty]

@@talkingmoney4499Then why did the lose both the regular season and the playoffs to the Knicks.. stop the emotional rhetoric because the 76ers are old period!