San Antonio Spurs
Last season’s wins: 34
Vegas over/under: 43.5
I had forgotten that last season’s Spurs beat out only two Western Conference teams – the Jazz and the Pelicans. Losing your best player in February has a tendency to hurt a team’s win total. Because that player is back, and very good, and for other reasons everyone reading this knows about, Vegas has projected the Spurs to improve more in 2025-26 than every other team except one (a team which we have not yet mentioned). Who am I to disagree? I am also contractually obligated to say OVER, and I know better than to breach my contract before “the powers that be” decide on my Christmas bonus. OVER, OVER, OVER.