2024 is coming to a close, but there's plenty of basketball that will be played in the New Year.
There have been a couple of surprises in the first few months of the 2024-25 NBA season, including a few "rebuilding" teams, like the Atlanta Hawks and Houston Rockets, climbing to the top of their respective rankings.
A few superstar players have also stumbled out of the gate, including Tyrese Haliburton and Joel Embiid. But they'll look to turn it around as the calendar year comes to a close, hoping a second-half surge can push their teams into playoff contention.