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Eight teams facing tough decisions as cutdown deadline looms

All NBA teams, as always, must be down to a maximum of 15 players by Monday at 5 p.m. on the eve of Opening Night.

And 22, for the record, are already there. Five teams, in fact, are down to just 14 players, leaving a roster spot open for another early season move: Houston, New Orleans, New York, Orlando and Phoenix.

Yet that leaves eight teams with some tough decisions to make before the roster cutdown buzzer. Here's a quick breakdown:

Philadelphia 76ers: The Sixers still sported the training camp maximum of 20 players on their roster as of Sunday night and thus face a whopping five cuts.