On the eve of the 2019-20 NBA season, let's take a final look at our projections using ESPN's real plus-minus (RPM). These differ from our initial projections, released in mid-August, by incorporating injuries and roster changes since then as well as updating my guesses at playing time based on preseason rotations.
While it's certainly been an eventful month in the NBA, preseason seems to have had less impact on the projected standings than most years. No. 1 overall pick Zion Williamson was the only starter to suffer what looks like potentially a long-term injury, meaning changes in the projections are more attributable to rotations shaking out around the league than any other factor.