The Athletic released their . They talked to teams around the NBA, asking forty executives in their front office to vote for the best basketball organizations in the league. Executives cannot vote for their own team. The top-five ranking is then changed into points, with a 5-4-3-2-1 point structure.
The top-ranked team this year is, unsurprisingly, the Oklahoma City Thunder, who leveraged their assets into a pile of draft picks and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The Boston Celtics and Miami Heat were second and third, respectively. Overall, 21 teams picked up at least one point.
The Portland Trail Blazers received no top-five votes, for a total of zero points.