Pelton: Blazers have top-5 offseason
Kevin Pelton just published his analysis of each team's off-season moves. The Blazers ring in at No. 5 with a plus-3.0 change in projected WARP: "Surprisingly, both WARP and real plus-minus rated Williams (minus-0.2 WARP) at or below replacement level last season. So the Blazers may have upgraded at backup point guard with Blake (1.1) while also adding Kaman (1.3) to their thin bench." The rest of the top 5 teams are: 1.) Cleveland: +9.9 WARP; 2.) Dallas: +9.1 WARP (will move to #1 once Aminu (+3.4) signing is official); 3.) Chicago: +4.3 WARP; 4.) Utah: +3.1 WARP (addition by subtraction).