There's basically no opponent for Miami in the East and the Western Conference should be a battle between Spurs and Thunder, according to 18 NBA players, executives and coaches polled by HoopsHype.
We asked them to rank their Top 8 teams in each conference. Check the full results below.
| TEAMS | 1st PLACE VOTES | 2nd PLACE VOTES | 3rd PLACE VOTES | 4th PLACE VOTES | 5th PLACE VOTES | 6th PLACE VOTES | 7th PLACE VOTES | 8th PLACE VOTES | NO PLAYOFFS VOTES |
| 1. Miami | 15 | 3 | |||||||
| 2. Indiana | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 3. Chicago | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 4. Brooklyn | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5. New York | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 6. Cleveland | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 7. Detroit | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| 8. Atlanta | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||
| 9. Washington | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |||||
| 10. Toronto | 2 | 5 | 11 | ||||||
| 11. Milwaukee | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |||||
| 12. Boston | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | |||||
| 13. Charlotte | 1 | 17 | |||||||
| 14. Orlando | 18 | ||||||||
| 15. Philadelphia | 18 | ||||||||
| TEAMS | 1st PLACE VOTES | 2nd PLACE VOTES | 3rd PLACE VOTES | 4th PLACE VOTES | 5th PLACE VOTES | 6th PLACE VOTES | 7th PLACE VOTES | 8th PLACE VOTES | NO PLAYOFFS VOTES |
| 1. San Antonio | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2. OKC | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 3. LA Clippers | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| 4. Houston | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 5. Golden State | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 6. Memphis | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 7. Denver | 7 | 3 | 8 | ||||||
| 8. Dallas | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |||||
| 9. LA Lakers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |||||
| 10. Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | |||||
| 11. New Orleans | 1 | 3 | 14 | ||||||
| 12. Portland | 1 | 3 | 14 | ||||||
| 13. Phoenix | 1 | 1 | 16 | ||||||
| 14. Sacramento | 18 | ||||||||
| 15. Utah | 18 | ||||||||
