Sheridan: Reviewing the Report Cards for All 30 NBA Teams

Way back in 1979, I got my first taste of Jesuit Education in 9th grade Ancient Greek class. On the first day of high school at Fordham Prep, professor Douglas Tobin gave us our first homework assignment: Learn the Greek alphabet, capital letters and small letters. “There will be a hit or miss quiz tomorrow,” he said.

Hit or miss quiz?

“You get either a 100 or a zero,” Tobin explained. “If you get one single thing wrong, you get a zero.”

Every time I tell that story, my mind starts racing: “Alpha, beta, gamma, zeta, eta, theta … ” Can’t remember if I got a 100 or a goose egg on that first hit or miss quiz, but I can still recite the Greek alphabet by rote.

Fortunately, not all graders are as tough as Doug Tobin was. Here at SheridanHoops, we just finished publishing division by division grades for all 30 NBA teams, and our benevolent publisher (that would be me) was generous with handing out “A” grades.

Charlotte, Miami, San Antonio, Milwaukee, Houston, the Los Angeles Clippers and Sacramento all got some variation of an “A” – with the Hornets getting a little icing on the cake with an A-plus-plus.

ATLANTIC DIVISION REPORT CARDS
SOUTHEAST DIVISION REPORT CARDS
CENTRAL DIVISION REPORT CARDS
NORTHWEST DIVISION REPORT CARDS
SOUTHWEST DIVISION REPORT CARDS
PACIFIC DIVISION REPORT CARDS

The strange thing is, I seem to be an outlier when it comes to the Hornets and Kings, because the odds on each of them winning the NBA championship are the longest in the entire NBA. Not that I believe either team is a serious contender for the title, but as I say in this video report with CineSport’s Noah Coslov, an injury to LeBron James in the East or some sort of seismic event in the West could make some of these long odds look a little more enticing.

Chris Sheridan is publisher and editor-in-chief of SheridanHoops.com. Follow him on Twitter.