NBA 2015-2016: START

It took me 20 days of November to finally release the 2015-2016 NBA Lightweight Report … it only took 10 days of December to react to the start of the NBA season. Progress, right?

Check it out: Each #NBA team’s record through the 1st 16 games of the season. See how mediocre the West is. pic.twitter.com/I71SNqbr7K

— Law Murray (@LawMurrayTheNU) December 3, 2015

The standings above show each team’s record through the first 16 games of the season; I’ll plan to do 16-game splits throughout the season, with asterisks placed on teams that would make the postseason if only 6 teams made it per conference.

I’m going to run through each team’s offensive and defensive rankings (efficiency) through December 2, and I’ll add in the most used lineup through that date and call it a column – after all, it’s only the start of the season. Some of y’all don’t believe the season starts until Christmas anyway ?

Atlantic

Toronto: (7th offense, 7th defense) – Lowry/DeRozan/Carroll/Scola/Valanciunas (-4.3 net rating)

Boston: (19th offense, 4th defense) – Thomas/Bradley/Crowder/Sullinger/Johnson (-10.2 net rating)

New York: (23rd offense, 17th defense) – Calderon/Afflalo/Anthony/Porzingis/Lopez (6.2 net rating)

Brooklyn: (29th offense, 22nd defense) – Jack/Johnson/Hollis-Jefferson/Young/Lopez (7.4 net rating)

Philadelphia: (30th offense, 18th defense) – McConnell/Stauskas/Grant/Noel/Okafor (-26.6 net rating)

Central

Cleveland: (3rd offense, 10th defense) – Williams/Smith/James/Love/Mozgov (2.5 net rating)

Indiana: (11th offense, 2nd defense) – G. Hill/Ellis/Miles/George/Mahinmi (4.0 net rating)

Chicago: (27th offense, 5th defense) – Rose/Butler/Snell/Mirotic/Gasol (-3.0 net rating)

Detroit: (24th offense, 11th defense) – Jackson/Caldwell-Pope/Morris/Ilyasova/Drummond (8.8 net rating)

Milwaukee: (22nd offense, 28th defense) – Carter-Williams/Middleton/Antetokounmpo/Parker/Monroe (-12.1 net rating)

Southeast

Atlanta: (6th offense, 16th defense) – Teague/Korver/Bazemore/Millsap/Horford (-2.0 net rating)

Miami: (13th offense, 3rd defense) – Dragic/Wade/Deng/Bosh/Whiteside (-3.3 net rating)

Charlotte: (4th offense, 13th defense) – Walker/Batum/Hairston/Williams/Jefferson (10.9 net rating)

Orlando: (18th offense, 8th defense) – Payton/Oladipo/Fournier/Harris/Vucevic (-16.5 net rating)

Washington: (25th offense, 20th defense) – Wall/Beal/Porter/Humphries/Gortat (-9.3 net rating)

Northwest

Oklahoma City: (2nd offense, 14th defense) – Westbrook/Roberson/Durant/Ibaka/Adams (9.5 net rating)

Utah: (16th offense, 9th defense) – Neto/Hood/Hayward/Favors/Gobert (12.2 net rating)

Minnesota: (17th offense, 15th defense) – Rubio/Wiggins/Prince/Garnett/Towns (12.0 net rating)

Portland: (12th offense, 21st defense) – Lillard/McCollum/Aminu/Leonard/Plumlee (1.3 net rating)

Denver: (26th offense, 25th defense) – Mudiay/Harris/Gallinari/Faried/Hickson (-7.1 net rating)

Pacific

Golden State: (1st offense, 6th defense) – Curry/Thompson/Barnes/Green/Ezeli (3.0 net rating)

Los Angeles Clippers: (5th offense, 18th defense) – Paul/Redick/Stephenson/Griffin/Jordan (19.0 net rating)

Phoenix: (8th offense, 24th defense) – Bledsoe/Knight/Tucker/Morris/Chandler (5.7 net rating)

Sacramento: (10th offense, 26th defense) – Rondo/McLemore/Gay/Cousins/Cauley-Stein (32.9 net rating)

Los Angeles Lakers: (28th offense, 29th defense) – Russell/Clarkson/Bryant/Randle/Hibbert (-13.1 net rating)

Southwest

San Antonio: (9th offense, 1st defense) – Parker/Green/Leonard/Aldridge/Duncan (6.9 net rating)

Dallas: (13th offense, 12th defense) – Williams/Matthews/Parsons/Nowitzki/Pachulia (-4.2 net rating)

Memphis: (21st offense, 22nd defense) – Conley/Lee/Allen/Randolph/Gasol (2.1 net rating)

Houston: (20th offense, 27th defense) – Lawson/Harden/Thornton/Ariza/Howard (6.0 net rating)

New Orleans: (15th offense, 30th defense) – Smith/Gordon/Gee/Anderson/Davis (-1.0 net rating)

-1SKILLZ