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NBA 2016-17 forecast: Central Division

By Brian Boake

May 27, 2016; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) gets ready to talk to the media at the end of game six of the Eastern conference finals of the NBA Playoffs against the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre. The Cleveland Cavaliers won 113-87. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports
May 27, 2016; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) gets ready to talk to the media at the end of game six of the Eastern conference finals of the NBA Playoffs against the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre. The Cleveland Cavaliers won 113-87. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports /
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We’re close to the beginning of the NBA season, and nearly done our Division forecasts. Let’s look at the Eastern Conference’s Central.

We last stopped in with a look at perhaps the NBA’s weakest Division, the Southeast. Now we’re flipping the dial to eleven, with a forecast of the Central. Here be dragons.

I have these five teams winning 231 games, the highest number of any division in the NBA. If the bottom teams are even slightly better than I forecast, all of them could be in the playoffs.

As always, we’ll begin with the worst team (which might win the Southeast), and proceed to the best. No !Spoiler Alert! needed – the Cleveland LeBrons win this Division, and perhaps a lot more.

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