First initial instinct was the Rockets. I don't love the spacing on the Bulls....but I also think that a lot of this can be solved by inserting Cam Johnson into the starting lineup. He's seemingly fallen off the radar, but he was an awesome role player at the end of his stay in PHX and I think this would be the perfect setting for him. Playing in BKN has made him look worse than he is....I think he's still an A+ role player kind of guy. There's also a playmaking deficit on the Rockets. It's blasphemy to say anything bad about Jrue, but I don't think it's an accident that he finally had a good offensive playoffs once he was put into a small usage role. He was extremely inefficient during his playoff career before Boston and struggled nearly every year. On this team, he would be asked to be put into a bigger role and I think he would struggle once again leaving Luka on a playmaking island. I'm also a massive fan of Chet, but his biggest weakness is rebounding and this team only has Luka as a positive rebounder for his position. Not great news. Murray and McDaniels are good defenders on the perimeter but do not assist in this massive weakness from the forward positions.
I was late on voting, but I would have voted Bulls.
I was late on voting, but I would have voted Bulls.