SB Nation: NBA Preview Series

The Los Angeles Lakers obviously had the NBA's best offseason, but how quickly will Dwight Howard and Steve Nash mesh with their new teammates?

The Miami Heat won the 2012 NBA championship, slaying all demons and removing all doubts as to their individual and collective talents in the process. Now they get to try to do it again. Here's what could stop them.

The San Antonio Spurs reinvented themselves in 2011-12, and peeled off a 20-game winning streak and the No. 1 seed. Is that sustainable?

The Orlando Magic had to trade Dwight Howard, but the package they received in return was very underwhelming.

The Oklahoma City Thunder's future may hinge on a decision James Harden must make sometime in the next two weeks.

A new team is born in Brooklyn, but can the Nets make us forget that they are the Nets?

Did the New York Knicks properly replace Jeremy Lin? We're not so sure.