Predicting the Top 5 Offenses and Defenses for the 2025-26 NBA Season

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🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Will the OKC Thunder's defense power another championship run, and who will have the NBA's best offense? In this episode of Locked On NBA Daily, hosts Wes Goldberg, Matt Moore, and Haize break down their bold NBA predictions for the 2025 season, ranking the top offenses, defenses, and coaching staffs across the league. They debate whether the Oklahoma City Thunder’s elite defense can fuel another championship run and which teams—like Denver, Cleveland, and Minnesota—will rise offensively this year. The trio also tackles which coaches and systems truly define greatness in today’s NBA. With passionate debates, sharp analysis, and real insight from Locked On’s top insiders, this episode is your ultimate season preview.

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0:00.0	Good afternoon and welcome to Locked on NBA Daily on today's show.
0:03.0	Will the Thunder's defense power another championship run?
0:05.7	And which team will have the league's best offense?
0:08.1	It's time for some predictions on today's Locked on NBA.
0:16.2	You are Locked on NBA, your daily NBA podcast.
0:20.9	Part of the Locked on Podcast NBA, your daily NBA podcast. Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:27.7	Hello and welcome back to Locked-on NBA.
0:29.8	However you're tuning in on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube,
0:32.4	thanks so much for making us your first listen every day.
0:35.3	Today's episode is brought to you by Fandual.
0:37.1	Right now, new customers can bet just $5, and if your bet wins, you'll get $300 in bonus bets to use across the app. Visit Fanduel.com today to get started. I'm Wes Goldberg, and today we're talking about which teams in the league will lead the league in offense and defense with some end-of-season predictions, and we're doing it with the help of lockdown's local experts, and I have two of the best with me, as always, from the Lockdown Nuggets podcast. He's a senior NBA writer for the Action Network. It's Matt Moore, Matt. Shout out to Mike Richmond from Lockdown Blazers, who I thought had the best reaction to the Shaden Sharp extension, which is, if he doesn't get any better than and doesn't deserve this money later, then the entire rebuild is already screwed. Off to a great start for Portland. That it is on from the Locked on Bulls podcast. Also Bears and Bulls creator for Bleacher Port. It's Hayes. Basketball is right around the corner. I just, I can't wait to regular season games. I'm dying here. The NBA season,
1:29.0	to your point, Hayes, tips off on Tuesday night. So we do have a couple of episodes to start
1:32.6	the week to get you guys ready for the season. Tomorrow we're going to have our bold predictions
1:36.5	episode. But today, it's our locked on NBA Daily 555 deal of a podcast where we predict the top
1:42.8	five offenses, the top five defenses,
1:45.0	and then we're going to rank the top five coaching staffs in the NBA.
1:49.2	Let's jump right in.
1:50.3	We're going to start with offense.
1:52.9	Last season, the teams that finished with the top five offenses in the league, and this is
1:57.0	according to offensive rating on NBA.com statistics, Cleveland, Boston, Oklahoma City, Denver, and New York in that order.
2:06.1	Before coming into today's episode, guys, we each made our own predictions
2:09.7	based on where we think the top five teams will finish in offensive rating for this season.
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