NBA Scouts Takes for All 30 Teams

NBA scouts are real truth-tellers. As is tradition, they were brutally honest when sizing up opposing teams for The Crossover.

There's no NBA truth-teller quite like an anonymous scout.

As tradition, Sports Illustrated spoke with anonymous scouts around the league to preview all 30 teams for the upcoming 2017-18 season. And as the tradition, they were brutally honest when sizing up opposing teams.

We begin SI.com's NBA Preview Week with an examination of all six divisions.