7. Chicago Bulls (6-3)
Last Week: 9
Derrick Rose, Pau Gasol, Jimmy Butler, and Nikola Mirotic are as balanced a group as any in the NBA.
They all have to be accounted for, as any one of them has the potential to put up 25 points on a given night.
It appears there isn’t much off a dropoff so far without former head coach Tom Thibodeau.
8. Toronto Raptors (7-4)
Last Week: 8
Demar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry are both averaging right around 20 points per game.
The big Lithuanian Jonas Valanciunas is putting up a double double per game and the rest of the complimentary pieces added to Toronto this offseason have made the Raptors a more balanced team in the 2015-2016 season.
9. Miami Heat (6-3)
Last Week: Off the Radar
Miami is starting to live up to the preseason hype as they were picked to contend for the Eastern Conference championship by many analysts.
Hassan Whiteside is making a case to be regarded as one of the best centers in the league as he and Chris Bosh are both averaging double doubles.
Dwayne Wade is not quite the same player as he was in his heyday, but is still averaging 18 points per game and is one of the better shooting guards in the game.
The Heat parted ways with Mario Chalmers last week, shipping him off to Memphis, indicating that perhaps they trust youngsters Tyler Johnson and Justice Winslow to be significant pieces of their future.
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