Top 5 surprise so far: Warriors are Title contender. Bucks/Bobcat are the third seed.

[Bogg]

To Mike Dunlap's credit, the Bobcats play hard every night, and they do a decent job at defending with the talent they have, but they're still going to finish with a very poor record. Charlotte has benefited more than anyone from a deceptively soft schedule. Their wins have been against Indiana(without Granger), Dallas(without Dirk), Washington(twice), Minnesota(without everyone), Toronto on the second night of a road back-to-back, and Milwaukee. The Bucks are the only squad they beat that you could call both decent and relatively full-strength. Sessions has been excellent for them, the Ben Gordon pickup looks smarter every day, Kemba and MKG set the tone for all-out effort, but they still lack a single decent starter in their front-court and Gerald Henderson(improbably their best player) has missed all but two games to injury. 20-25 wins and a top three pick is the most likely scenario and a rousing success, in my opinion.

[Jace]

@tomhaberstroh Top 5 toughest schedules so far (by opponent WPct) according to @bball_ref: 1) LAC, 2) MEM, 3) MIA, 4) POR, 5) GSW.

Top 3 are 3 of the league's best teams.

@tomhaberstroh Top 5 easiest schedules so far (by opponent WPct) according to @bball_ref: 1) CHA, 2) WAS, 3) IND, 4) MIN, 5) MIL.

And somehow WAS and IND are still struggling. Injuries play a part, but I was surprised to see they've had two of the easiest schedules thus far.