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One-on-One: Wait 'til next year

Our experts debate which moribund team will make a playoff turnaround next season

Originally Published: April 1, 2010
By Chris Broussard and Ric Bucher | ESPN The Magazine

The only thing Ric Bucher and Chris Broussard like to do more than report on the NBA is argue about the NBA. So we decided to combine those two skills in our weekly One-on-One series, in which they'll debate the hottest topics in the Association.

Question: Which 2010 lottery team will be playoff bound next season?


To see which teams Broussard and Bucher chose and how they arrived at their conclusions, you must be an ESPN Insider.

Chris Broussard | email

NBA analyst
  • Senior Writer for ESPN The Magazine
  • Formerly at the New York Times, 1998-2004
  • Covering the NBA since 1995

Ric Bucher

NBA Reporter, ESPN The Magazine Senior Writer
  • Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine
  • Co-authored "Yao: A Life in Two Worlds"
  • Full-time beat writer/NBA analyst since 1992

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