NBA Team Pulse: where every team is heading

First the trajectory of the last five seasons (2021-22 to 2025-26): is the team rising or falling? Then 2025-26 against the season before. The 2025-26 rating, separately, says how good it was (0 to 100). Each dimension — results, offensive efficiency, defensive efficiency — is compared with the league of the same season.

#	Team	5 yrs	2025-26	Rating	RES	OFF	DEF	SHT	POS	REB	FT	Roster	Index, season by season
1	Oklahoma City Thunder	↑↑ +54	-7	96	↑↑	↑↑	↑↑	↑↑	↑↑	→	→	-3	88 → 101 → 109 → 116 → 115
2	Houston Rockets	↑↑ +51	-1	80	↑↑	↑	↑↑	↑	↑	↑↑	→	-5	86 → 87 → 102 → 108 → 108
3	Detroit Pistons	↑↑ +51	+45	90	↑↑	↑↑	↑↑	↑↑	↑	↑	→	+18	88 → 84 → 86 → 102 → 111
4	San Antonio Spurs	↑ +31	+76	92	↑	↑	↑	↑	→	→	↑	+27	99 → 84 → 91 → 96 → 112
5	Orlando Magic	↑ +28	+2	59	↑	↑	↑	→	↑	↑	↑	+1	87 → 96 → 105 → 101 → 102
6	Portland Trail Blazers	↑ +23	+16	46	↑	→	↑	↑	→	↑	→	+9	87 → 93 → 89 → 97 → 100
7	Los Angeles Lakers	→ +16	+7	69	↑	↑	→	→	→	→	↑	-4	95 → 102 → 101 → 103 → 104
8	New York Knicks	→ +13	+15	85	↑	↑	→	→	↑	→	→	+9	100 → 106 → 107 → 106 → 109
9	LA Clippers	→ +7	-26	57	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	-4	99 → 101 → 104 → 107 → 101
10	Cleveland Cavaliers	→ +7	-31	78	→	↑	→	→	→	→	→	-4	103 → 109 → 104 → 112 → 106
11	Minnesota Timberwolves	→ +7	-11	72	→	→	→	→	↓	→	↑	-4	103 → 99 → 109 → 106 → 104
12	Charlotte Hornets	→ +6	+85	73	→	→	→	→	↓↓	↑	→	+9	101 → 89 → 86 → 88 → 105
13	Denver Nuggets	→ +5	+8	76	→	↑	→	→	→	→	↑	+5	103 → 107 → 107 → 105 → 107
14	Boston Celtics	→ 0	-12	89	→	→	→	→	→	→	↓	+5	110 → 111 → 114 → 112 → 110
15	Indiana Pacers	→ 0	-73	8	→	↓	↑	→	→	↓	→	-9	93 → 94 → 102 → 103 → 88
16	Atlanta Hawks	→ 0	+17	62	→	↓	↑	→	→	→	↓	+7	102 → 101 → 98 → 100 → 103
17	Miami Heat	→ -8	+14	63	→	→	→	→	→	→	→	+8	107 → 102 → 104 → 100 → 103
18	Toronto Raptors	→ -11	+49	69	→	→	→	↑	↓	↓	→	+9	106 → 104 → 91 → 94 → 104
19	Sacramento Kings	→ -11	-63	8	→	↓	→	→	→	→	↓	-6	92 → 105 → 103 → 101 → 88
20	Golden State Warriors	→ -12	-34	47	→	→	↓	↓	↑	→	↑	-4	108 → 101 → 103 → 105 → 99
21	Chicago Bulls	→ -15	-23	18	→	→	→	→	↓	→	→	-5	100 → 101 → 100 → 97 → 93
22	Philadelphia 76ers	↓ -20	+47	54	↓	↓	↓	↓	→	→	↓	+8	105 → 109 → 105 → 92 → 101
23	New Orleans Pelicans	↓ -21	+29	23	↓	→	↓	→	→	↓	→	+4	100 → 103 → 107 → 88 → 94
24	Dallas Mavericks	↓ -21	-27	21	↓	↓	→	↓	↓	→	↑	-6	106 → 98 → 103 → 98 → 93
25	Phoenix Suns	↓ -23	+35	59	↓	→	↓	↓	→	→	→	+10	112 → 103 → 104 → 95 → 102
26	Washington Wizards	↓ -27	0	2	↓	↓	↓	↓	→	↓	↓	+9	94 → 97 → 85 → 84 → 84
27	Milwaukee Bucks	↓ -29	-61	14	↓	↓	↓	→	→	↓	↓	-5	106 → 108 → 103 → 103 → 91
28	Brooklyn Nets	↓ -30	-22	5	↓	↓↓	→	↓↓	→	→	→	+1	101 → 100 → 96 → 91 → 87
29	Memphis Grizzlies	↓ -32	-69	16	↓	↓	↓	→	↓	↓↓	→	-4	111 → 107 → 92 → 106 → 92
30	Utah Jazz	↓ -39	+11	9	↓	↓	↓	↓↓	→	↓	↓	+9	108 → 98 → 93 → 87 → 89

How it's calculated

For each season, Basketball-Reference team stats become indexes against the league: 100 + 10 standard deviations. Results (win %), offense and defense (efficiency per 100 possessions), and the four factors: shooting (eFG% for minus against), possession (turnovers forced minus committed), rebounding (offensive and defensive), free throws (for minus against). The season rating weights them — results 20%, offense 22.5%, defense 22.5%, possession 7.5%, rebounding 7.5%, shooting 5%, free throws 5%, roster (OV weighted by minutes) 10% — re-standardizes the total across the 30 teams and converts it to 0–100. The 5-year pulse is the slope of the overall index over five seasons (5 points per season = +40); the season pulse, the gap with the season before; roster, players' observed trend weighted by minutes.