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Hardwood Knocks continues its primer for the Association’s upcoming festivities by rolling through the Northwest Division. This time, Andy and Dan are talking everything and anything related to the Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Portland Trail Blazers, Oklahoma City Thunder and Utah Jazz. The big question: In the NBA’s toughest division, which team(s) will be left out in the cold once the postseason tips off?

For the outline-obsessed, here’s how this will work from now until the end of time: We’ll go over 2017-18 vitals before diving into the following topics:

• Best offseason move
• Worst offseason move/Biggest offseason loss
• Player most likely to break out (rookies included)
• Player most likely to be traded
• Will each team have a better offense or defense?
• Playoffs or nah?
• What’s the ceiling for reach team, regardless of their postseason status? (i.e. record predictions)

Let’s ride.