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Overhyped: Teams I Expect to Underperform This Season

Featuring the league's weirdest team, a big caveat, and Bad Vibes City

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Jacob Sutton
Oct 12, 2025
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Yesterday, we took a look at the teams that I expected to overperform, based on their preseason over/unders (as compiled by ESPN). With that in mind, you can probably guess where I’m going today.

This feels like a season where a lot more teams are going to underperform vs. overperform, at least in my mind. Injuries were a major storyline last season and will likely be at the forefront of everyone’s mind this season, while the potential for major trades to shake up the standings will cause a lot of preseason “winners” to fall short of expectations by quite a bit.

Without further ado, say hello to the teams who are going to make some hometown fans quite unhappy…

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