Teams who built through trade:
- Suns (8th seed)
- Heat (7th seed)
- Clippers (4th seed)
- Lakers (9th seed)
- Cavaliers (Known frauds, 3 seed)
Teams who built through draft:
- Celtics (1 seed)
- Thunder (1 seed)
- Nuggets (2 seed)
- Bucks (2 seed)
- TWolves (3 seed)
- Magic (4