There may be no sure-fire NBA championship contenders, but the Southeast Division has plenty of interesting teams as the 2019-20 season tips off.



All five teams are either working their way up toward competing with Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Boston in the years to come or just trying to return to relevance. The Miami Heat and Orlando Magic are considered the division’s frontrunners, while Atlanta, Charlotte and Washington continue to groom young talent for the future.



With Wednesday’s season-opening games in the division, The Athletic’s Southeast Division beat writers (Rod Boone, Hornets; Fred Katz, Wizards; Chris Kirschner, Hawks; Shandel Richardson, Heat; Josh Robbins, Magic) got together to predict how things might play out in 2019-20.



How do you see the Southeast standings playing out?



Katz: I’m pretty confident this will be the NBA’s worst division. I think Miami and Orlando both make the playoffs, but the bottom...