2010 NBA Hoops Power Ratings
Each week during the heart of the NBA season, and once or twice during the NBA Preseason, we’ll gather the troops around the roundtable and hash out the NBA Power rankings. We check out the stats, looks at the records, and, most importantly, we take a close, close look at the heart of each team. We encourage you to come back each week and see how the nba Power Rankings have changed.
NBA Power Rankings will be updated by Friday every week. Be sure to visit our home page for more articles and NBA analysis.
Its with this knowledge that we can then deliver to you The NBA WEEKLY Power Rankings!
Power Rankings
NBA Power Rankings | ||||
This Week | Last Week | Comment | ||
1 | 1 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Can’t quite figure out if Mike Brown is along for the ride or is a smarter than he gets credit for | |
2 | 2 | Los Angeles Lakers | Between March 3-31, just three home games | |
3 | 3 | Denver Nuggets | Anthony’s biggest improvement is off the court | |
4 | 5 | Orlando Magic | Maybe Redick is a player in this league after all | |
5 | 8 | Utah Jazz | Who rebounds if they trade Boozer? | |
6 | 6 | Atlanta Hawks | Crawford gets the ball late in tight games | |
7 | 7 | Dallas Mavericks | Acquiring Butler, Haywood and Stevenson elevates talent level and bolsters bench | |
8 | 9 | Oklahoma City Thunder | 40 for Westbrook in the Rookies-Sophomores NBA exhibition | |
9 | 4 | Boston Celtics | If Garnett and Pierce are hurting, why did they go to the All-Star Game? Parties, maybe? | |
10 | 11 | San Antonio Spurs | Chances are good there are no nude photos of Gregg Popovich on the internet | |
11 | 10 | Portland Trail Blazers | Shame this team has suffered so many injuries | |
12 | 12 | Phoenix Suns | Hard to believe they could miss playoffs after that red-hot start | |
13 | 13 | Houston Rockets | Only team in league with winning record and no All-Star represenative | |
14 | 17 | Toronto Raptors | Suddenly the Raptors are a tough team to be outside the United States | |
15 | 14 | Memphis Grizzlies | Grizz benefitting by Randolph cleaning up his image and concentrating on basketball | |
16 | 15 | Charlotte Bobcats | Rasheed Wallace would fit in well in Bobcats’ slowdown offense | |
17 | 16 | y–New Orleans Hornets | Hornets get beaten off the boards too much | |
18 | 18 | Miami Heat | Riley covets Stoudemire, but probably would have to give up Beasley to get him | |
19 | 19 | Chicago Bulls | After the All-Star break, 6 straight games agaist teams with losing records | |
20 | 20 | Milwaukee Bucks | 31-20 ATS | |
21 | 21 | x–Philadelphia 76ers | Playing better without Iverson | |
22 | 22 | Indiana Pacers | 8 of next 11 and 12 of next 16 are on the road. Say good-night, Gracie | |
23 | 23 | New York Knicks | Exactly what would Tracy McGrady bring to the table? | |
24 | 24 | Washington Wizards | Starting over is the right idea | |
25 | 25 | Los Angeles Clippers | With Griffin back and another high draft pick on board, maybe next season . . . ? | |
26 | 26 | Detroit Pistons | Embarrassing home loss to Sacramento is microcosm of entire season | |
27 | 27 | Sacramento Kings | More wins this season already than in all of 2008-09 | |
28 | 28 | Golden State Warriors | See Curry’s line against Clips? 36 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists. That’s why GS is shopping Ellis | |
29 | 29 | Minnesota Timberwolves | Jonny Flynn developing into a solid PG | |
30 | 30 | New Jersey Nets | 6-24 over the final 30 enables NJ to avoid worst record in NBA history |
X–Team with the best chance of cracking Top 20
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Y–Team with the best chance of falling out of the Top 20
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Lawrence Paul is a regular contributor to the Cappers Picks Blog, and is a free-lance gambling and travel expert from Massachusetts.
One reply on “NBA Power Rankings (Feb. 16th)”
We all know that Cleveland and LA (Lakers) are far and away the tow best teams in the NBA. My big question is which team is number 3? After Thursday’s trade deadline maybe something will happen to answer this question