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 | So that trade deadline deal was actually Ilgauskas for Jamison and Ilgauskas | |
2 | 2 | Los Angeles Lakers | Strained Achilles tendon latest second-half Bynum injury | |
3 | 4 | Orlando Magic | Next Dwight Howard T gets him a one-game suspension | |
4 | 5 | Denver Nuggets | Lawson’s return from injury creates tough decision at backup PG — Lawson or Carter? | |
5 | 3 | Dallas Mavericks | Los Mavs play hard every night. What happens in playoffs when everyone does? Just wondering | |
6 | 6 | Atlanta Hawks | Don’t even vote. Jamal Crawford is league’s best 6th man by a large margin | |
7 | 7 | Utah Jazz | 43-24-3 against the spread this season | |
8 | 10 | Phoenix Suns | Six straight games against weak teams give Suns a leg up on Utah for 4th seed in Western Conference playoffs | |
9 | 13 | Boston Celtics | Celtics have responded well to intense criticism in Boston media and talk shows | |
10 | 9 | Oklahoma City Thunder | 4-game homestand (San Antonio, Houston, Lakers, Portland) good test-run for playoffs | |
11 | 8 | Portland Trail Blazers | Brandon Roy a combined 12 for 43 from field in consecutive games. He may be wearing down | |
12 | 11 | Milwaukee Bucks | Public hasn’t caught up to Bucks yet — they got 10 at Denver last week and won outright | |
13 | 12 | San Antonio Spurs | Parker working out, planning on returning for final week of regular season | |
14 | 14 | Memphis Grizzlies | Marc Gasol’s neck injury comes just as Grizz are trying to make up ground and steal 8th playoff spot | |
15 | 15 | Miami Heat | Michael Beasley not developing fast enough to suit the fan base | |
16 | 16 | Charlotte Bobcats | Can Jordan, who blew it on Kwame Brown and Adam Morrison, do any better with the Bobcats? | |
17 | 17 | Toronto Raptors | Toronto media demanding benching of of lazy-boy Andrea Bargnani | |
18 | 18 | New Orleans Hornets | Bottom line — Hornets just could not compete on the road | |
19 | 19 | Houston Rockets | Rockets’ top offseason priority is bolstering the back end of the rotation | |
20 | 20 | Chicago Bulls | Still talking playoffs, but they have as much chance as Clottey had against Pacquiao | |
21 | 23 | New York Knicks | Except for the game they mailed in in Boston, Knicks have been competitive over last few weeks | |
22 | 21 | Los Angeles Clippers | Fade the. Fade them. Fade them. Fade them. Fade them. Fade them. | |
23 | 27 | Indiana Pacers | Jim O’Brien cut his teeth as a solid defensive coach, but Pacers give up more points than all but 6 other teams | |
24 | 24 | Philadelphia 76ers | Sixers’ slide started when they made no effort to keep PG Andre Miller | |
25 | 26 | Sacramento Kings | Kings hoping that they can keep young players together and eventually be Western Conference version of the Hawks | |
26 | 22 | Detroit Pistons | Bettors take notice: Pistons say they will go with kids the rest of the way | |
27 | 25 | Washington Wizards | Question: Is Blatche the real deal, or just getting numbers on a bad team? | |
28 | 28 | Golden State Warriors | Scientific fact: Watching these guys sometimes produces migraine headaches | |
29 | 29 | Minnesota Timberwolves | Sign of life from Milicic — 16, 12 and a block in 28 minutes against the Lakers | |
30 | 30 | New Jersey Nets | 3 possible wins to avoid worst record ever — Kings 3/24, Pistons 3/26, Bulls 4/9. All at home |
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.