NBA Power Rankings (Feb. 9th)

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	James-to-Knicks talk is getting louder
2	2	Los Angeles Lakers	Suddenly vulnerable on the road (14-9)
3	7	Denver Nuggets	Best win of the season at Lakers without Carmello
4	5	Boston Celtics	Haven’t covered twice in a row since early last month
5	6	Orlando Magic	Interesting week — at Boston Sunday, then  New Orleans, at Chicago and at Cleveland
6	4	Atlanta Hawks	Hawks lead the league with 31 covers
7	3	Dallas Mavericks	Mavs 2-4 SU and 0-6 ATS since beating Knicks by 50
8	12	Utah Jazz	Went 6-1 ATS during 7-game win streak heading into Saturday’s game
9	11	Oklahoma City Thunder	Starters have been healthy all season
10	9	Portland Trail Blazers	In survival mode until Brandon Roy returns from hamstring injury
11	8	San Antonio Spurs	Biding their time  until the playoffs
12	10	Phoenix Suns	Staying the hunt prevents trading Stoudemire
13	14	Houston Rockets	Solid play from benehc is keeping Rockets in the hunt
14	15	Memphis Grizzlies	OJ Mayo just 30 points in a 3-game stretch
15	13	Charlotte Bobcats	B-Cats are a tough out at home (18-5)
16	16	New Orleans Hornets	Trying to hang on until Paul returns for a playoff push
17	18	Toronto Raptors	Over players are making money — Raptors are 29-20-1 against the O/U
18	17	Y — Miami Heat	Maybe it’s just the way he plays, but Jermaine O’Neal never looks like he’s giving close to 100 percent
19	19	Chicago Bulls	Laker blogs are ripe with possible deal of Heirich to LA
20	22	Milwaukee Bucks	Bogut (16 and 10 a game) starting to figure things out
21	23	Philadelphia 76ers	Thaddeus Young’s minutes and production are down this season
22	24	X — Indiana Pacers	Hibbert has not developed into the inside presence that team had hoped for
23	21	New York Knicks	NY is latest team to try and fail to make a player out of Darko Milicic
24	27	Washington Wizards	Felled by injuries last season, stupidity this year
25	20	Los Angeles Clippers	2-6 on load road trip, which is better than previous Clipper teams have done
26	25	Detroit Pistons	Iverson trade, Gordon signing have sullied Dumars’s reputation
27	26	Sacramento Kings	3-21 on he road…only the Nets are worse
28	28	Golden State Warriors	Reportedly interested in trading for Ray Allen (specifically Allen’s expiring contract)
29	29	Minnesota Timberwolves	3-game win streak was Wolves’ longest of the season
30	30	New Jersey Nets	Nets have been favored only twice this season — both times against Minnesota

X–Team with the best chance of cracking Top 20
next week
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.