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 | Could probably rest LeBron in first round of playoffs, too | |
| 2 | 2 | Orlando Magic | Keep an eye on Vince Carter and his ailing toes | |
| 3 | 3 | Los Angeles Lakers | Lakers may indeed get to Finals, but could have to beat Spurs, Mavericks and Suns to get there | |
| 4 | 4 | Dallas Mavericks | Triple-double for Kidd vs. Kings shows he may have life left for a last playoff run | |
| 5 | 6 | Utah Jazz | Korver will soon own record for single-season 3-point percentage shooting | |
| 6 | 5 | Phoenix Suns | 91 points scored vs. Thunder last week lowest since Dec. 2 (Cleveland) | |
| 7 | 10 | Denver Nuggets | Finale at Phoenix on Tuesday will have playoff implications | |
| 8 | 9 | San Antonio Spurs | Solid win at Denver showed everyone they still have some life | |
| 9 | 7 | Atlanta Hawks | Home court edge and 3 seed mean more to Hawks than to Celtics | |
| 10 | 8 | Boston Celtics | So a team that falls behind the Wizards by 31 at home has a chance to win the title? Right | |
| 11 | 11 | Oklahoma City Thunder | Scott Brooks is the coach of the year | |
| 12 | 13 | Miami Heat | Heat were playing great, but loss to Detroit is a real head-scratcher | |
| 13 | 14 | Charlotte Bobcats | Long-term question: Can Larry Brown and Michael Jordan co-exist? | |
| 14 | 12 | Portland Trail Blazers | Amazing the team has stayed together considering injuries and front office turmoil | |
| 15 | 15 | Milwaukee Bucks | Without Bogut, Bucks are one-and-done in playoffs, but it’s been a good ride | |
| 16 | 16 | Memphis Grizzlies | Lionel Hollins calls out his team after loss to Mavericks | |
| 17 | 18 | Houston Rockets | No team plays harder than Rockets, and no player plays harder than Luis Scola | |
| 18 | 19 | Chicago Bulls | A few more games, then front office plots moves to get James or Wade | |
| 19 | 17 | Toronto Raptors | Complete indifference on the defensive end led to lots of wins for Over players | |
| 20 | 20 | New Orleans Hornets | Paul out again (finger). Give it a rest and come back in October | |
| 21 | 21 | Indiana Pacers | Hibbert should spend the entire off-season working on his rebounding. Pacers were killed on boards all season | |
| 22 | 22 | New York Knicks | Three straight seasons with at least 50 losses | |
| 23 | 25 | Los Angeles Clippers | Blake Griffin and another top-10 pick? Never mind, we always say these guys will be better and they never are | |
| 24 | 23 | Philadelphia 76ers | Thaddeus Young done for year. Injuries slowed progress of excellent small forward | |
| 25 | 27 | Detroit Pistons | Pistons have soured on Charlie Villaneueva | |
| 26 | 24 | Sacramento Kings | Lots of bad road teams in NBA this year, and Kings were one of them | |
| 27 | 28 | Washington Wizards | Is any team happier to see the season come to an end? | |
| 28 | 26 | Golden State Warriors | Nice-guy Nellie deserved better if this is his last NBA rodeo | |
| 29 | 30 | Minnesota Timberwolves | Either Kevin Love or Al Jefferson will be on the roster next season, but not both | |
| 30 | 29 | New Jersey Nets | Mike Krzyzewski turned down the Nets before they even offered him the job | |
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.
