NBA Power Rankings (Apr. 6)

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	Best guess: LeBron signs with Miami in early August
2	3	Orlando Magic	Radio color guy Matt Goukas says Howard is better than Bill Russell. Maybe at checkers
3	2	Los Angeles Lakers	No longer a lock to  win the Western Conference
4	4	Dallas Mavericks	Bear this in mind for playoffs — starting 5’s average age is 32
5	7	Phoenix Suns	Playoff chances depend on the status of Seve Nash’s balky back
6	5	Utah Jazz	Jazz might play final 5 down one big — Kirilenko’s injured calf is healing slowly
7	6	Atlanta Hawks	Hawks have lost fewer games to injury than any team in the league
8	9	Boston Celtics	Offense gets stagnant because Pierce no longer had quick first step to hoop
9	12	San Antonio Spurs	Ginobili is on best streak of his career. Will it end when Parker returns?
10	8	Denver Nuggets	Geroge Karl out until at least second round of playoff due to cancer treatment
11	11	Oklahoma City Thunder	Durant says he’s not interested in scoring title, but he’s at 33.3 over last 3 games
12	10	Portland Trail Blazers	Prediction: Quick playoff outster as teams concentrate on stopping Brandon Roy
13	14	Miami Heat	Maybe just a conincidence, but Heat have been on fire since Rafer Alston quit on them
14	16	Charlotte Bobcats	I give up. How are these guys winning games?
15	13	Milwaukee Bucks	Who would have that that loosing Andrew Bogut would be a damaging blow to any team?
16	15	Memphis Grizzlies	You’d hope that the front office spends some time every day figuring out a way to keep Rudy Gay this summer
17	18	Toronto Raptors	Chris Bosh accused of dogging it as he plays out his final few games north of the border
18	20	Houston Rockets	Complerte makeover and they finish around .500. Nice job, Rick Adelman
19	19	Chicago Bulls	One loss after another in first 3 weeks of March basically ended their season
20	17	New Orleans Hornets	David West starts on the NBA All-Underrated team
21	23	Indiana Pacers	Strong finish might save Jim O’Brien’s job, but Larry Bird might be in trouble
22	22	New York Knicks	I know it was just the Warriors, but David Lee had this line: 37 points, 10 assists, 20 rebounds
23	21	Philadelphia 76ers	Eddie Jordan is dead coach walking
24	24	Sacramento Kings	Hawes done for the season, but reportedly won’t need surgery
25	25	Los Angeles Clippers	Joke goes like this: NBA owners have reversed a longtime ban on serving hard liquor during live games, in an effort to make the Clippers more watchable. I don’t like it either.
26	27	Golden State Warriors	As Don Nelson leaves the coaching scene, can you imagine what stories he must have about NBA players on the road?
27	26	Detroit Pistons	Pistoins coach John Kuester says his team has lacked consistency. Wrong. They lack talent
28	30	Washington Wizards	Wizards snapped a 16-game losing streak last week, but it was fun while it lasted
29	29	New Jersey Nets	Set up a scrimmage and if Duke beats the Nets, Coach K will then defect to the pros
30	30	Minnesota Timberwolves	Two wsins since Feb. 9. Think about that for a bit

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.