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 | Los Angeles Lakers | Schedule has been front-loaded with home games | ||
| 2 | Cleveland Cavaliers | Question: Will/can Shaq turn it on in the playoffs? | ||
| 3 | Boston Celtics | Team more concerned about Garnett’s knee than it will admit | ||
| 4 | Atlanta Hawks | Hawks are as good ATS as they are SU | ||
| 5 | Dallas Mavericks | Nowitzki 47 blocked shots in first 29 games | ||
| 6 | Orlando Magic | Bringing Carter in may have been a case of subtraction by addition | ||
| 7 | Denver Nuggets | Looks like Melo’s knee is healthy again | ||
| 8 | Phoenix Suns | No good road wins since early November in Boston | ||
| 9 | San Antonio Spurs | Popovich playing starters less to keep them fresh for playoffs | ||
| 10 | Portland Trail Blazers | Season could turn on severity of Roy’s hamstring injury | ||
| 11 | Utah Jazz | Seems like this team has run the same offense with the same players for the last 10 years | ||
| 12 | Houston Rockets | McGrady, once a Top 5 NBA talent, now just an afterthought and sitting on the trading block | ||
| 13 | Oklahoma City Thunder | Durant averaging almost 29 a game despite consistent double-teams | ||
| 14 | Miami Heat | Life without free agent-to-be Dwyane Wade is too grim to contemplate | ||
| 15 | Memphis Grizzlies | Turns out Marc Gasol may not be the dog everyone thought he was | ||
| 16 | New Orleans Hornets | Paul & West are Stockton & Malone, 7 years later | ||
| 17 | Toronto Raptors | It’d be interesting to see what these guys could do if a few of them cared about defense | ||
| 18 | Y–Chicago Bulls | Joakim Noah’s numbers are up across the board over last season | ||
| 19 | Los Angeles Clippers | Recent 5-1 run with wins over Boston, Philly, Portland, Miami and Lakers may have been their best stretch in last decade | ||
| 20 | Charlotte Bobcats | No. 1 in defense, mainly because of the boring, slowdown style | ||
| 21 | X–New York Knicks | Mike D’Antoni has had it with Nate Robinson | ||
| 22 | Milwaukee Bucks | Bogut may never be a stud, but 15 and 10 a game gets the job done | ||
| 23 | Philadelphia 76ers | 76ers may never recover from that November-December 12-game losing streak | ||
| 24 | Indiana Pacers | They may go all season without beating a decent team on the road | ||
| 25 | Sacramento Kings | Kevin Martin (27.9 ppg) is the best offensive player in league no one has ever heard of | ||
| 26 | Detroit Pistons | Ankle and hamstring injuries slowing Hamilton to a crawl | ||
| 27 | Washington Wizards | Not taking the gun nonsense seriolusly will cost Arenas millions | ||
| 28 | Golden State Warriors | Warriors have only four times since Dec. 1 | ||
| 29 | Minnesota Timberwolves | Will Al Jefferson play his entire career without playing for a team that wins more than it loses? | ||
| 30 | New Jersey Nets | The NBA’s version of Haiti | ||
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.
