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
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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.
One reply on “NBA Power Rankings (Feb. 9th)”
Cleveland is the only team that seems able to win consistently and avoid meltdowns in games they are supposed to win. The shine is off the apple for the Lakers right now. Maybe a healthly Kobe Bryant can help vault them back to the top.