Power Rankings - Week 2

[PowerRankings]

So, guys!
Finally, welcome to the Power Rankings!

As it was explained before, we're a group of 3 GMs doing this just for fun. We hope you enjoy it, and if reception is good and it generates good discussions, we're thinking about adding some features for next one.
Feel free to share your thoughts and suggest anything you want!

With no more time to lose, here's our Week 2 (until NOV 26th) Power Rankings!

Rank	Previous	Team	Record	Win	OffRank	DefRank	NetRank
1	1	Denver Nuggets	11-3	.786	11th	2nd	2nd
2	2	Detroit Pistons	10-3	.769	13th	4th	4th
3	3	Boston Celtics	9-4	.692	2nd	13th	3rd
4	4	Oklahoma City Thunder	9-5	.643	5th	3rd	1st
5	5	Memphis Grizzlies	8-5	.615	16th	9th	10th
6	6	Cleveland Cavaliers	8-4	.667	5th	15th	6th
7	7	San Antonio Spurs	9-5	.643	21st	3rd	9th
8	8	Houston Rockets	8-5	.615	7th	19th	13th
9	9	Indiana Pacers	8-6	.571	24th	1st	8th
10	10	New York Knicks	8-4	.667	9th	6th	5th
11	11	Atlanta Hawks	4-2	.666	1st	30th	11th
12	12	Minnesota Timberwolves	8-6	.571	19th	16th	20th
13	13	Miami Heat	7-6	.538	15th	10th	12th
14	14	Golden State Warriors	8-7	.533	10th	25th	21st
15	15	Charlotte Hornets	6-6	.500	6th	18th	7th
16	16	New Orleans Pelicans	6-6	.500	22nd	10th	19th
17	17	Chicago Bulls	7-8	.467	8th	24th	15th
18	18	Phoenix Suns	7-6	.538	18th	14th	14th
19	19	Toronto Raptors	6-7	.462	14th	22nd	17th
20	20	Washington Wizards	5-6	.455	27th	10th	26th
21	21	Dallas Mavericks	5-7	.417	12th	28th	24th
22	22	Los Angeles Clippers	6-8	.429	3rd	26th	16th
23	23	Sacramento Kings	6-7	.462	26th	6th	23rd
24	24	Utah Jazz	6-8	.429	17th	20th	18th
25	25	Portland TrailBlazers	4-8	.333	20th	16th	22nd
26	26	Orlando Magic	5-8	.385	23rd	21st	25th
27	27	Philadelphia 76ers	4-11	.267	28th	23rd	28th
28	28	Brooklyn Nets	3-10	.231	30th	8th	29th
29	29	Los Angeles Lakers	2-10	.200	25th	26th	27th
30	30	Milwaukee Bucks	1-12	.077	29th	29th	30th

We'll do our best to post a new Power Ranking every Monday from now!
Hope you guys appreciate it!

Your Power Rankings' team.

[Jake0890]

Can't argue with our ranking. 27th offense is pathetically bad and I have to fix that. Not sure what's going on though.

[emplep7]

Great job here. Not sure we are number 2 yet, but glad to see our defense is holding up so far even though we need to work on our offensive efficiency. Indy is keeping up that defense that brought them the championship last year though which isn't good for the rest of the East and OKC looks to be playing better than their record suggests.

[orangeparka]

Interesting. Nice to see us on top but it'll be tough out west for sure, especially with OKC and the Hibbert acquisition.

We shall see. Good list.

[dapralbe]

Our team is crazy better in offense and worts in defense, i think that i fix this.

[DWK]

Nice List

Good to see the Knicks in the top 10

[andrei]

Surprisedwe are up that high. Our offense sucks with Conley and Martin in particular failing miserably so far. I guess they really benefit from hivher pace and now are struggling with a slower offense. Will see what to do next. Our defense is fine though thanks go the additions of Asik and Thabo into the starting lineup

[Rob]

Our defense is horrible. We got to pick it up.

[WillyJakkz]

Well... it is an improvement over last years team but with rankings in the 20's at least we're consistent...

Really appreciate you guys putting this together for us.

I'm really perplexed by the Clippers DEF ranking as it seems Paul and Lawson alone would have them ranked higher.

[emplep7]

Well... it is an improvement over last years team but with rankings in the 20's at least we're consistent...

Really appreciate you guys putting this together for us.

I'm really perplexed by the Clippers DEF ranking as it seems Paul and Lawson alone would have them ranked higher.

Thats because they are GM-less. They would be winning that division if they had a GM adjusting their strats. If they get someone soon or if HiGrade comes back, they will be one of the top teams out West again since they have pretty much the same roster as last year.

[KW]

It's weird seeing us at #19 in defense when Dwight, Iggy, and Dipo are playing well. Both numbers will come up.

[Cyrisnyte]

What I expected. If I wasn't top 5 in defense with what I have tried to do, I would be worried.

[bestnamezRtaken]

With how much we've struggled starting off January, I'm not surprised. Injuries have hurt us again this season. Hopefully we can bounce back.

[Marcos_Beck]

Appreciate the efforts on doing this Ranking!

About us, we're right in the middle of the pack. Gotta pick it up defensively, on offense Rose and co. are looking good enough to secure us a playoff spot.
15th in net rating at least shows we're playing better than what our record suggests.

[Dennis]

At first thanks for the work guys!

Good to be in the top group. I thought we made a step forward this offseason but I didnt expect us to start the season like this. I hope our D will improve. At least I believe we should be a great defensive team with Sanders, Lopez and Johnson maning the mid.

[Mofongo]

5th in offense; 3rd in defense. I can dig it.

[GreenBear]

I think it's awesome that 3 people are taking the time and effort to make this each week. Really appreciate it.

Based off records and rankings to date, I don't have a problem with any of the current rankings. But if we're going off eye test, there's a few I don't think will last. No offense to Cleveland, but there's no way they stay in the top 6. They're off to a great start though. And you know Washington is better than the 20th best team in the CSL. They're off to a rough start, but you know they're going to turn it around. Their roster is only slightly different than last year, and most of their players have improved in training camp. I have no problem with where Phoenix is at though. I expect us to finish just outside the playoffs, somewhere in the 17-22 range.

The season is early though and these rankings are fun to talk about.

[dapralbe]

Surprisedwe are up that high. Our offense sucks with Conley and Martin in particular failing miserably so far. I guess they really benefit from hivher pace and now are struggling with a slower offense. Will see what to do next. Our defense is fine though thanks go the additions of Asik and Thabo into the starting lineup

Yes my team without ten in pace are dead, with this philosophy i think that atlanta is a team of 50%

[Dylan]

Great stuff. Really looks like (at least in the early part of the season) that the league is pretty wide open this year. There's no clear frontrunner/team that is WAY better than everyone else.

[Stockton12]

24th? hmmm thats low for us ...i think we will be up further next one hopefully