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Complete Power Rankings

Nice job! We will gladly take #8, especially after our tough stretch in the past 10 games.

Right now it really looks like the Suns, Kings, Heat, and Hawks are in their own category.

#11 is way higher than expected lol. Thought of #25. would be nice if we could win some instead though

Is there some kind of error. I don't see the Knicks in the top 10?!?

Haha thanks again man. I love reading these. The Cavs somehow even with their roster being older, they still win games. Surprised by them this season.

I guess we could be a bit higher than 12 but our defensive numbers are really bad. Hope I have fixed our defensive woes with some philosophy changes and the moves we made to upgrade defensively across our lineups.

I'll take 14. We're a straight-middle of the pack team right now, which is strides above where we were when arrived. With some solid draft picks coming up hopefully we can make the right moves to jump another echelon or two and one day crack the top 10.

I get that it's biased heavily against teams currently on 4 game losing streaks but yikes

Thanks Ryan!
Obviously happy with rank 3 for the Hawks, I hope it stays this way til the playoffs.

Portland is surprisingly good. Veteran teams still have something going on for them.
See Cleveland as well and not to forget the new retirement home Atlanta Hawks.

I agree with our placement here. We need to start winning those close games, though.

We are definitely not as strong as we were the last few seasons as we try to find our new identity this year. I still am looking for one more major move to settle this roster, but we will see what happens.

emplep7 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 7:46 pm We are definitely not as strong as we were the last few seasons as we try to find our new identity this year. I still am looking for one more major move to settle this roster, but we will see what happens.

Ill take top 10 though im surprised as I thought id be in the 11 - 15 arena

Yowza #19 for us? Seems like a decimal point is off somewhere...

21 for us seems about right, especially with our recent losing streak. Hopefully we can turn it around soon.

Dennis wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:38 pm #11 is way higher than expected lol. Thought of #25. would be nice if we could win some instead though

You guys seem to have settled a little plus the last 10 games with only 3 at home but a positive margin helps.

Andrewu91 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 1:28 pm Is there some kind of error. I don't see the Knicks in the top 10?!?

Haha thanks again man. I love reading these. The Cavs somehow even with their roster being older, they still win games. Surprised by them this season.

Haha absolutely. Once GM's realise older players still have great value when it comes to wins and not trade block stats, we might see some teams jump a little.

Marcos_Beck wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 1:29 pm I guess we could be a bit higher than 12 but our defensive numbers are really bad. Hope I have fixed our defensive woes with some philosophy changes and the moves we made to upgrade defensively across our lineups.

Yeah, that 107 plus points against is killer for you guys but I expect this will change as you work out the kinks defensively.

KW wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 1:48 pm I get that it's biased heavily against teams currently on 4 game losing streaks but yikes

Yeah, a really poor last 10 games saw you slide big time I think. Although I always find it so hard to get a read on you guys because for all anyone knows, your top starting 5 has only played 20% of the season together, lol.

Rizzo wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 1:40 pm Yowza #19 for us? Seems like a decimal point is off somewhere...

Yeah, like the Rockets, a poor last 10 has hampered you although your record is probably a little higher than it should be. That small margin usually equates to roughly a .500 team but it's probably expected with two young studs leading the way. When they get experience, look out East.

Power rankings are always one of my favorite to see. I dont think people realize how time consuming they can be. I may need to see if I still have my old ranking formula I came up with laying around.

Some interesting results here, I know as the season progresses we will see less deviation. Nice read Ryan.

Yeah, spot on Brett. Still pretty early so the last 10 is having a bit of an impact on where teams are ranked.

Feeling good about having beaten some of the teams above me. Let's hope for continued health.

Great job here, I think we'll take a major jump once Joseph gets back but I agree with our ranking here as of now. The Cavs at #5 is super impressive, I'm shocked they're so good on defense.