What's up Hoops Bar Faithful (There are few of you but we love you)?
Here is our first Power Rankings of the NBA season thus far. We wanted to wait until things shake out for a few weeks. After week 1 of the NBA season,does it really matter what teams are 3-0? Not so much. Now that things are settled we are gonna start hitting you with this on a weekly basis. We also aren't going to list every team because it really doesn't matter if we think the T'Pups are better than the Knicks or the Knicks are better than the T'Pups. That said enjoy feel free to let us know what you agree with, disagree with because we are always interested. Just know we are still always right.
1. L.A Lakers - Pau is back, Bynum is in beast mode and Khlomar haven't caused any problems yet. Oh yeah, and that Kobe guy is aight too.
2. Atlanta Hawks - Do I think the Hawks are the best team in the East? No. Do I think the Hawks will win the East? No. With that said no East team is playing better and the addition of JCraw and the subtraction of JSmoove taking 3's has really got this team off to the right start.
3. Phoenix Suns - Nashty might be in the twilight of his career but "Twilight" seems to be the craze right now anyways. Is it just me or do you want Amar'e to grow an afro and mutton chops and embrase his inner 70's stud with those glasses? I thought so.
4. Orlando Magic - I admit I thought when Jameer went down the swap of Hedo for Vince would turn ugly, but after big wins in Boston and Toronto I guess they are better than I gave them credit for.
5. Dallas Mavericks - The Big German has been an absolute monster for Dallas (and my fantasy team) this season and they look like they are going to be an issue all season long.
6. Denver Nuggets - I'm gonna type the word "Melo" for every game B'More's finest has dropped 25 or more in a game. Melo Melo Melo Melo Melo Melo Melo Melo Melo Melo Melo Melo. Yes folks that is 12 times. What's more absurd is that they have played only 14 games all season.
7. Boston Celtics - This little 4-4 skid has been kind of ugly and KG clearly doesn't have the explosivness of the past. That said, when they get healthy and Sheed starts hitting ANYTHING they should still become contenders in the East.
8. Portland Trailblazers - Everyone that wrote off Greg Oden and said they made a huge mistake in the 2007 draft might have to wait a bit. Durant is clearly better and IS the franchise down in OKC but Papa Oden has been great this season (at least per minute).
9. Cleveland LeBrons - Shaq went down and they started playing better with Hickson getting more minutes. Hmmmmm, who is surprised there? Just so you know I'm not raising my hand.
10. Milwaukee Bucks - Young Money is exactly that: MONEY. Redd is back soon and with the way Jennings is playing right now I'm pretty sure Donnie Walsh throws up in his mouth everytime he sees Jordan Hill and his WNBA hair-do.
11. Houston Rockets - Just a little advice from the braintrust at Hoops Bar: keep TMac on the sidelines. You're better off without dude. Aaron Brooks could very easily be this years M.I.P
12. Utah Jazz - They still couldn't beat a rec league team if it was away from Salt Lake but they are starting to round into form and Boozer definitely has that contract year glow in his eye and hop in his step.
And a Little bit of randomness:
Toronto looks good but I don't think it's good enough to keep Mr. Bosh after this season. OKC has been fiesty and look like they can sneak into the playoffs. We will see what SanAnt can do when healthy but for now they don't look so good. The kids up in SacTown (like I predicted) are showing they are better than we thought and DRose looks like that ankle injury is just about behind him. Oh yeah and the Knicks, Nets, T'Pups, Pacers, Hornets and Grizzlies are still bad.
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A couple coments I have on the power rankings. Since you put this out I can see a lot of changes based on whats happened the last few days.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, Orlando is the best team in the East right now. Once Dwight Howard can stay on the floor for more than 30 minutes a night because of foul trouble, it could get scarier. Also, right on with Shaq in Cleveland. He back last night and they lost, mmmmmmm.....
Another thing that has nothing to do with the power rankings but I found it funny. I was reading the Wall Street Journal the other day and it always has a little sports blurb statistic. It had the most and least blocked shots by a player when he shoots. All of the players whose shots were blocked least were the small guys....except Sheed. I found that interested until I was watching a game the other night and it said despite coming off the bench, Sheed has hoisted the 3rd most 3 pointers in the league. Good lord has the game changed for 7 footers. By the way, David Lee by far gets blocked the most in the league. Dude needs a right hand.