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CBS Sports: Off season Power Rankings
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/powerrankings
There are three more major dramas to unfold in this NBA offseason: the Eric Bledsoe situation in Phoenix (with Bledsoe chafing at how the Suns have treated him as a restricted free agent), the Greg Monroe situation (which makes the Bledsoe situation seem like a lover's tiff over who forgot to load the dishwasher) and the Kevin Love trade.
Those are three pretty big dominoes, and when reading these rankings, take them with a huge pile of asterisks in regard to those three situations being up in the air.
But also consider that many teams won't be affected by what happens. Yes, any one of those players could be involved in a sign-and-trade that could have major unforeseen effects, but our top team, San Antonio? It's not like the Spurs are going anywhere based on whatever happens with those three stars.
Or even the Wizards. Washington knows what it's doing next season and has locked up its cap space. It won't move up or down based on any of those developments. And the Pistons could trade Monroe and the rest of their starting five for 50 cents on the dollar and still have a better team than Philadelphia.
So with that, enjoy this "mostly complete" edition of the NBA Power Rankings. It's like that IKEA bookshelf you put together and then realized you've got three bolts left over. Oh, well. Load it up.
CBS Rankings
30. Philadelphia
29. LA Lakers
28. Milwaukee
27. Orlando
26. Boston
25. Sacramento
24. Utah
23. Detroit
22. New York
21. Minnesota
20. New Orleans
19. Denver
18. Brooklyn
17. Phoenix
16. Atlanta
15. Charlotte
14. Houston
13. Golden State
12. Memphis
11. Portland
10. Toronto
9. Washington
8. Miami
7. Dallas
6. Indiana
5. Cleveland
4. Chicago
3. LA Clippers
2. Oklahoma City
1. San Antonio
Thoughts ?
Also, check out NBA.com and Bleacher Report's off season rankings for a comparison:
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=348357
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=349000
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Decent playground baller
Re: CBS Sports: Off season Power Rankings
there seems to be something very wrong with 9-14
other than that seems fine
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Consensus Top 20-30 AT
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29. LA Lakers
28. Milwaukee
27. Orlando
26. Boston
These teams were in the Finals only a few years ago. Things sure can change quickly.
10. Toronto
9. Washington
8. Miami
7. Dallas
6. Indiana
5. Cleveland
4. Chicago
3. LA Clippers
2. Oklahoma City
1. San Antonio
Cleveland is too high and Toronto too low. Toronto will be better than Washington and Miami. Indiana and Dallas should be ahead of Cleveland.
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Curry fam
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Portland, GS, and Houston are all better than the Eastern teams save Chicago an Cleveland.
Lakers at 29?
They arent that bad.
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Re: CBS Sports: Off season Power Rankings
6 eastern conference teams in the top 10 lmao, portland, memphis, gsw, even houston and phoenix are better than all eastern conference teams except the bulls and heat and maybe cleveland
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Re: CBS Sports: Off season Power Rankings
CBS are being very generous to Eastern Conference teams.
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Red Nation
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Toronto & Washington over GSW, Houston and Portland.... wow.
New Orleans is kinda low. Phoenix should be slightly higher
So many things wrong with that list, so i'm gonna make my own...
1. Spurs
2. Thunder
3. Clippers
4. Bulls
5. Cavs
6. Warriors
7. Mavs
8. Blazers
9. Rockets
10. Pacers
11. Heat
12. Raptors
13. Wizards
14. Grizzlies
15. Hornets
16. Suns
17. Pelicans
18. Nets
19. Wolves
20. Hawks
21. Nuggets
22. Knicks
23. Pistons
24. Lakers
25. Kings
26. Magic
27. Celtics
28. Bucks
29. Jazz
30. Sixers
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Re: CBS Sports: Off season Power Rankings
What did Toronto do other than retaining their guys this summer? Did I miss something?
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Bran Fam Member
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NBA Superstar
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Buck Dynasty
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I'd have Charlotte, Phoenix, Atlanta, and NOLA ahead of Houston as well.
1) Spurs
2) Thunder
3) Bulls
4) Clippers
5) Cavaliers
6) Warriors
7) Blazers
8) Mavericks
9) Raptors
10) Wizards
11) Pacers
12) Grizzlies
13) Suns
14) Heat
15) Hornets
16) Pelicans
17) Hawks
18) Rockets
19) Nuggets
20) Pistons
21) Nets
22) Kings
23) Lakers
24) Bucks
25) Knicks
26) Celtics
27) Magic
28) Timberwolves
29) Jazz
30) Sixers
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Red Nation
Re: CBS Sports: Off season Power Rankings
Originally Posted by Milbuck
I'd have Charlotte, Phoenix, Atlanta, and NOLA ahead of Houston as well.
1) Spurs
2) Thunder
3) Bulls
4) Clippers
5) Cavaliers
6) Warriors
7) Blazers
8) Mavericks
9) Raptors
10) Wizards
11) Pacers
12) Grizzlies
13) Suns
14) Heat
15) Hornets
16) Pelicans
17) Hawks
18) Rockets
19) Nuggets
20) Pistons
21) Nets
22) Kings
23) Lakers
24) Bucks
25) Knicks
26) Celtics
27) Magic
28) Timberwolves
29) Jazz
30) Sixers
I know you hate Houston and all but come on... 18 is way too low
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Buck Dynasty
Re: CBS Sports: Off season Power Rankings
Originally Posted by Smook A.
I know you hate Houston and all but come on... 18 is way too low
I'm a Rockets fan, but I just can't see them being better than any of the teams I have above them.
Especially the Pelicans, people are sleeping on them. Davis apparently grew an inch and put on like 15 pounds of muscle..then you get back a healthy Jrue and Ryno..Tyreke and Asik...they're loaded.
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Originally Posted by pegasus
What did Toronto do other than retaining their guys this summer? Did I miss something?
That core was on 55 win pace last season. They added Lou Williams and James Johnson too, who are both going to be the 8th and 9th guys off the bench. Lou, when healthy, can score a lot off the bench and James a specialist defensive player who was one of the key players to help Memphis last year.
I'm assuming they'll be that high in terms of playoff seeding and overall as team, due to overall chemistry and DeMar/Jonas/Ross taking further steps in their development.
5 guys will be in a contract year (6 if we include James Johnson, since his 2nd year isn't guaranteed), so I'm sure more of the players will have some extra motivation to play for.
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Red Nation
Re: CBS Sports: Off season Power Rankings
Originally Posted by Milbuck
I'm a Rockets fan, but I just can't see them being better than any of the teams I have above them.
Especially the Pelicans, people are sleeping on them. Davis apparently grew an inch and put on like 15 pounds of muscle..then you get back a healthy Jrue and Ryno..Tyreke and Asik...they're loaded.
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