LIVES' NBA POWER RANKINGS
Later today Bloguin will publish its second edition of the NBA Power Rankings which will be updated every two weeks. Although, I am a panelist I am interested in making this a bit of a Fanatics' endeavor. After this edition, as often as possible and as time will permit, I would like to have community input on the power ranking offerings from this website. In the future, I will publish my preliminary selections here before I submit them and request input. Eventually, I may send a form to all of the Fanatics who want to participate to make it easier to tabulate the selections.
For now, here are my proposed rankings for the upcoming poll, followed by a short comment. Let me know how you would rank the teams at this point.
| Lakers | 6-1 | Still cream of the top until further notice |
| Celtics | 8-1 | A championship caliber all-star team |
| Suns | 7-1 | Running back to the good ole ways |
| Hawks | 6-2 | Dangerous when not lulled to mediocrity by one-on-one play |
| Cavaliers | 5-3 | Power boosted by original NBA Superman |
| Magic | 6-3 | Jump shooting their way downward |
| Blazers | 6-3 | Close loses to Denver, Houston and Atlanta suggests they need to learn to close out the tough ones. |
| Nuggets | 6-3 | Mr. Anthony gets serious about MVP race |
| Heat | 6-1 | They've beaten midling teams like Indiana, Chicago and Washington (twice) |
| Mavericks | 5-3 | Nowitzke keeps Dallas among elite |
| Rockets | 5-3 | Tough but not good enough to be considered amongst best without their stars |
| Spurs | 4-3 | Holding it down without all their stars |
| Raptors | 4-4 | No comment |
| Bulls | 4-4 | Only losses so far are to elite teams better than them and they were almost better than Denver. |
| Thunder | 3-3 | Growing, but still unfolding from fetal position |
| Pistons | 4-4 | Free agency paying dividends |
| Bucks | 4-2 | The Brandon Jennings "I AM IT" tour |
| Kings | 3-4 | No comment |
| 76ers | 4-4 | Establishing a new slower Brand is still a problem for this running squad. |
| Jazz | 3-5 | Sloan keeps them from being downgraded this time |
| Bobcats | 3-5 | No comment |
| Hornets | 3-6 | A waste of Chris Paul's effort |
| Clippers | 3-5 | Winners of the bad luck sweepstakes |
| Pacers | 3-4 | Pitiable Pacers on win streak against the pitiful |
| Wizards | 2-6 | Arenas needs help soon to end free fall |
| Warriors | 2-5 | According to Jackson this is officially a wardrobe malfunction - seeking new colors |
| Timberwolves | 1-8 | Flynn keeps them a notch above the worst |
| Knicks | 1-8 | If Lebron is coming, this is what Hell looks like before it freezes over. |
| Grizzlies | 1-8 | Had the wrong Answer to the winning question. |
| Nets | 0-8 | So far down they don't need a safety net. |
