Plainview1981 Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 (edited) My power rankings: 1. Lakers 2.Magic 3.Celtics 4.Nuggets 5.Hawks 6.Cavaliers 7.Mavericks 8.Suns 9.Trail Blazers 10.Jazz 11.Rockets 12.Spurs 13.Thunder 14.Heat 15.Hornets 16.Bobcats 17.Bucks 18.Kings 19.Pistons 20.Grizzlies 21.Knicks 22.Raptors 23.Wizards 24.Clippers 25.Pacers 26.Warriors 27.76ers 28.Bulls 29.Timberwolves 30.Nets ESPN fans power rankings: 1 Cleveland 2 Lakers (1,430) 60,161 3 Celtics (233) 55,943 4 Magic (156) 55,244 5 Nuggets (72) 48,019 6 Hawks (9) 42,727 7 Suns (12) 41,310 8 Mavericks (4) 35,664 9 Heat (4) 29,359 10 Trail Blazers (5) 27,740 11 Spurs (9) 27,546 12 Jazz (14) 27,391 13 Rockets (7) 26,156 14 Thunder (7) 23,183 15 Clippers (0) 21,351 16 Bucks (4) 18,524 17 Hornets (2) 17,523 18 Pacers (6) 16,617 19 Kings (6) 16,423 20 Raptors (6) 16,272 21 Bulls (6) 15,601 22 Bobcats (4) 15,180 23 Knicks (12) 14,352 24 Pistons (9) 14,311 25 Grizzlies (4) 12,920 26 Wizards (1) 11,487 27 Warriors (2) 11,258 28 76ers (8) 9,222 29 Nets (13) 8,770 30 Timberwolves (4) 7,643 I can't believe there are people that think Cleveland is the best team in the league. Right now, that puts my playoff seedings like this: East: 1.Orlando Magic 2.Boston Celtics 3.Atlanta Hawks 4.Cleveland Cavs 5.MIami Heat 6.Charlotte Bobcats 7.Mil. Bucks 8.Detroit Pistons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9.New York Knicks 10.Toronto Raptors 11.Washington Wizards 12.Indy Pacers 13.76ers 14.Chicago Bulls 15. Nets I think Washington and Chicago will start playing better before the year is out though. West: 1.Lakers 2.Denver Nuggets 3.Dallas Mavericks 4.Phx Suns 5.Portland Trailblazers 6.Utah Jazz 7.Houston Rockets 8.San Antonio Spurs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Oklahoma City Thunder 10.New Orleans Hornets 11.Sacramento Kings 12.Memphis Grizzlies 13.LA Clippers 14.Golden State Warriors 15.Minnesota Timberwolves The Thunder might slip into 8th seed at the end. The Rockets could slip out because they have to play so hard for every win that it might take it's toll before the season is done. Edited December 11, 2009 by Hotlanta1981 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Atlantaholic Posted December 11, 2009 Premium Member Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 My power rankings: 1. Lakers 2.Magic 3.Celtics 4.Nuggets 5.Hawks 6.Cavaliers 7.Mavericks 8.Suns 9.Trail Blazers 10.Jazz 11.Rockets 12.Spurs 13.Thunder 14.Heat 15.Hornets 16.Bobcats 17.Bucks 18.Kings 19.Pistons 20.Grizzlies 21.Knicks 22.Raptors 23.Wizards 24.Clippers 25.Pacers 26.Warriors 27.76ers 28.Bulls 29.Timberwolves 30.Nets ESPN fans power rankings: 1 Cleveland 2 Lakers (1,430) 60,161 3 Celtics (233) 55,943 4 Magic (156) 55,244 5 Nuggets (72) 48,019 6 Hawks (9) 42,727 7 Suns (12) 41,310 8 Mavericks (4) 35,664 9 Heat (4) 29,359 10 Trail Blazers (5) 27,740 11 Spurs (9) 27,546 12 Jazz (14) 27,391 13 Rockets (7) 26,156 14 Thunder (7) 23,183 15 Clippers (0) 21,351 16 Bucks (4) 18,524 17 Hornets (2) 17,523 18 Pacers (6) 16,617 19 Kings (6) 16,423 20 Raptors (6) 16,272 21 Bulls (6) 15,601 22 Bobcats (4) 15,180 23 Knicks (12) 14,352 24 Pistons (9) 14,311 25 Grizzlies (4) 12,920 26 Wizards (1) 11,487 27 Warriors (2) 11,258 28 76ers (8) 9,222 29 Nets (13) 8,770 30 Timberwolves (4) 7,643 I can't believe there are people that think Cleveland is the best team in the league. You can credit ESPN and their Big Brotheresque coverage of Lebron James for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plainview1981 Posted December 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 You can credit ESPN and their Big Brotheresque coverage of Lebron James for that. The general public LOVES to be spoon fed these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNorthCydeRises Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 There's no telling how many kids 16 and under are voting on the ESPN poll. Maybe 20 - 25%? The kids love Lebron. Also, you could easily switch Altanta and Denver. People talk about our "bad losses", but Denver has losses @ Charlotte, @ Detroit, @ the Clippers, and a horrible home loss vs Minnesota. If we were to use Hawk fan logic, the Minnesota loss is more damaging, than their Laker win was encouraging. They're still a real good team though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plainview1981 Posted December 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 There's no telling how many kids 16 and under are voting on the ESPN poll. Maybe 20 - 25%? The kids love Lebron. Also, you could easily switch Altanta and Denver. People talk about our "bad losses", but Denver has losses @ Charlotte, @ Detroit, @ the Clippers, and a horrible home loss vs Minnesota. If we were to use Hawk fan logic, the Minnesota loss is more damaging, than their Laker win was encouraging. They're still a real good team though. I think it's hype. Lebron is not all that exciting. I'd rather watch Wade or Kobe play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators macdaddy Posted December 11, 2009 Moderators Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Getting to that #3 spot would be huge for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vext Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 I think that is pretty spot on Hotlanta. I would love for the playoffs to match up like that. In theory, we "should" beat the Bobcats in the first round. I think we match up really well against the Celtics in the second round and could potentially make it to the Eastern Conference Finals. At that point, it's a toss up. We will either have Orlando or Cleveland. I think both teams are a tough match-up for us, but you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin capstone21 Posted December 11, 2009 Admin Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 My power rankings: 1. Lakers 2.Magic 3.Celtics 4.Nuggets 5.Hawks I was actually expecting you to have the Hawks at 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDawg#8 Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Its worth noting that according to both the actual standings as they are now, and your power rankings, the Southeast division would have 4 of their 5 teams (4/8 overall) in the playoffs. The Wizards arent that far off either. Thats really saying something about the talent in the southeast, I dont think 1 division alone has fielded half of their conferences playoff bracket since they expanded and re-did them as they are now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member mrhonline Posted December 11, 2009 Premium Member Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 I like yours, Hotlanta. I would go: 1. Orlando 2. Denver (I really like this team...and was tempted to put them at #1) 3. LAL 4. Boston 5. Cleveland 6. Atlanta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plainview1981 Posted December 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Its worth noting that according to both the actual standings as they are now, and your power rankings, the Southeast division would have 4 of their 5 teams (4/8 overall) in the playoffs. The Wizards arent that far off either. Thats really saying something about the talent in the southeast, I dont think 1 division alone has fielded half of their conferences playoff bracket since they expanded and re-did them as they are now. I wasn't staring at the standings when I made my list. I have a general idea about what each team has record wise, but a it's mostly my opinion. The east isn't really strong, but the Bobcats I think enough defense and with the addition of Stephen Jackson they might can pull out a playoff spot. Anybody below Miami and above NJ can make a playoff run though. I think the west goes deeper than the east this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plainview1981 Posted December 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 I like yours, Hotlanta. I would go: 1. Orlando 2. Denver (I really like this team...and was tempted to put them at #1) 3. LAL 4. Boston 5. Cleveland 6. Atlanta Denver has no shot to beat LA if LA is healthy. Kobe, Gasol and Bynum are all at all star levels and Ron Artest is no far off.... Then you also got Lamar Odom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Mule Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 :thumbsdownsmileyanim: Oh, No! Please, Hotlanta. Not that!! With those standings, Atlanta would meet the Bobcats in round # 1. The Bobcats have the Hawks number. Atlanta MIGHT win one game. Any one but the Bobcats. If we must meet them, we are doomed!! :temperature: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member mrhonline Posted December 11, 2009 Premium Member Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Denver has no shot to beat LA if LA is healthy. Kobe, Gasol and Bynum are all at all star levels and Ron Artest is no far off.... Then you also got Lamar Odom. You're probably right, but I just got this feeling they aren't scared of anyone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Its worth noting that according to both the actual standings as they are now, and your power rankings, the Southeast division would have 4 of their 5 teams (4/8 overall) in the playoffs. The Wizards arent that far off either. Thats really saying something about the talent in the southeast, I dont think 1 division alone has fielded half of their conferences playoff bracket since they expanded and re-did them as they are now. The Southwest division (Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, San Antonio) has done this the past two seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlpin Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 The Southwest division (Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, San Antonio) has done this the past two seasons. And before that in 05-06 4 teams from the pacific division, 04-05 4 from the southwest again. In other words, only once that didn't happen, in 06-07. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDawg#8 Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Oh, well nevermind. I thought we were doing something unique lol. Either way, the rest of the Easts "elite" have much easier roads to the playoffs than us and Orlando as no only do we face each other numerous times, we still face our division more than anybody else. I think top to bottom we have the 2 best teams in the East, but it may not show record wise in the end as we will have beat up on each other throughout the year in the southeast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDawg#8 Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 (edited) Just did the research. ATL, BOS, CLE, and ORL each play one another 4 times each plays the West teams twice of course.=30 games each plays 6 teams in our conference 4 times= 24 games each plays 4 teams 3 times= 12 games each plays teams in own division 4 times (2 home 2 away)= 16 games Division records (without Bos, Cle, Atl, or Orl) SE division record: 27-35, .435 Atlantic record: 25-69, .265 Central record: 35-49, .416 of the 4 non- division teams that each only plays 3 times: ATL: Ind, Mil, NJ, Phi = 24-63, .275 ORL: Chi, Mil, NJ, NY = 28-60, .318 BOS: Cha, Ind, Mia, Det = 37-47, .440 CLE: Mia, NY, Phi, Was = 31-56, .356 of the other non-division teams that each will play 4 times (excluding atl, bos, cle, and orl): ATL: Chi, Det, NY, Tor = 36-55, .395 ORL: Det, Ind, Phi, Tor = 32-58, .355 BOS: Chi, Mil, Was = 25-37, .403 CLE: Cha, Chi, NJ, = 20-46, .303 Total record and winning percentage of conference schedule (projected according to number of meetings): ATL: 324-549 = .371 ORL: 320-552 = .366 BOS: 311-565,= .355 CLE: 313-548 = .363 Analysis: Our divison even after taking away the Hawks and Magic records still has a higher winning percentage than the others without Bos or Cle. While Boston has a slightly stronger non-division schedule, they play less games against the stronger teams, we play less game against weaker teams, meaning we dont have the oppurtunity to pick up as many "cheap wins" as they do. What all this means is that Atlanta has the toughest remaining schedule, the Celtics have the weakest. This does not include games in which "the big 4" play one another since they all will see each other 4 times. This also doesnt include the west teams since each see's them twice, therefore the west record would be the same for all 4 teams in the end Edited December 13, 2009 by RedDawg#8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzard Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 (edited) 1. Lakers 2.Magic 3.Celtics 4.Nuggets 5.Hawks 6.Cavaliers Good post and this is how I see it also at this point in the season as well. I also think a lot of fans are discounting Boston simply because we won a game on their home court. The Cavs do not look like they have good chemistry with Shaq clogging the lane; which is the same problem they had in Phoenix with him. Edited December 13, 2009 by Buzzard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimedog Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 The Lakers look like they'll have a free ride to the finals right now. That being said, its early in the season and their schedule is absurd - 4 away games so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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