Comments on: NBA Power Rankings: Heat, Thunder on top, it feels like 2011

By: qwertify

qwertify — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 06:47:07 +0000

I’m guessing ’cause they beat the Knicks? Not to mention the Clippers and the Celtics (twice). And except for the recent Heat one, those losses you mentioned were from a long time ago. It’s called the weekly power rankings for a reason.

By: 1972wasalongtimeago

1972wasalongtimeago — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 02:23:13 +0000

Heat/Thunder was 2012.

By: miamatt

miamatt — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:41:22 +0000

The Nets (twice), Celtics, ad Hawks. Maybe not murderer’s row, but if you don’t believe the Nets are for real, you haven’t been watching. All three Miami losses were on the road to teams ranked in the top six of these very official “power rankings”.

Memphis is balling, but power rankings reflect not just the full body of work but current trends. the current trend for Memphis is a loss to a conference rival. Sorry, but that warrants a drop. They haven’t earned benefit of the doubt beyond that.

By: abchome

abchome — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:45:13 +0000

Big deal being 25th or 24th of 30 in a subjective ranking? lol~

By: eflem80

eflem80 — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:30:04 +0000

And Memphis is CLEARLY the best team in the league right now…..name 3 good teams the Heat have beaten this year…….?

By: eflem80

eflem80 — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:25:43 +0000

How in the world is Nets ahead of the Knicks??? They’ve been routed 2x by Miami. The Kevin Loveless wolves beat them at home…as well as the Raptors. The Knicks have one less loss, better victories (Heat & Spurs), and their only “bad” loss came on the road in Houston…..c’Mon man….I guess the Knick hate from this guy will never end.

By: themagicfanguy

themagicfanguy — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:50:19 +0000

Magic below the Pistons? Smh

By: eventhorizon04

eventhorizon04 — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:57:36 +0000

So far (and it’s REALLY early), there’s the top tier:
Heat, Thunder, Spurs, Grizzlies, Nets, Knicks, Clippers, and Hawks
You can rank those teams however you want, but those are the consensus top-4 East and top-4 West teams right now.

Below them, you have the 8 teams who are around 0.500 right now but people believe will eventually get better and will be factors in the playoffs
Celtics – need Rondo back and young guys like Green to be consistent
Lakers – need to get healthy and start to gel
76′ers – need Bynum to be a factor in the post-season
Nuggets – the potential is there, but they haven’t consistently put it together yet
Pacers – need Granger back
Timberwolves – Need Rubio back and Love at 100%
Bulls – miss D-Rose and need their new bench to get better
Mavericks – really miss Dirk

Then last there are a few, “Looks like they can surprise everyone” teams with luck and good health
Golden State Warriors
Houston Rockets
Milwaukee Bucks
Utah Jazz

Then the rest are surefire lottery teams.

By: raidmagic

raidmagic — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:33:29 +0000

I was thinking the same thing, how are they below a team that has a worse record and they beat twice already…

By: magicbucs

magicbucs — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:28:18 +0000

So the magic have a better record than the pistons and crushed them twice already. Magic just beat the lakers in LA and Kurt has the pistons ranked above the Mage lmao! Kurt you make no sense. At least you dropped the lakers out of the top 10.

By: miamatt

miamatt — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:43:44 +0000

Miami almost slides up by default. That Spurs win was U-G-L-Y, but a great win against Brooklyn. I’m not so convinced that the Nets won’t be the 2nd best team in the East when it’s all said and done. They are defending so well and getting great ball movement. They made a fan out of me with the intensity they brought to Miami Saturday night.