Happy Wednesday. We’re now about a week into the NBA season, and we’re about two weeks away from the start of college basketball. It’s a good time to be alive. We had five games last night, highlighted by a Knicks…
Category: Power Rankings
The NBA season begins on October 18, which means we’re closing in on another year of one of sport’s most interesting leagues. Can the Bucks defend their title? Can LeBron and AD rekindle their magic with a brand new Lakers…
1. It’s October 11. The season starts in eight days. Which teams will be the last two standing this summer, and who takes home the title? Michael Regan: The West is simply wide open. The Nuggets and Mavs are both…
We made it. After a lengthy hiatus that has lasted almost two years, the real NBA playoffs are finally back. With fans in the building, it’s time to return to the atmospheres that make playoff basketball so special. I mean…
It’s Monday morning, and we’re about ten days into the NBA season. Let’s take a look at how each team has performed so far, with a mix of pre-season expectations and in-season play informing the rankings. Then I’ll have some…
You can read my brief overall intro and my full take on the East here, but now it’s time to look at the West, where picking apart a mess of playoff hopefuls feels like a goal that can’t possibly end…
The NBA is back, and, for the first time since March, it will be played in NBA arenas. We’re starting a little later than usual, but the general format will be relatively similar to what we’re used to. The regular…
10. Toronto Raptors Pre-Bubble Ranking: 3 One of the main lessons from the 2020 NBA season was to never count out Nick Nurse and the Raptors, but a flurry of off-season departures could be a little too much to handle…
15. Portland Trail Blazers Pre-Bubble Ranking: 18 I’m not sold on the Blazers, who run out an elite offensive backcourt that has a decent amount of overall flaws, a good but somewhat limited all-around center, and an iffy cast of…
25. Chicago Bulls Pre-Bubble Ranking: 24 Returning Players (in order of money owed): Zach LaVine, Thaddeus Young, Tomas Satoransky, Cristiano Felicio, Coby White, Lauri Markkanen, Wendell Carter, Ryan Arcidiacono, Chandler Hutchison, Luke Kornet, Daniel Gafford Player Option: Otto Porter Free…