Monday, December 15, 2008

Power Ranking - 12/15/2008


Well Reggie, there's always T.V.



30. Oklahoma City (2-23) – I’m not even sure what I can say about them. They’re just not very good.... [pv wk 30]

29. Minnesota (4-19) – breaking up the gay-love era in Memphis for this…. [28]

28. Washington (4-17) – countdown until January (gil arenas’ return?) continues [27]

27. Sacramento (6-18) – fired reggie theus. Maloof brothers still regretting that all-star weekend in vegas [24]

26. Charlotte (7-17) – 0-3 week against teams all in the top 15 [25]

25. Clippers (6-17) – big win on the road in Portland followed by a home win against Houston… look for climb to continue [29]

24. Golden State (7-17) – wins over milwaukee, but losses to Houston and Denver to complete 1-2 week… [23]

23. Indiana (7-16) – six straight losses after win over lakers…. [21]

22. Memphis (9-15) – 3-0 week with wins over miami, chicago and okc... mayo to challenge rose for ROY? [26]

21. Milwaukee (10-15) – is there really anything that distinguishes the bucks from the raptors or the sixers? [22]

20. Toronto (10-13) – see Milwaukee comment [20]

19. Philadelphia (10-14) – fired cheeks. See Milwaukee comment [19]

18. New York (11-12) – thinking steph curry would fit nicely on a d’antoni team…. [18]

17. Chicago (11-12) – rose has my vote for ROY [17]

16. New Jersey (11-11) – did anyone really think the nets would challenge for a playoff spot in the east? I didn’t…. [16]

15. Miami (12-11) – quote from avid heat fan and fellow blogger anthony robertson coming on the heels of two straight heat losses, “if wade doesn’t score 30 on less than 20 shots, the heat have no chance… against anybody” [15]

14. Detroit (13-9) – took care of business with 2-0 week, but fall on basis of hawks win over cle [13]

13. Atlanta (14-9) – win over cleveland was hawks first big win in a month and a half [14]

12. Dallas (13-9)– currently the 8-seed in the west with 2-0 week. Wins over charlotte and okc not impressive enough to merit a rise over phoenix [12]

11. Phoenix (14-10) – win over orlando after trade was impressive, currently sitting in the 9 spot in the west, with an unhappy steve nash is not [11]

10. Portland (15-10) – winless week causes plummet [5]

9. Houston (15-9) – still not sold on them [10]

8. Utah (15-10) – impressive win over Portland on tnt last Thursday, but loss to orlando drops them behind hornets [7]

7. New Orleans (13-7) - showdown with spurs Wednesday night is game of the week in the nba…. [9]

6. Denver (16-7) – current two seed in the west gets jumped by san antonio [6]

5. San Antonio (15-8) – just as I suspected. San Antonio is currently the three seed in the west… [8]

4. Orlando (18-6) – wins in portland and utah sandwich 1-point loss at phoenix. Very impressive on their west coast swing that concludes with golden state tonight and started with a win over the clips. Face the lakers at home Saturday night in weekend’s best matchup [4]

3. Cleveland (20-4) – flip flop with lakers after loss to hawks [2]

2. Lakers (20-3) - more lackluster play from the lakers… wins over phoenix, sac and minnesota but not impressive. knicks, heat and magic upcoming [3]

1. Boston (22-2) – haven’t lost since November 14th [1]

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