Tag: 2016-17 NBA Power Rankings

This week’s biggest busts: Bucks -6, Hornets -5, Pistons -4, Bulls -4, Clippers -4 This week’s biggest successes: Celtics +5, Thunder +5, Heat +5 1. Golden State Warriors (40-7, 3-1 this week) (last week: #1 [3-0] +0) Losing to the Heat is bad enough. Losing to the Heat because of a Dion Waiters buzzer-beater three…

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This week’s biggest busts: Bucks -6, Trail Blazers -5, Kings -5 This week’s biggest successes: Hornets +6, Pistons +5, Heat +4 1. Golden State Warriors (37-6, 3-0 this week) (last week: #1 [3-0] +0) 73 wins is still a distinct possibility for this Warriors team which is first in offensive rating, first in defensive rating,…

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This week’s biggest busts: Pacers -4, Hornets -3, Pistons -3, Knicks -3, Lakers -3 This week’s biggest successes: Timberwolves +5, 76ers +4, Jazz +3, Wizards +3, Trail Blazers +3, Pelicans +3 1. Golden State Warriors (34-6, 3-0 this week) (last week: #1 [2-1] +0) Stephen Curry still isn’t shooting 40% from three, a fact which…

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This week’s biggest busts: Pelicans -6, Grizzlies -4, Wizards -4, This week’s biggest successes: Pacers +5, Trail Blazers +5, Clippers +4 1. Golden State Warriors (31-6, 2-1 this week) (last week: #1 [2-1] +0) The people of Georgia (the country, not the state, you ignorant mud-crawling moron) have come through in the clutch, voting Zaza…

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This week’s biggest busts: Knicks -7, Clippers -5, Mavericks -4 This week’s biggest successes: Wizards +6, Jazz +4, Pelicans +3 1. Golden State Warriors (29-5, 2-1 this week) (last week: #1 [3-0] +0) “Steph’s brand is sinking fast,” said the sharply-dressed man, sitting in a conference room with other sharply-dressed men. “He is no longer…

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This week’s biggest busts: Pistons -7, Heat -5, Trail Blazers -4 This week’s biggest successes: Mavericks +5, Cavaliers +3, Hornets +3, Knicks +3, Hawks +3, Pelicans +3 1. Golden State Warriors (27-4, 3-0 this week) (last week: #1 [4-0] +0) What the Warriors want most under their tree: a center who meets the following requirements:…

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This week’s biggest busts: Bulls -7, Lakers -4, Spurs -3, Cavaliers -3, Hornets -3 This week’s biggest successes: Bucks +5, Pacers +3, too many teams +2 1. Golden State Warriors (24-4, 4-0 this week) (last week: #1 [3-1] +0) It wasn’t the greatest week for the Warriors, as they needed second-half comebacks against both the…

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This week’s biggest busts: Lakers -5, Celtics -4, Timberwolves -4 This week’s biggest successes: Wizards +7, Pacers +4, Nuggets +2, Knicks +2, Hornets +2 1. Golden State Warriors (20-4, 3-1 this week) (last week: #1 [2-1] +0) With Klay Thompson scoring sixty points in three quarters, we can now officially put to rest the debate…

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This week’s biggest busts: Hawks -11, Bulls -5, Timberwolves -3 This week’s biggest successes: Bucks +5, Thunder +5, Rockets +4, Heat +4 1. Golden State Warriors (17-3, 2-1 this week) (last week: #1 [3-0] +0) Everybody gets buttmad about Draymond Green kicking people and the refs doing nothing about it, but the thing that really…

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This week’s biggest busts: Pacers -5, Hornets -4, Thunder -4, Lakers -4 This week’s biggest successes: Pelicans +8, Celtics +7, Kings +5 1. Golden State Warriors (15-2, 3-0 this week) (last week: #2 [4-0] +1) Scoring 149 points without the benefit of overtime periods is superficially impressive, I’ll admit that. However, when you take a…

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