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That ranking has a bias towards margin in the last 10 games... which is why the Spurs are not ranked higher, since we've only had a few blowout wins
http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/powerrankings
Rank 5 as of 11/25/14.
Taking our strength of schedule and abundant road game:home game ratio into account, looks like we're considered stronger than several teams with better records as of now (Memphis, Houston). With no tiago, no mills, and sputtering offense out the gates, I'll take it.
Rank watch:
11/25: 5
11/26: 5
11/27: 3
Last edited by jARS mEsH sEt; 11-27-2014 at 02:10 PM.
That ranking has a bias towards margin in the last 10 games... which is why the Spurs are not ranked higher, since we've only had a few blowout wins
Way too early to take Hollinger's rankings for any sort of worth. Once we get to January there'll be enough data to show where each team is heading.
Cleveland, Okc, Clippers, Bulls.
The only four teams that San Antonio was threatened by before the season began and none are barely registering in the top ten.
The road is looking good for the repeat.
Clippers were never a roadblock. Only team with a legitimate chance of beating a healthy Spurs was OKC and they're prolly missing the playoffs.
All those teams getting the hyyyyyyyypeeeeeeee.
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The Houston blowout is the kicker tbh.
Rest will skew the numbers... but the extra weight in the last 10 games should compensate a bit for that.
No one's buying Golden State as a threat yet?
Spurs just demonstrated why they aren't a few weeks ago tbh.
-Green and Leonard are the kryptonite to Curry and Thompson
-Their bench is iffy
-Kerr is a solid coach but it'll take him a few seasons to instill his system and culture
-Bogut can't stay healthy and they have no rim protection outside him
-Their best weapon is going small and the Spurs can do that much, much better
Dallas is looking ok
Houston, if they get their head out of their ass, looks ok
So does Memphis
Memphis and healthy Chicago or OKC are the only roadblocks tbh
Memphis is not going to beat us in a 7-game series.Pop already has them figured out.
I think Memphis is only a concern if Tiago (or Duncan, of course) is injured. Otherwise the Spurs are the worst possible match-up for them.
considering he put cleveland above phoenix, i'm surprised we're not ranked #1
The West is very deep, but extremely weak at the top, tbh..
Spurs have owned both teams, they matchup extremely well, neither is a real threat..Spurs struggle against long/athletic teams, and neither of those teams fit the criteria(OKC and Houston do, but OKC is going to miss the playoffs, and Houston doesn't translate well to the playoffs)
Very thankful that OKC is going to miss the playoffs, that's always the scariest matchup, obviously..
i could see a tough series with memphis this year. chicago is a paper tiger and okc should probably just tank at this point
Rankings? SMH. They are only fodder for useless discussions. The Spurs are the best team in the league but they are incomplete right now. Once the real season starts (playoffs) we'll know if they'll win a championship and it will more than likely depend on their health. The defense has improved and once they get their offensive fire-power back, they will potentially be dominant. Another year of playing together, knowing the system, and championship experience for every player except Anderson, makes this team the team to beat.
Hollinger ignores the intangibles, numbers and stats make him the ultimate re .
Rank 3 as of 11/27/14.
I don't think that's a given. Westbrook could be back as early as tomorrow, and OKC's next 5 games are:
Knicks
Pelicans
76ers
Pistons
Bucks
They could easily go 4-1 on that stretch with Westbrook back, and KD will likely be back or close to it by the end of that stretch. That'd put them at 8-13. Let's assume it'll take 50 wins to get the 8th seed in the West. OKC would have to go 42-19 to reach that mark (.688 win %, so play at a pace that'd give them 56 wins over 82 games).
It'll be tough, but it's definitely not a given IMO. It's really going to depend on how quickly Westbrook and Durant can get their rhythm back, as well as how quickly the team can get adjusted to having them again. Obviously I'd like for them to miss the playoffs but I'm not getting my hopes up quite yet.
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