YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.........WHAT an Idiot
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/powerr...on=2008&week=5
Orlando's playing great. But, that's funny how Stein wants to justify Orlando as the number one team by saying they only lose to the really good teams. Well if they lose to the really good teams, they're probably not better than those really good teams.
Dallas should be lower.
Fuuuck we are in the top ten, almost in the top five. Get us out, get us out.
So the magic are one because they only lose to very good teams and the Suns are second because they beat orlando twice. The celtics are third in spite of only beating 4 teams over .500 but the Spurs are fourth because...Tim got injured?
great logic, isn't it?
ESPN: The Worldwide Leader in Sports, where hype, a 13-4 record, and zero postseason success is better than a completely dominant 14-2, or 15-3 with 4 trophies!
Stein just needs to stop. There is NO WAY you can consider Phoenix a better team than the Spurs or Celtics right now. No justifiable logic at all could even possibly come to that conclusion. It's not even debatable.
http://www.nba.com/powerrankings/
Not bad old man.Phoenix (2) 13-4 Off: 111.3 (5), Def: 105.5 (13) -- Grant Hill had a LeBron-esque line with 28 points (on 13-of-17), eight boards, seven assists and three steals in Sunday's win over the Knicks.
ESPN Power Rankings are really important. I'm glad people are up in arms about this. Where is the justice? What good are championships if the Spurs can't be #1 in a December power ranking?
^ But it will generate traffic when people link to it, such as above. Sports journalists are trolls, they write to get you to respond. The freedarko guy admitted as much to me.
A) It's good discussion material.
B) Stein gets PAID to write said material. Doesn't it bother you that someone who obviously has very little clue as to what has happened in the NBA season so far is in charge of one of the most-read weekly articles on the largest sports website in the US?
C) I have the Celts at #1. I really don't care where the Spurs rank, I just find this piece of editorialism absolute rubbish at the best of times. The fact that ESPN, a well-reputed authority of reporting in the sporting world continues to give credence to this loon is somewhat galling. Besides, it's not just Spurs fans that find these rankings ridiculous.
Logic need not apply to "Power" Rankings
And beating the Bronless Cavs and two .500 EC teams is enough to jump us from tenth to SIXTH? I think not...
Orlando/GS tonight should be a blast
Hater forum.
btw - I can't believe there are still people out there who don't understand what "power rankings" are.
CryHavoc is the proof.
According to him, Boston should have been number one in power rankings every week for the past fifty years (since I believe they've ALWAYS had the most championships).
Stein's one of the best writers ESPN has. He may be off base as far as the Magic being #1, but generally it's not too bad.
For petty minds.
Stein is a tremendous basketball writer and I usually enjoy what he reads. Power rankings are just a silly, subjective little tradition that has carried on because for some reason fans get irrationally passionate about whether a random writer ranks a team #5 or #8 on some list that has no bearing on anything, five weeks into the regular season.
C) I have the Celts at #1. I really don't care where the Spurs rank, I just find this piece of editorialism absolute rubbish at the best of times. The fact that ESPN, a well-reputed authority of reporting in the sporting world continues to give credence to this loon is somewhat galling. Besides, it's not just Spurs fans that find these rankings ridiculous.Oh, heavens. What a travesty it is that the network that brought us such serious journalistic bulwarks as Stephen A. Smith and Bill Simmons could stoop so low as to have Marc Stein of all people writing for them!
Hahaha - nicely put DSF.
Secret to Spurs' success - have your franchise player go down for the year, tank the season, get #1 pick, win championships. Repeat process every 8 to 11 years.
The Minneapolis Lakers are on Line 1.
Cry Havoc simply lives up to his name way too much *tear*
this is ing stupid. By their logic Boston should be #1 since they haven't played good teams, which means they haven't lost to good teams like Orlando.
you guys are so pumped up for rankns...
what matters is in june
Why, what happens in june?
The final Power Rankings edition!Why, what happens in june?
HOOOORAY!
I'm still waiting for someone to blame Suns' fans for this travesty . . . .
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