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this is really weird
http://www.nba.com/powerrankings/201...=powerrankings
They are 10th on espn rankings though
this is really weird
Im surprised.tbh..
They ranked the spurs higher than the bucks, raptors and warriors?lol
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It actually makes sense. Power rankings are not necessarily indicative of standings. Spurs have been the best team in December pretty much.
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they are reliable source and they are always right on picking the mvp
Just look at who's No.1 . . .
Denver are playing well right now
impressive also considering the Spurs almost beat the top team twice, winning the first game and barely losing the second literally due to choking at the FT line.
what's surprising is somehow the spurs managed to have the best offense AND defense for the last month, while playing a host of decent/quality opponents. hope they can keep it up, really making a lot of people here and national pundits eat crow
This seems like a who's hottest poll . . .
GSW will very, very likely win the le and they're No. 8 in this poll.
yes, have you never heard of power rankings before? its a rank of how teams are playing week by week. GSW likely will win the le but for the first time in years they are looking very vulnerable and have been losing a lot of games relative to seasons past, so of course theyre a lot lower than usual. and while i do think they are the favorites, its not a given. Donkey / klay look like average role players this year and they're 1 curry injury away from getting knocked out in the western playoffs. nothing is a given
I mean, who's better? I'd take them in a 7 game series over anyone but the Dubs tbh. I mean come on, are we really taking teams like the Nuggets and Clippers seriously? I'm not.
Nuggets, at full strength, yes. Jokic is the real deal, and they have a lot of depth/shooting and their defense has improved this year. while spurs did almost beat them in consecutive games, they were also missing Harris, Barton, Millsap, and probably some others im forgetting
Yep. The rankings attempt to emphasize recent performance, and it's hard to argue against the version of the Spurs from the last month. Jekyll and Hyde level stuff...it's been a crazy season so far.
Clippers are gonna fall off at some point. All it'll take is a 3 game slide.
they note that in the last month, the spurs have the #1 offensive rating and #1 defensive rating
For sure, but the playoffs are a different animal. I'm sure they'll be great in the future but I don't see them as a legit threat this season. They didn't even make the playoffs last season, or a couple of seasons past iirc. , even the warriors took awhile until their rookies started clicking together.
If the spurs continue to win and beat the thunder twice in this upcoming back to back, I expect them to be the number 1 next week.
That's what I'm saying. Early season record padding in my opinion.
Celtics, Raptors, Bucks and Rockets could go either way imo (in the West only Rockets)
If the Spurs keep this up, only the Rockets and Golden State worry me. Denver doesn't quite make sense to me and the Spurs already play them well. Pop has always had the blueprint to beat the Warriors, but not the (healthy) players. The Rockets are a complete crapshoot. If the refs call bull fouls, they're impossible to beat.
They moved up during a period when they played 11 of 15 games at home. They play 15 of their next 22 games on the road, this will be the true test of this team.
That's a good point.
That and the RRT
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