- Cleveland Cavaliers (6-0), Last Week’s Rank: 1. Lebron & Co. have gotten off to a 6-0 start to the season which is the best start in Lebron’s career.
- Los Angeles Clippers (6-1), Last Week’s Rank: 3. I really like this Clippers team if they can stay healthy & if Blake Griffin can prevent himself from punching a team trainer.
- San Antonio Spurs (5-2), Last Week’s Rank: 2. As long as Greg Popovich is head coach the Spurs will always be one of the best teams in the NBA.
- Golden State Warriors (5-2), Last Week’s Rank: 4. The Warriors in the last week has blown out the Thunder & Pelicans but also lost to the Lakers by 20. This team is going to be great when they figure things out.
- Toronto Raptors (4-2), Last Week’s Rank: 10. I am a firm believer that the Raptors will be the 2nd best team in the East just like they were last year.
- Oklahoma City Thunder (6-1), Last Week’s Rank: 6. Yeah the Thunder have started 6-1 without Kevin Durant but their roster isn’t that good & I don’t know if they keep winning like they are.
- Charlotte Hornets (5-1), Last Week’s Rank: 14. The Hornets could be an interesting team come playoff time if Kemba Walker is healthy.
- Atlanta Hawks (4-2), Last Week’s Rank: 7. The Hawks started off 3-0 so they drop a spot for me. I don’t know how good a team led by Dennis Schroder can be.
- Chicago Bulls (4-3), Last Week’s Rank: 5. The Bulls started off fast shooting 42.5% from 3 in the first week but since then they’ve fallen to 35.9% which isn’t terrible but I believe it will continue to fall.
- Utah Jazz (5-3), Last Week’s Rank: 18. The Utah Jazz have gotten Gordon Hayward back from injury & his impact has shown & I like the young core of this Jazz roster.
- Portland Trailblazers (4-3), Last Week’s Rank: 9. I like the duo of Damian Lillard & C.J McCollum but their team has shown weaknesses on defense that’s why they’ve dropped a couple spots for me.
- Milwaukee Bucks (4-3), Last Week’s Rank: 17. The experiment of Giannis Antetounmkpo at point guard has worked well so far with him averaging 21 points, 8 rebounds, & 6 assists per game.
- Houston Rockets (4-3): Last Week’s Rank: 12. James Harden has been really good to start the season at point guard but the Rockets refuse to play any defense.
- Detroit Pistons (4-3), Last Week’s Rank: 13. Stan Van Gundy always has his teams playing phenomenal on defense & Andre Drummond picked up from where he left off last year.
- Memphis Grizzlies (3-4), Last Week’s Rank: 8. The Grizzlies started off 2-1 & have lost 3 of their last 4 but with David Fizdale as head coach & Mike Conley leading the team the Grizzlies will be fine.
- Los Angeles Lakers (4-3), Last Week’s Rank: 22. The young core of the Lakers has to give Laker’s fans lots of optimism & it showed in the game against the Warriors where the Lakers won by 20.
- Boston Celtics (3-3), Last Week’s Rank: 11. I know the Celtics have not Al Horford available but I don’t think this team is as talented as people think.
- Denver Nuggets (3-3), Last Week’s Rank: 24. The Nuggets have looked pretty impressive the past week & we’ve been able to see the potential of Emmanuel Mudiay.
- Indiana Pacers (3-4), Last Week’s Rank: 19. This team has a few new pieces like Jeff Teague, Thaddeus Young, & Al Jefferson & if they can figure it out they could be a surprise team in the East.
- Orlando Magic (3-4), Last Week’s Rank: 27. The Magic’s young talent has looked better the past week winning 3 out of their last 4 games.
- Sacramento Kings (3-5), Last Week’s Rank: 16. The streak of Kings being in top 20 was short lived but Ty Lawson has given the Kings a little bit of a spark at the point guard position.
- New York Knicks (2-4), Last Week’s Rank: 15. The Knicks on paper would be a great team in 2011 but it’s not 2011. And can Joakim Noah be banned from taking jump shots???
- Phoenix Suns (2-5), Last Week’s Rank: 29. The Suns have a few good young players to look forward to. Devin Booker is going to be a superstar in the next couple years.
- Miami Heat (2-4), Last Week’s Rank: 21. This Heat team is hard to watch at times offensively. They go through tough shooting streaks that has caused them to lose their games.
- Minnesota Timberwolves (1-4), Last Week’s Rank: 20. This young Timberwolves team is just too good for me to believe that they won’t improve especially with Tom Thibodeau as head coach.
- Brooklyn Nets (2-4), Last Week’s Rank: 26. The Nets don’t have a particularly good roster but they’ve managed to pull out 2 wins.
- Dallas Mavericks (1-5), Last Week’s Rank: 25. It’s hard to imagine a Dallas team with Dirk Nowitzki being terrible but they’ve been just that & Nowitzki is out with injury right now.
- Washington Wizards (1-5), Last Week’s Rank: 23. This team has been really disappointing besides John Wall & I don’t see it getting much better with their mediocre roster.
- New Orleans Pelicans (0-7), Last Week’s Rank: 28. The only reason I have Pelicans ahead of the 76ers is because the Pelicans have Anthony Davis, the 76ers do not. But the Pelicans have arguably looked like the worst team in the NBA.
- Philadelphia 76ers (0-6), Last Week’s Rank: 30. If you’re a 76ers fan there’s not much to be happy about but Joel Embiid looks like he was definitely worth the wait. Trust the process.
