Our consensus 2024-25 NBA Power Rankings use a variety of sources to arrive at a consensus ranking for each team.
Note:These rankings are based on where the members of our panel (ESPN's Kendra Andrews, Tim Bontemps, Jamal Collier, Nick Friedell, Andrew Lopez, Tim MacMahon, Dave McMenamin and Ohm Youngmisuk) think teams belong heading into next season, taking into account potenti...
1 for the final regular-season edition of the 2023-24 power rankings. Stat of the Week 31 of 31 Nikola Jokić and Domantas SabonisGarrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images The latest installment of the stat of the week serves as something of a celebration of the NBA's expanding ta...
Previous rankings:Post-Finals|Nov. 1|Nov. 8| Jump to a team: ATL|BOS|BKN|CHA|CHI|CLE DAL|DEN|DET|GS|HOU|IND LAC|LAL|MEM|MIA|MIL|MIN NO|NY|OKC|ORL|PHI|PHX POR|SAC|SA|TOR|UTAH|WAS 1.Denver Nuggets 2023-24 record: 9-2 ...
NBA Power Rankings: First Looks at Each Team in the Association / The opening week of the NBA season saw the return of many of the league’s most prominent stars who missed the previous year.Zion Williamson,Kawhi LeonardandJamal Murrayall took the court for the first time in 2022, as did...
The defending champion Boston Celtics were one of the top teams in our NBA power rankings throughout last season and will remain there all of this year — barring a major injury. They have one of the best-scoring teams in the league (119.5 PPG), and big man Kristaps Porzingis has only ...
Previous Power Rankings Last week:Streaking Bucks rise to No. 1 after All-Star break Schedule breakdown:Clippers, Sixers face toughest roads over final 6 weeks This time last year:Heat face critical week while West chase tightens— The James Harden era in Philly was off to a great start, bu...
28. Pistons (7-19, LW 28).If you’re looking for the silver lining, the fact Cade Cunningham is out (many around the league think for the season, although that is not official yet) means the Pistons have put the ball in the hands of rookie Jaden Ivey and he has shown pro...
The first few weeks of any NBA season are a roller coaster for NBA Power Rankings — teams rise and fall fast enough to give fans whiplash. It takes a month for teams to find their levels, and by then, we’ll have a much better sense of who the contenders are, who ...
Power Rankings: Rockets ascend to No. 3 Plenty of surprises have marked 2024-25. Which teams will take flight in the season's final 3 months? January 21, 2025 Trending Topics: Picking first-time All-Stars Our writers reveal which players from the East and West should be first-time All-...