The league averaged 106.3 points scored per 100 possessions and 103.6 possessions (per team) per 48 minutes in the preseason (not including games against non-NBA teams). The stats below are for games against NBA teams only. NBA.com’s Power Rankings, released every Monday during the season, ...
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...
The most challenging part of putting together these 2024-25 NBA Power Rankings is the conference imbalance we see in the standings. This week, I have the Kings and Spurs in the “Playoffs or Bust” level of teams expecting to make the postseason, but in reality, the Kings would be the ...
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...
NETS 13 26 0 90.78 85.64 27 UTAH JAZZ 10 28 0 90.86 85.50 28 CHARLOTTE HORNETS 8 28 0 90.54 85.29 29 NEW ORLEANS PELICANS 8 32 0 91.31 83.93 30 WASHINGTON WIZARDS 6 31 0 91.66 82.23SONNY MOORE'S POWER RATINGS - started in 1974...
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 ...
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 ...
Our consensus 2024-25 NBA Power Rankings use a variety of sources to arrive at a consensus ranking for each team.
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Early returns suggest this group doesn't quite possess the same 'star power' as the 2023 class headlined byVictor Wembanyamaand Chet Holmgren; instead, we're seeing an evenly balanced collection of players who are contributing to their teams in different ways, which means the battle for the Ro...