NBA.com Power Rankings: GS Warriors #26

by Fantasy Junkie on Aug 3, 2006 11:35 PM PDT in News

NBA.com released their Offseason Power Rankings and the Warriors wound up with a great chance to begin The Yi Movement in 2007. The Warriors' current ranking of 26 would potentially give them a great chance at landing a top pick in next year's draft. The last power ranking had them at #23, meaning that the Warriors have only become a worse team in comparison to the rest of the league. Here's the caption that went along with the bottom 5 rankings:

With Ike Diogu and Monta Ellis, we like the Warriors' future, but they'll need more chemistry than what they had last year among the vets to improve their present.

It's nice that they spun it in as positive of a way as possible. No mention of JRich? He's only the best player on the team. I would have written something about how this could be Monty's last year, or something about the lack of offseason moves. I guess I have to remember that this is nba.com and they're not really allowed to write anything remotely controversial.

Anyways, here's my ranking top to bottom of teams in the league: (Note my optimism for the Warriors' ranking!)

Miami Heat
Dallas Mavericks
San Antonio Spurs
Houston Rockets
Phoenix Suns
Cleveland Cavaliers
New Jersey Nets
Chicago Bulls
Detroit Pistons
L.A. Clippers
L.A. Lakers
NO/ Okla City Hornets
Washington Wizards
Milwaukee Bucks
Denver Nuggets
Memphis Grizzlies
Indiana Pacers
Golden State Warriors
Sacramento Kings
Utah Jazz
New York Knicks
Orlando Magic
Minnesota Timberwolves
Seattle Supersonics
Philadelphia 76ers
Toronto Raptors
Boston Celtics
Charlotte Bobcats
Portland Trailblazers
Atlanta Hawks

How do you rank the 30 teams?

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my rankings

1 Miami Heat
2 Dallas Mavericks
3 Phoenix Suns
4 Houston Rockets
5 Cleveland Cavaliers
6 San Antonio Spurs
7 New Jersey Nets
8 Detroit Pistons
9 Washington Wizards
10 Chicago Bulls
11 L.A. Clippers
12 L.A. Lakers
13 Denver Nuggets
14 NO/ Okla City Hornets
15 Indiana Pacers
16 Golden State Warriors
17 Milwaukee Bucks
18 Memphis Grizzlies
19 Sacramento Kings
20 Utah Jazz
21 Orlando Magic
22 Minnesota Timberwolves
23 Seattle Supersonics
24 Philadelphia 76ers
25 Boston Celtics
26 Toronto Raptors
27 Charlotte Bobcats
28 Portland Trailblazers
29 Atlanta Hawks
30 New York Knicks

by travisl212 on Aug 3, 2006 11:56 PM PDT reply actions

wow

You guys ARE really optimistic.

by LancerEvoV on Aug 4, 2006 2:05 AM PDT reply actions

21 to 16 isn't that much

5 more wins would move GSW from 34 to 39 wins. That total moves them past 5 teams in the NBA standings and up from 21st to 16th.

The Bucks made the playoffs with 40 wins. Yes it's the NBA Least but the rankings include both conferences.

We're in a tough conference and tough division. Playoffs are not impossible (10 more wins) but not likely --- still.

I think the same team will win 5 more games just because Mullin's chewed on their asses and this young team is a year older and wiser.

Maybe Chris can find a good trade mid-year. Maybe his offseason pushing will help the the team gel. 10 more wins for the 8th seat a long ways off but not impossible.

It's Aug. I can hope

by joe sez on Aug 4, 2006 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions

#20

You kinda have to be optimistic if you're a GSW hoops fan. I would place the Warriors around #20. They definitely are more talented than #26 (weren't they ranked somewhere around #14 in last season's preseason polls?), but if B-Diddy doesn't show his worth this season...it's all about the ping pong balls.

by nicaloco21 on Aug 4, 2006 8:34 AM PDT reply actions

NBA rankings seem about right

Realistically, right now the only teams you can say with confidence that are worse than the Warriors are Charlotte, Hotlanta, New York and Portland. There may be one or two teams that further collapse into more suckiness like Minnesota or Philly, but right now I wouldn't say those teams are worse than GS. Seattle and Utah will probably stink, but I wouldn't say that will stink any worse than GS. Toronto and Orlando are not good but both at least have potential and ended the season on a relatively high note.

Also, there is just no way the Warriors are better than the Kings (or Grizzlies). Sorry. All this may change, but this is just a preseason ranking. I think we will see more lists like this because everyone remembers how they picked GS as their sleeper team last summer.

by Jud Booshler on Aug 4, 2006 9:33 AM PDT reply actions

Detroit

...why are they so low? They were the best team in the Reg season...

by John Patrick on Aug 4, 2006 11:41 AM PDT reply actions

Detroit...

What happens when you replace the Ben Wallace, the Defensive Player of the Year, with Nazr Mohammed? I have to imagine that their team is going to slip. To me, that's a significant downgrade since Big Ben was their anchor on defense. He cleaned up mistakes and allowed the perimeter guys to gamble.

by Fantasy Junkie on Aug 4, 2006 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions

True...

...but they're still better (IMO) than Suns, Rockets. I think they should be at like 4 or 5, not 9. Yes, they are worse, but Ben's FT shooting is gone, and they still have Prince, Billups, Rasheed, Rip.

by John Patrick on Aug 4, 2006 7:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Rockets Over Suns?

Rockets over suns? no way. They have Amare next season, so how is Yao/Tmac > Amare/Marion/Nash? Suns should be on top of Rockets. Even though we'd love to see Warriors in playoffs, they shouldn't be ahead of Sacramento, Utah, or even some other teams. But this is a pre-season ranking, so time will tell.

by mistererickk on Aug 4, 2006 3:08 PM PDT reply actions

Amare has question marks

I'm concerned with Amare's knee. No player has returned from that injury and been the same player he was before. So while Amare's return will help the Suns, I don't expect him to be the same player for at least another year. As for the Rockets, I have high hopes. Look what Yao did in the 2nd half last season, he put up huge numbers. If Tmac stays healthy and that's a big IF, that gives you two of the top players in the league. And I like the Battier addition as a solid role player to complement the two big guns.

As for the Warriors' ranking, let's just say I want to be optimistic right now and keep my hopes up. There's something about Sac that I don't like. Maybe it's that Bonzi is leaving, maybe it's that I have a hard time believing Ron Artest will behave.

I encourage you to post your own rankings as well.

by Fantasy Junkie on Aug 4, 2006 4:00 PM PDT up reply actions

My rankings... plus a real SLEEPER

See if you can find my sleeper:
1 Phoenix Suns
2 Miami Heat
3 Dallas Mavericks
4 Detroit Pistons
5 Houston Rockets
6 San Antonio Spurs
7 L.A. Clippers
8 New Jersey Nets
9 Washington Wizards
10 Cleveland Cavaliers
11 Chicago Bulls
12 New York Knicks
13 Denver Nuggets
14 Indiana Pacers
15 L.A. Lakers
16 NO/ Okla City Hornets
17 Sacramento Kings
18 Memphis Grizzlies
19 Philadelphia 76ers
20 Utah Jazz
21 Milwaukee Bucks
22 Orlando Magic
23 Minnesota Timberwolves
24 Seattle Supersonics
25 Toronto Raptors
26 Golden State Warriors
27 Portland Trailblazers
28 Boston Celtics
29 Charlotte Bobcats
30 Atlanta Hawks