What are your NBA power rankings?

So what are your current NBA power rankings?

Here are mine.

Tier 1-NBA Finals Favorites
1) Lakers-Defending Champs
2) Heat-Three Amigos

Tier 2-Contenders, but they will not beat the Lakers or Heat.
3) Magic-Other teams have gotten weaker, Magic are the same.
4) Thunder-Team continues to develop. The youngsters are improving their defense. Aldrich will help with the interior defense. Durant is a top 5 player.
5) Blazers-Juwan Curse is gone. If their injured roster can play 20 more games than last season, it will push them into the top 4.

Tier 3-They are in the playoffs, but will they make it to the semi-finals?
7) Suns-Lost Stoudemire. Nash is still a difference maker.
8) Mavericks-No major changes, Playoff flop as usual.
9) Bulls-Boozer and Brewer will help alot. If Thibs doesn't alienate his players, this team will have championship level defense. Who knows if they will have an offense, though?
10) Bucks-Bogut comes back. Jennings improves more. Sanders is draft steal.
11) Rockets-The team will struggle. It may take half a season for Yao to get acclimated.
12) Nuggets-Kenyon Martin is recovering from knee surgery.
13) Celtics-Big 3 is dead. It's now a big 2 with Pierce and rising star Rondo.

Tier 4-On the bubble to make the playoffs.
14) Spurs-Duncan is going downhill. Pops is still a great coach. Splitter will take the starting spot from McDyess. Blair and Hill continue to improve.
15) Hawks-resigned JJ. New coach.
16) 76ers-Doug Collins replaces Eddie Jordan. One of the most underrated moves in the offseason. Eddie was in over his head. Turner won't make an impact until after the All-Star break.
17) Jazz-Lost Boozer, Brewer, and Korver. Jefferson is injury prone and worse than Boozer. Raja Bell is over the hill.
18) Hornets-If CP3 is gone, Collison won't be enough to make up for the loss. They are mediocre.
19) Grizzlies-Gasol continues to improve. They still don't play D. They are a darkhorse candidate to make the playoffs.


Tier 5-Lottery lovin' and rising stars.
20) Wizards-John Wall is an impact player. He will keep the big man(Javal McGee) happy.
21) Kings-Tyreke continues to improve. They have a strong front court. Cousins will impact the game, but can he keep the weight off and stay healthy?
22) Clippers-Blake Griffin and Kaman gives them a good frontcourt, but it's not elite. Del Negro as the new coach is a mystery.
23) Knicks-Golden State Warriors of the East. Picked up Stoudemire, Felton, and Randolph. Will anybody on their team play D?
24) Bobcats-All defense, but not much else. They lost Chandler and Felton.
25) Nets-Favors and Lopez make a nice frontcourt tandem. The backcourt sucks.

Tier 6-No Hope
26-30 in no particular order.
Pacers-I don't know much about them.
Raptors-Bargnani and Andersen, the poor man's Bargnani.
Timberwolves-How many PGs do they need? When will they get some swingmen and centers?
Warriors-Other lottery teams got better. Warriors will regret drafting Udoh.
Cavaliers-Byron Scott can't save this team.

 

In 2008-09, Suns had a .580 record post-all-star break(no Stoudemire) and a 0.549 record(with Stoudemire).

In 2005-06, Suns had a 0.659 record with Stoudemire out for almost the whole season.