Blogger Power Rankings

by Basketball John on Oct 28, 2008 5:23 AM MDT

Just in time for the season opener tonight for the NBA, a group of blogging websites is rolling out the Blogger Power Rankings.

Each site will host it from week to week and post the results. First up is the creator, Hornets24/7. The preseason rankings have the Jazz listed fourth. Here are my rankings and corresponding comments:

Rank	Comments	Pre-Season
1	Finish at the top, you start at the top.	Celtics
2	Man, I hate this team.	Lakers
3	Only a Deron Williams injury puts them above the Jazz for now	Hornets
4	I'll start them here, but should Deron miss significant time, they could drop	Jazz
5	They're in the mix every year.	Pistons
6	LeBron + more time with new players = More wins.	Cavaliers
7	Austin Powers: "Why won't you die?"	Spurs
8	You have to prove you deserve higher	Rockets
9	Playoff team in the East. Still need to see how Brand plays with the rest of the team.	76ers
10	Amare (Peaking) + Nash (plateauing) - Shaq (Declining) = Meh.	Suns
11	Should rise fast. Early schedule it brutal.	Blazers
12	30, 34, 37, 40. That's the number in Millions that Orlando will be paying Dwight and Lewis over the next four years. That doesn't leave much room for anyone else.	Magic
13	44 wins = 20 American right? Wait, what? Crap. Pencil them in for about 36 American wins (44 Canadian)	Raptors
14	"The blogger polling is going on. I don't celebrate this #$%!"	Mavericks
15	Someone tell me how they're making it back into the playoffs.	Nuggets
16	Agent Zero's fans would like to see a quantum of playing time.	Wizards
17	Screw you Derrick Rose. Bastard. http://tinyurl.com/6fhrqz	Bulls
18	Everybody loves Wade again.	Heat
19	Won't make the playoffs, but they're going to cause problems for the leaders in the West as they vie for seeding.	Timberwolves
20	Um, they should probably be lower.	Pacers
21	Could cause problems in the East.	Bucks
22	Shouldn't do anything.	Kings
23	Why couldn't Jordan suck this bad in 97-98?	Bobcats
24	RIP Thunder	Warriors
25	Why do the Jazz	Hawks
26	Lose to	Clippers
27	Teams	Knicks
28	Like	Nets
29	These?	Grizzlies
30	Where are the Sonics on this list? Am I missing something?	Thunder

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Good List. And funny comments.

The only team I think you are sleeping on is the Toronto Raptors. They won 41 games last year and then replaced Nesterovic with Jermaine O’neal, who I think is still really good. I personally think they will take 2nd in the Atlantic division with about 50-53 wins. Twin towers who get double teamed + tons of 3 point shooters= scary. Jazz will struggle against them.

The more you try to erase me, the more that I appear.

by clarkpojo on Oct 28, 2008 7:47 AM MDT reply actions