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Power Ranking - Week 5 Power Rankings

	Rank	Rating	Team		Record	Comment
	1 (11)	85	Bos		10-3 Bos 105, Mem 112 L Bos 103, LAL 92 W Sac 93, Bos 101 W Bos 106, OKC 136 L Bos 102, Was 97 W Por 86, Bos 102 W Bos 77, Bkn 130 L NY 96, Bos 112 W Bos 68, Cha 133 L	KD, Lopez, Lowry, Tyreke, Favors, and Swaggy are what makes the Celtics so good. Lopez & Lowry gave me a ton of trouble in MyCareer last year. So I know from first hand these two guys are overpowered players in the 2k17 engine. Lopez protects the paint like a beast, even though he could care less about defense in real life. And Lowry is an elite perimeter defender who is more likely than not to beat you off the dribble. Tyreke Evans received a major boost in three point shooting this year, but he's only hitting 1 or 2 threes a game. I think this recent tendency update will improve that. But the king here is Kevin Durant who is putting 30+ points a game. The Celtics have won every game in the past three weeks while KD was healthy. Iguodala wasn't able to win games during his absence. So Jmac went out and traded Iggy for additional small forwards - Aminu & Zipser (and even got a 2019 1st rounder throw in). It is still unknown if the recent tendency update will reduce Brook Lopez down in defense to real life levels, but jmac doesn't have to worry because he has one of the best defensive bigs sitting on his bench - Derrick Favors. So Jmac has nothing to worry about other than finding a gm dumb enough to give up a 2nd round pick for Dorian Finney-Smith.
	2 (4)	81	Chi		9-4 Cle 99, Chi 81 L Mem 76, Chi 96 W Chi 98, Atl 105 L Chi 76, Det 102 L Den 97, Chi 105 W Chi 97, Bkn 108 L Chi 104, Sac 83 W Cha 97, Chi 61 L Orl 73, Chi 87 W	Curry, Klay, and Grandpa Dirk are what makes the Bulls so good. Curry is unbelievable this year. Just when you thought he had hit his peak last year, he decides to show us some more. This reminds me of Harrison Barnes last year in terms of overcoming people's expectations. He's hitting 6+ three pointers a game for 30+ points. Klay, next man up, is hitting about 3+ threes a game for 25+ points a game. Both Curry & Klay are underrated defenders and could be the best defensive backcourt in the league. And offensively they are better than Harden & Kyrie. So yeah, they are best backcourt offensively and defensively. Good news about Curry is that there was no structural damage to his injury. He will only be out for a couple of weeks. Isaiah Taylor will get a bump in minutes while Klay is the main benefactor in usage. Daz still wants another big for when Noah or Demon misses time. Unfortunately, the bid for Omer Asik was unsuccesful.
	3 (1)	81	Mil		9-3 Den 100, Mil 115 W Mil 123, LAL 69 W Mia 74, Mil 129 W Mil 137, Bkn 120 W Mil 119, Hou 112 W Mil 149, Atl 84 W Mil 130, Utah 78 W Mil 105, Mia 77 W LAC 92, Mil 131 W SA 100, Mil 118 W Mil 114, Det 91 W Phi 126, Mil 109 L	Badwolf has made a career of drafting players and trading the ones who don't become stars for picks. His starting lineup is loaded with stars - Westbrook, Towns, and Giannis. His bench is loaded with prospects - Jarrett, Labissiere, Prince, and Poetl. And he has a ton of draft picks for trade. Because of this flawless method, Milwaukee will always be good. I call it "Old Money." All three stars on his team are MVP candidates. Two of them are $10,600+ on DraftKings any given night. The Bucks lost a couple games when Giannis was out, but injury depth shouldn't be a problem whenever Lavine comes back. This team is just loaded with assets. Any kind of trash Milwaukee might have is gold or silver for most other teams.
	4 (3)	76	Cle		9-3 Cle 99, Chi 81 W Phi 112, Cle 94 L NY 117, Cle 86 L Cle 104, Tor 98 W Cle 119, Min 76 W Cle 108, Sac 65 W Min 75, Cle 95 W Cle 80, Por 103 L NO 124, Cle 107 L Orl 100, Cle 95 L	Lebron, Drummond, and Ibaka makes this team good. You can designate Lebron as any position, and he will still act as a point guard. He's the best playmaker in the game. I won't go over the fact that he's leading the league in turnovers because there doesn't seem to be a correlation between turnovers and losses under the old slider settings. Ibaka is starting to look older as he is only hitting 1 to 2 three pointers a game. And losing minutes to new edition Mareese Speights. But Ibaka is incredibly important in stretching the floor for the starters as we saw how horrible it looked with Bogut out there. With the recent tendencies update , Covington could see an increase in productio. And the debut of Milosh is just around the corner. Things are getting better in Cleveland.
	5 (8)	68	Cha		8-4 Cha 116, Dal 101 W Cha 139, Hou 86 W Pho 117, Cha 138 W Cha 116, Min 66 W Phi 115, Cha 80 L Cha 102, Tor 95 W Cha 97, Chi 61 W Cha 110, Por 89 W Ind 117, Cha 110 L Bos 68, Cha 133 W	After a horrible two weeks without Myles Turner, Charlotte came back with a punch by going on an 8 game win streak. Although Myles has been a bit underwhelming player so far this year, maybe the latest tendency update will fix that as I don't think he had very good tendencies with the stock release of NBA2k17. Porzingis is still solid. He's an easy 20 10 type of player. And what's really amazing is he can create his own shot now. Experts didn't expect to see this until his fourth year. The shot creation has come early. I'm not sure if it is in game yet, but hopefully we see it in NLL this year. Just like Milwaukee, Charlotte is also loaded with great prospects and a lot of draft picks - Gary Harris, Blue Arrow, Elfrid Payton, Dejounte Murray, and Thon Maker. Charlotte only have two vets. I couldn't tell you how much of a factor vets play in NLL. Charlotte's influx of quality youth is enough to fill around their only star Porzingis to win games. And with the recent tendency update, Myles Turner could be the next star on the Hornets just like he was on the old engine.
	6 (18)	64	Utah		8-5 Utah 108, Por 99 W Utah 112, Dal 69 W Min 91, Utah 110 W Utah 112, Sac 74 W Mil 130, Utah 78 L Dal 124, Utah 120 L Utah 121, Ind 134 L Utah 99, LAL 113 L Mia 80, Utah 97 W	It took Merencio awhile adjusting to the new meta. But once he did, it turned out he had the best trio for the slider settings - LaMarcus Aldridge, Marc Gasol, and Willie Cauley-Stein. And since then these three were almost a guarantee to put opponents into foul trouble. But even with the slider changes, the Jazz are still in good position to win games. Merencio doesn't have to push opposing bigs into foul trouble to win games. Gasol, LMA, CP3, Wiggins, Cauley-Stein, and Mills are what make this team good. With the right amount of size up front and athleticism in the back, this team is primed for defense. The stats don't show it yet but I believe it was an anomally of the previous meta. Willie Cauley-Stein has a chance to become better than Zubac this year but I think it will take a couple more tendency updates as the NBA is just now catching onto his new offensive abilities. The same could be said for Brandon Paul & Davis Bertans since they are very low key players in the NBA.
	7 (9)	62	LAL		8-5 Mil 123, LAL 69 L Ind 106, LAL 77 L Bos 103, LAL 92 L LAL 93, SA 101 L Dal 105, LAL 88 L LAL 55, OKC 114 L LAL 76, Det 90 L OKC 116, LAL 65 L Utah 99, LAL 113 W Atl 112, LAL 81 L	Vucevic is what makes the Lakers good. An offensive 7 ft beast who makes up lack of defensive ability with size similar to the way Brook Lopez and Greg Monroe does. Greenmig has a reputation for knowing the ins and outs of the 2k engine. With Vucevic and the right amount of role players, the Lakers are always lethal. Their power ranking is a bit in question though as they had a 3 game losing streak against Boston, New York, and Houston.
	8 (5)	62	Orl		8-4 Orl 104, Hou 80 W Bkn 101, Orl 87 L Orl 85, Ind 108 L Orl 91, Dal 102 L Orl 99, Ind 111 L Orl 77, Bkn 105 L Was 101, Orl 83 L Orl 82, Atl 87 L Orl 73, Chi 87 L Orl 100, Cle 95 W	Jonas Valanciunas has far exceeded people's expectations this year. And in doing so put a major target on their backs. This team is by no means overrated although the recent losing streak might have people thinking that. The whole starting lineup is good. Valanciunas & Dragic are the scoring. Matthews and Green are the defensive assets and they don't lack in the scoring department either. And young Markenaan can play big or small with his size and ability to stretch the floor. Danny Green is very underrated, but he's actually one of the top SGs for winning a championship just behind Klay and Avery Bradley. There have been rumors that Matthews could be moving West. And if that is so, Orlando could be losing a lot of defense.
	9 (6)	59	NY		7-5 Tor 100, NY 110 W NY 117, Cle 86 W Det 107, NY 111 W NY 82, LAC 118 L Pho 108, NY 106 L Phi 113, NY 94 L NY 98, Bkn 129 L NY 96, Bos 112 L Atl 90, NY 111 W	Dwight, Kyrie, and Harden make this team good. Zbo took a slight dip this year and doesn't seem to contribute much even in a bench role. Compared to last year though, New York has been underwhelming. I think they are still searching for identity. The team started the year off with Kyrie as PG. Things started to look better after letting Harden play PG. But the starting lineup is still losing games. Maybe we'll see Kyrie return to the PG position or maybe this will be a decision based on matchups.
	10 (2)	57	OKC		7-5 OKC 107, Por 69 W Den 100, OKC 120 W Mia 78, OKC 109 W Bos 106, OKC 136 W LAL 55, OKC 114 W OKC 116, GS 82 W Hou 101, OKC 112 W OKC 116, LAL 65 W OKC 130, Mem 70 W Dal 74, OKC 125 W	OKC is generally a bit higher in the power rankings, but seems they've fallen into bit of a slump since the acquisition of Ben's favorite player, Kyle Korver. I believe it is an issue of Korver, Kennard, and Richardson's role in the 2nd unit. Someone has to fall out of the rotation. Rubio could also be blamed as he has been a bit underwhelming.
	11 (28)	57	Tor		7-6 Tor 100, NY 110 L Pho 112, Tor 102 L Phi 130, Tor 112 L Cle 104, Tor 98 L NO 101, Tor 84 L Cha 102, Tor 95 L Tor 117, Sac 100 W Bkn 127, Tor 97 L Min 126, Tor 105 L	Toronto traded it's 2017 1st round pick, Mirza Teletovic, and Gorgei Dieng for Bradley Beal this summer. That pick ended up being Jayson Tatum. But I am sure Carl Spacker is incredibly happy with his team right now. Tatum would not have been the star that Toronto needed to happily run a winning team. And the future is looking bright for Toronto with young studs like Kris Dunn & Bogdan Bogdanovic (no relation to Bojan). Kris Dunn has something rare that very few PGs in the game possess - defense. This is very crucial for a championship team. And to have defense at the PG is the hardest thing to find. Look at last years champs. They had both Mike Conley & Patrick Beverley. Having a young defensive PG like Dunn is a piece you can check off in your championship process list. Carl Spackers team was near the bottom of the East last year and after an experience like that, I don't think he'll ever let him team fall that low again.
	12 (15)	56	Atl		7-6 GS 88, Atl 111 W Was 113, Atl 117 W Chi 98, Atl 105 W Atl 118, GS 99 W Mia 104, Atl 86 L Ind 76, Atl 108 W Mil 149, Atl 84 L Atl 90, NY 111 L Atl 112, LAL 81 W Orl 82, Atl 87 W	This is another surprise team. Expectations for Atlanta were very low. Especially with the trading of Justise Winslow and Sam Dekkar for Domantas Sabonis and Doug McDermott. Today, that trade isn't looking so bad. There was also a conditional 2nd round pick in this trade that the league will probably forget about since Spudspace left the league. What makes this team good is the amount of depth this team has and Greg Monroe. Despite claims that he's a defensive liability in real life, he is amazing in the 2k engine. He is putting up 20 10 easily. He has the offensive post scoring skills that could only be learned from post scoring drills everyday for 4 years at college. New school one and done kids don't get this kind of training. He is a rare commodity.
	13 (16)	56	Hou		7-5 Orl 104, Hou 80 L Mem 96, Hou 112 W Cha 139, Hou 86 L Ind 101, Hou 90 L Mil 119, Hou 112 L Por 117, Hou 95 L Sac 110, Hou 118 W Hou 93, SA 110 L Hou 101, OKC 112 L LAC 106, Hou 98 L Pho 104, Hou 112 W Den 84, Hou 106 W	With Whiteside and Tim Hardaway Jr out, Al Jefferson and Dion Waiters continues to keep this team strong. Jefferson was showing old school flashes that Houston rarely gets to showcase. The team just added Ron Baker, but that is irrelevant. We are just waiting for IT, Whiteside, and Tim Hardaway Jr to come back to see how this team will look at full strength. I think some people will also want to see how IT will look with the tendency updates since 2K adjusted his tendencies to fit Lebron's gameplay.
	14 (22)	55	Bkn		7-5 Bkn 111, Den 99 W Bkn 118, Sac 67 W Bkn 101, Orl 87 W Mil 137, Bkn 120 L Bkn 124, Pho 132 L Bkn 99, Por 126 L Chi 97, Bkn 108 W Orl 77, Bkn 105 W Bos 77, Bkn 130 W NY 98, Bkn 129 W Bkn 127, Tor 97 W	Brooklyn is another team that was dealing with injuries. But now we are at week 6 and everyone relevant is healthy. We will finally get to see how Brooklyn looks at full strength. And even then, I'm sure Wizkid is still trying to understand how his team works at full strength. Deandre, Bledsoe, and DeRozan have been amazing for this team. Middleton hasn't, but we expect him to get better as the season progresses. Brooklyn has great young prospects in LeVert, Hollis-Jefferson, and newly acquired Fox. This is a team that is beginning to figure it out, and has just a few more kinks to work out now that the final pieces are back on court.
	15 (13)	54	Phi		7-6 Phi 112, Cle 94 W Phi 111, Det 96 W Phi 130, Tor 112 W Phi 131, Mem 83 W Phi 115, Cha 80 W Phi 113, NY 94 W Phi 126, Mil 109 W GS 81, Phi 124 W Mem 96, Phi 129 W Dal 111, Phi 128 W	Another team that has been dealing with injuries. The Sixers have been in a survival mode trying to get the most out whatever assets that can walk. Dave has done a great job winning games with Ed Davis and Richaun Holmes filling in for injured Kawhi and Gobert. Gobert returns this week and Kawhi's return is just over the horizon. Once at full health, the Sixers will be very dominant with James Johnson, Gobert, Kawhi, Avery Bradley, and Lillard. Bradley is the next best ranked SG for winning championships after Klay. Is Dave really trying to trade him?
	16 (10)	50	SA		6-6 Pho 105, SA 113 W Was 87, SA 119 W LAL 93, SA 101 W SA 94, LAC 128 L SA 93, Den 80 W Hou 93, SA 110 W Mem 121, SA 78 L SA 100, Mil 118 L GS 107, SA 91 L	Davis and Embiid are good enough to continue winning games for the Spurs. But being defending champs puts the biggest target on your back. Every team has been figuring out ways to beat the Spurs since preseason, This was the team to beat. This wouldn't be a problem for the Spurs if they had a legitimate point guard right now. Both Conley and Beverley, who were both key defensive pieces, are now struggling to stay on court. Leeroy went to the market for a point guard but only the sharks answered his plea. Leeroy will have to do down and dirty things to reach elite levels again.
	17 (12)	47	Por		6-6 OKC 107, Por 69 L Utah 108, Por 99 L Mia 100, Por 73 L Por 96, NO 108 L Por 117, Hou 95 W Bkn 99, Por 126 W Por 86, Bos 102 L Por 88, Was 112 L Pho 91, Por 74 L Cle 80, Por 103 W Cha 110, Por 89 L Por 108, Mem 116 L	It seems like Portland is having trouble filling the bench with injuries to Justin Anderson and Delon Wright. Winning games has been a struggle with Juwan Evans and Furkan Korkmaz in the rotation. Portland is a team that has exceeded expectations so far. This is a team people generally wanted to bet against. Their 1st rounder was a highly sought after commodity. Last I remember, The Clippers got Aaron Gordon with this pick. Despite depth issues, Rudy Gay and Mahinmi continue to carry this team with hopes of getting a win.
	18 (26)	46	Min		6-6 Min 94, Sac 108 L Min 83, GS 115 L Min 91, Utah 110 L Min 89, Was 94 L Cha 116, Min 66 L Cle 119, Min 76 L Min 75, Cle 95 L GS 115, Min 97 L Min 126, Tor 105 W	A team loaded with talent that started off bad has been doing pretty good after the previous gm left and the team got set on autopilot. Cousins and McCollum have been doing the heavy lifting while Love has been reduced down to a roleplayer like he is in real life. I don't see any issues with this team other than lack of a secondary point guard.
	19 (24)	46	Pho		6-7 Pho 105, SA 113 L Pho 112, Tor 102 W Pho 117, Cha 138 L Den 88, Pho 115 W Bkn 124, Pho 132 W Pho 108, NY 106 W Pho 91, Por 74 W Pho 89, Den 93 L Pho 104, Hou 112 L	Penny would be doing a bit better right now if he still had Chandler, Hardaway, Young, and Clark right now. But in a year, the move for Hayward will be worth it. With a ton of spots to fill, Penny assembled the most random pick up group of players off free agency and looked like a team that was going to be bad this year. And yes, it looked bad. But the Suns got streaky a couple of times and won them some games with Kemba, Gortat, and Hortford. Most nights though there will be 1 or 2 borderline G League players in the lineup messing it up for them.
	20 (14)	46	Sac		6-6 Bkn 118, Sac 67 L Min 94, Sac 108 W Sac 93, Bos 101 L Utah 112, Sac 74 L Sac 110, Hou 118 L Cle 108, Sac 65 L Chi 104, Sac 83 L Sac 92, Det 105 L Tor 117, Sac 100 L Sac 67, NO 100 L	Sacramento is a very good team with Boban, Okafor, Gasol, Melo, and Collison. Unfortunately they have been accumulating random loses here and there. I think it is because the Kings generally find a way of putting targets on their backs. People know KLEM likes to abuse the system with glitch players and always sits at 3rd or 4th place in the West. KLEM recently gave up Nwaba & Patty Mills for PJ Tucker & Tarik Black. My guess is that he did this move as a result of the emergence of Mike James and the want for more offense off the bench and interest for more bigs. The Kings recently won bid on Mirza Teletovic who is a 76 rated player. I didn't bid because I could have sworn somebody was going to drop 20 gm points on him since he was a 76 rated player. KLEM basically got a 76 rated player for free. In case twin towers no lomger work, KLEM can switch it up with this new acquisition.
	21 (7)	45	Mia		6-7 Mia 74, Mil 129 L Mia 100, Por 73 W Mia 78, OKC 109 L NO 85, Mia 93 W Mia 104, Atl 86 W Mia 117, Ind 108 W Mil 105, Mia 77 L Mia 107, Was 92 W Mia 80, Utah 97 L Ind 108, Mia 101 L	The Heat are the biggest underdogs in the league. This team consist of all the players that nobody wanted; either because of horrible contract or low rating. Breece is finding value in each of these players and winning games with pure team ball. The Heat started off real hot, but after losing to two of the two best teams in week 5 and a very bad start in week 6, the Heat may look like they are falling into a slump. This is purely bad luck as only a select few teams had access to the new slider settings. The rest of us had to go into week 6 blindfolded. Breece was the unlucky one as his previous scheme didn't fare well under the new settings. I believe Breece will get the Heat back on track again in week 7.
	22 (17)	40	Den		6-7 Bkn 111, Den 99 L Den 100, Mil 115 L Den 100, OKC 120 L Dal 102, Den 83 L Den 88, Pho 115 L Den 97, Chi 105 L SA 93, Den 80 L LAC 119, Den 97 L Pho 89, Den 93 W Den 84, Hou 106 L	Denver started the season very poorly. When Kanter got hurt, things got good. Now Kanter is back, and the Nuggets are losing.
	23 (19)	25	Dal		4-9 Cha 116, Dal 101 L Utah 112, Dal 69 L Dal 102, Den 83 W Dal 105, LAL 88 W Orl 91, Dal 102 W Dal 124, Utah 120 W Dal 114, GS 72 W Dal 74, OKC 125 L Dal 111, Phi 128 L	Dallas has been abusing the hell out of Zubac, another glitch type player like Boban and Len. He's not ready to be a starter in the NBA, but is performing like a stud in NLL. Lonzo has been amazingly consistent in his rookie year. Besides that, there isn't too much going on with Dallas. Millsap is out indefinitely and Nerlens is having trouble staying on the court. I have been seeing some underrated play from Ellenson though.
	24 (29)	25	Det		4-8 Det 99, Was 96 W Phi 111, Det 96 L Det 107, NY 111 L Chi 76, Det 102 W LAL 76, Det 90 W Det 99, NO 92 W Sac 92, Det 105 W Mil 114, Det 91 L NO 91, Det 95 W Was 82, Det 94 W	The Pistons have been underwhelming. I think it is because they lack a star player. Simmons and Oladipo should be those guys, but they still had old tendencies. With the latest tendency update, they are both looking like their NBA selves. And I'm sure Laddas is just now seeing how much better they look. It may take a week or two to figure out how to win with these newly grown assets. It also would be nice to have one more healthy player so the team can mess around with 10 man rotations so that when Jabrari comes back, it will be an easy plug n' play situation.
	25 (21)	25	Mem		4-9 Bos 105, Mem 112 W Mem 96, Hou 112 L Mem 76, Chi 96 L Mem 92, NO 103 L Phi 131, Mem 83 L LAC 114, Mem 116 W OKC 130, Mem 70 L Mem 121, SA 78 W Mem 96, Phi 129 L Por 108, Mem 116 W	This team was too young to consistently win games, but Memphis showed a lot of flashes of the good that it can be. A lot of the scoring was done by Marquese Chriss. But Memphis found out soon that Jayson Tatum needed to be the leader. As the shots started to shift more towards Tatum, the team started to win a bit more consistently. This team is pretty much run all by prospects - Tatum, Ntilikina, Chriss, and Tyus.
	26 (23)	24	Ind		4-9 Orl 85, Ind 108 W Ind 106, LAL 77 W LAC 101, Ind 85 L Ind 101, Hou 90 W Ind 76, Atl 108 L Mia 117, Ind 108 L Orl 99, Ind 111 W GS 110, Ind 101 L Utah 121, Ind 134 W Ind 117, Cha 110 W Ind 108, Mia 101 W	Indiana is still learning to live life without Blake Griffin. They went on a 6 game losing streak after he got injured. At the same time, Parker returned and Sheed is trying to find his role in the offense since Monk was looking really good as the starting point guard. Tobias Harris has taken a major step forward in the loss of Griffin. Perhaps the recent upgrade to Maxi Kleber is just what Sheed needs to figure out how to be competitive again.
	27 (25)	24	LAC		4-8 LAC 108, GS 76 W LAC 101, Ind 85 W LAC 110, NO 83 W SA 94, LAC 128 W NY 82, LAC 118 W LAC 122, GS 77 W LAC 114, Mem 116 L LAC 132, NO 84 W LAC 92, Mil 131 L LAC 119, Den 97 W LAC 106, Hou 98 W	This team is loaded with talent. Just like Memphis, the team is run by a bunch of little kids like Booker, Gordon, and DSJ. Unlike Memphis though is this team isn't close to figuring it out. Most is to blame on injuries. And a lot has to do with undeveloped talent. Aaron Gordon has been a high rated player with bad tendencies. The recent tendency update has finally fixed him and he is able to put up 40 point games now. Josh Jackson and OG Anunoby have been getting better. Capela and DSJ have been solid. Players are starting to come back except DeAngelo. The recent Gordon tendency update is the biggest relevation for Andrew to start figuring how to win games again. The biggest nuisance has been Rodney Hood's inconsistency with staying on the court. I'm kind of worried about this guy. He'll get the shits right at the beginning of the game, and the coach will have to write him off because he can't leave the bathroom. Something is wrong with his digestive tract and it is making his body weaker. He might have Crohn's disease like Omer Asik and Larry Nance Jr. And there is no cure for this yet.
	28 (20)	15	NO		3-10 Por 96, NO 108 W LAC 110, NO 83 L NO 85, Mia 93 L Mem 92, NO 103 W NO 101, Tor 84 W Det 99, NO 92 L LAC 132, NO 84 L Sac 67, NO 100 W NO 124, Cle 107 W NO 91, Det 95 L	This team started the season red hot. But then Miles Plumlee came back and pushed Dakari Johnson out of the lineup. Since then, the Pelicans have been losing games. And they traded Corey Joseph and TJ Leaf for Ben McLemore and Caleb Swanigan. Now I think Pelicans are starting to win games again, and surprisingly Dakari is getting minutes. Reggie Jackson and Alex Len are the leaders of the team. "They Call Him Len" was the biggest glitch player out there. He's still good under the new slider settings. Just not 40 point game good.
	29 (30)	9	GS		3-10 GS 88, Atl 111 L LAC 108, GS 76 L Min 83, GS 115 W Atl 118, GS 99 L LAC 122, GS 77 L OKC 116, GS 82 L GS 110, Ind 101 W Dal 114, GS 72 L GS 107, SA 91 W GS 115, Min 97 W GS 81, Phi 124 L	Barnes is what made this team so good last year. But this year Barnes is looking a little more like his normal self, and players around him will need to step up to win games. Batum has been disappointing so far since his return from injury. Mailo tried to change things up by trading for Andre Iguodala, but managed to get fleeced a 1st rounder in the deal. I think the Warriors have talent to win games, but they need to get more out of Batum.
	30 (27)	0	Was		2-11 Was 87, SA 119 L Det 99, Was 96 L Was 113, Atl 117 L Min 89, Was 94 W Bos 102, Was 97 L Por 88, Was 112 W Was 101, Orl 83 W Mia 107, Was 92 L Was 82, Det 94 L	You got defenders who can't shoot. You have shooters who can't defend. You got high motor guys who can't score. There are a lot of holes with this team. Buddy Hield is the team's best prospect, but his upside is that of a 6th man. You got to like the progression of Dillon Brooks and Frank Mason III. And you're hoping for more from Bender. But this is a team not ready to win games yet.

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