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Power Ranking - Mid-Season Predictions(or not)

Jan, 26 (Week 10) - Week 11 is a good and easy time to predict the future of all the league. Let's talk about the best and the worst. Is worth to keep your picks? Is height matters this season? Is Papagianis better than Jeff Forter? Ah ok this one we can't talk about :( [sheed36]

	Rank	Rating	Team		Record	Comment
	1 (5)	95	Cha		11-1 NO 62, Cha 116 W Atl 92, Cha 122 W Cha 112, Ind 79 W GS 85, Cha 114 W Atl 104, Cha 94 L Mia 66, Cha 122 W Cha 91, LAC 125 L Cha 95, Mia 68 W Orl 91, Cha 83 L Cha 100, Cle 69 W Cha 95, Mil 115 L	After a loooong rebuild Charlotte fans can finally see their team as one of the best teams in the league. With the help of the best player in NLL, Kristaps Porzingis Hornets have everything to punch their way into the playoffs for the first time in 9 years. However i think Charlotte will slide one position due injuries to Boston Celtics and finish at 4th in the East
	2 (2)	93	OKC		11-2 Utah 77, OKC 124 W OKC 112, GS 84 W OKC 112, SA 81 W LAL 61, OKC 130 W OKC 107, Bkn 87 W OKC 108, NO 74 W Por 62, OKC 134 W Hou 102, OKC 91 L Mem 81, OKC 119 W Chi 100, OKC 96 L OKC 74, Dal 117 L	Oklahoma just have one single player with -minus points in their entire roster. Poor rookie Kennard has -0,4 when he is on the floor. Maybe it's the only way to beat these guys? They are distancing themselves from the San Antonio Jaegers, i mean Spurs and are 6 games away. They will remain in the first place until the end of the season unless Paul George and other starter suffers any injury.
	3 (9)	87	Cle		10-2 Cle 91, Dal 109 L Mil 101, Cle 83 L Por 123, Cle 99 L Cle 90, Phi 123 L Chi 89, Cle 107 W Cle 107, Det 113 L Phi 119, Cle 112 L Cle 81, Hou 108 L LAL 76, Cle 101 W Det 111, Cle 82 L Cle 80, Pho 120 L Cha 100, Cle 69 L	The King still has a lot of gas in his tank. Cavs are the second in East With LeBron James and Drummond duo leading this high pace team. Cavs leads the team in rebound but plays careless with the ball as they are the worst team in turnovers. Turnovers are not enough to slow them down if they shoot better than the opponent though. Cavs will finish first in the end passing by the division rival Bucks.
	4 (6)	84	Mil		9-3 Mil 102, Dal 110 L Mil 101, Cle 83 W Mil 145, Det 74 W Pho 102, Mil 117 W Mil 110, Chi 84 W Dal 108, Mil 118 W Mil 113, LAC 85 W Ind 99, Mil 123 W Cha 95, Mil 115 W Phi 123, Mil 127 W	Bucks is a good example of very good management. They were able to bring in a lot of amazing assets by trading "solid" players for future picks. And now they are leader in the East conference and a supposed to be around this position for a long time. As you can see they still have a lot of young talents and picks to work on. Bucks will finish second just after the Cavs but i think they have enough to get the title.
	5 (1)	79	Min		9-3 Min 106, Chi 115 L NO 91, Min 95 W Orl 89, Min 107 W Sac 101, Min 110 W SA 109, Min 84 L Min 90, Den 103 L Mem 102, Min 74 L Utah 111, Min 104 L Bkn 127, Min 122 L Min 80, Hou 116 L	What with all the salt early in the season? Wolves are now one of the best teams in the West. The new gm Joshua is doing a good job on maintain this core. With the return of Kevin Love Minnesota can guarantee a third place just few games behind San Antonio.
	6 (4)	70	Utah		8-4 Utah 77, OKC 124 L Por 109, Utah 88 L SA 107, Utah 97 L Mem 91, Utah 106 W Utah 98, SA 116 L Atl 112, Utah 109 L Hou 136, Utah 108 L Utah 111, Min 104 W Utah 92, Atl 104 L LAC 104, Utah 89 L Utah 121, Bos 113 W	Rising in 6th position is Utah Jazz. They had a terrible start of the season but were able to return from dead on week 4 and 5. For now they just need to maintain a formula of winning finding the right lineup. They will finish in forth in West passing by the surprising Memphis.
	7 (7)	67	Mem		8-4 Mem 78, Was 109 L Ind 74, Mem 109 W Mem 103, Det 110 L Mem 114, Dal 104 W Mem 91, Utah 106 L Mem 117, Por 83 W Mem 115, GS 78 W Mem 97, Sac 84 W Mem 102, Min 74 W Mem 81, OKC 119 L Mem 94, Bkn 110 L	Memphis is the biggest surprise of the season and with the help of the biggest gitch player of all time in NLL (yes he is better the Gerald Green), Papagiannis. The guy is 8th best player in the league and he does everything. however we all know height counts as 37% of all NLL top 100 are 6'11s or higher. Memphis will finish 5th in the West making the Playoff returning to the West elite remembering Chris Bosh days.
	8 (11)	67	NY		8-4 NY 107, Tor 119 L Mia 68, NY 120 W Bkn 148, NY 86 L Orl 92, NY 102 W SA 104, NY 92 L NY 104, Por 97 W NY 117, NO 109 W NY 117, Ind 135 L NY 107, GS 113 L NY 98, Sac 72 W NO 75, NY 100 W	Knicks are kind of disappointing this season. We all know the potential of Harden, Irving and Howard trio but something is missing in this team to be perfect. Zach Randolph is struggling bad this year and his salary could turn out in a some good young players to fresh things up. Knicks will finish 5th in the East.
	9 (12)	64	Tor		8-4 Mia 80, Tor 94 W NY 107, Tor 119 W LAL 122, Tor 91 L Phi 136, Tor 99 L Tor 102, LAC 138 L Det 98, Tor 101 W Bkn 134, Tor 129 L Tor 88, NO 93 L Tor 104, Was 101 W Tor 114, Ind 83 W	Raptors are really doing ok lately fighting for a 8th spot. Bradley Beal and other "centers" are their major weapon to win games. Their schedule is going to be a bit hard toward the end of the season but they can handle to get the 8th spot with Orlando falling free.
	10 (13)	59	Den		7-5 Den 119, GS 100 W Hou 124, Den 102 L Det 96, Den 97 W Ind 111, Den 96 L Den 114, Dal 129 L Min 90, Den 103 W Den 98, Orl 80 W Den 94, SA 105 L Sac 94, Den 110 W Atl 121, Den 112 L Den 109, Ind 107 W	After some good trades Denver is looking way better in last few week.Kanter and Wall are scoring in tones and it was just a time to find the right direction. All they need now is some help off the bench, maybe trading DWade and turning him into 2-3 solid players would do the job. Denver will have a nice climb in standings. They will steal Sacramento's 6th position.
	11 (10)	57	SA		7-6 SA 107, Utah 97 W LAL 70, SA 104 W OKC 112, SA 81 L SA 104, NY 92 W Utah 98, SA 116 W SA 109, Min 84 W Sac 93, SA 112 W SA 113, GS 120 L Den 94, SA 105 W SA 99, Pho 114 L	San Antonio had the patience enough to rebuild and build around Anthony Davis even with all the injuries. They also had the smart choice to bring the big man Embiid from Orlando. They are now NLL champions, with all but patience. They can finish second in the West if nothing tragic happens with the two towers duo.
	12 (23)	54	Bkn		7-6 Bkn 133, Hou 95 W Bos 113, Bkn 125 W Bkn 148, NY 86 W Was 89, Bkn 118 W Bkn 134, Tor 129 W OKC 107, Bkn 87 L Bkn 127, Min 122 W Bkn 104, Mia 83 W Mem 94, Bkn 110 W	Nets are having a very disappointing season and with DeAndre Jordan "rare" injury they got a bit worse in last week. They have a amazing core though. DeMarr DeRozan, Bledsoe and Taj Gibson are good names. They just don't have the mojo. Or the right 7'0 footer. Brooklyn will finish the season better in 7th position.
	13 (3)	49	Bos		6-6 Bos 113, Bkn 125 L Pho 126, Bos 131 W Orl 84, Bos 114 W Ind 136, Bos 133 L Bos 112, Mia 99 W Dal 116, Bos 94 L Bos 93, Phi 110 L Bos 106, Por 99 W Hou 126, Bos 113 L Utah 121, Bos 113 L	Everybody is talking about Laddas trade frenzy but gm Jmac is not so far from it. 13 players already traded away from Boston. All to avoid the dependency of Kevin Durant. But in vain. Boston lost 3 games last week without him and are yet far from East Conference top 2 teams. If Durant remains healthy Boston will finish third in the East Conference just one or two games ahead the Hornets.
	14 (8)	45	Pho		6-7 LAC 115, Pho 108 L Atl 71, Pho 127 W Pho 126, Bos 131 L Pho 102, Mil 117 L Was 118, Pho 120 W NO 100, Pho 92 L Orl 74, Pho 108 W SA 99, Pho 114 W Cle 80, Pho 120 W	Phoenix is yet again in the same place of last two years. Not good enough to be a Playoff team and not bad enough to have a chance in the draft. Maybe it's time to move some pieces like... Kemba Walker? Oh yes they don't have their own pick so, it's better keep fighting. Phoenix still have some chance to fight for the 8th position and with some hope Hayward can return this season.
	15 (17)	42	Sac		6-7 Sac 93, Chi 105 L Dal 106, Sac 60 L Sac 74, LAL 91 L Sac 91, GS 94 L Sac 101, Min 110 L Mem 97, Sac 84 L Sac 54, Orl 105 L Sac 93, SA 112 L NY 98, Sac 72 L Ind 101, Sac 57 L Sac 94, Den 110 L	Kings are on a roller coaster situation winning more the losing lately. Boban is not the same anymore but the Kings move on with Brook Lopez. If they remain in mid .500 they can finish in 7th position in the West Conference.
	16 (30)	38	Dal		5-7 Cle 91, Dal 109 W Dal 106, Sac 60 W Mil 102, Dal 110 W Mem 114, Dal 104 L Den 114, Dal 129 W Por 116, Dal 120 W Dal 116, Bos 94 W Dal 108, Mil 118 L Dal 102, Mia 91 W OKC 74, Dal 117 W Dal 136, Det 115 W	Dallas is heading down since the start of the season. With Lonzo and Milsap down their situation can get a bit worse. They is yet to have a competitive team and will have to wait the development of Lonzo Ball and others. They still can stop fighting and start tanking for get better chance in the draft and this decision must be taken as soon as possible. Dallas will choose to tank and finish in 12th place. They are not as bad as Portland and others.
	17 (18)	37	Atl		5-7 Atl 71, Pho 127 L Atl 111, Was 92 W Atl 92, Cha 122 L Atl 106, Mia 76 W Atl 90, Was 109 L Atl 104, Cha 94 W LAL 91, Atl 117 W Atl 112, Utah 109 W Phi 109, Atl 89 L Utah 92, Atl 104 W Atl 121, Den 112 W	Hawks are doing very well with all injuries they are having lately. Greg Monroe is having a MVP season, (you know why) and Fultz is about to return. They can finish the season in 8th in the East even without a single player with 80 or more overall.
	18 (19)	36	Chi		5-7 Sac 93, Chi 105 W Min 106, Chi 115 W Chi 98, Phi 131 L Chi 89, Cle 107 L Mil 110, Chi 84 L NO 92, Chi 88 L Phi 120, Chi 72 L Chi 100, OKC 96 W Chi 67, GS 99 L	Chicago is pretty much nothing without Stephen Curry... Sorry Thompson... They are back to track with Curry's returning and will climb few more places in the upcoming weeks. Not sure how long Curry will stay health but the Knicks are right behind them. One sneeze and good bye 5th place. I predict they finishing 6th in the East.
	19 (24)	35	Hou		5-7 Bkn 133, Hou 95 L Hou 85, LAC 124 L Hou 124, Den 102 W Hou 106, GS 99 W Hou 136, Utah 108 W Phi 119, Hou 109 L Cle 81, Hou 108 W Hou 102, OKC 91 W Min 80, Hou 116 W Hou 126, Bos 113 W	Houston looking better than the start of the season. Whiteside got some help on Tobias Harris now and can make a surprising come back in this roller coaster. They need more from Tim Hardaway though. He is not doing as he was supposed to do on paper. Houston have some chance to snack Lakers' place in the end but can finish 9th just behind them.
	20 (21)	31	Det		5-9 Mil 145, Det 74 L Mem 103, Det 110 W Det 96, Den 97 L Orl 79, Det 101 W Cle 107, Det 113 W Det 98, Tor 101 L Det 102, LAC 121 L Mia 66, Det 100 W Det 111, Cle 82 W Orl 70, Det 121 W Dal 136, Det 115 L	Direction. It's all Detroit needed in the last couple years. They trade for picks and then few months later they trade these picks away. They draft a young prospect and then trade away the drafted players for players in a chance to win games. And then trade away again for young players. They don't know what to do. Are they looking for "winning now" or are they going to build around young assets for two years and it's hurting the team. Are they settle now? How long can they stay with the assets they have? This year they have their pick but what will they do without their own picks in the upcoming two years? Detroit will sadly finish last in the conference.
	21 (20)	29	LAC		4-9 Hou 85, LAC 124 W LAC 115, Pho 108 W LAC 122, Por 111 W Tor 102, LAC 138 W Cha 91, LAC 125 W Det 102, LAC 121 W Orl 68, LAC 127 W LAC 103, LAL 89 W Mil 113, LAC 85 L LAC 104, Utah 89 W	Sometimes it's too much. The picks collectors Clippers is the youngest team in the league with average 21 years old. Sometimes to get some wins we need to find the middle point between the youth and experience. But in this weird season Clippers invested on the wrong side of the court as guards are not as good as the bigs. hopefully it changes next season and then the Clippers can be a top team in the West as they expect to be. Clippers will finish a little better and they can actually make the Playoffs with some luck.
	22 (16)	29	Phi		5-8 Phi 121, NO 83 W Phi 122, Mia 91 W Cle 90, Phi 123 W Chi 98, Phi 131 W Phi 136, Tor 99 W Phi 126, Ind 132 L Phi 119, Cle 112 W Phi 119, Hou 109 W Bos 93, Phi 110 W Phi 120, Chi 72 W Phi 109, Atl 89 W Phi 123, Mil 127 L	It's been a long time since Sixers don't make the Playoffs. What is going on is really hard to tell but not having Kawhi Leonard is not the only problem here. Teams are with better record with terrible roster, see the Hawks. Something is wrong and they have time to figure out. Sixers will try but won't make the Playoffs, finishing the season in 11th.
	23 (15)	27	LAL		4-9 LAL 95, NO 74 W Sac 74, LAL 91 W LAL 122, Tor 91 W LAL 70, SA 104 L LAL 61, OKC 130 L GS 95, LAL 110 W LAL 91, Atl 117 L Mia 91, LAL 75 L LAL 76, Cle 101 L LAL 85, NO 58 W LAC 103, LAL 89 L LAL 88, Was 114 L	Without Vucevic Lakers are really in a bad situation and will stay without him until the allstar break. The Lakers have a good roster to maintain a 7th position for sometime but not for long. Denver will passing them soon and Houston and Phoenix are just behind looking for a breach. If Vucevic returns ok to go until the end of the season the Lakers will finish 8th and make the Playoffs yet again.
	24 (29)	24	Ind		4-9 Ind 115, Was 108 W Ind 74, Mem 109 L Cha 112, Ind 79 L Ind 136, Bos 133 W Phi 126, Ind 132 W Ind 111, Den 96 W NY 117, Ind 135 W Ind 101, Sac 57 W Ind 99, Mil 123 L Tor 114, Ind 83 L Den 109, Ind 107 L	Indiana! When talking about stupid trades decisions lets go back to 2016 when the Pacers traded away this 2018 first round pick for a 17th rookie Delon Wright which is not even in Indiana anymore... shame on you Sheed. But well now they got the little guy, three point machine gun. Yes their savior is a 5'9 point guard in this world of giants! Pacers will improve but not enough They will finish 10th or 9th with one or 2 games away from the Playoffs.
	25 (27)	24	Por		4-8 Por 109, Utah 88 W LAC 122, Por 111 L Por 123, Cle 99 W NY 104, Por 97 L Mem 117, Por 83 L Por 116, Dal 120 L Por 62, OKC 134 L Bos 106, Por 99 L Por 113, GS 120 L Was 115, Por 103 L	Portland without the gitch wing Rudy Gay can't do much but lose games. thanks to their former gm they can't even losing on purpose so all they can do is to wait for Gay to return or even trade him for a first round pick and accept their fate. The Blazzers won't go anywhere but stay in 13th place in the West
	26 (25)	23	Mia		4-8 Mia 80, Tor 94 L Mia 68, NY 120 L Phi 122, Mia 91 L Atl 106, Mia 76 L Mia 66, Cha 122 L Mia 91, LAL 75 W Bos 112, Mia 99 L Mia 66, Det 100 L Bkn 104, Mia 83 L Dal 102, Mia 91 L Cha 95, Mia 68 L	Miami is also in descending trajectory and got no fuel to fight for a playoff spot. They have a top 3 protected pick this year so would be better for keep losing as many games as they can. Miami will do his best to tank but will finish in 13th place in the East.
	27 (22)	23	Orl		4-8 Orl 79, Was 99 L Orl 89, Min 107 L Orl 92, NY 102 L Orl 84, Bos 114 L Orl 79, Det 101 L Den 98, Orl 80 L Sac 54, Orl 105 W Orl 74, Pho 108 L Orl 68, LAC 127 L Orl 91, Cha 83 W Orl 70, Det 121 L	It just like your enemy cast dispel magic and takes away all your buffs. Yes the Magic is gone and so the Orlando Magic. They are going down hard in the last few weeks and have no hope to return. Akk they can do is to slow the bleeding down and stay on the Playoffs. Magic will get passed by and will finish the season in 10th place, unless they still have one last spell.
	28 (14)	20	NO		4-9 NO 62, Cha 116 L LAL 95, NO 74 L Phi 121, NO 83 L NO 91, Min 95 L NO 100, Pho 92 W OKC 108, NO 74 L NO 92, Chi 88 W NY 117, NO 109 L Tor 88, NO 93 W NO 77, Was 103 L LAL 85, NO 58 L NO 75, NY 100 L	New Orleans are really in bad shape, paying for the sins of their last gm. His favourite guy the one who he spent 99 gm points twice can barely walk for a couple season and has 3 years of his contract to spend in the infirmary. Just sit tight Pelicans fans for the NLL 2018 Draft...
	29 (28)	19	Was		4-8 Ind 115, Was 108 L Mem 78, Was 109 W Orl 79, Was 99 W Atl 111, Was 92 L Atl 90, Was 109 W Was 89, Bkn 118 L Was 118, Pho 120 L Was 128, GS 81 W Tor 104, Was 101 L NO 77, Was 103 W LAL 88, Was 114 W Was 115, Por 103 W	Wizards is another team without their own pick this year. Traded away back in Carmelo Anthony for Hayward and Isaiah Thomas trade this pick sits in Houston's hands until these days. However Darko learned from his mistake and is hold as much future assets as possible to bring the Wizards back to the top. We all hope he has enough patience to develop all these talents in hands. They will finish just above Detroit in 15th place as Detroit will try to tank hard...(or not) and Wizards have no reason to tank.
	30 (26)	13	GS		3-9 Den 119, GS 100 L OKC 112, GS 84 L Sac 91, GS 94 W GS 85, Cha 114 L GS 95, LAL 110 L Hou 106, GS 99 L Mem 115, GS 78 L Was 128, GS 81 L NY 107, GS 113 W SA 113, GS 120 W Por 113, GS 120 W Chi 67, GS 99 W	"Good pickup" someone said last season when GSW traded their first round pick for Shabazz Muhammad...It's not the only time GSW can't hold their fingers on trade first round picks for "Solid"(or not even proved) players. Same happened in 2016 (Marcus Smart for what became Jammal Murray),2017's Donovan Mitchell traded for Nicolas Batum, 2018 as i said, 2019... for the veteran Iguodala and 2020 for Josh Hart?!?What is wrong with some fun in NLL Draft? Golden State will finish last and we hope for them to find a way out of this.

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