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[SlyPokerDog]

NBA Power Rankings, Week 23:

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id...adds-another-milestone-lakers-continue-falter

 

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[illmatic99]

It baffles me to think there are 6 teams worse than us.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

It baffles me to think there are 6 teams worse than us.

It means we can still get better at being bad!

 

[wizenheimer]

It baffles me to think there are 6 teams worse than us.

I don't think it's that surprising. Say the Blazers end up with 28 wins. That would be the equivalent of 25 wins in a covid season

* so last season, 25 wins would have put them in 7th
* in 2019-20 they would have been tied for 7th
* in 2018-19 they would have been 5th
* in 2017-18 they would have been tied for 8th

over the previous 8-9 seasons we got use to paying attention to HCA seeding for the playoffs, not lottery seeding. There are always 4-6 truly crappy teams

 

[Hoopguru]

I don't think it's that surprising. Say the Blazers end up with 28 wins. That would be the equivalent of 25 wins in a covid season

* so last season, 25 wins would have put them in 7th
* in 2019-20 they would have been tied for 7th
* in 2018-19 they would have been 5th
* in 2017-18 they would have been tied for 8th

over the previous 8-9 seasons we got use to paying attention to HCA seeding for the playoffs, not lottery seeding. There are always 4-6 truly crappy teams

And only 4-6 contenders each year. Everyone else is below average, average or a bit over average.
The NBA is built around playin and playoff hoops.

 

[illmatic99]

I don't think it's that surprising. Say the Blazers end up with 28 wins. That would be the equivalent of 25 wins in a covid season

* so last season, 25 wins would have put them in 7th
* in 2019-20 they would have been tied for 7th
* in 2018-19 they would have been 5th
* in 2017-18 they would have been tied for 8th

over the previous 8-9 seasons we got use to paying attention to HCA seeding for the playoffs, not lottery seeding. There are always 4-6 truly crappy teams

i'm not talking about wins/losses. i was talking about the power rankings, which is what this thread is about. Having lost 10 of 11 games, many by 30+, i'm surprised that they ranked us above 6 other teams.

 

[e_blazer]

When do they release the tanker rankings? We’re freaking awesome at that.