I would say that its a bit high, but it's nice to see that we are in the company of such great teams.... http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/powerranking Wizards and Bulls should be ahead of us....as should the lakers, ever though the raps beat them last week.
I think part of the Espn power rankings is the disproportionately weight recent performance of a team vs the enitirety of the season. Hence the espn quote: <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">So they didn't win their road showdown with Detroit. So what? Raps are 14-6 in 2007 and rank as the Titanic's first team over .500 since New Jersey was 5-4.</div> of note SI.com Power rankings have us ranked NO. 15 and contrast the current rankings with the original rankings at the start of the season, here is a better explanation: <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">In honor of the upcoming All-Star Weekend, we present a special midseason edition of Power Rankings. Never mind how teams are playing as of right now. This week, we take a look at how the league's 30 teams have fared over the first half of the season and assess their prospects heading into the second half. We've also included each team's preseason ranking (PR), just to show how far off we've been thus far in our predictions. This season's high riser: Raptors (No. 15 from No. 28) This season's big drop: Nets (No. 22 from No. 6)</div> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Toronto Raptors # 15 Originally # 28 With three key international imports and a new Suns-style offense featuring 100 field goal attempts per game, few expected the Raptors to rise. But after slowing the pace a bit, the NBA's Team UN has come together to lead the Atlantic and lay claim as the season's biggest first-half surprise. All-Stars: Chris Bosh.</div> Si Power Rankings SI Power rankings have us behind both the Clippers and the Nuggets, while we have a far better record than both I think Marty Burns is giving credit to the west as a superior conference.
