http://dabullz.com/2009/01/13/dabullzcom-power-rankings-01-13-09/ You can always check the power rankings here: (Bookmark the link) http://dabullz.com/power-rankings/
If the Lakers win their next game and the Cavs lose will the Lakers be #1? How come the Bucks are lower than the Raptors and 76ers when they have more wins?
There's may be a good chance of the Lakers surpassing the Cavs if that were to happen. Bucks are higher than the Raptors. They're lower than the 76ers by a marginal amount from the various inputs.
It should be pretty interesting up top with the Cavs beating the Lakers and the Celtics beating the Suns today. My original inclination would be that Cleveland stays up top after today by a bit. But it's setting up for a close cluster roller coaster ride for the rest of the season among the top 4.
nice prediction there buddy! why are the lakers so under-estimated? we are always the underdogs, its weird. i mean lebron is fantastic, an amazing player, easily going to be one of the greats, but kobe has been doin this alot longer than lebron, so why do people under-estimate us? please give me a legitimate answer.
Lakers don't play defense as well as Cleveland. But yeah nice prediction there buddy, are we so bad now that the game doesn't even have to start for us to lose?
That wasn't my prediction. I meant to say Lakers beat the Cavs. If I were to actually have meant Cavs beat Lakers, the post wouldn't have made any sense. It would have been along the lines of, "Cavs dominant, increase lead on Lakers!"
Lakers should move to #1 it's the only acceptable fix. The formula needs to be tweaked, because the Cavs are weighted too, high for a team without any proven road success.
The Cavs are rating so good, because they have the best defense in the league, and the third best defense. For awhile, they had both the best offense, best defense, and best record in the league. The Lakres on the other hand are 5.5 points worse of a defensive team, while only a 0.7 points better offensive team than the Cavs (coming into today's game). Defense has a slightly higher natural weighting in the formula, based on the best offensive number in the league being much higher (and team's meeting a higher % of) than the highest defensive number, which the Cavs hold. If the Cavs continue to falter on the road, it will be seen in their rating. A dynamite road record isn't completely necessary to become NBA champions. San Antonio in 2005 went 21-20 on the road, and Miami did the same in 2006. I'm sure San Antonio probably got some quality road wins, but I'm pretty sure in that season, Miami got nothing resembling a quality win on the road at all....they were quite bad against the good teams in the league as a whole.
http://dabullz.com/2009/01/21/dabullzcom-power-rankings-01-21-09/ There are some really thin margins, in particular, Houston and Utah.
