NBA Power Rankings for 08-09 (IMO)

[Goldstar88]

    This is how the teams stack up IMO for the beginning of the 2008-2009 season. Im Curious to see how you all see it playing out.

 East
1) Boston- Players will step up to fill Poseys void. Even more team chemistry.
2) Detroit- Still have a great starting line up. Expect Stuckey to get more minutes.
3) Cleavland- The addition of Mo Williams should really help the team and take some pressure off Lebron in terms of scoring.
4) Philly- Brand was a huge pickup, Solid 1-5.
5) Orlando- One more year of experiance for Howard.
6) Washington- talented team, not sure if Arenas will ever play again. Butler is coming off of his best season.
7) Toronto- The tandum of O'neal and Bosh could be impressive as long as O'neal stays healthy.
8 Chicago- The team has way to much talent to be as bad as they were last year.

Worst team in the East, Indiana.

West
1) Lakers- Healthy Bynum should make them the best team in the West.
2) Hornets- Have arguably the best point guard in the League. Posey off the bench.
3) Rockets- Have their own big three in Yao, Tmac, and Artest. Francis off the bench.
4) Suns- Still a talented team, Alot depends on how much shaq has left.
5) Jazz- Pretty solid team. seems like they need one more star player to get them to elite status.
6) Spurs- Team is getting old. Never seem to make noise in the offseason.
7) Mavs- Kidd should make the offense run smoother. Alot of offensive weapons.
8 Clippers- On paper they look pretty decent. Will they be able to develop Chemistry?

Worst team in the West.- Oklahoma

[shookones99]

    This is how the teams stack up IMO for the beginning of the 2008-2009 season. Im Curious to see how you all see it playing out.

 East
1) Boston- Players will step up to fill Poseys void. Even more team chemistry.
2) Detroit- Still have a great starting line up. Expect Stuckey to get more minutes.
3) Cleavland- The addition of Mo Williams should really help the team and take some pressure off Lebron in terms of scoring.
4) Philly- Brand was a huge pickup, Solid 1-5.
5) Orlando- One more year of experiance for Howard.
6) Washington- talented team, not sure if Arenas will ever play again. Butler is coming off of his best season.
7) Toronto- The tandum of O'neal and Bosh could be impressive as long as O'neal stays healthy.
8 Chicago- The team has way to much talent to be as bad as they were last year.

Worst team in the East, Indiana.

West
1) Lakers- Healthy Bynum should make them the best team in the West.
2) Hornets- Have arguably the best point guard in the League. Posey off the bench.
3) Rockets- Have their own big three in Yao, Tmac, and Artest. Francis off the bench.
4) Suns- Still a talented team, Alot depends on how much shaq has left.
5) Jazz- Pretty solid team. seems like they need one more star player to get them to elite status.
6) Spurs- Team is getting old. Never seem to make noise in the offseason.
7) Mavs- Kidd should make the offense run smoother. Alot of offensive weapons.
8 Clippers- On paper they look pretty decent. Will they be able to develop Chemistry?

Worst team in the West.- Oklahoma

I pretty much agree with that except I would swap Philly with Detroit and swap the Cavs with the Magic.

EAST:
1. Boston
2. Philly
3. Magic
4. Pistons
5. Cavs

[celticmaestro]

Are these your playoff seedings or Power Rankings?

Boston (1)
Cleveland (5)
Detroit (4)
Philly (10)
Orlando (9)
Toronto (14)
Miami (19)
Washington (17)
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Chicago(18)
Atlanta (21)
Indiana (23)
New York (29)
Charlotte (24)
Milwaukee (25)
New Jersey (30)

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Lakers (2)
New Orleans (3)
Utah (7)
Houston (6)
San Antonio (8.)
Phoenix (13)
Dallas (12)
Portland (11)
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Denver (20)
Golden State (15)
Sacramento (22)
Minnesota (26)
Clippers (16)
Oklahoma (28)
Memphis (27)

That's my prediction of the seedings at the end of the season and in brackets is my rankings as of right now.

[Goldstar88]

Power Rankings for the top 8 teams. You can do seedings as well.

[CelticBalla32]

Here are mine (1-30).