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2009-10 Power Rankings: Week 1 RANK (LAST WK) TEAM REC. COMMENT 1 (2) Celtics 4-0 If the Rondo contract extension saga has been a distraction, imagine what kind of D we'll see from the C's when they're focused. They held the Hornets to 87 on Sunday and at times you were asking: "What's wrong?" 2 (3) Magic 3-0 Can a team make a statement with a road win at Toronto in the third game of the season? If so, this is what Orlando announced Sunday with Rashard, Vinsanity and Pietrus all missing: Deepest Team in the League! 3 (1) Lakers 2-1 Is it just us or has Pau's absence illuminated a lack of dependable depth for the reigning champs compared to what, say, Orlando or Boston has assembled? Conclusions are ill-advised so early, but it's worth discussing. 4 (8) Nuggets 3-0 He has logged 117 minutes. And he has rung up 113 points. Anyone else get the feeling that Carmelo Anthony isn't particularly pleased with all this one-hit wonder stuff people have been saying about the Nuggets? 5 (6) Mavericks 2-1 A long-awaited road win over the Lakers, Josh Howard's potential return in a week's time and the bounce in Marion's step have almost made the Mavs forget how flat they looked on opening night against the Wiz. Almost. 6 (5) Spurs 2-1 I think it's fair to say we wanted to see a little more juice from the Spurs on Thursday at Chicago in their first back-to-back set of the season after all the talk about how much deeper they got over the summer. Agreed? 7 (4) Cavaliers 2-2 Don't want to blow an 0-2 start out of proportion, because the early schedule was no gimme, but facts is facts: 15 teams have won 65 games or more and Elias says only one (these Cavs) started the next season 0-2. 8 (9) Hawks 2-1 You know who has not been impressed by a couple decent wins at home (over Indy and Washington) and one pounding inflicted by the Lakers? Joe Johnson. Said JJ after L.A. ran up a huge lead Sunday: "We're too soft." 9 (7) Trail Blazers 2-2 Opening Night '08 was way worse, when the Lakers humbled Portland on national TV and Oden went down. But this start has been no treat: Roy's shot is off, Aldridge has a bruised knee and Andre Miller isn't helping much. 10 (12) Suns 3-0 The weak comp in Week 1 will overshadow G-Hill's rebounding and Frye's 3s for some naysayers, but the Suns aren't apologizing. Not with J-Rich suspended for the first two games and a five-game East trip looming. 11 (16) Heat 3-0 Easy schedule or not, Miami impressed us almost as much in Week 1 as its more feared Florida neighbors. No one had D-Wade and his razor-thin crew sweeping their first three games by an average win margin of 14.3 ppg. 12 (17) Wizards 2-1 Andray Blatche cracked the 20-point plateau three times last year. He's done it twice this year filling in for Jamison. That math should explain why we're pubbing Blatche here instead of more deserved raves for Arenas. 13 (10) Jazz 1-1 One week in and all of last season's talking points have already been revived: Injuries (Korver and Okur), defense (very little displayed until the fourth quarter against the Clips) and, of course, uncertain futures (Boozer). 14 (11) Bulls 1-2 Don't want to make too much of a three-game sample, so let's just say that Ben Gordon's absence has been somewhat noticeable so far, given that the Bulls have clanked 36 of the 43 triples they've hoisted. 15 (14) 76ers 2-1 Sixers optimists would tell you that it took them until January last season to look as cohesive as they look already. We'll keep an open mind but can't ignore that the cohesiveness came against two lottery-bound teams. 16 (15) Raptors 1-2 The Raps might rank as the toughest team to rate, with results -- home win over the Cavs, losses in Memphis and at home to depleted Orlando -- all over the board even with Bosh and Bargnani clearly ready to go. 17 (20) Rockets 2-1 That they've won twice already shouldn't surprise you. You knew going in about the gutty little Rockets, no matter who's in the lineup. The shocker, if you're looking for one, is Ariza averaging 29.0 ppg in those wins. 18 (13) Hornets 1-2 Two games is way too soon to talk about coaching changes. Even in the hyper-speculative NBA. But I still wouldn't have wanted to be Byron Scott if the Hornets didn't pull out that home opener against the Kings' kiddies. 19 (21) Thunder 2-1 We repeat: Give 'em time. A 2-0 launch was nice, especially when it includes a 1-0 road record, but Sunday's home test against Portland was an early reminder that the NW Division's young darlings are still evolving. 20 (18) Pistons 1-2 Latest examples of how Twitter has changed the game: Villanueva responds to back-to-back Ls with a plea to fans to "NOT PRESS THE PANIC BUTTON" and a promise that "WE WILL BE MORE THAN ALL RIGHT." 21 (22) Bobcats 1-2 It took exactly one game for Charlotte to make its own case that signing A.I. would have helped. They've always had trouble scoring, but even the Bobs had never scored fewer than 73 ... until Boston held them to 59. 22 (19) Clippers 0-4 The gloom generated by Blake Griffin's knee injury has been replaced by plain old gloom after the Clips went scoreless for the final 4:42 of a home L to Dallas ... with Baron on the bench for all but 19 seconds of the fourth. 23 (27) Bucks 1-1 Fun Bucks factoid to digest when you're not ripping yourself for underrating Brandon Jennings: Milwaukee has opened on the road for 25 seasons in a row! No one else in history has done so for more than 14 straight seasons. 24 (28) Grizzlies 1-2 Considering they got drubbed at home in their opener by Detroit -- setting an unwanted NBA record with their ninth straight opening-night defeat -- all the offense we've seen since from the Grizz is pretty eye-catching. 25 (23) Pacers 0-2 Tyler Hansbrough's rookie debut is still on hold thanks to a shin problem. Mike Dunleavy's return from a long-term knee injury remains uncertain. And Team Granger is not nearly deep enough to cope well without them. 26 (29) Timberwolves 1-2 The comeback win over Jersey was nice, but nothing at this stage matters more than the recovery of Al Jefferson, who looked a little more like himself in Phoenix with 21 points ... after totaling 21 in the first two games. 27 (24) Warriors 0-2 As if the Dubs don't have enough going on, they're still smarting from the one-point home L to Houston. Good thing their next four games (Grizz, Clips, Wolves at home and Sac-Town away) offer four chances to atone. 28 (26) Knicks 0-3 Knicks fans have suffered so much for so long that we've made the benevolent decision to focus on a glimmer of positivity -- Gallinari's electric start -- as opposed to everything excruciating we've already seen. 29 (25) Nets 0-3 The Nets are painfully thin and young (and counting down the days to 2010 free agency) even when Devin Harris is healthy. So we might as well keep talking about the incoming Russian billionaire if Harris is out injured. 30 (30) Kings 0-3 As much as we'd like to dissect/dwell on Casspi's debut, we can't ignore the reality that any and all rookie discussion in Sacramento will focus on Tyreke Evans' recovery from a twisted ankle. Until Evans is back.

[Sees]

요즘 파워랭킹은 위쪽보는 재미보다 밑에쪽 맞추는 재미가 더 크다는... 어차피 위에야 뭐 6팀정도가 위치만 바꾸는 형국일뿐인거고ㄷㄷ

[캡틴실바]

Deepest team in the league!!

[날아라해리스]

댈러스가 파워랭킹 5위안에 들어간걸 보는게 얼마만인지...

[큐반형달려]

상위권이니 기분좋네요~ 레이커스를 잡은데다가, 조쉬가 곧 건강히 돌아올꺼란 기대가 포함된것 같아요~

[HangTime]

2승 2패한 클블과 포틀이 3전 전승한 피닉스와 마이애미보다 위네요. 내심 10권밖으로 떨어질까봐 조마조마했는데..

[KOBE IS KING]

보스턴 올랜도 역시 강팀이군요

[LAL-브라이언Kim]

레이커스가 얼마만에 두단계 3위로 하락했군요 뭐 가솔이라는 선수부상공백 있으니 당연 풀전력 아니니 ...

[John Wall]

어이쿠 영어가 짧아서 무슨 말인지 잘 모르겠네요

[못된남자]

새크는 마냥 답답합니다..

[Kevin_Garnett]

보스톤 아직까지는 늙지 않은 모습 보여주는군요.. 리그 중후반 보스톤의 체력이 어떻게 될지가 궁금하네요. 빅3 모두 마지막이라 생각하고 모든것을 불태워버렸으면 좋겠습니다

[UN4GETTABLE]

보스턴의 경우 빅3 모두가 그렇게 운동능력에 의존하는 스타일이 아니라서 후반 체력보존에는 개인적으로 큰 무리가 없을거라고 보입니다. 전반기에 좀 달리다가 후반부에 가면 플옵을 위해서 체력을 비축하는 플레이를 보여줄것 같습니다. 또 출전시간 분배도 적절하게 되고있구요.

[jazzgun2]

Miami impressed us almost as much in Week 1 as its more feared Florida neighbors 여기 해석좀 해주실수있으세요??..ㅋ

[캡틴실바]

이번주에 마이애미는 그들의 무서운 플로리다 이웃(올랜도)만큼이나 강한 인상을 남겼다...

[HeatFlash]

Easy schedule or not, Miami impressed us almost as much in Week 1 as its more feared Florida neighbors. No one had D-Wade and his razor-thin crew sweeping their first three games by an average win margin of 14.3 ppg.

[HeatFlash]

스케쥴이 편했든 아니든 간에, 마이애미는 첫번째 주에 그들의 더 무서운 플로리다 이웃(올랜도)만큼이나 강한 인상을 남겼다. 어떤 팀도 D-Wade 와 그외 면도날처럼 예리한 동료들이 평균 득실 14.3 점 차이로 3 게임을 전승하는 것을 막진 못했다. (기뻐 죽겠네요...ㅠㅠ)

[댈러스맨]

와 5위다! 댈러스 죽지 않아..

[MELOTIME]

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