Spurs Power Ranks (Sim 1).

[havliceker]

Quick recap of the formula for those who weren't in the previous league.

Road Win 2 points
Home Win 1 point
Road Loss 0 points
Home Loss -2 points

		Total	Home	Road
Rank	Team	W L	W L	W L	Total Pts	pts/game	Comments
1	New York Knicks	5 - 1	1 - 0	4 - 1	9	1.50	Start spreading the news, New York tops the first official league power rankings.
2	Portland Trailblazers	7 - 3	1 - 1	6 - 2	11	1.10	Road heavy start of season is no problem for the Blazers.
3	Utah Jazz	6 - 3	3 - 0	3 - 3	9	1.00	Triple post line up with Malone at SF lands the Jazz in third place.
4	Phoenix Suns	6 - 4	3 - 0	3 - 4	9	0.90	Breuer trade is significant after Polynice breaks his jaw.
5	Detroit Pistons	10 - 3	6 - 2	4 - 1	10	0.77	Still ranked high despite early injury to Isaiah, watch out when he returns.
6	Atlanta Hawks	7 - 5	3 - 1	4 - 4	9	0.75	K Will earns player of the week awards, declares he'll play into the next millennia.
7t	Boston Celtics	7 - 4	2 - 2	5 - 2	8	0.73	Rumors in bean town about a possible end of current era for this storied franchise.
7t	Orlando Magic	7 - 4	4 - 1	3 - 3	8	0.73	Do you believe in Magic? It will take some to Disney-fy the round mound of rebound.
9	Houston Rockets	6 - 3	6 - 0	0 - 3	6	0.67	Several wins on the road can launch the Rockets among the ABCA's elite.
10	Los Angeles Lakers	7 - 3	6 - 1	1 - 2	6	0.60	Magic is 2.5 rebounds per game away from AVERAGING a triple double.
11	Philadelphia 76ers	6 - 4	3 - 2	3 - 2	5	0.50	A respectable season this year + cap space + a lot of 1st round draft picks may equal future success.
12	Indiana Pacers	5 - 5	2 - 2	3 - 3	4	0.40	Pacers outside attack give fans hope for a playoff run.
13	Milwaukee Bucks	6 - 5	3 - 3	3 - 2	3	0.27	Bucks balanced attack has five players averaging double figures.
14	Washington Bullets	5 - 4	2 - 3	3 - 1	2	0.22	Looks like the Bullets may have traded for a team leader in Eddie Lee Wilkens.
15	Dallas Mavericks	3 - 7	2 - 1	1 - 6	2	0.20	Mavs are playing better then their record indicates. They just need a bit more scoring.
16	Denver Nuggets	6 - 5	6 - 2	0 - 3	2	0.18	The Nuggets have the experience and talent to make a run once they fine tune their line up.
17t	Chicago Bulls	7 - 5	6 - 3	1 - 2	2	0.17	The Bulls will go as far as Jordan can take them.
17t	Charlotte Hornets	5 - 7	4 - 2	1 - 5	2	0.17	Hornets need some depth at post and could have a winning record if they are able to acquire some.
19	Minnesota Timberwolves	4 - 6	1 - 3	3 - 3	1	0.10	Fans have to appreciate Sam Mitchell's effort to win some games for the hometown faithful.
20	Seattle Sonics	5 - 7	1 - 4	4 - 3	1	0.08	Sonics leading the pack of Western Conference teams competing for the last two playoff seeds.
21t	Miami Heat	5 - 6	4 - 3	1 - 3	0	0.00	Glen Rice's .602 FG% is screaming "Give me the ball".
21t	Cleveland Cavaliers	4 - 5	2 - 3	2 - 2	0	0.00	Cavs offense starting slow thus far, but will play well if and win their O catches fire.
21t	Los Angeles Clippers	4 - 6	2 - 3	2 - 3	0	0.00	Clippers trade Harper for three reserves (Webb, Bratz, and Corzine).
21t	San Antonio Spurs	5 - 7	2 - 4	3 - 3	0	0.00	May need to give more minutes to veterans if they expect to win this year.
25	Golden State Warriors	3 - 8	0 - 4	3 - 4	-2	-0.18	Loss of Danny Young resulted in more minutes for Hardaway and may be the reason for so may TO.
26	New Jersey Nets	3 - 8	1 - 4	2 - 4	-3	-0.27	Speaking of turnovers, the Nets are the only team to have more then the Warriors at 17.4 TPG.
27	Vancouver Grizzlies	4 - 6	1 - 5	3 - 1	-3	-0.30	Grizz need defense & PF & have the cap space to get it from the plethora of teams trying to lose.
28	Sacramento Kings	4 - 6	4 - 4	0 - 2	-4	-0.40	Power rankings should serve as a wake up call for the Kings, sandwiched between the expansion teams.
29	Toronto Raptors	0 - 12	0 - 8	0 - 4	-16	-1.33	Raps are lucky the sim doesn't calculate attendance & better hope the 29th spot is comfortable.

[JScott]

Great stuff, like always I play tough at home. I just hope for continued success which I will be very surprised at. I predict my team will win 46 this year, I'm gunning for 50, but in a tough East, unlikely.

[Mephi]

expect the jazz to go up:)

[Sacramento]

Yea good job ..except Kings at 28? lol..damn. Point system is flawed, but good job nonetheless

[hawaiianboy525]

Nice job, I got 14. ;D

[dthomp34]

Nice, starting off the year at number 1. The league is to good to stay there all year though, but I'll try

[Golden State]

Nice to see Pistons highly ranked. Isiah will be back.

[JScott]

Detroit said:

Nice to see Pistons highly ranked. Isiah will be back.

Yeah that Pooh Richardson pick up was really good now!

[havliceker]

Sacramento said:

Point system is flawed, but good job nonetheless

Thanks Sactown.

As a side note. I do the rankings as a service to the league. (OK, the points for upgrades don't hurt).

Feel free to post your own based on your own system (including a 2 cents system not based on numbers). I'm sure the other GMs would like another perspective. I know some miss the old power rankings based on the Pacers GM's subjective outlook (his were funnier then mine.) Plus you can earn some participation points.

Heck ,you can rank me at 27 this week if you want, and say the reason is payback.

[JScott]

Yeah I agree, there is nothing saying we can't have multiple looks. I made up some hair brained system to rank the division I was in and a few picked up on that, it was fine. If someone else wants to tell me they think the Heat are the best team in the East, I will disregard their opinion and seek advice elsewhere:)

[Mephi]

Orlando said:

I made up some hair brained system to rank the division I was in and a few picked up on that, it was fine.

actually i wuz the only one stupid enuff to pick up on that:P

[Golden State]

Only a draft pick was given and a scrub for him.