The Emirates Cup sort of marks the first third of the season, so it's a decent time to do some power ranking type exercise. Here's my feel for who's better than who this season.
Tier 1: Favorites
Thunder
Tier 2: Contenders
Nuggets
Rockets
Tier 3: Challengers
Spurs
Knicks
Lakers
Tier 4: Good Teams
Pistons
Warriors
Magic
Minnesota
Tier 5: Good for the East Teams
Cavs
Celtics
Heat
76ers
Hawks (jk, Raptors)
These are my eye-test rankings based on the games I've seen and don't account for things like current injuries or slumps.
Why are the Celtics good? I don't get it.
I guess the East just sucks.
We can talk top 10 teams on the pod tomorrow. I have the Spurs 3 in my power rankings right now.
The Celtics have that championship DNA stuff, I guess.
I could definitely see having the Spurs at three.
I saw a stat about the Celtics and 3 pointers. Whether they win of not is almost solely dependent on how they shoot from 3.
Celtics had always been a team that live or die by the 3. Well, at least it's been like that for the past several seasons.
Just sayin
KNICKS!!
Mitchell Robinson was an absolute beast last night.
Apparently he's the first player since Rodman to average more offensive rebounds than points.
Yeah when I looked at the box score I was like damn he actually scored. But I think he is due a contract and he might be out.
He was miraculously draining his FTs
Hell must of frozen over!