Week 8 NBA power rankings: back to the top (10)
Blazers Blog —
Thank you Brandon Roy. Marc Stein at ESPN.com jumps the Blazers two spots and back into the top 10, at No. 10: We probably had 'em too high at No. 4. We definitely had 'em too low at No. 12. And we boldly predict Portland will stay in the top 10 if Brandon Roy keeps scoring 36 a night, as he has over the past five games. ...
Full Court Press
Blazersedge —
... to 28.0 percent under Brooks. Quite simply, Durant is playing a different game. It's also a much better one, as reflected in the massive spikes in his effective field-goal percentage and his True Shooting Percentage. Durant has gone from a low-efficiency, volume shooter to the kind of lethal, highly-efficient scorer he was in his lone season at Texas. And he's done it while slashing his turnovers as well.
Power Rankings
Stein -- 10
Hollinger -- 6
CNNSI -- ...
Monday Rankings Survey
Canis Hoopus —
Since weekly rankings are a fairly common thing, I'll try not to aggregate them incessantly. And although it comes as no surprise, I thought it worth mentioning that the Wolves didn't fair so well today:
Marc Stein at Four-Letter.com: Last
John Hollinger at Four-Letter.com: Last
Skeets & Dwyer at Ball Don't Lie: 2nd to Last (over Skeets' Raptors)
John Schumann at NBA.com: 2nd to Last (also over the Raptors)
Tuesday Bolts - 12.23.08
The Thunderworld —
A must-read - Tom Ziller wrote yesterday on Fanhouse, "You can't accuse the Thunder of giving up," which is exactly what Thunderfans have been preaching : "With an awful team to call my own, don't ask why I have spent the past week catching every Oklahoma City Thunder game I could on League Pass. Something about Kevin Durant continues to thrill, and Russell Westbrook's new cult status as Rondo-on-a-bad-team coupled with Jeff Green's eternal Pippen mimicking make the team an interesting watch ... But the fantastic thing -- the factor which kept OKC in closer proximity than most far superior Cleveland opponents -- is that the ...
Wolves Updates 12-23
TWolves Blog - Minnesota Timberwolves News and Articles —
Click here for the forum's thread on tonight's game at San Antonio
Game Previews:
Associated Press
The Star Tribune
From Brian Stensaas/Star Tribune:
McHale also ...
Tuesday Notes: Recapping the first 29, snow day stories, Bogut's back, CV embraces his role, latest rankings
Brew Hoop —
... from Bucks Diary say the Bucks should go after him. While Hendrix has been productive wherever he's been, the problem of course is the Bucks already have the maximum 15 players under contract. Granted, it's not like Damon Jones or Francisco Elson are providing anything of value, but I doubt the Bucks buy out Jones to add a D-Leaguer...it'd be far too progressive.
Latest power rankings:
Ball Don't Lie: 17th
Marc Stein: 18th
John Hollinger: 12th
SI.com: 14th
FoxSports: ...
