They have an .815 winning percentage; no one else is clearing .780. re: NBA Point Guard Power Rankings (Bleacher Report) Posted by BehindtheWoodshed on 1/23/13 at 4:11 pm to 504Voodoo Holiday is a superior player. The Lakers are still second in the league in winning percentage andThursday's loss to the miniaturized Rockets might raise some concern that all the size Los Angeles has is actually a disadvantage against smaller, quicker, more switchable opponents. But we won't really see how he fits until Golden State is at full strength next year. Bleacher Report 1 hour La Liga Clarifies Lionel Messi's Barcelona Contract Amid Transfer Request Hoops Habit 2 weeks NBA Bubble Power Rankings Week 3: Toronto Raptors on the rise NBA.com's Power Rankings, released every Monday during the season, are just one man's opinion. Now that Toronto looks as healthy as it's been in what feels like forever, the defending champs aren't going to give up the belt without a furious fight. On it, the results have gotten progressively worse for three years running, as Simmons' and Embiid'sThe Sixers have high-end talent and the potential to beat anyone in the East—the Milwaukee Bucks included—when everything's working.
Coincidentally, the Bucks are theDespite swinging no deals, the Lakers won't necessarily end the regular season with the same roster that started it.That confidence is well-founded.
But there's no denying how well this arrangement is working.Sacramento may be stabilizing, but not all the news is good. If Portland is going to drag itself back into playoff position, the personnel on hand will have to make it happen.It would also help if the Blazers could catch a break on the officiating front, which they certainly didn't in Friday's 117-114 loss to the Utah Jazz. The third-year floor general was scorching hot before the campaign's suspension (Sacramento is nearing a clean bill of health, save for Marvin Bagley III, who's down with a season-ending foot injury. He also has a more-than-capable co-star in 7'3" sharpshooter Kristaps Porzingis, who has averaged 25.2 points, 10.9 rebounds, 3.2 triples and 2.3 blocks over his last 15 outings.Dallas has depth beyond this duo—though Dwight Powell's Achilles injury limited the frontcourt options—but it's not always consistent. That's not happening this time around.The Kings admitted offseason defeat by dealing Dewayne Dedmon and a pair of second-rounders to Atlanta for the expiring contracts of Jabari Parker and Alex Len. He's jumping over, around and through all resistance at the rim. But this was a 53-win conference finalist just last season, and it's never received better production from Lillard (28.9 points, 7.8 assists and 3.9 three-pointers per game).This might be an undersell of the Thunder's championship chances. They added Clint Capela in a four-team megadeal, hopeful he'll solidify flimsy interior defense and rebounding. In the very next game, it took an incomprehensibly tough Bojan Bogdanovic buzzer-beater to snatch a win from the Houston Rockets.The Jazz (a very suspect 2-1 this week) have been a mess lately and should probably be on a seven-game losing streak. Who has an answer for that?Apparently no one. Last Monday saw them effectively wall off the lane and flummox the Sixers in a 136-107 blowout win. They're 1-13 in their last 14 games and haven't even managed to every now and then. It seems like the Cavs' ceiling with Drummond is the "occasionally half-decent" level Detroit has occupied for the last several seasons, but that looks pretty good when you've lost six in a row and sit at 13-40 for the year.Oh, and no, I'm sorry, but you'll never convince me Cedi Osman Charlotte beat the New York Knicks back on Jan. 28. Will opponents have no choice but to downsize, playing right into the Rockets' hands?Questions abound, but the early returns on the Rockets' bold makeover are encouraging—particularly for Russell Westbrook, who's been better about focusing onYou could sense Oklahoma City warming to the idea of keeping this slapdash outfit together as the wins piled up. More importantly, they have a fully fired-up "Anything can happen right now," Lillard told The Athletic's Portland's playoff stint could be brief since it can't pluck a lockdown wing defender out of thin air. Normally, you'd worry about chemistry with so many new additions. This after hanging 30 points on the Pistons two days prior.Phoenix is just 1-5 in its last six games and is getting close to losing contact with the handful of West teams chasing the Memphis Grizzlies for the No. Better news for the Magic: Jonathan Isaac and Markelle Fultz are back to show everyone the future of this franchise.Not-so-awesome news for the Magic: This roster has the least amount of top-level talent among all the likely playoff participants. Unless Isaac suddenly engineers a superstar ascension, Orlando is probably exiting these playoffs quickly and quietly.De'Aaron Fox's fittingly speedy recovery from an ankle injury ensures the Kings have at least a puncher's chance at the postseason.