Author: Zach Short

5. Denver Nuggets Arising out of middle of the road play and an underwhelming start to the season, the Nuggets have slowly heated up and have now caught stride. As of Sunday before their game against the Celtics, they sit at 9-1 in their last 10 outings, their last eight in a row. This period […]

5. Los Angeles Clippers No team faced elimination from the power rankings quite like the Clippers did this week. While the fact remains that no top option performed quite at the level hoped, Los Angeles underperformed against two teams they desperately needed to beat. First, their loss against the Magic should embarrass them. Flukes happen […]

5. Los Angeles Clippers Few things in life are more difficult than admitting that one was wrong. I, for one, was very, very wrong. The Clippers should never have left the power rankings, and the Lakers most certainly did not deserve to displace them last week. Of course, last week’s list came right as LeBron’s […]

5. Los Angeles Lakers Back in the rankings after an absence in the past weeks, LeBron and his supporting cast have found somewhat of a groove. They have now won four straight coming out of the All-Star break. And while these wins came against teams that might not seem quite so competitive as the ones […]

5. Los Angeles Clippers For a while, the Clippers looked dangerously close to locking the second seed in the West, potentially biding time until they could displace the Jazz. The whole team looked fantastic. Kawhi Leonard and Paul George played to their contract value, and role players like Patrick Beverly and Serge Ibaka expertly performed […]

5. Trae Young One of only two players on this list to sit on a losing record, the infamous Ice Trae must endure relegation to viewership for this year’s All-Star game. Putting up an impressive 9.4 assists per game alongside 26.4 points per game, the slight only hurts worse when considering he was an All-Star […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are one of the biggest powerhouses in the NBA, both historically and now.LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Dennis Schoder, and Montrezl Harrell are all excellent guys to have on the floor at any given moment. However, the Lakers are currently in a rough stretch, losing close games to the Brooklyn Nets, Miami […]

5. Trae Young One of only two players on this list to sit on a losing record, the infamous Ice Trae must endure relegation to viewership for this year’s All-Star game. Putting up an impressive 9.4 assists per game alongside 26.4 points per game, the slight only hurts worse when considering he was an All-Star […]

5. Phoenix Suns In what most certainly constitutes the most controversial selection of the week, Devin Booker and Chris Paul will join the list for the first time this season, relegating the Lakers to a tentative sixth spot. This spectacular southwest team has stomped almost every team in its path recently, having its only losses […]

5. Brooklyn Nets Coming in at as the most recent addition to the top rankings, the Nets look primed to move nowhere but up. In the increasingly frustrating absence of Kevin Durant, James Harden has played some of the absolute best basketball of his career and Kyrie Irving, when he has played, has made the […]