Preseason Power Rankings.

1st) Golden State Warriors
The Warriors as it is are loaded at the 1-4 spot. The 5 spot still is a solid position but is the one guy who isn't striking fear of going off for 30 any game. The biggest threats are Curry who can pull up from anywhere with ridiculous accuracy and Durant who has a very good jumper and the size where it takes great defense to both it.

With Durant being handled by Whiteboy and Mason are unsure commodities with how Durant plays. Both are players that have never shown much of being a jumpshooter and both have been more of slashers than guys who will pull up.

Curry is going to be a handful. Right now it appears Zeus and Jarringharpy will be manning that player. Zeus has shown an ability to play well with him and could be a threat with him, while Master is more of a distributor who takes over when needed.

Draymond and Thompson round out the strengths of this team. Both are threats from everywhere and both are defensive stoppers who will lock up their man. Both can stretch the floor and overall this team is just going to be impossible to stop on the offense

2nd) Cleveland Cavaliers
Cavaliers could easily be number 1 in this ranking. Kyrie and Lebron will make the wheel turn. They are 2 lethal players in different roles with Kyrie being a speedy shooter and Lebron being a bull dunker who can match up with any player on the court defensively.

Kyrie will go only as far as Irving and Big Trapp take him. Irving is gonna fiill up the bucket no problem and if his shot isn't falling he will be a player who still makes a difference. Big Trapp is coming off a championship season where he ran as a Yao. In his past runs with being point guard he is a pass 1st mentality who can fill it up if given the space.

Lebron won't be held down when doing what he wants.Krash has shown he can play the 3 as he has had success using lebron in past year and Gay the last year he played. Plus he has a couple Chips. They also have Waffle as an option who has excelled at all position with numerous differnt teams. They are deep at this position.

They're frontline doesn't offer much for defense but will clean the boards. Tristan will clean up around the rim and Kevin Love can stretch that floor. Their big users will have opportunities but who knows if they'll get usage.

3rd) Chicago Bulls
Wilcard team. They could either be very good or very bad. They'll probably end up right in the middle. They lack spacing with their starts but have good shooters off the bench. Their games will be a slugfest but they definitely have closers in Wade and Butler.

Strengths here are Jimmy Butler, he is a defensive stopper in a league with great sf's so that'll be huge. His game is definitely attacking and he draws fouls like crazy. He has a good mid range and a mediocre 3. Bingo King is the only certain player that is going to be full time starter, he's a pass 1st guard who wil show flashes but doesn't seem to take over.

The other positives on this team is the big guy flexibility. They have inside defense starting, and outside shooting off the bench. Dantheman will put up mvp talk numbers using whatever big he uses. while Bio will fill a stat sheet with good not great numbers. Waterboy is trying his hand at big this year and Infantry is new to the league.

The biggest question mark is pg as Rondo has shown a complete inability to shoot so far in games I've seen. He can't be leading the team with jumpers but with finding guys who are coming open off of screens or quickly getting it to a wide open teammate. He'll lead with defense and nifty passes.

4th) Philadelphia 76ers
I don't even know what to say here. In a league stacked with strong guards they picked a team with no guards. They will definitely dominate the inside with all their bigs they can throw out and keep fresh stamina going. With Bayless going to miss the LGBA season this team has no players who can attack the rim and draw guys in off their average 3 point shooters.

Bigs will run this team, Larry will have a dominant year and Giggs will have a solid year at the 4 as he can put up numbers when motivated. If Larry is at center he's got it made with Okafor and Embiid as they will control that paint. Giggs would be best served using Saric as he can stretch the floor and Giggs loves spreading the floor with his big.

The guard play wil be the giant x factor. Akaballa is a defensive stopper still learning the ropes of being a pg and Gator had a hot start in his 1st preseason but his name has cooled off. He's a solid pg who looks to create 1st. Gasko is a known scoring threat but they have no players that he can utilize efficiently.

This team is short on talent if a team is able to keep them controlled at the boards. I want to write something positive but it's hard to say anything as this team is just so unknown as their players are all guys with not a lot name recognition here and NBA Players that aren't really a threat. Larry is the best player and we will see if his team can surprise everyone looking in on the league. Wish him the best.



It's definitely a variety of teams and while it seems there are 2 clear cut favorites the other 2 teams are definitely worthy of consideration. The league is small right now so nothing is off the table and anything is possible.

 

Bulls > The League

 

Gas best player not Larry thanks nice write up

 

Larry has the better players to use. I don't think you'll do as well as I know you can.

 

Lol yeah but we well see

 

Will

 

I wish i was embiid. he's the new curry