NBA Power Rankings: Pretenders or contenders? How the 20 postseason-bound teams stack up
Following a brief interruption to present to you our annual Tanking Rankings , we return to our regularly scheduled bi-weekly programming: The world’s most accurate NBA power rankings. But first an update to those Tanking Rankings, which detailed exactly how well the NBA’s 10 lottery teams — now set in stone — have navigated their way to the bottom of the standings: 10. New Orleans Pelicans (25-51) 9.
Chicago Bulls (29-46) 8. Dallas Mavericks (24-51) 7. Memphis Grizzlies (25-50) 6.
Milwaukee Bucks (29-45) 5. Sacramento Kings (19-57) 4. Utah Jazz (21-55) 3.
Brooklyn Nets (18-57) 2. Washington Wizards (17-58) 1. Indiana Pacers (17-58) No need to include any of those outfits in our power rankings this time around.
They are succeeding in their own right, at losing, as the league’s nine tanking teams (the Pelicans, who owe their first-round draft pick to the Atlanta Hawks, have no incentive to lose) have managed just seven wins against non-lottery teams in their last 100 tries. If you can call them “tries. ” Draft your Yahoo Fantasy Baseball team for the 2026 MLB Season It can be difficult to tell how well some of the postseason-bound teams are playing, since win streaks have been boosted by the tanking.
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