12-07-2023, 09:09 AM
(12-07-2023, 03:26 AM)omahen Wrote: I think this is coming from a weekly Power rankings covered by Zach Harper. I didn't notice a special piece on a tier list in The Athletic. So pretty misleading aggregation by NBA central.
Harpers weekly power rankings are very fluid and very much depend on results from each past week. I don't put much thought into it. I like to read weekly thought on Mavs in this column, as he covers something different every week.
Btw: you can notice in the tiers he has 7 West teams in the top 3 tiers (playoff or better). Minnesota is currently number one on this list due to their great recent results. I don't think many would put Minny as a serious contender, even with those great recent results.
Miami and Cleveland are better than a play-in team IMO, and so are the Clippers. Orlando is off to a great start, but I would not put them in as a bonafide playoff team yet.