Power Rankings

Power Rankings
1. Mike Gallagher: While you can argue my team isn’t mowing them down like I didn’t back in 2010, I’m still the class of the division.
2. Max Rosenberg: After getting his ass handed to him in November, Max is on the prowl and has the inside track to become a playoff team. He went eight weeks before Arnie spanked him 6-1-1 last week.
3. Arnie Moulton: Arnie’s team has been on a tear lately thanks to the likes of Ramon Sessions, Amir Johnson, DeJuan Blair, Arron Afflalo and Roy Hibbert heating up his team quickly like microwave. Kevin Love, LaMarcus Aldridge, and Z-Bo, are probably the best big trio in the league. If The Blair Switch project keeps on truckin, Arnie should have no problem taking the bad division down.
4. Justin Schultz: Things are starting to fall apart for the team without name. Jrue Holiday, Nick Young, Darko, DeMarcus Cousins, and Tony Parker are crashing back to Earth. On the other hand, things are looking up for John Salmons and David Lee. He just needs a little more effort to hold his current 6.5-game lead.
5. Kyle Moulton: It seems silly, but Chuck Hayes has helped turned Kyle’s team around. That’s really a bit of a microcosm of his season. Guys like T-Mac, Landry Fields, Hedo Turkoglu, Diaw, and Hinrich have quietly made an impact for him. He was ranked second in my head just a couple weeks ago, but his team is getting worse while most of the teams above are on the upswing.
6. Matt Gallagher: Matt’s team on paper is so stacked. He has two of the top-three point guards (D-Will and Westy), solid bigs (Nene, Scola, Chandler, and Emeka), and a plethora of shooters. Matt has been hamstrung by the injury bug and his team has a near insurmountable lead. He has the ability to get hot and sneak in for the four seed, he just has to do it.
7. Islam Elnaggar: Islam shook things up right away by going for Amare. It was actually a solid trade for him, but the jury will be out on that one until if we see that his knee can hold up the the rigors of NBA hoops. He has a huge lack of depth, but acquiring some through the trade market or the wire will move him up to the top three in no time.
8. Jamaal Gilbert: Brook Lopez and Baron Davis to the rescue! Jamaal’s team has got hot quick and he has more than cut his deficit in half as of late. Jamaal has a lot of pieces that will hypothetically lose value in just a week, so if he is able to reload on the wire, we could see one of the better comebacks in this league’s history.
9. Dwayne Ward: Dwayne’s team has as many studs as even my team with Dwight, Gay, Tyreke, J-, Smoove, Manu, Poster Child, and Wall, so you’d think he’d be in the top three or four. The underlying theme here is depth, or in Dwayne’s case, lack of depth. He has 10 guys that are basically add-drops currently on his roster. That’s too much! (That’s what she said). He needs to fill half of those spots with 2-for-1 deals or adding Blatche and Collison like he did last year. He’s far from out of it since he is in the Bad (or good in his case) Division.
10. Mike Carroll: When you’re on a six-week losing streak, you get the dubious distinction of being rated last. Carroll has been shaking up his team a ton, so for all week know, he could be in the 5-to-7 range. The only players he’s owned all season include CP3 and Ibaka. Nuts. I know he’s got a lot going on upstairs, but his team will have to put a win on the board to take home one of the wild cards.