September 2017 power rankings 🙌🏼
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Post by Portland TrailBlazers on Sept 27, 2017 21:59:06 GMT 2
Time again for some much needed power rankings along with training camp news and little things you didn’t know about your team and your players 🤔🤔
Disclaimer: Rankings are based on season long projections by experts customized on our league’s settings and updated to reflect injuries and all relative roster moves.
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS 🔛
"Dress like u r going to see ur worst enemy" - DeMarreCarroll
Seth Curry will have to compete for a starting gig, J.R. Smith is about to start warming the bench, DeMarre Carroll says he’s 100% healthy (but nobody believes him except the guy that drafted him), Ricky Rubio wants to shoot more 3’s 🤦🏻♂️ and Brooke Lopez is dealing with back spams yet this squad is still at the top of the rankings, October champ maybe??
INDIANA PACERS 🔝
Doc Rivers on Danilo Gallinari's hand injury: "Gallo's good as long as no one pisses him off.”
If you have a chance to get a top 5 player in fantasy hoops you go for it right? Indiana put Fultz on the streets like he was a corner hoe and hoped for someone to fall for syphilis, Boogie passed, Porzingis passed, Harden passed but Phoenix could not resist, so what about that knee? 🤔
CHICAGO BULLS 🔝
Hey Dwight, “Would you go to the White House if you won the title? (his goal).
"I'd go to Dwight House."
The definition of how to build a contender with just a couple tweaks here and after and after spending only 10 days on the phones; GMs like Miami can easily take notes on how to turn a mediocre team around instead of deciding to tank or rebuild or whatever. Marcus Smart looks ready for a monster season, Rondo is a make or break candidate and the rest of the pieces look solid baring any unforeseen circumstances.
NEW ORLEANS PELICANS 🔝
"I'm a basketball player." - Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, when asked about being a power forward
After overpaying every possible FA, buddy was able to shake and bake his logistics and bring down the team roster to a reasonable salary cap number. Don’t get him wrong though, he’s still trying to trade some pieces (preferably with a nothing for something deal) even though his squad looks great on paper.
CLEVELAND CAVS 🔛
Reporter: How do you feel about coming off the bench?
Melo: who me? *laughs in reporters face for what feels like eternity*
The banana bot is ready to roll while news out of DC are saying that the Polish Hammer is keeping the Mohawk for the entire season!
BOSTON CELTICS ⤵️
"As soon as the season was over, I took maybe a week off, and I went back to work, hey, I’m nailing the 3 point shot" - Derrick Favors
The sad reality with fantasy sports is that you end up studying, drafting, wheeling and dealing and then the injury bug hits you and things start to get tight. With IT, Jabari and Kieff out for a good portion of the season already and JaMychal O’Neal still unsigned and missing out on a very important training camp with new faces in Memphis this squad will be starting the season with many holes but look for Danny Ainge to show some much needed patience instead of blowing the whole thing up.
NEW YORK KNICKS 🔝
“We’ll just put Jrue on the KDs and PGs of the league” 🤦🏻♂️ - Alvin Gentry on who will be guarding the SF position when deploying 3 guard lineups.
A dark horse in the contender sweepstakes, Hernangomez’s value takes a hit with Kanter in town, Swanigan has been proclaimed a ROY candidate by his teammates 🙈, Justin Holiday is probably starting the season at the SG postition and Justin Jackson looks like he already has coach Joerger’s trust, what can go wrong right?
MILWAUKEE BUCKS 🔝
"It's come a long way, man... I'm getting excited" - Pascal Siakam on tweaking his 3-point shot some this summer & seeing the results.
Giannis (that fake ass Greek who skipped the Eurobasket 🤡) says he’s 100% healthy, Temple will be a part of the rotation to start the season, Mirotic is finally signed and ready for a big season, Siakam is making silly statements, Patterson’s value takes a slight hit and the trio of Drummond, DeAndre and Biyombo is ugly, both on and off the court, making a bald statement, this squad will be blowing up opponents 5-4 most of the matchup weeks.
ORLANDO MAGIC 🔝
"It's sounds crazy, 34 pounds, but I'm still 270. I'm still a strong dude." -- Jusuf Nurkic
A lot of open questions for a relatively young squad that will have to prove a lot to its GM. Kris Dunn looks locked and loaded at the PG position with Cam Payne out again and Lavine not ready to step on the court until at least November, Rose’s value is probably trending down after Wade’s signing (that’s a lot of bad spacing), Jameer looks like the clear favorite for the back up position in Denver, Norman Powell is destined for the starting gig but he’s probably getting Casey’d (see Jonas Valanciunas), Jaylen Brown is reportedly in a battle for the starting SG position with Marcus Smart, we still haven’t heard on Stanley and whether he’s the starter in Motown while a big questionmark lingers for Dieng’s role in Minnesota. Nurk Alert: Nurkic says he might shoot the occasional 3!
CHARLOTTE HORNETS 🔛
“He’s a true legend in Europe. Unfortunately when I played against him, I always lost.” — Gallo on Teodosic.
“It’s true.” — Teodosic
Still boring!! Kemba is coming out of his 3rd knee surgery in the last 4 years, Mudiay is looking like the odd man out of Denver (along with the Manimal), Marcus Morris might end up serving a suspension once his trial ends and P.J. Tucker showed up already banged up at the training camp while now might be a good time to cut Channing Frye. Eyes of course will be on rookie sensation and a certified clown 🤡 Milos Teodosic 👌🏼
PHOENIX SUNS ⤵️
“If you’re only using 10% of your brain, you don’t know that you’re using 10% of your brain” - Michael Beasley
So who is Markelle Fultz and what will his value be? Top 75? Top 150? Will he escape the curse of the Sixers?? Phoenix was already set for a championship run with plenty of complimentary pieces signed and a top 5 stud on a one year contract (since next year is a player option) but he committed the a typical mistake we see in fantasy basketball: he just traded the guy because he simply didn’t like him which eventually is something that will come to haunt him if he’s not able to sign a player like KD next summer (hello GSW, we are coming after your ass😜). This squad is most likely going to be competitive but as the ancient Greeks (and obviously not the Americans) taught us through the Olympics, it’s only the 1st who finishes the line that matters and takes home the olive tree wreath, not the 2nd nor the 3rd 👏🏼
HOUSTON ROCKETS 🔛
“I play for the love of the game, so that makes it that much easier." - Nerlens on the decision not to start him (yeah right 👻)
Still one of the biggest mysteries of the league, is Houston going to compete or blow it up and develop a 2year rebuilding plan? Lots of rumors these days and kudos to the GM for holding his poker face and not trading away James Harden (yet?) although he might be running out of time as Noel is still a bench player and we are days away from finding out that D’Angelo is a 6th man 🤦🏻♂️.
UTAH JAZZ 🔛
“I don't feel pressure, I've been doing this since I got out of the womb" - De'Aaron Fox, cool as the other side of the pillow
Not much has changed here except from the numbers saying that this team is in the middle of the pack at best, Fox will still have to earn his minutes, Mike James is a 2 way contract, Booker is not a major upgrade (compared to Hood) and ROY Lauri Markkanen was kicked out of Mormon city for what might might be the biggest mistake of the offseason 🙅🏽♂️
MIAMI HEAT ⤵️
"It was good. It’s aching a little bit. But if I take a little Tylenol, I’ll be alright.” - Waiters on his ankle on the 1st day of #Heat camp
“Nerlens Noel is my dream big.” - Dennis Smith Jr.
We really have to do with something extremely unique here, I challenge all of you to name at least one team that started tanking before ever playing a single game. No really, how do you decide to blow up the whole thing without even seeing what, Josh Richardson for example, brings to the table?? Dennis Smith is all about the hype so far, Otto Porter will be playing a lot of 4🤔, Steve Kerr said that the only guys that will be getting scheduled rest are Shaun Livingston and Dre, Waiters is still bothered by his ankle (someone forgot to sell high) and David freaking Lee hasn’t even secured a training camp invite.
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS ⤵️
“I'll be honest, I don't think I'll play 82 games." - Joel “Trust the Process” Embiid
News out of Indianapolis are that Cory Joseph looks about to take over the starting PG job, Ben Simmons and Dario Saric still can’t shoot, Joel Embiid admitted that it’s not realistic to expect even 60 games out of him and Jahlil Okafor is not healthy and on the trading block, someone pls wake the F up the Philysstar GM and tell him he needs to start trading some of his pieces.
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES ⤵️
Kenneth Faried: "I'll just put this out there. I. Am. A. Starter.
Reggie Jackson is still not 100% and currently not a participant in any contact drills, the Manimal went on an epic rant claiming he’s still a starter 🤦🏻♂️, Lavine is a month away from practicing, Carter-Williams is also not healthy and ready for training camp and we still don’t have a clear timetable about Griffin stepping on the court. What is going on here?. Someone pls call the Red Cross🆘
LOS ANGELES LAKERS ⤵️
“I think him and Lonzo will have a great chemistry, like myself and James Worthy used to have where I knew I could look at James and he knew” - Magic on Brandon Ingram (HUH?)
Too many opportunities missed by a ghost team that thought he’ll be able to put the team on auto cruise and march to the top. PG looks like the odd man out in Oklahoma, Zubac is now behind Andrew Bogut, Nowitzki will be playing C (how long until his body breaks down?) and Magic wants us to believe that Ingram will recover after a historically bad season for a rookie...hmmm Kobe ain’t walking through that door!!!
WASHINGTON WIZARDS ⤵️
"The way he gets defenses to collapse is a big part of our offense." - Bud on Schröder pick+rolls.
Some (the Washington GM included) might wonder why this team is ranked so low but the answer is simple, it takes months, maybe years to recover from Treyberculosis 🤣🤣. Washington decided to go from 9 cat king Otto Porter to 9 cat cancer Dennis Schroeder while we established by now that Vucecic is not a superstar so no need to blame the numbers. Oh and too bad Noah Vonley is already injured and he won’t be able to go for the MIP award 🤦🏻♂️
DENVER NUGGETS ⤵️
“My body is prepared to play power forward more this season”
Nobody cares Harrison Barnes, nobody freakin cares and nor do the numbers for this pathetic collection of talent
SACRAMENTO KINGS 🔛
"You ready for the season?"
"Are you?"
"This isn't about me it's about you." - Malachi Richardson to Skal
Coach Malone said that Murray is not suited for playing off the ball which means that he’s most likely the starting PG for the Nuggets squad while the Bogdanovich hype train is real although Coach Joerger said that he doesn’t know who Bogdan is and whether he can defend the pick n roll so expect a slow start for the promising rookie...What else is left to discuss?? Burrito is already on the Luka Doncic bandwagon hype train 🙌🏼