The Emirates Cup sort of marks the first third of the season, so it's a decent time to do some power ranking type exercise. Here's my feel for who's better than who this season.
Tier 1: Favorites Thunder
Tier 2: Contenders Nuggets Rockets
Tier 3: Challengers Spurs Knicks Lakers
Tier 4: Good Teams Pistons Warriors Magic Minnesota
Tier 5: Good for the East Teams Cavs Celtics Heat 76ers Hawks (jk, Raptors)
These are my eye-test rankings based on the games I've seen and don't account for things like current injuries or slumps.
Why are the Celtics good? I don't get it.
I guess the East just sucks.
We can talk top 10 teams on the pod tomorrow. I have the Spurs 3 in my power rankings right now.
The Celtics have that championship DNA stuff, I guess.
I could definitely see having the Spurs at three.
I saw a stat about the Celtics and 3 pointers. Whether they win of not is almost solely dependent on how they shoot from 3.