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2005-06 Power Rankings: Week 3
RANK (LAST WK) TEAM REC. COMMENT
1 (1) Pistons 8-1 Every team has two or three games per season like Saturday's in Dallas. You can stomach it a little easier when you show up for that nightmare undefeated.
2 (2) Spurs 8-2 Finley is back from injury; Ginobili is apparently healing; and Spurs' Saturday hex is over. But there's no change at the top because Pistons get same one-loss grace period Spurs got.
3 (6) Mavericks 7-2 After spanking Spurs and Pistons, Mavs are up here on merit. Not because a procession of locals, including Sam The Locker-Room Attendant, hunted me down Saturday night to lobby for a top-three slot.
4 (7) Clippers 8-2 There's no shortage of skeptics saying this can't last, and maybe they're right. Or maybe this is the playoff year Mr. Brand, one of the good guys, has long deserved.
5 (10) Cavaliers 8-2 Cavs haven't lost a home game. They've won three in a row on the road. In other words, an LBJ squad is finally living up to the hype.
6 (12) Grizzlies 7-4 Grizz need only one more win this month to set a franchise record for November victories. So, yes, addition by subtraction is working so far.
7 (5) Pacers 6-3 I know I said even the best teams have a few nightmares every season, but you still struggle to fathom how a team this talented could lose by 32 at Charlotte. Only the struggles of other top-10 regulars prevented steeper punishment.
8 (3) Wizards 5-4 You know by now that we dispute the existence of a Power Rankings jinx. Wiz fans, though, will be pardoned for their jinx e-mails after being forced to toast their historic rise to No. 3 with three straight road defeats.
9 (4) Bucks 5-3 With two lopsided losses sandwiched around a nice win at GS, Bucks need to beat a beat-up Utah in the trip's finale to add credence to their promising start.
10 (13) 76ers 6-5 With Iverson in MVP form and Webber looking worlds more comfortable beside him -- and a second AI playing sticky D -- that 0-3 start seems like forever ago.
11 (14) Nuggets 6-5 Stat we didn't see coming: Nuggets are 4-0 this season when K-Mart sits, after going 10-2 without him last season. With K-Mart? Just 41-36 overall.
12 (11) Warriors 6-5 Baron alluded to it in our discussion in the weekend Dime: Warriors have a rough November with 17 games. The good news? Of the six left, five are at home.
13 (9) Heat 6-4 Heat's 5-3 record sans Shaq ain't bad. Heat's crunch-time collapse Sunday in Toronto was criminal, Shaq or no Shaq.
14 (8) Suns 4-5 When will the darkness lift? The brightest spot in a bleak start -- Barbosa -- is suddenly out 2-3 weeks with a knee sprain suffered in a narrow loss to Spurs.
15 (17) Nets 5-4 Vince has been held under 20 in four straight games. J-Kidd has topped six assists only four times. Not stuff you want to hear entering a five-game trip out West.
16 (20) Timberwolves 5-4 It's been a decent start, but it's also pretty clear already that (A) McHale has lots to do to win back KG's support and (B) KG trade speculation is going to be a constant.
17 (26) SuperSonics 5-5 Well, well, well. Sonics suddenly have won four out of five and have a chance to really hush the doomsday talk with nine of the next 11 games at home.
18 (18) Celtics 4-5 If Celts can regularly reproduce the ball they've played against Detroit, maybe these guys (and kids) will be able to hang around for a while in the Titanic, er, Atlantic.
19 (23) Hornets 4-5 Tough as it is to imagine Hornets finding a way back to New Orleans, they've made it back to pesky faster than anyone expected, thanks to Paul's smooth transition.
20 (15) Bulls 4-5 Happy Thanksgiving, indeed. Bulls finally won one on their annual ''circus'' road trip -- to improve to 2-41 on these jaunts since 1999 -- and get a holiday break back home before finishing the six-game swing in Texas over the weekend.
21 (25) Kings 4-6 Just a hunch, but offense still might be the key for new-look Kings. They averaged only 86.0 ppg in their first five losses, and 110.3 ppg in four wins, before falling Sunday in a 106-104 heartbreaker at Seattle.
22 (22) Rockets 3-7 Rockets know they can recover because they overturned a 6-11 start last season. Of course, T-Mac wasn't ailing then like he is now.
23 (19) Lakers 4-6 Reality is starting to set in for Kobe and Phil. Kwame's out at least two weeks, and Smush is averaging just 8.0 ppg over the past six on 31.5 percent shooting.
24 (21) Magic 3-6 It won't make a 1-4 home record any more comforting, but Magic have to be encouraged by Howard's progress (15.7 ppg, 12.7 rpg). Especially with the other stars from his draft class (Okafor and Gordon) finding Year 2 tougher.
25 (27) Knicks 3-7 Larry and Steph need to hush. They've both done way too much complaining for guys who knew exactly what they were getting into. And 3-7, frankly, looks OK after 0-5..
26 (24) Trail Blazers 3-5 Microfracture patient Randolph has posted six double-doubles in Portland's first eight games. Which might mean as much to Phoenix (and Amare) as it does to Blazers.
27 (28) Bobcats 3-8 How unlikely was the 30-something humiliation of Indy? In just the 91st game in Bobcats history? Bear in mind that Grizz needed two home cities (two home countries, for that matter) and more than 600 games before they beat someone by 30.
28 (16) Jazz 4-7 Sloan had never endured a season in Utah like last season ... and, unbelievably, this season is shaping up to be a similar story. Outlook has changed drastically with Boozer (hamstring) and Kirilenko (ankle) possibly out a month (or more) each.
29 (30) Raptors 1-9 Raps owed the committee something special after sending our beloved Pape to the NBDL. All credit to them, though, because beating Miami qualifies.
30 (29) Hawks 0-9 Joe Johnson goes back to the desert Dec. 4. If Hawks don't win one between now and then -- including a Dec. 2 home date with Raps -- they'll take an 0-15 record to PHX.
RANK (LAST WK) TEAM REC. COMMENT
1 (1) Pistons 8-1 Every team has two or three games per season like Saturday's in Dallas. You can stomach it a little easier when you show up for that nightmare undefeated.
2 (2) Spurs 8-2 Finley is back from injury; Ginobili is apparently healing; and Spurs' Saturday hex is over. But there's no change at the top because Pistons get same one-loss grace period Spurs got.
3 (6) Mavericks 7-2 After spanking Spurs and Pistons, Mavs are up here on merit. Not because a procession of locals, including Sam The Locker-Room Attendant, hunted me down Saturday night to lobby for a top-three slot.
4 (7) Clippers 8-2 There's no shortage of skeptics saying this can't last, and maybe they're right. Or maybe this is the playoff year Mr. Brand, one of the good guys, has long deserved.
5 (10) Cavaliers 8-2 Cavs haven't lost a home game. They've won three in a row on the road. In other words, an LBJ squad is finally living up to the hype.
6 (12) Grizzlies 7-4 Grizz need only one more win this month to set a franchise record for November victories. So, yes, addition by subtraction is working so far.
7 (5) Pacers 6-3 I know I said even the best teams have a few nightmares every season, but you still struggle to fathom how a team this talented could lose by 32 at Charlotte. Only the struggles of other top-10 regulars prevented steeper punishment.
8 (3) Wizards 5-4 You know by now that we dispute the existence of a Power Rankings jinx. Wiz fans, though, will be pardoned for their jinx e-mails after being forced to toast their historic rise to No. 3 with three straight road defeats.
9 (4) Bucks 5-3 With two lopsided losses sandwiched around a nice win at GS, Bucks need to beat a beat-up Utah in the trip's finale to add credence to their promising start.
10 (13) 76ers 6-5 With Iverson in MVP form and Webber looking worlds more comfortable beside him -- and a second AI playing sticky D -- that 0-3 start seems like forever ago.
11 (14) Nuggets 6-5 Stat we didn't see coming: Nuggets are 4-0 this season when K-Mart sits, after going 10-2 without him last season. With K-Mart? Just 41-36 overall.
12 (11) Warriors 6-5 Baron alluded to it in our discussion in the weekend Dime: Warriors have a rough November with 17 games. The good news? Of the six left, five are at home.
13 (9) Heat 6-4 Heat's 5-3 record sans Shaq ain't bad. Heat's crunch-time collapse Sunday in Toronto was criminal, Shaq or no Shaq.
14 (8) Suns 4-5 When will the darkness lift? The brightest spot in a bleak start -- Barbosa -- is suddenly out 2-3 weeks with a knee sprain suffered in a narrow loss to Spurs.
15 (17) Nets 5-4 Vince has been held under 20 in four straight games. J-Kidd has topped six assists only four times. Not stuff you want to hear entering a five-game trip out West.
16 (20) Timberwolves 5-4 It's been a decent start, but it's also pretty clear already that (A) McHale has lots to do to win back KG's support and (B) KG trade speculation is going to be a constant.
17 (26) SuperSonics 5-5 Well, well, well. Sonics suddenly have won four out of five and have a chance to really hush the doomsday talk with nine of the next 11 games at home.
18 (18) Celtics 4-5 If Celts can regularly reproduce the ball they've played against Detroit, maybe these guys (and kids) will be able to hang around for a while in the Titanic, er, Atlantic.
19 (23) Hornets 4-5 Tough as it is to imagine Hornets finding a way back to New Orleans, they've made it back to pesky faster than anyone expected, thanks to Paul's smooth transition.
20 (15) Bulls 4-5 Happy Thanksgiving, indeed. Bulls finally won one on their annual ''circus'' road trip -- to improve to 2-41 on these jaunts since 1999 -- and get a holiday break back home before finishing the six-game swing in Texas over the weekend.
21 (25) Kings 4-6 Just a hunch, but offense still might be the key for new-look Kings. They averaged only 86.0 ppg in their first five losses, and 110.3 ppg in four wins, before falling Sunday in a 106-104 heartbreaker at Seattle.
22 (22) Rockets 3-7 Rockets know they can recover because they overturned a 6-11 start last season. Of course, T-Mac wasn't ailing then like he is now.
23 (19) Lakers 4-6 Reality is starting to set in for Kobe and Phil. Kwame's out at least two weeks, and Smush is averaging just 8.0 ppg over the past six on 31.5 percent shooting.
24 (21) Magic 3-6 It won't make a 1-4 home record any more comforting, but Magic have to be encouraged by Howard's progress (15.7 ppg, 12.7 rpg). Especially with the other stars from his draft class (Okafor and Gordon) finding Year 2 tougher.
25 (27) Knicks 3-7 Larry and Steph need to hush. They've both done way too much complaining for guys who knew exactly what they were getting into. And 3-7, frankly, looks OK after 0-5..
26 (24) Trail Blazers 3-5 Microfracture patient Randolph has posted six double-doubles in Portland's first eight games. Which might mean as much to Phoenix (and Amare) as it does to Blazers.
27 (28) Bobcats 3-8 How unlikely was the 30-something humiliation of Indy? In just the 91st game in Bobcats history? Bear in mind that Grizz needed two home cities (two home countries, for that matter) and more than 600 games before they beat someone by 30.
28 (16) Jazz 4-7 Sloan had never endured a season in Utah like last season ... and, unbelievably, this season is shaping up to be a similar story. Outlook has changed drastically with Boozer (hamstring) and Kirilenko (ankle) possibly out a month (or more) each.
29 (30) Raptors 1-9 Raps owed the committee something special after sending our beloved Pape to the NBDL. All credit to them, though, because beating Miami qualifies.
30 (29) Hawks 0-9 Joe Johnson goes back to the desert Dec. 4. If Hawks don't win one between now and then -- including a Dec. 2 home date with Raps -- they'll take an 0-15 record to PHX.
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Lobo said:Will the Knicks make a trade before New Years Day? I bet we get rid of Jerome James
they can ship him to Atlanta. They need a center after Collier died... and 5 million for a center (even as useless as JJ is) isn't exactly a bank breaker.
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well NY does have expiring contracts... and I read that the Hawks were looking to ship Al.
it's possible but to be honest..with Q and Ariza... there's no need for another SF....
If they can ship Rose and with AD's contract up at the end of the year... they can slide Al to PF.. maybe.
it's possible but to be honest..with Q and Ariza... there's no need for another SF....
If they can ship Rose and with AD's contract up at the end of the year... they can slide Al to PF.. maybe.
Seems like the only team that the knicks have yet to do business with 
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Equint77 said:
My Brother met KG in a tattoo parlor about a block form where I live it was when Sealy died
, if the Knicks and Minny do a trade it'll be for Szczerbiak, as much as i would LOVE it KG aint comin' here
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NOFX said:But u know the knicks fans with there grandeur delusions
yeah last year we were all talking about Bill Russell coming back to play center for us.
Or how Wilt came back from the dead to play for NY.
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Lobo said:My Brother met KG in a tattoo parlor about a block form where I live it was when Sealy died
actually the rumor has it Steph for KG.. their salaries match up...
if KG forced them to.. it could happen... who knows... I don't want any more trades period... unless it's Lebron.
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Lets not forget the JBJ trade....Or the Shaq trade...Or the Chris Webber Trade...its only a matter of time until someone likes Peter Vecey says Garnett wants to be traded to the knicksEquint77 said:yeah last year we were all talking about Bill Russell coming back to play center for us.
Or how Wilt came back from the dead to play for NY.
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Equint77 said:
Lebron would be a dream, Steph for KG? If I'm Isiah that happens as soon as possible, We can have JC run the point, I like they way he's developing under LB
. Still KG or King James is a pipe dream for now.Does anyone in the thread post at www.prosportsdaily.com ?
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NOFX said:Lets not forget the JBJ trade....Or the Shaq trade...Or the Chris Webber Trade...its only a matter of time until someone likes Peter Vecey says Garnett wants to be traded to the knicks
LOL... what does Peter Vescey have to do with the fans? He's reporting it... and the rest of the media feed off of it.
Yeah... we've been down this road...
After Magic Johnson made his comeback.. he said he wanted to go to NY to help Patrick win his title back in 1996.
So did Karl Malone in 1998... Jordan toyed with going to NY back in 1997.
They write it and it's fun to talk about it... I'm sure if these rumors popped up about your teams.. you'd all be talking about them.
Personally.... I never believe any of them... all they do is insight false hope.
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