Training Camp Power Rankings: Old School Logo Edition

RANK (LW)	TEAM	W-L	COMMENT
1		65-17	The reigning champs retain the top spot even with the Artest-Ariza swap. Artest and their point guard situation are their two biggest concerns.
2		54-28	This might be the best group of talent that Tim Duncan has had surrounding him during his run in San Antonio. They will be dangerous if Manu and Parker can stay healthy.
3		59-23	Nice pickups in Matt Barnes and Brandon Bass. VC will be fine, but I think they might miss Courtney Lee’s defense.
4		66-16	Improved supporting cast for LeBron, but will it be enough?
5		62-20	Ranking is contingent on KG showing that his knee is ok. Why has this not been made into a bigger deal?!?!
6		54-28	Great collection of talent and potential for the Blazers. This is the year they need to put it all together in Portland.
7		50-32	Great regular season team, busted come playoff time. Drew Gooden? Tim Thomas? Erick Dampier? Good luck fellas.
8		47-35	The Hawks finally have some depth. Adding Teague, Crawford, Jason Collins and Joe Smith was big for them, Smith especially.
9		54-28	Permission to use Bill James “Plexiglass Principle”. Everything broke the Nuggets way last year and the chances of that happening again are not that great. Losing Linus Kleiza will hurt them more than they think.
10		41-41	Derrick Rose is ready to make a mini-leap this year and the Bulls have solid all-around depth. Sure they'll miss Ben Gordon, but it was smart to not resign him.
11		48-34	Too many question marks with this team. Also the their playoff exits have come a round earlier each year since reaching the Conference Finals in 2006-07.
12		49-33	They have the potential to be a top team if they can get healthy years from Peja, Mo Pete and Okafor. Julian Wright and Marcus Thornton (20.7 ppg in Summer League) need to be impact players.
13		33-49	Toronto has a chance to be as good as a top five team in the East or miss the playoffs completely. Just depends on how the pieces fit together.
14		19-63	If Mike Dunleavy doesn’t bog Baron Davis down with running isolation plays constantly they could be a sleeper team. Added lots of nice depth on the cheap this summer.
15		46-36	Nash and Amare will resume their running ways under Alvin Gentry, but their lack of depth is discouraging. I totally have a man crush on Louis Amundson, not even kidding.
16		19-63	Even at their peak, the core of Arenas-Jameson-Butler was never much of real playoff threat for the Wizards, so why would they be now?
17		43-39	I might be crazy, but I like the Warriors. Despite of the turmoil, they have enough talent and depth to be a dangerous team.
18		53-29	T-Mac is supposed to be back for the start of training camp. If he’s really as healthy and spry as he says he is then look out!
19		23-59	Keys are the health of D-Wade and Jermaine O’Neal and whether or not Michael Beasley is ready to be a major contributor.
20		41-41	Good talent, but I don’t trust Lou Williams as a starting point guard and Jrue Holliday is not ready yet for that role. Lack of three-point shooting will also be a killer.
21		29-53	No playoffs this year, but the future is bright. It’s only a matter of time before Kevin Durant is the most dominating offensive player in the league.
22		39-43	Joe Dumars has to ask himself one question: Where is my mind? Charlie V and Ben Gordon? Really Joe?
23		36-46	Roy Hibbert looks like he has made big strides in the offseason. Can Troy Murphy have as big of a season as he had last year?
24		35-47	Forget that they haven’t ever had a franchise player in their six-year existence, just having a #1 option on offense would be nice.
25		24-58	They started January off by going 10-2 before Al Jefferson was lost for the season shortly after. Kevin Love is going to make a leap this year: 15-10
26		34-48	Brook Lopez will make the East All-Star team this year.
27		32-50	Like lots of teams on this list, the Knicks have the talent to sneak into the playoffs, but it’s just not very likely. Knicks were 14-14 in games that Danilo Gallinari played in. They lost 14 games by five points or less last year.
28		24-58	They traded Pau Gasol to dump salary and then brought in Zach Randolph for the same money. Something doesn’t make sense here. Also where is the logic in running out Randolph, Iverson, Rudy Gay and OJ Mayo together? Four guys all gunning for their own stats and unwilling to pass the ball = Great plan guys.
29		17-65	Kings are really high on rookie Tyreke Evans, but they’re still miles away from fielding a competitive team.
30		34-48	They were already a miserable team last year; losing Charlie V, Sessions, and R-Jeff won’t help. Also, what’s the over/under on games before we get our first Brandon Jennings/Scott Skiles clash?