Hollinger's Power Rankings

Post #1 » by **TheFranchise21** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:49 am

We're dead last.

Link (not sure if you need an Insider account): http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/powerrankings

moss_is_1 · Post #2 » by **moss_is_1** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:56 am

We beat the Nets, who haven't won.....but we do suck...really bad. Losing by 20+ points in like 3 games in a row, and then losing by 10 to memphis...

cpfsf · Post #3 » by **cpfsf** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:00 am

I think fans of New Jersey, New York, Minnesota, and Memphis will all agree they are among the 4 worst teams, just nobody will want to admit that their team's the worst of all. That title of course belong to the Knicks :naaa:

Post #4 » by **C.lupus** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:16 am

Can't really argue with that. NJ has to be 29, though.

moss_is_1 · Post #5 » by **moss_is_1** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:18 am

I just looked at the rankings. Hollinger is a (Please Use More Appropriate Word). Atlanta at 1? Houston at 6? OKC at 9?

cpfsf · Post #6 » by **cpfsf** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:29 am

When Love comes back, we will be the best of the worst.

big3_8_19_21 · Post #7 » by **big3_8_19_21** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:33 am

It has our margin of loss over last 25% of games played at 15.40 ppg...worst in the league. Ouch.

cpfsf · Post #8 » by **cpfsf** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:47 am

big3_8_19_21 wrote:It has our margin of loss over last 25% of games played at 15.40 ppg...worst in the league. Ouch.

I'm not frightened by that fact considering Love and Jefferson aren't at full strength. I'm more concerned with our 3P% because that's not going to drastically improve in the near future.

Post #9 » by **TheFranchise21** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:35 am

moss_is_1 wrote:I just looked at the rankings. Hollinger is a (Please Use More Appropriate Word). Atlanta at 1? Houston at 6? OKC at 9?

Do you mean ruhtard?

Post #10 » by **revprodeji** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:48 am

cpfsf wrote:
big3_8_19_21 wrote:It has our margin of loss over last 25% of games played at 15.40 ppg...worst in the league. Ouch.

I'm not frightened by that fact considering Love and Jefferson aren't at full strength. I'm more concerned with our 3P% because that's not going to drastically improve in the near future.

Unless we feel that a healthy Al will give less attention to our shooters, or that Love as the pinch/high post will find spot up shooters better.

Nah, we cant shoot. I agree with you.

Post #11 » by **Calinks** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:35 am

I will openly admit that we are the worst team in the NBA. Easily. Hell, this is the worst team I have watched play a full game of NBA basketball right now.

deeney0 · Post #12 » by **deeney0** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:43 am

30th? I'd have us ranked 35th or 36th, so I call Hollinger an optimist.

Breakdown777 · Post #13 » by **Breakdown777** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:52 am

revprodeji wrote:
cpfsf wrote:
big3_8_19_21 wrote:It has our margin of loss over last 25% of games played at 15.40 ppg...worst in the league. Ouch.

I'm not frightened by that fact considering Love and Jefferson aren't at full strength. I'm more concerned with our 3P% because that's not going to drastically improve in the near future.

Unless we feel that a healthy Al will give less attention to our shooters, or that Love as the pinch/high post will find spot up shooters better.

Nah, we cant shoot. I agree with you.

What I find interesting is that even last year, with the likes of Foye, Miller, McCants, and Gomes, We weren't an amazing team from 3. Should we chalk this up to another Wolves curse?

Twizman · Post #14 » by **Twizman** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:18 pm

Calinks wrote:I will openly admit that we are the worst team in the NBA. Easily. Hell, this is the worst team I have watched play a full game of NBA basketball right now.

Wow, really Calinks? I guess we can only improve, huh

Foye · Post #15 » by **Foye** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:59 pm

deeney0 wrote:30th? I'd have us ranked 35th or 36th, so I call Hollinger an optimist.

Behind some D-League teams? :lol:

cpfsf · Post #16 » by **cpfsf** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:08 pm

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/nba/11/17/roundtable/index.html

1. The Nets, Knicks, Timberwolves and Grizzlies have combined to win four games in three weeks. Do any of these clubs have a chance to match or best, so to speak, the 9-73 record of the 1972-73 Sixers?

Ian Thomsen: No (and don't laugh when I say this), each of those teams is too talented -- in the coaching staff and/or the roster -- to finish that badly.

Jack McCallum: I always take the "no" on these kind of questions, whether they're about all-time winning or all-time losing. When the Sixers achieved 9-73 immortal ignominy, there were only 17 teams in the league. The next-worst team, the Portland Trail Blazers, won 21 games that year and weren't that bad. These days, in a 30-team league, there are simply too many bad teams from which to cobble together a dozen wins.

Chris Mannix: Minnesota has a shot. The Wolves have a rookie coach (Kurt Rambis), a rookie point guard (Jonny Flynn) and an offense no one understands. Factor in an early injury to Kevin Love and Al Jefferson's slow return from a knee injury, and we're talking about a seriously inept club. New Jersey is going to win some games when it gets healthy, the Knicks' offense will probably help them to a couple of three-game winning streaks, and now that Memphis is past the Iverson controversy, it should be OK. But Minnesota is really going to struggle.

Arash Markazi: I don't think any team will win fewer than 10 games this season, so the '72-73 Sixers record is safe. If there is a team that will give them a run for their money, though, it's the Timberwolves. They are just plain lost in Rambis' triangle offense. After beating winless New Jersey by two in the season opener, the Timberwolves have lost 10 straight, including a 41-point blowout to a Warriors team that is in disarray (see above). It's one thing to be in a rebuilding year, but it's another when your players use that as an excuse, as Jefferson did when I spoke to him this season. "No one expects for us to get it quickly," he said about learning the offense. "It might take the whole year for us to get the triangle down the way he wants it."

Kevin Love will be here in a week or so and they say we are still the worst team? I can't wait for Love to come back so we can show them we can win...against New Jersey

shrink · Post #17 » by **shrink** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:22 pm

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/features/worstteams

Devilzsidewalk · Post #18 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:24 pm

the worst part is that even though we suck big time, we got stiff competition, so we can suck historically and still get our typical #6 pick in the draft

cpfsf · Post #19 » by **cpfsf** » Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:55 pm

Devilzsidewalk wrote:the worst part is that even though we suck big time, we got stiff competition, so we can suck historically and still get our typical #6 pick in the draft

We got the #5 last year and the #5 this year too. We're getting #5 again I just know it. First class all the way!

shrink wrote:http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/features/worstteams

Nets 0 11 .000 0-82 +
+ - Projected season record

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (inhale) HAHAHAHA