Sorry for the delay folks but hey, better late than never right?  So to hell with the pre-rankings jibber
jabber...READ ON!











Strengths
Young team thats improving
Cousins could be a stud by seasons end

Weaknesses
Demarcus may be their ONLY stud by seasons end....
...Cause Curry is already broken down
More than one player stuck overseas


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Strengths
Jrue, Kyrie, Jennings, Knight....could be a list of studs in 2 years
Bynum may finally break out
Youngest team in the league.....

Weaknesses
....Youngest team in the league
Not a single true stud here
Oden?  Really?!  Really.



Strengths
LeBron..top 3 player
Deandre, Monroe, Tristan...this team is full if young breakouts
Good cap space

Weaknesses
Useless bench
Another team too young to compete
Um....any guards around here???



Strengths
Rooooondo....top 5 PG EASY!
Marc Gasol, Noah, Biedrins...nice starting C's
Kemba could be better than we though

Weaknesses
No forwards worth a damn
Shaky bench
Little at guard outside Rondo and DJ



Strengths
Strong Bench
Solid starters
More than 2 good centers

Weaknesses
The leaders of this team arrrrreeeeee??
Older team could have a few injury risks
Stuck between to young and too old = no playoffs



Strengths
Wall is a top 5 PG
Tons of cap space
Scola and Nene are better than you think....

Weaknesses
.....but they aren't as good as Louie thinks
Weak bench
Few studs leading this team

6th           

Strengths
Kevin Durant ....MVP
Strong bench backups a list of strong starters
Could Humpries be a stud???

Weaknesses
Rubio isnt a savior....yet
Poor list of guards
Plenty of centers...few good ones


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Strengths
Ohhhhh...CP3...gona be sick
JaVale looks like a top 10 center early on
Duncan and Brand arent done yet

Weaknesses
After CP3...no guards that really help
Agent Zero?!?!
Not great at center

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Strengths
Lawson and Derozan look like they could rise fast
Dwight could be the top scoring player....again
Blake Griffin WILL keep them in games

Weaknesses
Dwight and Blake cant get them to the playoffs alone
Stuck in the past with some of these names...Prince, Bibby, Villanueva
Least active team in the league hurts them long term



Strengths
Kevin Love...holy hell he's good
Decent bench
Horford, JJ, Wes Matthews, David Lee....NICE supporting cast

Weaknesses
Outlaw, Thornton, Aminu???
Very shaky at center
Not great at guard

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Strengths
Millsap....breakout
Dalembert, Bogut, Jefferson....NICE list of centers
Nice guards too

Weaknesses
More than a few injury risks
Seriously..Tyreke, Bogut, Dalembert, Murhphy, KG, Hinrich.....YIKES
No team with Radmanovic is going far



Strengths
Solid starters and bench
STRONG guards
Kidd AND Nash!

Weaknesses
Kidd...and...Nash
Centers suck
Dirk....marion....Kidd...Nash...Ginobili.....Camby..this team is OLD!!



Strengths
Pau, Gortat, Varejao, Haslem...NICE centers
Boozer and Bosh...nice forwards
Monta could be sick......Kobe STILL IS

Weaknesses
Yeah, a few injury risks
Will Kobe, Billups and Boozer come through??
We dont know why...but they wont repeat









Strengths
GREAT starters
Almost no players we would consider useless
Westbrook...hell yes

Weaknesses
Not the greatest bench
Gotta get Chandler back







Strengths
Rose, Melo, Gay, Iggy, Parker....nice
We didnt even mention pierce, Brook, Kaman or Chandler!
Good bench

Weaknesses
Brook is already done for a while
NO cap room
Not as good as Phoenix








Strengths
Wade...Deron....Lowry...Andre...STUD guards
Amare and Hickson are great fowards...
They are also great centers!
Smoooooove

Weaknesses
Weak bench
Jordan Williams, Reggie Evans, Chris Singleton....useless
Is maggette still good?


And there you have it folks!  We may be just a bit late but we (And Dur-ANT) all made it within a couple
short days of the beginning of the year.  But wait, lets just end all the crying now!  Don;t like your rank?  
cant stand the fact that you SUCK?!  Well, we decided to tap another source for another list of ranks.  
So take a peek at the rankings 2.0....don't like em?  Tell Louie!  He wrote em!



1. Portland

2. Brooklyn

3. Phoenix

4. Pittsburgh

5. Washington

6. Seattle

7. San Antonio

8. Miami

9. Minnesota

10. Dallas

11. New York

12. Utah

13. Denver

14. OKC

15. Orlando

16. Carolina

Ranked low in both sets?  Sit down, shut up and try and compete next year!