The NBA All-Star Break this season was unusually late, with most teams left with just a quarter of their games to play after the break. Rather than happening at the halfway point, the All-Star Break is now at the 3/4 point of the season.
For teams that made changes at the NBA Trade Deadline, that is precious little time to gain chemistry, especially with many players traded dealing with injuries or rust. For many of the teams in the league, we won’t have a good sense of their mettle until late in the season or beyond.
The final stretch will also be wild because of the tight standings. There will be plenty of competition for the Play-In Tournament in the East, while in the West 3.5 games separate 4th and 13th. Who will make the playoffs, who gets a shot in the Play-In, and who will be staying at home? It’s essentially a new season for those West teams to try and fight for the best seeding.
Power Ranking the entire NBA to try and sort through the league for the home stretch
Who is the best team in the league? How do we sort through the bloated middle of the standings? Let’s walk through every team in the league, from 30th to first, and in doing so put together the definitive post All-Star Break NBA Power Rankings. We begin at the bottom, with a quartet jockeying for the worst record in the league.