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[indeedproceed]

Cavs and Hawks ahead of the C's? That's just whack.

Hawks beat us..they deserve it.

[Bahku]

Cavs and Hawks ahead of the C's? That's just whack.

Hawks beat us..they deserve it.

With a worse record? I don't agree ... that's the formula that's always used, but because a team had a bad night against another team does not indicate that they're a worse team to me. I know that's how they work it, but I've never agreed with it.

[MattG12]

Cavs and Hawks ahead of the C's? That's just whack.

Hawks beat us..they deserve it.

With a worse record? I don't agree ... that's the formula that's always used, but because a team had a bad night against another team does not indicate that they're a worse team to me. I know that's how they work it, but I've never agreed with it.

They beat Denver, Portland twice, Miami, Houston, and us... they've played some pretty good ball this season and they do deserve to be ranked better than us.

If Hollinger went by "this team beat this team" we would be ranked better than the Cavs... that's just not how it's done.

[Bahku]

Cavs and Hawks ahead of the C's? That's just whack.

Hawks beat us..they deserve it.

With a worse record? I don't agree ... that's the formula that's always used, but because a team had a bad night against another team does not indicate that they're a worse team to me. I know that's how they work it, but I've never agreed with it.

They beat Denver, Portland twice, Miami, Houston, and us... they've played some pretty good ball this season and they do deserve to be ranked better than us.

If Hollinger went by "this team beat this team" we would be ranked better than the Cavs... that's just not how it's done.

I know how it's done, and I don't agree with it ... never have. But what I think means absolutely nothing.

[indeedproceed]

Cavs and Hawks ahead of the C's? That's just whack.

Hawks beat us..they deserve it.

With a worse record? I don't agree ... that's the formula that's always used, but because a team had a bad night against another team does not indicate that they're a worse team to me. I know that's how they work it, but I've never agreed with it.

They beat Denver, Portland twice, Miami, Houston, and us... they've played some pretty good ball this season and they do deserve to be ranked better than us.

If Hollinger went by "this team beat this team" we would be ranked better than the Cavs... that's just not how it's done.

I know how it's done, and I don't agree with it ... never have. But what I think means absolutely nothing.

No I get what you're saying. You're saying that records should be the only real power rankings.

I guess it's just what you choose is important. I've argued your VP before, but in my mind if 2 teams have similar records, then their records vs each other should be the deciding factor between who is "better", whatever that means.

[guava_wrench]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/powerranking?season=2010&week=5

i really don't understand what goes into factoring the power ranking seeds.
i mean, the celtics have a better record than 2 teams ranked ahead of us and we beat the cavs.

the celts have also played better as of late. i understand that he mentions that ray and sheed are struggling. but PP has picked up his game and the rest of the team has picked up for them.

I would stress more on team record and head to head match ups rather than certain players going through a slump

Doesn't seem hard to understand to me. We started strong, and then became a .500 team. Recent team record needs to be weighed more than overall team record.

If the rankers were going to go only by record, what would be the point?

[Bahku]

Cavs and Hawks ahead of the C's? That's just whack.

Hawks beat us..they deserve it.

With a worse record? I don't agree ... that's the formula that's always used, but because a team had a bad night against another team does not indicate that they're a worse team to me. I know that's how they work it, but I've never agreed with it.

They beat Denver, Portland twice, Miami, Houston, and us... they've played some pretty good ball this season and they do deserve to be ranked better than us.

If Hollinger went by "this team beat this team" we would be ranked better than the Cavs... that's just not how it's done.

I know how it's done, and I don't agree with it ... never have. But what I think means absolutely nothing.

No I get what you're saying. You're saying that records should be the only real power rankings.

I guess it's just what you choose is important. I've argued your VP before, but in my mind if 2 teams have similar records, then their records vs each other should be the deciding factor between who is "better", whatever that means.

I hear ya, and I guess a more accurate statement than "I don't agree with it" would be "I don't LIKE it".

[MattG12]

Cavs and Hawks ahead of the C's? That's just whack.

Hawks beat us..they deserve it.

With a worse record? I don't agree ... that's the formula that's always used, but because a team had a bad night against another team does not indicate that they're a worse team to me. I know that's how they work it, but I've never agreed with it.

They beat Denver, Portland twice, Miami, Houston, and us... they've played some pretty good ball this season and they do deserve to be ranked better than us.

If Hollinger went by "this team beat this team" we would be ranked better than the Cavs... that's just not how it's done.

I know how it's done, and I don't agree with it ... never have. But what I think means absolutely nothing.

Noooo... what you think means something to me, Bahku!

[nickagneta]

Cavs and Hawks ahead of the C's? That's just whack.

Hawks beat us..they deserve it.

With a worse record? I don't agree ... that's the formula that's always used, but because a team had a bad night against another team does not indicate that they're a worse team to me. I know that's how they work it, but I've never agreed with it.

They beat Denver, Portland twice, Miami, Houston, and us... they've played some pretty good ball this season and they do deserve to be ranked better than us.

If Hollinger went by "this team beat this team" we would be ranked better than the Cavs... that's just not how it's done.

I know how it's done, and I don't agree with it ... never have. But what I think means absolutely nothing.

TP.

I don't agree with Stein's philosophies in determining where he places teams and I have never agreed with Hollinger's horrible mathematics in determining power rankings.

[LooseCannon]

The point of the power rankings is to create a list that generates conversation.  Magazines make lists all the time to sell issues.  One thing with making such lists is that you need to include a "controversial" choice, something ranked either much higher or much lower than expected.