Tha Kali Way
G-League
I know the rankings are sort of a joke but honestly, do you think 10 games into the season it's fair to say we belong there?! I'd go with a 100% yes
do we belong in the top 10 power rankings?
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The Hammer
All-Star
I put us at about 8-10 in the league.
That means we can beat any given team on any night, and we've proved that this season. To me the clincher was coming off heart breaking losses where we gave up huge leads, and played a tight, clean game against the Spurs, and then closed out on them in the 4th quarter with poise normally associated with the Spurs themselves. That win really showed me a lot. Ok I've talked myself into the 8th spot in the rankings.
See, people are comparing us to the Suns, for obvious reasons: simply a drastic improvement. But there's kind of a huge little secret that is a major difference between us and the Suns: a little something called Boogie. Boogie had been incubating and really growing and learning in a horrible environment on bad teams. Vivek/PDA gave it a year to tank and re-tool, made some great trades (Rudy Gay trade will go down as the second greatest in franchise history), and people kinda didn't really notice that virtually the entire roster was different from the start of last year to the start of training camp this year. Setting aside last year's rookies, and the Landry injury, what is it only Boogie and JT?
So we basically have a whole new team who has had some time to gel, but now get a whole training camp together, and right at the time that our superstar is ready to catapult into the stratosphere. The Suns did not have these circumstances, namely someone like Boogie. I'm cautiously optimistic that this team can SERIOUSLY shock people this year and head STRAIGHT into contention. I'm just getting a feeling about it. We can all try to break down why that might happen... but it's a qualitative assessment you have to make really.
Sure, I'm a homer and all that... but I was awash in despair for many years about this team, really only taking interest in the development of players like Tyreke, and Boogie, once we got him. I knew nothing was going to come of anything until major changes were made, and for a long time, as with all of us, I was simply waiting until the Maloofs took out enough rope to hang themselves with, and eventually they did. But all of that created a ripe situation for a quick turnaround. In general I think the media glosses over the minutia that really makes a team tick, and indicates change, but serious fans can see it.
I don't think I'm alone in my optimism (again, haven't felt it since pre-Weber injury). Let's not be afraid as we huddle around our campfire of hope and tell stories of courage and of failures, and finally of life and of love, and also finally of desperate, yet valiant attempts at literary allegory in an online sports forum.
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Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
We shall know tommorow, when THE KINGSFANS POWER RANKINGS GURUTM compiles this week's list.
I would put us at 10 right now. The teams I would have ahead of us (in no particular order) would be:
Toronto
Chicago
Cleveland
Washington
Golden State
LA Clippers
Memphis
Houston
Dallas
It was really tough to determine whether we are better than Portland and New Orleans, but due to the difficulty of our schedule and the fact that we beat Portland heads up, I put those 2 teams at 11-12.
Toronto
Chicago
Cleveland
Washington
Golden State
LA Clippers
Memphis
Houston
Dallas
It was really tough to determine whether we are better than Portland and New Orleans, but due to the difficulty of our schedule and the fact that we beat Portland heads up, I put those 2 teams at 11-12.
The Hammer
All-Star
We beat the Clippers, and haven't we had a tougher schedule than them?
We also beat Memphis, on their court.
I'll stick with my #8 ranking. Otherwise, I agree with who's ahead of us. Although I think we take Washington in a 7 game series.
Chubbs
Starter
Hollingers power rankings have us 9. Yesterday it was 8. Explanation of how they are derived is there if you're curious. Mainly margin of victory, strength of schedule, home vs road games, recent performance.
Not sure if this is on the power ranking gurus weekly journey through the internet. It's updated daily vs weekly.
http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/powerrankings
Not sure if this is on the power ranking gurus weekly journey through the internet. It's updated daily vs weekly.
http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/powerrankings
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jdbraver
Guest
We would be top 3 if the league allowed Cuz 7 or maybe 8 fouls per game. Lol.
Padrino
All-Star
i can see the national press' hesitation in placing the kings too highly on their power rankings lists. the kings have sucked for eight straight seasons. they're off to a hot start, and they've played well during a tough opening stretch, but back-to-back blown leads of 24 and 26 marks an easy out for placing the kings in the top 10. i've said it before, if the kings get out of november with their heads above water, then december is the month they should make up ground in the standings, with lots of highly winnable games against inferior teams. as the calendar turns over to 2015, it will be interesting to see what kind of attention the kings are getting...
Tha Kali Way
G-League
I'm talking about right now tho lol...I 100% believe we are top 10
FaStRmAn
Starter
Id say 9-12 is about right. The season is young and the Kings are showing they are not going to be a pushover, but have yet to show they can consistently beat top 15 opponents on the road. The national media is starting to smell to what Malone/PDA are cooking. They are hesitant to react more strongly because they still have a memory of the strong stench of failure from just last season. Give it time.... Let it breathe !!!!
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