2010 NBA Blogpoll November Edition
Through out the year, we'll ask our esteemed Bloguin Basketball blogs to vote on the NBA from top to bottom. Although its early we thought it would be wise to see what the Bloguin NBA Bloggers had to say about how these teams stack up early on.
- A repeat of last year? All the buzz is about Miami but the Lakers and Celtics find themselves at the top spots.
- Although only two teams have more wins than the Warriors, skepticism pervails as 12 teams find themselves ahead of them in the rankings.
- Although the East takes up 1/2 of the top 6 teams, its still all about the Western Conference as the West takes 11 out of the top 16 spots. In addition the bottom 11 is littered with mainly all Eastern Conference teams.
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- Although only two teams have more wins than the Warriors, skepticism pervails as 12 teams find themselves ahead of them in the rankings.
- Although the East takes up 1/2 of the top 6 teams, its still all about the Western Conference as the West takes 11 out of the top 16 spots. In addition the bottom 11 is littered with mainly all Eastern Conference teams.
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Without futher ado:
| Ranking | Team | Last poll |
Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 1 |
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- |
- |
8-0 |
1.0 |
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"I hate them oh-so-much, but must recognize their greatness."- TwolvesBlog |
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| Ranking | Team | Last poll |
Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 2 |
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- |
- |
6-2 |
2.7 |
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"Phenomenal start... and then the hangover. The win over Miami had all the hallmarks of a champion team, but the Cleveland loss certainly didn't. If at all possible, Rondo's looking better each game. They'll be around come the business end of the season, of that I'm certain. KG, in all his glorious insanity, will make sure of that." - With-Malice |
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| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 3 |
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- |
- |
7-0 | 3.9 |
| "New Orleans Hornets - It looks like this team has gotten over Chris Paul's thinking of going elsewhere. They're surely playing great defense right now, but it's still way too early to tell how long they can keep this newfound life going."- Purple and Gold Blog | |||||
| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 4 |  |
- | - |
5-3 | 4 |
| "Aside from their one blowout win over Orlando, Miami has failed to impress this season, beating up on a healthy diet of early season cupcakes. Can we please stop calling Chris Bosh a superstar now?" - Randall Simon's Sausages | |||||
| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 5 |  |
- | - |
6-3 | 5.7 |
| "Another somewhat surprising franchise... tho' I'm not quite convinced. Their road's been pretty easy thus far, but it's about to get a bit tougher. I still think that this is the exact same franchise we saw last year: will beat up on lesser opponents, but against the elite - especially those with true bigs - they'll be found wanting." - With-Malice | |||||
| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 6 |  |
- | - |
5-2 | 5.8 |
| "As good as Dwight Howard is, he can't mask the need for a top perimeter scorer. Lewis and Carter aren't going to help this team past Boston or Miami." - Marco Radenkovich | |||||
| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 7 |  |
- | - |
6-1 | 7 |
| "A team that's still holding on to their past glory as their maiden ship now and the future. But why extend Parker when it's clear that he'll never get the steps he had lost. But like Boston, this team is only as good as their health will take them." - Purple and Gold Blog | |||||
| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 8 |  |
- | - |
6-3 | 8 |
| "A great core of players without bigs Oden and Prysbilla. LaMarcus Aldridge looks like a monster early. " - Marco Radenkovich | |||||
| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 9 |  |
- | - |
4-4 | 9.4 |
| "Carmelo Anthony continues to pour in numbers. How long will he be doing it in Denver?" - Orlando Magic Daily | |||||
| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 10 |  |
- | - | 5-2 | 9.8 |
| "Watch the Mavs win almost 50 games. Watch the Mavs make the playoffs. Watch Mark Cuban get fined for saying something silly. Watch the Mavs lose in the playoffs. Haven't we seen this before?" - Randall Simon's Sausages |
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| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 11 |  |
- | - |
4-3 | 11.6 |
| "OKC has been inconsistent at best to start the season, not quite what was expected from a team many picked to challenge the Lakers." - Randall Simon's Sausages | |||||
| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 12 |  |
- | - |
5-3 | 12.6 |
| "Paul Millsap is averaging the same numbers that Boozer did last year. They need a perimeter scorer to push them to the upper half of the conference." - Marco Radenkovich | |||||
| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 13 |  |
- | - |
6-2 | 12.7 |
| "So refreshing to see Monta Ellis finally have the reigns of Don Nelson shaken free, he should be an All-Star this season." - Randall Simon's Sausages |
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| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 14 |  |
- | - |
3-3 | 13.4 |
| "They're sputtering right now, but I expect them to get it together by All-Star weekend. Should get a higher seed in the playoffs this year than last season." - Purple and Gold Blog | |||||
| anking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 15 |  |
- | - |
3-4 | 15.2 |
| "I'm beginning to think Steve Nash could play in this league until he's 50, but without the egotistical melodrama of a certain aging football star." - Randall Simon's Sausages |
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| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 16 |  |
- | - |
4-5 |
16.2 |
| "I don't get the stink about Mike Conley's contract. Based on his first three years, it doesn't look justified. A look at the small sample in 2010 says otherwise. He's the front runner for MIP. And Rudy Gay looks awesome." - Marco Radenkovich | |||||
| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change |
Record
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Avg Ranking |
| 17 |  |
- | - | 3-5 |
16.7 |
| "Reuniting Amare with D'Antoni is a bad thing. But at least, Stoudamire won't have to worry about getting nagged to play defense." - Purple and Gold Blog | |||||
| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 18 |  |
- | - | 3-4 |
17.5 |
| "Tyreke Evans' team's a fair bit stronger than it was last season... but it's young. Very young. It's going to take a lot of errors, and quite a bit of time before they're competing on a regular basis. The Kings still fall into the habit of standing back and watching Evans, but it is a tactic that won him the RoY last year, and will take some breaking. The sooner they do, the better they'll be." - With-Malice | |||||
| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 19 |
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- |
- |
4-4 |
18.8 |
| "Greatly overachieving at this point - there's no way they're a .500 over a full season." - Hoops Manifesto |
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| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 20 |  |
- |
- |
4-5 |
18.9 |
| "The Bucks can't seem to make up their mind between Top 5 team in the East and mediocrity on a nightly basis." - Randall Simon's Sausages | |||||
| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 21 |  |
- |
- |
3-3 | 20.2 |
| "Hopefully the Pacers fans are happy that they have a wholesome, well-behaved team to root for, because they sure won't win a lot of games this season." -Randall Simon's Sausages |
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| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 22 |  |
- |
- |
3-5 | 22.7 |
| "The Nets are vastly improved. They don't look like a team that had the worst record in the league last year."- Orlando Magic Daily | |||||
| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 23 |  |
- | - |
2-4 | 23.6 |
| 'Despite what that moron Colin Cowherd says, John Wall plays like a winner, too bad he has no help in D.C. - Randall Simon's Sausages |
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| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 24 |  |
- | - |
2-6 | 24.2 |
| "Will this team actually ever get accustomed to Doug Collins basketball? Will Turner and Iggy ever find enough chemistry to work as a one-two punch? Too many questions with little answers. Getting Elton Brand back shouldn't hurt them at all." - Purple and Gold Blog | |||||
| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 25 |  |
- | - |
2-6 |
24.6 |
| "Michael Jordan's Minas touch." - With-Malice | |||||
| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 26 |  |
- | - |
1-6 | 25 |
| ""Houston, we have a problem." The slapdown administered on the Wolfpups saved 'em from #30." - With-Malice | |||||
| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 27 |  |
- | - |
1-8 | 25.4 |
| "Ready for a trade yet, Blake?!" -Hoops Manifesto | |||||
| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 28 |  |
- | - | 2-6 | 26.9 |
| "I'm not sure what's worse in Detroit, the lack of talent on the court, or the amount of empty seats off it." - Randall Simon's Sausages |
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| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 29 |  |
- | - | 2-7 | 27 |
| "Toronto sporting fans can't decide what sporting events not to attend...this weekend it was the winless Bills, and now they have the crappy Raptors to deal with the rest of the year...Maple Leafs, anyone?" - Randall Simon's Sausages |
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| Ranking | Team | Last poll | Change | Record | Avg Ranking |
| 30 |  |
- | - | 2-7 | 27.1 |
| "Quote from Ice Age 3: "Did you die?" "Sadly, yes. But I lived!" That describes the T-Wolves. Minus the "I lived" bit." - With-Malice | |||||
