Yes, we're still a few weeks away from the opening of training camps, but it's never too early for our NBA Power Rankings. After all, most of the offseason moves are complete and rosters are mostly intact. So, call these the pre-preseason rankings, and these will run weekly once the regular season begins.
1 L.A. Lakers Will the most talent translate into the most wins? 2 Miami Heat Size still an issue, but Ray Allen is going to help 3 Oklahoma City Thunder First order of business: Get Kendrick Perkins healthy 4 San Antonio Spurs Basically, it's the same old Spurs, which isn't bad thing 5 L.A. Clippers Added Grant Hill, Lamar Odom and Jamal Crawford 6 Boston Celtics If Kevin Garnett starts slipping, Boston's got trouble 7 Indiana Pacers Nothing major, just a few tweaks for Indiana 8 Memphis Grizzlies' core has been together for while now 9 Brooklyn Nets Deron Williams has some help this season 10 Denver Nuggets Nuggets are deep, and they added Andre Iguodala 11 Philadelphia 76ers Jrue Holiday and Andrew Bynum a nice PG-C combo 12 New York Knicks So many questions about Anthony-Stoudemire compatibility 13 Atlanta Without Joe Johnson, Hawks might take step back 14 Utah Jazz Jazz made postseason last year and added depth 15 Chicago Bulls Derrick Rose won't be healthy at start of season. Enough said 16 Dallas Mavericks Playoffs are no lock for Mavericks this year 17 Warriors This ranking is assuming CurryBogut health 18 Milwaukee Bucks Remember Dalembert better than injured Bogut 19 Minnesota Timberwolves Without Rubio early in season, T-Wolves wills struggle 20 Washington Wizards Wizards made short-term moves, but they'll be better 21 Cleveland Cavaliers Kyrie Irving is real deal and then some 22 Portland Trail Blazers If Damian Lillard real deal Portland's got playoff chance 23 Houston Rockets Rockets continue to be downward trending 24 Orlando Magic Quick, name three Magic players? 25 Phoenix Suns Suns need a lot to go right to be in playoff mix 26 Toronto Raptors Hard to see significant improvement here 27 Detroit Pistons Remember when Joe Dumars was considered league's best GM? 28 New Orleans Could be a tough first season for Anthony Davis 29 Sacramento Kings Simple question: Can you build around DeMarcus Cousins? 30 Charlotte Bobcats Well, on the bright side Michael Kidd-Gilchrist should get lots of playing time