Vince Carter (photo. Mannion)
Ranking the NBA from first to worst…
1. Boston Celtics (61-15) — Doc Rivers held the KG, Pierce and Ray out against the Bobcats over the weekend, and his team still won by more than 20. The C’s probably have the weakest schedule of anyone in the League for the remaining six games: […]

Photo. Gary Land
Ranking the Association from first to worst…
1. Boston Celtics (58-15) — Holding onto the top spot by virtue of 20-piecing the Suns and Hornets last week. Kevin Garnett stays in the MVP discussion by hanging 30 points on Phoenix, then giving N.O. 21 and 13 boards while shutting down David West. One thing […]

Ray Allen (photo. Bootsy Holler)
It seemed like every top-level team played each other last week and in the early parts of this week, making it real tough to sort through everything and come up with a sensible power ranking. Maybe we got it right, maybe we got it wrong. You tell us…
1. Boston Celtics (55-15) […]

T-Mac (photo. Marc Morrison)
There’s no shame in being completely wrong about the Rockets. When Yao was shut down for the season, no one thought they’d keep winning let alone hold status as the best team in the NBA. The win streak is at 19 as T-Mac’s crew assumes the top spot this week…
1. Houston Rockets […]

CP didn’t represent #1 very well.
(Photo. Mannion)
30. Miami Heat (9-37) — How does a team hit two low points of its season in the same week? The drubbing at the hands of the Raptors on Monday night was just as bad as the shellacking Miami took from Garnett/Ray-less Boston team that could’ve rested Paul Pierce […]

Where do Jay’s Nets rank?
You can blame this one on Dime’s Associate Publisher, Justin Leonard, who was bumping Jay-Z in the office when we sat down to crank out this latest NBA Hit List power ranking…
30. Miami Heat (8-32) — “99 Problems” (The Black Album). The rest of this month’s schedule brings the Spurs, Pacers, […]