Nate Silver and his team of brainiacs at FiveThirtyEight have released new rankings of the best NBA teams of all-time.
And here’s the top 10…
Before I start spouting off, let’s look at the criteria:
- The ratings depend only on the final score of each game and where it was played (home-court advantage). They include both regular-season and playoff games. The principal source for game-by-game scores is Basketball-Reference.com.
- Teams always gain Elo points after winning games and lose ground after losing them.