You may have noticed (though probably not) that there was no New Year's edition of Power Rankings last week. Between a lot of the regular rankers taking the week off because of the holiday and the Trail Blazers playing a road back-to-back, it just didn't make much sense to put together what few rankings were available. Hopefully the absence didn't ruin your first week of the new year.
But now that things have settled down, let's get right back it. After going 3-1 last week, the Trail Blazers find themselves generally just above average in terms of their ranking at the midway point of the NBA season.