Happy New Year, all, a year we hope will see us get back to normalcy in the NBA – if for no other reason than roughly half of all NBA players have entered and exited the NBA’s health and safety protocols already this season. The league has set all kinds of roster records, from number of players appearing in at least one game to the number of players appearing on a roster as the Omicron variant ripped through the NBA. Will ’22 see things settle down. Here’s hoping. In the meantime, the latest power rankings—COVID edition.
(Note: SI’s NBA staff is ranking every team from best to worst all season long, taking into account how each squad is currently playing.