Week 3 of the NBA season tips off with seven of the hottest teams in the league residing in the East—at least according to the top 10 in the latest edition of SI’s Power Rankings. There’s a new No. 1 in town, jumping up 10 spots from their debut in last week's rankings. And thanks to SI’s proprietary ranking system (a.k.a. a bunch of writers averaging out their ballots), the Nets and Lakers come in at curious spots on this list, at least according to one writer (me, Rohan.)
On to this week’s ranking…