NBA Commissioner Adam Silver may be determined to force teams to field their best rosters, but he’s going to be disappointed. There will be some unwatchable games over the next month or so, as the Tankathon grows omnipresent.
Can you remember a season in which the gap between good and bad teams is as vast as this one? I certainly can’t.
Anyway, we have a new #1. It’s been a long time since an Eastern Conference team had a legitimate claim, but that time has arrived.
Here are my rankings, with “Last Week” referring to games played from Monday, March 5 through Sunday, March 11.