Week 5 NBA Rankings

1. San Antonio Spurs (15-3) (1) Big Shot Bob is back! Sixty more games until he gets to hit those backbreaking threes at the end of important playoff games.
2. Orlando Magic (16-4) (2) Howard now has two games with over 20 rebounds in the past three.
3. Boston Celtics (14-2) (3) Celtic opponents have failed to reach 80 in 2 of the three games since the Cleveland loss.
4. Phoenix Suns (14-4) (4) Now Amare's starting to break out big, his latest masterpiece being a 42-point, 13-rebound effort against the Pacers.
5. Detroit Pistons (12-5) (8) After a tough road trip, the Pistons are clicking again, having won their last four games by an average margain of almost 24 points.
6. Utah Jazz (13-6) (5) The Jazz get put to the test with the Texas Two-Step coming up this weekend against the Spurs and Mavs.
7. New Orleans Hornets (12-6) (9) The Hornets get a big home win against Dallas that will hopefully get them moving in the right direction.
8. Dallas Mavericks (12-6) (6) After skating by against lesser opponents, the Mavs get a real test with the Spurs on the road followed by the Nuggets and Jazz at home.
9. Denver Nuggets (11-7) (11) No reason a team with the athletes Denver has should ever let up 127 points in a game.
10. Los Angeles Lakers (10-8) (13) While Odom's production has been sagging, Radmonovic has picked up the slack.
11. Golden State Warriors (9-8) (16) They're above .500 and still climbing in the West.
12. Toronto Raptors (10-8) (14) To prove what kind of depth the Raptors have, they won by 19 without Bosh, Ford or Bargniani.
13. Houston Rockets (9-9) (10) Their inconsistency stems from the fact that they can't find a reliable #3 scorer after McGrady and Yao.
14. New Jersey Nets (9-9) (17) Bringing Carter off the bench to spark the second unit seems to be working for the Nets.
15. Cleveland Cavaliers (9-10) (7) Without LeBron, it's a miracle when this team scores more than 80 in a game.
16. Milwaukee Bucks (8-8) (12) Bogut's game has improved since he started shaving his head.
17. Indiana Pacers (9-10) (19) How much longer can Dunlevy and Granger continue to carry the load while O'Neal works his way into shape?
18. Washington Wizards (8-9) (15) After what he went through in his rookie year, it's great to see Blatche not only playing, but improving and getting more minutes.
19. Sacramento Kings (7-10) (24) The Kings might set a record by the end of the year for "most random guards to score over 20 points in a game."
20. Atlanta Hawks (7-10) (21) Getting a veteran PG for Josh Childress wouldn't be such a bad move at this point.
21. Los Angeles Clippers (6-10) (18) They've seemingly fallen back to earth since their surprising 4-1 start.
22. Memphis Grizzlies (6-11) (25) Navarro had a four-game stretch as a starter in which he averaged 18.7 ppg, proving the Grizz got a real find.
23. Charlotte Bobcats (6-10) (20) They've been free-falling since the heartbreaker against the Celtics.
24. New York Knicks (5-11) (26) Isiah's future on the Knicks' sidelines gets bleaker by the day.
25. Portland Trail Blazers (6-12) (23) Outlaw helps end the Blazers' 0-9 road start with some last-second heroics against the Grizzlies.
26. Chicago Bulls (4-11) (28) Trading for Kobe would only make things worse, as Deng and Gordon are the only bright spots in the Bulls' dismal start.
27. Philadelphia 76ers (5-12) (27) Billy King was finally let go, which leads me to ask why now and why not three years ago?
28. Miami Heat (4-13) (22) If this team gets any older, Shaq may have to turn his mansion into a retirement home for current Heat players.
29. Seattle Supersonics (3-15) (30) With a 35-point explosion against the Pacers, Durant has officially broken out.
30. Minnesota Timberwolves (2-14) (29) On some nights they may surprise a team or two, but this team just doesn't have the talent to compete for 48 minutes on most nights.