Week 21 NBA Rankings

1. Boston Celtics (56-15) (1) KG took the young Amare to school in a showdown between two of the league's top PF's.
2. New Orleans Hornets (49-21) (3) By throwing out more assists than FEMA, CP3 has become a hero on the bayou, reviving basketball in the city of New Orleans.
3. Detroit Pistons (50-21) (2) They're an OT win over Phoenix away from an 0-4 week and now must replace Rip in the lineup.
4. San Antonio Spurs (49-23) (9) Once again, we spoke too soon. You can never count out the defending champs, as their five game winning streak has proven.
5. Houston Rockets (49-23) (6) OK, maybe they're not winning 22 straight anymore, but surviving one of the season's toughest stretches and staying in the top 3 has to do wonders for their confidence.
6. Phoenix Suns (47-24) (4) The Boston game, they flat out lost, but Phoenix can't be happy about the officials jobbing them in the Detroit game.
7. Los Angeles Lakers (49-23) (5) Kobe's losing some MVP luster with all the recent, untimely ejections, the latest of which costing his team a gimme win against the Bobcats.
8. Utah Jazz (47-25) (7) Unless their defense plays at the same level as their offense, this team is looking more one-and-done than ever.
9. Orlando Magic (46-27) (8) So Shaq wants to run the Magic with Grant Hill as his GM? Who's the coach, Penny? Should we be looking out for a Ricky Davis contract sometime in the near future?
10. Golden State Warriors (43-27) (11) They can't be this abysmal under the boards and expect to win in the playoffs.
11. Denver Nuggets (43-28) (12) I'm kinda rooting for them to get in. At least the first round would be entertaining.
12. Dallas Mavericks (46-27) (10) Time to throw up the white flag? They weren't beating good teams with Dirk, now they're supposed to do the same without him?
13. Philadelphia 76ers (37-35) (14) The talent was always there, now they're playing at a faster pace. And don't underestimate the value of a Reggie Evans, he maybe a nut-grabber, but even Tim Duncan's ankles shake when he goes up against this rugged defender.
14. Cleveland Cavaliers (40-32) (13) It's just not adding up. Unless the Cavs can get LeBron a real supporting cast, I look forward to buying his Knicks jersey in a couple years.
15. Portland Trail Blazers (38-34) (16) Knowing he's about a year away from being completely insignificant, Przybilla had another totally random 20+ rebounding game.
16. Washington Wizards (37-34) (15) If they finish in the top 5 in the East, Eddie Jordan deserves serious Coach of the Year consideration.
17. Toronto Raptors (36-35) (17) Lucky for them, the floor keeps descending in the East basement, so getting through a Bosh-less stretch in 7th has to count for something, right...
18. Atlanta Hawks (31-40) (20) And the Hawks are holding up the rear. Good to see Mini-me back though, he was all but left for dead in Sac-town.
19. Sacramento Kings (32-39) (18) CWebb retired in some unrelated Kings' news. No word on whether he plans to call an untimely timeout during his retirement ceremony.
20. New Jersey Nets (31-41) (19) Josh Boone with two 20-point games in a week?? This has to be a misprint, right?
21. Indiana Pacers (29-43) (22) Suddenly, Dunlevy is playing the best basketball of his career when the Pacers suddenly look like they have a slim shot at the 8th seed.
22. Chicago Bulls (28-43) (21) It's safe to call Boylan nothing more than a substitute teacher when two of the hardest working players on the team, Duhon and Nocioni, scoff at his decision-making.
23. Charlotte Bobcats (26-45) (23) At least in the course of this miserable season, you can still spot those two blips in Charlotte's record, wins in LA and Boston.
24. Minnesota Timberwolves (18-52) (24) Maybe Taylor will next accuse Corey Brewer of "tanking" since he's hurt in the last two weeks of the season.
25. Milwaukee Bucks (24-46) (25) Two losses to the Heat in the past week? That's beyond inexcusable.
26. Los Angeles Clippers (21-50) (26) Smush is back in LA with a starting job, he's just stuck on the wrong team.
27. New York Knicks (20-51) (27) Believe it or not, they're techically not eliminated in the East yet.
28. Memphis Grizzlies (18-53) (28) With the season all but lost, it's good to see Warrick and Gay pick up all those garbage points to help my fantasy team.
29. Seattle Supersonics (17-55) (29) David Stern just poked a stick in a dead corpse by officially announcing the new deal on KeyArena was insufficient.
30. Miami Heat (13-58) (30) They should bring Steve Smith and Rony Seikaly out of retirement just to sell tickets.