Franchise Power Rankings 3.0 $

[Brophdog88]

Its been five seasons since the last Franchise Power Rankings update, so I figured I should update these again having just completed our 5th season. Of course the Bulls are just coming off winning another title, same as the last two times I wrote this article. This was the Grizzlies era of dominance, as they garnered an average of 103.6 points per season…(Bulls last update averaged 108.25, though they received help from me adding in Division Title and conference title points) .There were some large gains by teams, the Lakers, jumping from doormat to average in the history, with the help of LeBron James, as well as the Pacers who captured their first title and took over the east mantle of dominant team. The Bulls remerged this year though, capturing the crown, and helping close the gap on the Grizzlies. This era did see the fall of a giant though, as the Charlotte Hornets garnered an abysmal 103 points…an average of just 20.6 points per season…dropping them from 4th out of the top ten into 11th. I used the same exact formula as last time around.
I gave teams
1 point for a regular season win
2 points for a playoff win
4 points for a Division Title
5 points for a playoff appearance
8 Points for a Conference Title (including the 4 for a Division Title)
10 points for a finals appearance
25 points for a title

That means a first round playoff appearance is worth 5-11 points (5 for the appearance + up to three wins at two points each) 2nd round is 13-19 points, Conference Championship 21-27, a Finals appearance is worth 39-45, and a title is worth 72 points, due to the wins. The most possible points in the regular season would be 90, and the most possible points in the playoffs 72. Without further hesitation, I present the overall Rankings.

Rank	Team	Overall Points	Rank for Regular Season	Playoff Points/Rank	Previous
1	*	1587	1041 (1)	546 (1)	2/1
2	****	1426	922 (4)	504 (2)	1/4
3	*	1238	925 (3)	319 (4)	3/2
4	*	1236	897 (7)	339 (3)	8/8
5		1224	940 (2)	284 (4)	11/7
6	*	1189	909 (5)	280 (6)	9/22
7		1115	902 (6)	213 (12)	6/6
8	*	1102	882 (9)	220 (9)	12/9
9		1077	819 (18)	258 (8)	5/15
10	*	1054	839 (14)	215 (10)	7/5
11	**	1048	771 (22)	277 (7)	4/3
12		1044	891 (8)	153 (17)	10/11
13	*	1038	837 (15)	201 (13)	15/13
14	*	1036	821 (17)	215 (10)	13/26
15		1033	841 (13)	192 (14)	16/10
16		1018	862 (11)	156 (16)	27/27
17		1006	867 (10)	139 (21)	17/24
18		989	846 (12)	143 (19)	14/14
19		972	799 (12)	173 (15)	24/20
20		962	824 (16)	138 (22)	20/21
21		952	811 (19)	141 (20)	23/18
22		920	772 (21)	148 (18)	22/25
23		886	767 (23)	119 (24)	26/19
24		880	755 (24)	125 (23)	21/12
25		871	754 (25)	117 (25)	18/17
26		825	718 (28)	107 (26)	19/16
27		819	747 (27)	72 (28)	25/23
28		811	748 (26)	63 (29)	28/28
29		802	705 (29)	97 (27)	29/29

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League of its Own[/i][/b]
Vancouver

Elite:
Chicago

Great:
Toronto, Golden State, Indiana


Good:
Milwaukee


Above Average:
Seattle, San Antonio, Houston

Average:
Minnesota, Charlotte, Washington, Miami, Orlando, New Jersey


Below Average:
Los Angeles Lakers, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles Clippers


Poor
Phoenix, Cleveland, Sacramento

Bad
Utah, Boston, Portland

Terrible:
Denver, Detroit, Atlanta, Dallas



Most wins per playoff appearance:
The Vancouver Grizzlies with 10.81wins per playoff appearance
Runner Up: Chicago-9.77
3rd place: Charlotte-8.44

Fewest Wins per Playoff Appearance:
The Phoenix Suns with 2.43 wins per playoff appearance
Runner Up: New York-2.85
3rd place: Dallas-2.89

Most points past 5 years:
The Vancouver Grizzlies with 518 points
Runner Up: Indiana-425
3rd place Golden State-407

Fewest Points past 5 years:
The Charlotte Hornets with 103 points
Runner Up: Denver-117
3rd Place: Portland-137

Most Overall Wins in league history:
The Vancouver Grizzlies with 1162 wins
Runner-up: Indiana-1010
3rd place: Chicago-1009


Most Positions Gained over the Last 5 Seasons:
1st. Los Angeles Lakers-11 positions (27th to 16th)
2nd.Indiana Pacers-6 positions (11th to 5th)
3rd.Los Angeles Clippers-5 positions (24th to 19th)

Most Positions lost last 5 seasons
1. (3-way Tie)Charlotte Hornets-7 positions (4th to 11th)
Portland Trailblazers-7 positions (18th to 25th)
Denver Nuggets-7 positions (19th to 25th)

• Of the Top 10 Only four are from the East
  
• However, 4 of the Top 6 are Eastern Conference Teams
  
• Strongest conference? The East still overall, with an average position of 14.4 versus the Wests 15.64
  
• Strongest Division? Easily the Central Division in the East…With 4 of the top 6 teams in the power rankings, you better be good, teams in the Central averaged 12.88. Runner up is the Midwest, at 15.14 followed by a tie at 16.14 between the Atlantic and Pacific for last
  
• The Atlantic has the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th, and 18th place teams, and is the most balanced with its worst being 24th.
  
• The Central and Midwest have five and four really strong teams respectively, with the rest being terrible due to the other teams dominance and their own atrocity.
  
• The Atlanta Hawks and Dallas Mavericks have been 28th and 29th in all three editions of this rankings
  
• The Milwaukee Bucks are the only team to improve in both of the power rankings updates
  
• Chicago has won 5 division titles….and 5 conference titles, never having ended up second best in the conference, they have the highest number while doing this, however, 3 other teams can claim the same 100% ratio: Houston (3-3), Minnesota (3-3), Cleveland (1-1)…each of those teams is in top heavy dominant divisions.
  
• Most playoff appearances with no title? Seattle, with 15 appearances but no Championship…they also lead in most appearances without a finals berth obviously… The Suns are runner up to them in both categories.
  
• I am missing one years conference results it would appear, not sure which one, but, as it appears now, 5 teams have not won a division or conference title…Denver, Los Angeles Clippers, Detroit, Utah, Mavericks….each of those teams are ranked nineteenth or worse
  
• 20th-29th place in the rankings: 6 division titles 1 conference title…1st-10th place in the rankings: 43 Division Titles, 27 Conference Titles…says a lot…. oh and 11th-19th 23 Division Titles 8 Conference Titles
  
• For Kru: Teams with one GM throughout the history of the league sit 3, 5, 10, 12, 14, 17, 20, 22
  

[martinez]

I think Conference Finals appearance should be awarded points but that's just me.

[Kruwaukee]

I thought I'd be higher with 2 championships.

[Brophdog88]

May 4, 2010 14:16:55 GMT -5 @martinez said:

I think Conference Finals appearance should be awarded points but that's just me.

I would, but I have no way of knowing who made it where....

[Brophdog88]

May 4, 2010 14:26:41 GMT -5 Kruwaukee said:

I thought I'd be higher with 2 championships.

you have moved from 22 to 9, and now to 6....but at the top its tough to move

[Brophdog88]

and only one of your titles came in this time frame

[Kruwaukee]

Yea I just thought I'd be higher than Raptors and Pacers. I have 1 more title than each of them. Pacers have about 40 more wins while Raptors have about 20 more wins. It's close. I'd give the edge to Warriors over myself because they've made the finals 5 times.

[Brophdog88]

Playoff appearances hurt you too....

[CC]

gave a 5. looks really nice.

[Kruwaukee]

May 4, 2010 14:33:27 GMT -5 Brophdog88 said:

Playoff appearances hurt you too....

The old GM never made the playoffs. I missed maybe my first season as well as last season.

[jediskywalker]

Cool article. Gave it a 5.

Interesting to see the history. I'm building a dynasty here, so still a long way to go.

[ib4]

lol i never knew the celtics were so shitty when i took them

and they're still shitty

[Tigertecz]

So this isn't all historical including before the last five seasons? It's just covering the last five?

If it's just the last five I have no qualms and am actually quite surprised we're as high as second. If it's meant to cover all of history though, no way any team should be close to my Bulls IMO with 5 titles. The next closest is 2.

[sagapolutele50]

Very nice READ, Bulls and Vancouver cant be caught!!

[Tigertecz]

Great job btw. +5