Franchise Power Rankings 4.0

[Brophdog88]

Its been 4 years since the last time I updated this power rankings, which means one set of Rookies has been drafted and gone through FA. At last check, it was all Grizzlies, as they killed the rest of the league in overall points by a wide margin, giving themselves a lead that was going to be very very difficult to pass up in just four years. Even with the departure of Vancouver GM csdude, the Grizzlies managed to keep their stranglehold on the number 1 spot, actually widening it slightly, up to a 195 point lead from a 161 point lead. The Pacers were the dominant team in this era, getting themselves 434 points, which is an average of 108.25 exactly tied with the Chicago Bulls for highest average in league history….however the Bulls gained the benefit of the division title points and conference title points being added in. meaning we just witnessed the most dominant stretch in the history of these rankings. For the first time in the four times I have written this article, the Bulls are not the defending champion, but rather, well, myself, winning the title over the Portland Trailblazers.

While I looked at changing the formula, I feel as though this one is fair enough, and anybody who doesn’t like it I don’t care really, I think it balances out well enough right now A title is big, but this is more about consistency and overall excellence.

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.

Position	Team	Total Points	Regular Season Points (Rank)	Playoff Points (Rank)	Previous Ranks
1	***	1881	1239 (1)	642 (1)	1 / 2 / 1
2	*****	1686	1128 (3)	558 (2)	2 / 1 / 4
3	**	1658	1223 (2)	435 (3)	5 / 11 / 7
4	**	1434	1072 (5)	362 (4)	4 / 8 / 8
5	**	1391	1067 (6)	324 (5)	6 / 9 / 22
6	*	1373	1060 (7)	313 (6)	3 / 3 / 2
7		1334	1039 (8)	295 (7)	9 / 5 / 15
8		1331	1085 (4)	246 (14)	7 / 6 / 6
9	*	1305	1024 (9)	281 (9)	19 / 24/20
10	*	1295	1011 (15)	284 (8)	15 / 16/10
11	*	1286	1023 (10)	263 (11)	13 / 15/13
12	*	1277	1022 (12)	255 (12)	10 / 7 / 5
13	*	1255	1003 (17)	252 (13)	14 / 13/26
14	*	1234	1014 (14)	220 (16)	8 / 12 / 9
15		1207	1019 (13)	188 (18)	16 / 27/27
16		1203	970 (21)	233 (15)	25 / 18/17
17		1201	1023 (11)	178 (19)	18 / 14/14
18		1191	995 (18)	196 (17)	21 / 23/18
19	**	1157	880 (26)	277 (10)	11 / 4 / 3
20		1154	1004 (16)	150 (23)	17 / 17/24
21		1152	988 (19)	164 (20)	12 / 10 / 11
22		1125	980 (20)	145 (24)	20 / 20/21
23		1098	935 (22)	163 (21)	22 / 22/25
24		1052	892 (24)	160 (22)	26 / 19/16
25		1019	921 (23)	98 (28)	28 / 28/28
26		1016	886 (25)	130 (25)	24 / 21/12
27		998	879 (27)	119 (26)	23 / 26/19
28		936	823 (29)	113 (27)	29 / 29/29
29		931	859 (28)	72 (29)	27 / 25/23

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

Elite:
Chicago, Indiana

Great:
Golden State, Milwaukee


Good:
Toronto


Above Average:
Houston, Seattle, Los Angeles Clippers, New Jersey

Average:
Miami, Minnesota , Orlando, San Antonio


Below Average:
Los Angeles Lakers, Portland, Philadelphia, Cleveland


Poor
Charlotte, New York, Washington

Bad
Phoenix, Sacramento, Denver

Ugly
Atlanta, Boston, Utah

Terrible:
Dallas, Detroit

Most wins per playoff appearance:
The Vancouver Grizzlies with 10.32wins per playoff appearance
Runner Up: Chicago-8.47
3rd place: Charlotte-8.44

Fewest Wins per Playoff Appearance:
The Phoenix Suns with 2.33 wins per playoff appearance
Runner Up: Dallas-2.64
3rd place: New York-2.85

Most points past 4 years:
The Indiana Pacers with 434 points
Runner Up: Los Angeles Clippers-333
3rd place: Portland-332

Fewest Points past 4 years:
The Washington Bullets with 108 points
Runner Up: Charlotte-109
T-3rd Place: Detroit and Utah-112

Most Overall Wins in league history:
The Vancouver Grizzlies with 1375 wins
Runner-up: Indiana-1304
3rd place: Chicago-1232


Most Positions Gained over the Last 4 Seasons:
1st. Los Angeles Clippers-10 positions (19th to 9th)
2nd. Portland Trailblazers-9 positions (25th to 16th)
3rd. New Jersey Nets-5 positions (15th to 10th)

Most Positions lost last 4 seasons
1. Washington Bullets-9 positions (12th to 21st)
2. Charlotte Hornets-8 positions (11th to 19th)
3. San Antonio Spurs-6 positions (8th to 14th)

• Of the Top 10 5 are from the East, 5 are from the West
  
• However, 4 of the Top 6 are Eastern Conference Teams
  
• Strongest conference? Both as the two conferences both have an average rank of 15.
  
• Strongest Division? The Central Division in the East…With 4 of the top 6 teams in the power rankings, you better be strong if you are going to contend, teams in the Central averaged 13.38. Runner up is the Pacific, which made a large jump up to an average of 13.85, third is the Midwest at 16.14, and the rear is brought up by the Atlantic at 16.85.
  
• The Pacific is definitely on the rise, jumping up to the second overall division, and it has the strongest weak team in the Kings.
  
• The Central is a very top strong conference with 4 teams in the top 6 overall, and then two more sitting 18th and 19th….which makes it not surprising in the least that it also houses the weakest team in the leagues history, the Detroit Pistons
  
• The Atlanta Hawks and Dallas Mavericks had been the bottom two teams in the first updates, ranking 28th and 29th respectively in all updates, but both have managed to find thei way out of the cellar, with the Mavericks moving slightly ahead of the Pistons, and the Hawks climbing up to 25th overall.
  
• Winning a title obviously helps out a teams score, as the Clippers moved from 19th to 9th and the Nets moved from 16th to 10th, but the Trailblazers showed that a couple of Finals appearances can still help, moving up 9 spots, which is good considering they had lost seven spots last time I updated this
  
• The Milwaukee Bucks are the only team to improve in all three of the power rankings updates…they were the only team to improve in the first two already, and gained a spot to fifth in this update
  
• Meanwhile the Charlotte Hornets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Boston Celtics, and Detroit Pistons have lost spots in each edition of this power ranking
  
• 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, 2 other teams can claim the same 100% ratio: Minnesota (3-3), Cleveland (1-1)…all of those teams are in top heavy dominant divisions.
  
• Most playoff appearances with no title? Seattle, with 19 appearances but no Championship…they also lead in most appearances without a finals berth obviously… The 76ers are runner up to them in both categories…of interest about that? Tmac has had two stints in the league, one with the Supersonics, and now with the 76ers
  
• I am missing one years conference results it would appear, not sure which one, but, as it appears now, 4 teams have not won a division or conference title…Denver, Detroit, Utah, Mavericks….each of those teams are ranked nineteenth or worse, and three of them rank as the worst three teams
  
• 20th-29th place in the rankings: 11 division titles 3 conference titles…1st-10th place in the rankings: 53 Division Titles, 32 Conference Titles…says a lot…. oh and 11th-19th 24 Division Titles 9 Conference Titles
  
• For Kru: Teams with one GM throughout the history of the league sit 3, 6, 12, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23
  

[House]

Er, the Nets went from 16th to 10th, didn't they? You say 15th, but that's their regular season rank.

[House]

And weird, I've had a great last 4 seasons, yet I've lost 4 spots. Odd.

[J]

The GM before me sucked. Jeez.

[martinez]

these rankings are flawed

[Brophdog88]

I had screwed up some with the previous edition ranking position it was out of order, fixed now

[Brophdog88]

Jul 15, 2010 9:41:06 GMT -5 @martinez said:

these rankings are flawed

in what way? your team was gonna suck no matter how I apply point really

[ib4]

Ugly is in the eye of the beholder

[shaunkol]

man i guess those division titles the last few years the nets have stolen from us on the last day have been costly

[DB]

ranked 20th. ugh my franchise sucks. I need to do it big this year with my guys. Hopefully I can re-sign perry and he can take me deep into the playoffs. I like where i am at.

[martinez]

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[Trunks]

My team just slowly goes down every franchise ranking

[Clifford "Poop" Harris]

18th, meh. Going to try to be top 15 next time this comes out

[Tigertecz]

Nice job Broph, as always.

[Before I'm Gone]

Well, the team can only get better...