This is the only NBA Power Rankings list that will be opinion-based, with all future rankings being decided by ICT Zone's Ric Flair Ranking System, basically to be the best you gotta beat the best. Rankings are based solely on the week's results.
There aren't too many surprises to be seen in our first NBA rankings... the defending-champion Golden State Warriors are the obvious choice for the number one spot. The class of the East, at least on paper, is the Boston Celtics. Don't be surprised, however, if those teams end up in the bottom half of the rankings in the next edition: that's just the nature of these stylin', profilin', limousine ridin' power rankings.
The team that's fallen the most from last season to this season is the Cleveland Cavaliers, almost entirely due to the departure of the pillar of the city's economy, LeBron James. The Timberwolves find themselves in a volatile situation, with the potential to be the third best team in the West or fall towards the bottom third of the league, depending on how the Butler crisis is resolved.
Without further ado, here are the results of the inaugural NBA "Ric Flair" Power Rankings. Woo!
