44-pt Beatdown = Blazers #1 in West?

by Cjones10 on Feb 2, 2012 11:57 AM PST

According to John Hollinger's Power Rankings. The Portland Trailblazers are now the West best team. The huge margin of victory swing from last nights 44-point beatdown has given the Blazers the number one MOV in the West.

Portland now sits number three overall in his power rankings just behind #1 Philadelphia, who jumped ahead of the #2 Chicago Bulls after beating them last night. The top five rounds out with Denver and Miami, respectively.

How much weight do you put into his Power Ranking system?

http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/powerrankings

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Hollinger's rankings are:

On the money!

13 votes

Mostly right

22 votes

Decent

77 votes

Horrible

85 votes

197 votes | Poll has closed

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Absolutely horrible, and if Hollinger really believes that he needs to be fired. Beating the Bobcats is nothing to be

proud of. They look like a college team. Since you have no link to this I’m assuming it isn’t true anyway. Portland is a slightly above average team. We are essentially the Bobcats of a few years ago with LaMarcus Aldridge. Yes, that Bobcats team that made it to the playoffs with Wallace and Felton, but lost just like the Blazers do in the first round.

If Portland ever starts beating teams they should beat, and figuring out a way to close out games against great teams, then they can be in the conversation of best teams.

by BRoyInThe4th on Feb 2, 2012 12:16 PM PST reply actions

his power rankings are purely stat driven, it's not based on opinion

I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.
Mark Twain

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by Tyler Durrden on Feb 2, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs

link

http://espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/powerrankings

by Cjones10 on Feb 2, 2012 12:30 PM PST up reply actions

I was under the impression

that Hollinger has stated in the past that statistically driven power rankings aren’t reliable until at least half the season has been played.

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein

by Decaf on Feb 2, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs

Like any automated ranking system of its type, Hollinger’s rankings aren’t particularly reliable over a short number of games. I also think that in general he puts too much weight on recent games, so a team is likely to be a little overvalued after a huge blowout win. On the whole, they aren’t a bad ranking, but there are more useful statistical rankings elsewhere (e.g. Sagarin rankings, Simple Rating System, etc.)

by jksnake99 on Feb 2, 2012 1:12 PM PST reply actions 2 recs