What a junk website
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2023/11/27/23977800/nba-power-rankings-denver-nuggets-boston-celtics
They have the 4th best record in the NBA and yet they couldnt even give us the hype to even move us to a single digit power ranking. Worse they list the Clippers at 12 (7-8), GS at 11 (8-9) and the Lakers at 4th (10-7) with the nuggets still sitting in 1st.
- Orlando Magic
12-5 record, plus-5.6 net rating
Preseason ranking: no. 22Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner are powering the Magic as a 6-foot-10 tandem capable of filling any responsibility asked of them, and behind them is a roster filled with talented players who star in their roles. One of the biggest contributors so far is Jalen Suggs, who has slid into a starting spot following the rocky first two seasons of his career. Orlando has been one of the first month’s biggest surprises, and one of the defining moments of its season came last week, just two minutes into an in-season tournament game against Toronto, when Suggs battled hard in the post against the much larger Pascal Siakam. An entry pass came in, and Suggs fought through Siakam’s frame to poke the ball away. The Magic picked it up, pushed the ball down the court, and soon hit a 3. But that wasn’t the moment. The moment came as the 3 swooshed through the net, when the camera panned to Suggs wildly pumping his fists, screaming at the crowd and to himself, going wild as if it were the closing moments of Game 7. It’s only November, but Suggs’s intensity is exactly what his young team needs. Good teams need tone setters, and yes, the Magic are good.
NBA.com has us at 7