NBA.com just released their weekly power rankings and have us at 17. Some reasons this is crazy
We have the leagues best Defense
We are tied for the leagues 9th best record
We have only played three out of 13 games at home (I’m not counting Mexico as a home game).
We just went 3-1 on a road trip which included a B2B
They still sleep
Defense wins the respect of coaches, not the media. Our offense has been dreadful to watch some games. The media gets more stuck on players and not teams, good scoring teams get hyped up.
In fairness to OKC they look much better than us, and they are getting hyped like their play warrants.