NBA Future Power Rankings: Full category rankings

Kevin Pelton
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Kevin Pelton
ESPN Senior Writer
- Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series
- Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers
- Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system
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Mar 21, 2018, 07:19 AM ET

So you're wondering how we put the NBA Future Power Rankings together?

Here's how we did it.

We determined that the most important category is a team's current roster and the future potential of those players -- that category accounts for more than 50 percent of each NBA team's overall Future Power Rating.

At the same time, we looked at many other factors, such as management, ownership, coaching, a team's spending habits, its cap situation, the reputation of the city and the franchise, and what kind of draft picks we expect the team to have in the future.

The full scores for every team in each category are below.

Players (58.3 percent)

Players

Team	Rating
1. Golden State	100
2. Houston	95.0
3. Boston	87.5
4. Philadelphia	85.0
5. Toronto	75.0
6. Denver	70.0
7. Milwaukee	70.0
8. Minnesota	70.0
9. Utah	65.0
10. Oklahoma City	62.5
11. Portland	62.5
12. Washington	62.5
13. Indiana	57.5
14. San Antonio	57.5
15. Cleveland	55.0
16. Detroit	47.5
17. L.A. Lakers	47.5
18. New Orleans	47.5
19. Miami	45.0
20. LA Clippers	42.5
21. Brooklyn	35.0
22. Chicago	32.5
23. Memphis	32.5
24. New York	30.0
25. Phoenix	30.0
26. Dallas	27.5
27. Orlando	22.5
28. Sacramento	22.5
29. Charlotte	17.5
30. Atlanta	15.0
Current players and potential for the future

Management (16.7 percent)

Management

Team	Rating
1. Golden State	95.0
2. Boston	92.5
3. Houston	90.0
4. San Antonio	90.0
5. Toronto	80.0
6. Utah	80.0
7. Miami	70.0
8. Portland	67.5
9. Oklahoma City	65.0
10. LA Clippers	60.0
11. Indiana	52.5
12. Brooklyn	52.5
13. Washington	47.5
14. Cleveland	47.5
15. L.A. Lakers	47.5
16. Dallas	47.5
17. Philadelphia	45.0
18. Minnesota	45.0
19. Denver	42.5
20. Orlando	42.5
21. Atlanta	37.5
22. Detroit	32.5
23. Milwaukee	30.0
24. New Orleans	27.5
25. Chicago	25.0
26. Charlotte	25.0
27. Sacramento	22.5
28. Memphis	20.0
29. New York	17.5
30. Phoenix	15.0
Quality/stability of front office, ownership, coaching

Money (8.3 percent)

Money

Team	Rating
1. L.A. Lakers	100.0
2. Chicago	92.5
3. Indiana	90.0
4. Philadelphia	90.0
5. Sacramento	87.5
6. Atlanta	85.0
7. Dallas	80.0
8. Brooklyn	75.0
9. LA Clippers	70.0
10. Phoenix	67.5
11. Utah	65.0
12. New York	60.0
13. Orlando	55.0
14. San Antonio	47.5
15. Memphis	47.5
16. Boston	32.5
17. Minnesota	32.5
18. Milwaukee	32.5
19. Houston	30.0
20. Miami	27.5
21. Detroit	27.5
22. Charlotte	27.5
23. Oklahoma City	25.0
24. Cleveland	25.0
25. Golden State	20.0
26. Portland	20.0
27. Denver	20.0
28. New Orleans	20.0
29. Washington	17.5
30. Toronto	12.5
Projected salary-cap situation

Market (8.3 percent)

Market

Team	Rating
1. L.A. Lakers	90.0
2. Golden State	90.0
3. New York	85.0
4. LA Clippers	82.5
5. Miami	82.5
6. Brooklyn	75.0
7. Houston	65.0
8. Boston	60.0
9. Chicago	55.0
10. Dallas	55.0
11. Phoenix	55.0
12. San Antonio	52.5
13. Orlando	50.0
14. Cleveland	50.0
15. Toronto	50.0
16. Portland	47.5
17. Washington	47.5
18. Philadelphia	45.0
19. Denver	45.0
20. Atlanta	42.5
21. Detroit	40.0
22. Oklahoma City	40.0
23. Charlotte	35.0
24. New Orleans	35.0
25. Indiana	30.0
26. Memphis	30.0
27. Utah	27.5
28. Sacramento	25.0
29. Milwaukee	20.0
30. Minnesota	15.0
Appeal to future acquisitions

Draft (8.3 percent)

Draft

Team	Rating
1. Phoenix	92.5
2. Atlanta	92.5
3. Boston	87.5
4. Chicago	87.5
5. New York	75.0
6. Orlando	75.0
7. Dallas	72.5
8. Cleveland	70.0
9. Philadelphia	67.5
10. Memphis	60.0
11. LA Clippers	57.5
12. L.A. Lakers	52.5
13. Charlotte	52.5
14. Sacramento	52.5
15. Denver	50.0
16. Brooklyn	45.0
17. Utah	45.0
18. Minnesota	45.0
19. Indiana	42.5
20. Washington	40.0
21. Portland	37.5
22. Detroit	35.0
23. New Orleans	35.0
24. Oklahoma City	32.5
25. Golden State	27.5
26. Miami	25.0
27. San Antonio	25.0
28. Milwaukee	25.0
29. Toronto	15.0
30. Houston	12.5
Future draft picks; draft positioning