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Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers
Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system
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Sep 11, 2018, 08:29 AM ET What goes into the NBA Future Power Rankings point totals?
Here's how we did it.
FUTURE POWER RATING PLAYERS (worth 58.3% of score): Current players and their potential for the future, factoring in expected departuresMANAGEMENT (worth 16.7% of score): Quality and stability of front office, ownership, coachingMONEY (worth 8.3% of score): Projected salary-cap situation; ability and willingness to exceed cap and pay luxury taxMARKET (worth 8.3% of score): Appeal to future acquisitions based on team quality, franchise reputation, city's desirability as a destination, market size, taxes, business and entertainment opportunities, arena quality, fansDRAFT (worth 8.3% of score): Future draft picks; draft positioning
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 97.5 2. Houston 87.5 T-3. Boston 85.0 T-3. Philadelphia 85.0 5. Denver 82.5 6. Oklahoma City 80.0 7. L.A. Lakers 77.5 8. Utah 72.5 9. Washington 65.0 T-10. Toronto 62.5 T-10. Minnesota 62.5 12. Indiana 60.0 T-13. Portland 57.5 T-13. Milwaukee 57.5 T-15. San Antonio 55.0 T-15. New Orleans 55.0 17. Miami 47.5 18. Phoenix 45.0 T-19. Dallas 42.5 T-19. Detroit 42.5 T-19. Memphis 42.5 22. New York 40.0 23. Chicago 37.5 T-24. L.A. Clippers 35.0 T-24. Orlando 35.0 26. Brooklyn 32.5 T-27. Cleveland 27.5 T-27. Sacramento 27.5 29. Charlotte 22.5 30. Atlanta 17.5 Current players and potential for the future
Management (16.7 percent) Management Team Rating 1. Golden State 95.0 T-2. Houston 90.0 T-2. Boston 90.0 T-4. Utah 80.0 T-4. San Antonio 80.0 6. Miami 72.5 7. Oklahoma City 70.0 8. Brooklyn 62.5 T-9. Indiana 60.0 T-9. L.A. Clippers 60.0 T-11. L.A. Lakers 57.5 T-11. Toronto 57.5 T-11. Portland 57.5 T-11. Dallas 57.5 T-15. Philadelphia 55.0 T-15. Detroit 55.0 17. Milwaukee 52.5 18. Orlando 50.0 T-19. Denver 45.0 T-19. New Orleans 45.0 T-21. Washington 42.5 T-21. New York 42.5 23. Cleveland 37.5 24. Minnesota 35.0 25. Chicago 32.5 26. Memphis 30.0 27. Atlanta 25.0 28. Phoenix 20.0 28. Charlotte 20.0 30. Sacramento 17.5 Quality/stability of front office, ownership, coaching
Money (8.3 percent) Money Team Rating 1. Brooklyn 90.0 2. Dallas 87.5 3. Atlanta 85.0 4. L.A. Clippers 82.5 5. Sacramento 80.0 6. New York 72.5 7. Indiana 70.0 T-8. L.A. Lakers 67.5 T-8. Philadelphia 67.5 T-8. Chicago 67.5 11. New Orleans 62.5 12. Utah 60.0 T-13. Toronto 57.5 T-13. Orlando 57.5 T-13. Cleveland 57.5 16. Milwaukee 50.0 17. Phoenix 47.5 T-18. Denver 45.0 T-18. Memphis 45.0 T-20. San Antonio 42.5 T-20. Charlotte 42.5 22. Miami 37.5 23. Detroit 35.0 24. Minnesota 27.5 T-25. Golden State 22.5 T-25. Portland 22.5 27. Boston 20.0 28. Washington 15.0 29. Houston 12.5 30. Oklahoma City 7.5 Projected salary-cap situation
Market (8.3 percent) Market Team Rating T-1. L.A. Lakers 90.0 T-1. Golden State 90.0 3. New York 85.0 T-4. L.A. Clippers 82.5 T-4. Miami 82.5 6. Brooklyn 75.0 7. Houston 65.0 T-8. Chicago 60.0 T-8. Boston 60.0 T-10. Dallas 55.0 T-10. Phoenix 55.0 12. San Antonio 52.5 T-13. Toronto 50.0 T-13. Orlando 50.0 T-15. Portland 47.5 T-15. Washington 47.5 T-17. Philadelphia 45.0 T-17. Denver 45.0 T-19. Atlanta 42.5 T-19. Oklahoma City 42.5 21. Detroit 40.0 22. Cleveland 37.5 T-23. New Orleans 35.0 T-23. Charlotte 35.0 T-25. Indiana 30.0 T-25. Utah 30.0 T-25. Memphis 30.0 28. Sacramento 25.0 29. Milwaukee 22.5 30. Minnesota 15.0 Appeal to future acquisitions
Draft (8.3 percent) Draft Team Rating 1. Atlanta 97.5 2. Boston 95.0 3. Phoenix 82.5 4. Brooklyn 75.0 T-5. New York 70.0 T-5. Chicago 70.0 7. Orlando 67.5 8. San Antonio 62.5 9. Charlotte 60.0 10. Cleveland 57.5 T-11. L.A. Clippers 52.5 T-11. Detroit 52.5 T-13. L.A. Lakers 47.5 T-13. New Orleans 47.5 T-13. Indiana 47.5 T-13. Memphis 47.5 17. Washington 45.0 18. Portland 42.5 18. Philadelphia 42.5 T-20. Miami 40.0 T-20. Dallas 40.0 T-20. Utah 40.0 T-20. Minnesota 40.0 T-24. Houston 32.5 T-24. Toronto 32.5 T-24. Oklahoma City 32.5 T-27. Golden State 30.0 T-27. Milwaukee 30.0 T-29. Denver 25.0 T-29. Sacramento 25.0 Future draft picks; draft positioning
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