Future NBA Power Rankings: Full category rankings

Chad Ford
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Chad Ford
ESPN Senior Writer
- Senior NBA Writer for ESPN.com
- ESPN Insider NBA Draft Analyst since 2002
- Writes ESPN's NBA Draft Top 100 and Lottery Mock Draft
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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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Oct 3, 2016, 09:00 AM ET

So you're wondering how we put the NBA Future Power Rankings together? Here's how we did it.

To determine the Future Power Rating, we rated each team in five categories. Here's how they did it and how the teams ranked in each individual category.

We determined that the most important category is a team's current roster and the future potential of those players -- that category accounts for 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.

Players (50 percent)

Players

Team	Rating	Prev. Rating
1. Golden State	100	99.5
2. Cleveland	92.5	92.5
3. San Antonio	75	72.5
4. Minnesota	70	62.5
5. Boston	65	49
6. Utah	65	60
7. L.A. Clippers	65	67
8. Portland	60	56.5
9. Toronto	55	55.5
10. Houston	55	55
11. Detroit	55	48.5
12. Oklahoma City	52.5	70
13. Washington	52.5	57.5
14. Charlotte	50	42.5
15. Milwaukee	50	42
16. New Orleans	50	55.5
17. Indiana	47.5	51.5
18. Orlando	45	42.5
19. Chicago	42.5	45
20. Denver	42.5	42.5
21. Atlanta	40	45
22. Memphis	37.5	42.5
23. Miami	35	53.5
24. Philadelphia	35	22.5
25. Phoenix	35	27.5
26. New York	35	32.5
27. L.A. Lakers	30	20
28. Dallas	27.5	32.5
29. Sacramento	25	30
30. Brooklyn	10	10
Current players and potential for the future

Management (16.7 percent)

Management

Team	Rating	Prev. Rating
1. Golden State	97.5	97
2. San Antonio	95	97
3. Boston	90	90
4. Portland	77.5	72.5
5. Utah	72	62.5
6. Miami	70	77.5
7. Oklahoma City	65	72.5
8. Minnesota	62.5	50
9. Dallas	62.5	65
10. Toronto	62.5	57.5
11. Cleveland	60	53
12. Atlanta	55	55
13. Houston	50	52.5
14. L.A. Clippers	50	50
15. Detroit	50	50
16. Charlotte	45	42.5
17. Indiana	42.5	45
18. Chicago	42.5	52.5
19. Philadelphia	40	40
20. Orlando	40	40
21. Milwaukee	40	40
22. Denver	37.5	35
23. Memphis	37.5	42.5
24. Washington	35	35
25. Brooklyn	32.5	30
26. L.A. Lakers	27.5	27.5
27. New Orleans	25	32.5
28. Phoenix	17.5	20
29. New York	15	20
30. Sacramento	10.5	8
Quality/stability of front office, ownership, coaching

Money (16.7 percent)

Money

Team	Rating	Prev. Rating
1. Brooklyn	97.5	67.5
2. Philadelphia	97	97
3. Minnesota	87.5	52.5
4. Sacramento	77.5	50
5. Phoenix	72.5	65
6. Utah	72.5	60
7. L.A. Lakers	70	97.5
8. Boston	67.5	70
9. Denver	67.5	45
10. Indiana	60	55
11. New Orleans	57.5	35
12. Chicago	55	47.5
13. New York	52.5	42.5
14. Atlanta	52.5	57.5
15. Miami	50	50
16. Orlando	50	80
17. San Antonio	50	10
18. Houston	45	45
19. Dallas	45	52.5
20. Oklahoma City	45	32.5
21. Milwaukee	42.5	50
22. L.A. Clippers	30	12.5
23. Memphis	27.5	52.5
24. Charlotte	22.5	47.5
25. Washington	20	60
26. Cleveland	18	7.5
27. Golden State	17.5	25
28. Portland	17.5	45
29. Toronto	17.5	12.5
30. Detroit	15	35.5
Projected salary-cap situation

Market (8.3 percent)

Market

Team	Rating	Prev. Rating
1. L.A. Lakers	90	90
2. Golden State	90	80
3. New York	87.5	87.5
4. Miami	85	90
5. L.A. Clippers	82.5	82.5
6. Brooklyn	77.5	75
7. Cleveland	70	70
8. Phoenix	62.5	62.5
9. Houston	62.5	67.5
10. Dallas	57.5	62.5
11. Chicago	52.5	55
12. Orlando	52.5	55
13. San Antonio	52.5	52.5
14. Boston	50	45
15. Washington	47.5	50
16. Portland	47.5	46.5
17. Denver	42.5	42.5
18. Philadelphia	40	40
19. Atlanta	40	37.5
20. Toronto	40	35
21. Charlotte	40	38.5
22. New Orleans	37.5	36.5
23. Indiana	35	35
24. Oklahoma City	32.5	37.5
25. Memphis	32	30
26. Detroit	25	25
27. Minnesota	20	20
28. Milwaukee	20	20
29. Utah	17.5	18
30. Sacramento	10.5	10.5
Appeal to future acquisitions

Draft (8.3 percent)

Draft

Team	Rating	Prev. Rating
1. Philadelphia	100	97
2. Boston	95	97.5
3. Phoenix	90	82.5
4. Denver	72.5	85
5. Dallas	62.5	40
6. Chicago	60	57.5
7. L.A. Lakers	60	57.5
8. New Orleans	60	47.5
9. Orlando	60	60
10. Utah	60	62.5
11. Minnesota	57.5	60
12. New York	57.5	37.5
13. Atlanta	55	52.5
14. Milwaukee	55	60
15. Indiana	50	47.5
16. Toronto	50	62.5
17. Washington	50	42.5
18. Charlotte	47.5	47.5
19. Miami	45	30
20. Portland	45	45
21. Sacramento	42.5	47.5
22. Detroit	35	47.5
23. Houston	32.5	37.5
24. Oklahoma City	32.5	32.5
25. San Antonio	27.5	32.5
26. Brooklyn	25	15
27. L.A. Clippers	22.5	30
28. Memphis	22.5	32.5
29. Cleveland	15	22.5
30. Golden State	12.5	25
Future draft picks; draft positioning