NBA Power Rankings March 07, 2025

NBA Power Ranking Notes (February 10, 2025)

The above NBA power rankings include a combined ranking conjured up by Odds Shark's computers stemming from data from the early portion of the 2024-25 regular season, along with the rankings of basketball expert Chris Walder to compare.

Here is where Chris differs most from the computer-generated rankings:

NBA Power Rankings Most Overrated Team: Dallas Mavericks

When it rains, it pours, and a monsoon is about to run through the Lone Star State and specifically the American Airlines Center following a week of shock, horror, and straight-up bad luck. There's an encyclopedia's worth of takes out there concerning the Dallas Mavericks shipping Luka Doncic off to the Los Angeles Lakers, and then watching the newly-acquired Anthony Davis succumb to a groin injury which could keep him out of action for up to a month is just another kick to the gut altogether.

The Mavericks represented the Western Conference in last year's NBA Finals, and now, it will be a struggle just to qualify for the play-in tournament. A top-10 team in the Association they are not.

NBA Power Rankings Most Underrated Team: Los Angeles Lakers

Dallas' loss is Los Angeles' gain, because a team holding down the fifth seed with a legitimate chance at climbing as high as second is now about to receive a top-five player on the planet who's beyond motivated to prove his former team wrong in Doncic. 

The Lakers don't deserve to be in the bottom half of any power rankings whatsoever. They've made the most out of less, working to their strong suits while getting solid production out of rotation pieces in an attempt to alleviate the load on the now 40-year-old LeBron James. Doncic's presence should only boost their stock even further. 

How Are NBA Power Rankings Created?

* Power rankings are updated every Monday and Friday of the NBA regular season. Ranks are based on a rolling 20-game range; early in the season, this date range reaches back to regular-season games of the previous year.

How many times have you looked at the NBA standings and saw a team that seems to have good talent and excellent stats, near the bottom of the standings? Did you think “That’s strange. I’ll bet they're an underdog tonight against a team they can beat.”)

This happens all the time because standings only detail past wins and losses. They don't help you predict NBA futures, nor do they give an accurate picture of the true strength of each team relative to one another -- that’s what an NBA Power Rankings grid is for! We aim to crunch all the important stats – field-goal percentage, three-point defense, ATS road victories, home rebounding and more -- to rate all NBA teams based on our unique handicapping formulas.

One team’s weakness may play perfectly into another's strength. Compare these power rankings against NBA point-spread and NBA moneylines to find an edge and you'll have a better chance of winning your wagers! See below for a ratings chart that details all the nerd math underlying our rankings.

The NBA Power Rankings page here at Odds Shark factors in home and road scoring, rebounding, margin of victory average, three-pointers per game, free-throw percentage, and more. We rate each team in each category and apply our weightings to each. We do the same for the defensive end of the court – steals, defensive rebounding, road and home efficiencies, which teams defend the perimeter, and more.

We take an overall power number and multiply it by a strength-of-schedule weighting that gives our overall NBA power rank. That list should help you judge the best odds on the NBA spread and moneyline at your favorite sportsbook. It’s part of our commitment to provide better NBA data, truer NBA rankings and stats that help you win more often!

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