NBA Rankings Debut!

Since baseball season is over, I suppose it's time to move on. To the NBA!! Here are the first rankings of the season:

Rank	Team	W	L	Rating	SOS
1	Miami	4	1	9.203	0.872
2	LA Lakers	5	0	6.845	1.17
3	Denver	2	2	5.997	2.12
4	New Orleans	4	0	4.012	1.583
5	Orlando	2	1	3.58	0.978
6	Dallas	3	1	3.055	0.89
7	Boston	4	1	2.023	0.791
8	Houston	0	4	1.668	3.907
9	Atlanta	5	0	1.611	0.491
10	Phoenix	1	3	1.554	1.97
11	Portland	4	2	1.509	0.634
12	San Antonio	3	1	1.476	0.953
13	Golden State	3	1	1.414	1.504
14	New York	2	2	1.234	1.116
15	Memphis	2	3	1.181	1.637
16	Utah	2	2	0.988	1.225
17	Philadelphia	1	4	0.917	0.942
18	Toronto	1	3	0.765	0.684
19	Chicago	2	2	0.664	0.571
20	Sacramento	3	2	0.506	0.676
21	Milwaukee	1	4	0.425	0.932
22	Washington	1	2	0.411	1.742
23	LA Clippers	1	4	0.379	1.248
24	Cleveland	1	3	0.354	1.06
25	Indiana	2	2	0.348	0.733
26	Oklahoma City	3	2	0.315	0.584
27	New Jersey	2	2	0.308	0.666
28	Minnesota	1	4	0.247	1.53
29	Charlotte	1	3	0.233	0.611
30	Detroit	0	5	0.181	0.732

What stands out about these rankings?

First, the ever intriguing Lakers Heat battle starts off actually in favor of the Heat. If they manage to keep this pace up (they won't) it gives them a winning percentage of .913, or 75 wins. Not quite the 78 Hollinger's pythagorean said, but close. The Three MiAmigos (thanks Andy) have done well.

Second, the surprisingly 0-4 Rockets have actually not played terribly, they just had an incredibly hard schedule. It appears Yao could still lead them to the playoffs this year.

Finally, the struggles of the OKC Zombie Sonics should be watched. Maybe all of the hype for such a young team was too much? As with all things this season, only time will tell. And I'm looking forward to it.