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Chicago paces playoff rankings
NBA Athlon Sports NBA Power Rankings — Playoff Edition 1. Chicago — The league's best team rides into the playoffs as winners of 13 of 14 and a league-best winning percentage of .703 again...
2 years ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NBA, Bulls, Celtics, Heat, Lakers, Magic, Mavericks, Nuggets, Spurs, Thunder, Trail Blazers

It's NBA Playoffs Eve
NBA A few thoughts on the eve of the NBA Playoffs beginning... MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED: CHICAGO Six times the Bulls franchise has won 60-plus games. The previous five times Chicago went on to win ...
2 years ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NBA, Brandon Roy, Carlos Boozer, Derrick Rose, Dwight Howard, Dwyane Wade, Gerald Wallace, Joakim Noah, LeBron James, Omer Asik, Taj Gibson, Bulls, Celtics, Hawks, Knicks, Lakers, Magic, Mavericks, Spurs, Thunder, Trail Blazers

Age just a number out West?
NBA A look at the eight teams representing the Western Conference in this year's NBA Playoffs Click here for Eastern Conference at a Glance No. 1 SAN ANTONIO SPURS (61-21) For a top seed ther...
2 years ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NBA

Bulls ride Rose into postseason
NBA A look at the eight teams representing the Eastern Conference in this year's NBA Playoffs Click here for Western Conference at a Glance No. 1 CHICAGO BULLS (62-20) The Bulls certainly did...
2 years ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NBA

Lakers out front
NBA For the first time since Week 3, the Los Angeles Lakers sit atop the weekly Athlon Sports NBA Power Rankings — knocking the Chicago Bulls down a peg. The last time the Lakers were atop t...
2 years ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NBA

It's a 'Madhouse' up top
NBA It's tempting to move San Antonio out of the top spot for the first time since Week 12 after Monday's 30-point loss to Miami — the last team not named San Antonio to own the No. 1 ranking. I...
2 years ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NBA

Playoff time
NBA This week should be the start of the fantasy basketball playoffs for many of you. Some of you may have round one byes, some of you may be playing first-round games this week or some of you may be e...
2 years ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NBA

Top spot challenged
NBA The Spurs hold on to their No. 1 ranking for the eighth week in a row, but this is as close as they have come to losing that top ranking since they were the No. 2 team in Week 12. As a matter o...
2 years ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NBA

NBA Teams Ready for Playoff Run
NBA Crunch time. Home stretch. Sink or swim. Whichever phrase you prefer, we have reached the final quarter of the NBA season, and it’s time to look around the Association at who will contend for...
2 years ago by Patrick Snow Tags: NBA

A grind up top
NBA It's Groundhog Day at the top as the San Antonio Spurs are No. 1 in the Week 20 Athlon Sports NBA Power Rankings for the seventh straight week. A six-game lead over second place in the Western ...
2 years ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NBA

Pass before you shoot
NBA There are many ways to play fantasy basketball — rotisserie, head to head, lineups that can be changed any time and lineups that lock just prior to Monday night’s tip. With that in mind, Athlon...
2 years ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NBA

Changes after the break?
NBA A short week for the All-Star break meant there was little effect on the Athlon Sports NBA Power Rankings for Week 18. San Antonio and Boston maintain the Nos. 1 and 2 spots for what seems like...
2 years ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NBA

Melo Drama Almost Over
NBA The NBA trade deadline for the 2010-11 season is less than three days away. I am certainly interested to see which teams take steps — major or minor — to better themselves en route to...
2 years ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NBA

Pro Sports: Enough Already
NBA "Albertageddon" in St Louis. NFL Labor issues. Carmelo and the Knicks. Mets' owners and felon Bernard Madoff. Our sports headlines are pretty depressing right now. As much of the country strugg...
2 years ago by Patrick Snow Tags: NFL, NBA, MLB

Status quo at the break
NBA The NBA season has reached All-Star Week. From here until regular season's end on April 13, it really can become a different season from what we have seen the first 55 games or so. But for each con...
2 years ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NBA