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NBA Rankings
Designed solely for predictive purposes, our current ratings improved upon our original ratings in several ways, most notably by incorporating a preseason rating (or "prior") for each team. Using preseason ratings improves the overall predictive accuracy of the system, although the impact of a team's preseason rating decreases over time.
Note: "Best" and "Worst" teams are not yet available for some ratings — these will populate once the season is underway and teams have played games.
Prefer our previous ranking methodology? View our old rankings.