Franchise Power Rankings 5.0

Time for round 5 of my Franchise Power Rankings, and its the first to feature a team other than the Suns at the top, of course, with Mark leaving it isnt a surprise, but, its likely it would have happened either way. Plays Bulls take over the top spot, grabbing a nearly 100 point lead over the Suns, who fall to second. Its been four years, plus this season to day 85 since I did this. The Wolves were dominant in this stretch, going for finals appearances in the first three seasons, and totaling up 414 points. The Bulls rank second with 383, and the Bucks hang onto third despite two rebuilding years thanks to consecutive titles to lead off the stretch, finishing with 354 points, more impressive is the fact that both the Bucks and Wolves were in the top three for the 4 year stretch in the previous iteration of the rankings. Habes, you were fourth, but most amazingly is that Marty was fifth.....24 GM's should be ashamed. The worst team over the stretch by just one point was the Orlando Magic, at only 163 points, followed closely by the Warriors (164), and the Pistons (168).

I gave teams
1 point for a regular season win
2 points for a playoff win
4 points for a Division Title
4 Points for a Conference Title (on top of 4 for winning the division)
5 points for a playoff appearance
8 Points for being the overall number 1 (on top of the 8 from winning the conference)
10 points for a finals appearance
25 points for a title

That means a first round playoff appearance is worth 5-11 points (5 for the appearance + up to three wins at two points each) 2nd round is 13-19 points, Conference Championship 21-27, a Finals appearance is worth 39-45, and a title is worth 72 points, due to the wins. The most possible points in the regular season would be 98, and the most possible points in the playoffs 72. Without further hesitation, I present the overall Rankings.





Amazing:
Chicago, Phoenix

Great:
Minnesota, Denver, Memphis

Good:
Oklahoma City, Charlotte, New York, Toronto,

Above Average:
Milwaukee, Utah, New Jersey, Philadelphia

Average:
Miami, Orlando, Cleveland

Below Average:
Dallas, Los Angeles Lakers, San Antonio, Portland

Poor:
New Orleans, Golden State, Houston, Detroit, Boston

Bad:
Indiana, Los Angeles Clippers

Terrible:
Washington, Atlanta



Most wins per playoff appearance:
The Chicago Bulls with 7.28 wins per playoff appearance
Runner Up: Utah-7.25
3rd place: Milwaukee-7.11

Fewest Wins per Playoff Appearance:
The Atlanta Hawks with 2.82 wins per playoff appearance
Runner Up: Portland-3.16
3rd place: Indiana-3.33


Most Positions Gained:
The Minnesota Timberwolves with a 9 Spot gain (12th to 3rd)
T-Runner-Up : Oklahoma City and Milwaukee-5 spots (11th to 6th) and (15th to 10th) respectively


Most Positions Lost:
The Utah Jazz, New Jersey Nets, and Philadelphia 76ers with 5 positions lost (6th,7th,8th to 11th,12th,13th)

• The Nuggets, Bucks, Trail Blazers, Nets, and Bucks are each perfect when it comes to going to the finals and then completing the goal of winning a title. The Nuggets and Bucks are an astounding 3 for 3, The Magic failed in their finals appearance, dropping off this list, the Bucks went 2-2 in the four year period.
  
• The Wizards, Pacers, Spurs, Lakers, Pacers, and Warriors are all on the opposite end of the spectrum, having reached the Finals, but come up short of winning a title, of those, none is worse than 0-2. The Thunder both managed to win a title in the last four years, removing their name from this list.
  
• Three quarters of BBS has made a finals appearance, with 23 of the 29 teams making a finals appearance. The teams that haven't? New York Knicks (who still rank 11th amazingly enough), Dallas Mavericks, Boston Celtics, Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers and Houston Rockets. Nobody removed themselves from this list over the last four years
  
• If I had to say that I have one team overrated in this ranking, it would have to be the Knicks at 8, as they do not even have a finals appearance...but they never seem to rebuild giving them a lot of regular season wins and they do tend to win a few games come playoff time.
  
• The Phoenix Suns passed the Chicago Bulls as the best regular season team, as they have been consistent at winning a lot of games but the Bulls have won an astounding 12 division titles, and have come out on top of the east an amazing 10 times. The next closest team conference title wise is the Magic and Bucks, who have each only done it 5 times. The Bulls have also been the overall #1 5 times, more than any other team. The Suns however have 80 more wins overall in the regular season
  
• The Raptors have the highest number of playoff appearances, at 30 in 36 seasons, yet, they have just 2 finals appearances,
  
• The Wizards have reached the playoffs a mere 9 times in 32 seasons, of course, the do have a Finals appearance in those 9 appearances
  
• Every team has won a division title.
  
• The Cavaliers, Trailblazers, and Hawks are the only teams to have no won a conference title. Marty finally won a conference title, taking hiself off this list
  

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