NBA Power Rankings: Thunder rolling + Pulse check on stars

Welcome back to another installment of HoopsHype’s power rankings. Last time, we looked at a reason for hope for every squad, and before that, we looked at each team’s most promising young player.

But this is a superstar-driven league, so this time, I thought we’d take a quick pulse check on a star for each squad. Note: I’m still ordering teams based on a proprietary mix of past performance, forward projection, herbs, and spices; it’s more art than science, although now that we’re at the 25-game mark, the portion of science in it is steadily growing larger.