{"id":1868554,"date":"2026-04-06T17:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1868554"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:02:23","slug":"nba-power-rankings-nuggets-are-contenders-and-were-our-first-week-predictions-correct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1868554","title":{"rendered":"NBA Power Rankings: Nuggets are contenders, and were our first-week predictions correct?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Call \u2019em April babies, \u2019cause they fools. We are nearing the end of this season of Power Rankings, and I know many enjoy a freezing cold take, so allow me a more lukewarm one.<\/p>\n

Predictions are fun. I consider myself a basketball meteorologist. I\u2019m going to try and give you a forecast. But I\u2019m really going to be able to tell you after the fact why the forecast was precise or not, and then go back to trying to tell you the weather.<\/p>\n

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I know many of you get excited when the more ambitious of us prognosticators are wrong. And if you want to make a seasonal omelet, you have to break some eggs. So these Power Rankings will be the one where we look at what I thought these teams would be and assess what went wrong and what went right.<\/p>\n

Fine print: These Power Rankings won\u2019t just rank every team. We\u2019ll retain the tiers that teams will be promoted into and relegated out of. There will be five tiers each week:<\/p>\n