Future NBA Power Rankings: Full category rankings (Insider)

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Future NBA Power Rankings: Full category rankings

So you're wondering how we put the NBA Future Power Rankings together? Here's how we did it.

HOW FUTURE POWER RATING IS DETERMINED
PLAYERS (worth 50 percent of score): Current players and their potential for the future, factoring in expected departures
MANAGEMENT (worth 16.7 percent of score): Quality and stability of front office, ownership, coaching
MONEY (worth 16.7 percent of score): Projected salary-cap situation; ability and willingness to exceed cap and pay luxury tax
MARKET (worth 8.3 percent of score): Appeal to future acquisitions based on team quality, franchise reputation, city's desirability as a destination, market size, taxes, business and entertainment opportunities, arena quality, fans
DRAFT (worth 8.3 percent of score): Future draft picks; draft positioning
To determine the Future Power Rating, we rated each team in five categories. Here's how they did it and how the teams ranked in each individual category.


We determined that the most important category is a team's current roster and the future potential of those players -- that category accounts for 50 percent of each NBA team's overall Future Power Rating.

At the same time, we looked at many other factors, such as management, ownership, coaching, a team's spending habits, its cap situation, the reputation of the city and the franchise, and what kind of draft picks we expect the team to have in the future.

Players (50 percent)

Players
TEAM RATING
1. Golden State 100
2. Houston 82.5
3. Boston 80
4. San Antonio 70
4. Minnesota 70
6. Washington 65
6. Denver 65
8. Toronto 62.5
8. Milwaukee 62.5
10. Portland 60
10. Cleveland 60
12. Utah 55
12. Philadelphia 55
14. Oklahoma City 52.5
14. L.A. Clippers 52.5
16. Miami 50
16. Detroit 50
16. New Orleans 50
19. Charlotte 47.5
20. Memphis 42.5
21. L.A. Lakers 37.5
21. Orlando 37.5
23. New York 32.5
24. Dallas 30
25. Indiana 27.5
25. Sacramento 27.5
25. Phoenix 27.5
28. Brooklyn 22.5
29. Atlanta 17.5
30. Chicago 15
Current players and potential for the future
Management (16.7 percent)

Management
TEAM RATING
1. Golden State 97.5
2. San Antonio 92.5
3. Boston 87.5
4. Houston 77.5
5. Miami 72.5
6. Dallas 67.5
6. Utah 67.5
6. Oklahoma City 67.5
9. Portland 65
10. Toronto 60
11. Washington 55
12. Minnesota 52.5
13. L.A. Clippers 50
14. Brooklyn 47.5
14. Charlotte 47.5
14. Denver 47.5
17. L.A. Lakers 45
17. Orlando 45
19. Philadelphia 42.5
19. Cleveland 42.5
19. Detroit 42.5
19. Memphis 42.5
23. Atlanta 35
23. Milwaukee 35
25. Indiana 30
26. Sacramento 22.5
27. Chicago 20
28. New York 17.5
29. Phoenix 15
30. New Orleans 10
Quality/stability of front office, ownership, coaching
Money (16.7 percent)

Money
TEAM RATING
1. Chicago 97.5
2. L.A. Lakers 92.5
2. Indiana 92.5
4. Philadelphia 90
5. Atlanta 80
6. Phoenix 70
6. Dallas 70
6. Sacramento 70
9. Brooklyn 65
10. New York 62.5
10. Utah 62.5
12. Oklahoma City 55
13. San Antonio 47.5
13. Orlando 47.5
15. L.A. Clippers 45
16. Cleveland 42.5
16. Minnesota 42.5
18. Detroit 40
18. Charlotte 40
20. Memphis 37.5
20. Milwaukee 37.5
22. Denver 35
23. Boston 30
23. New Orleans 30
25. Miami 25
25. Houston 25
27. Golden State 22.5
28. Portland 20
28. Toronto 20
30. Washington 15
Projected salary-cap situation
Market (8.3 percent)

Market
TEAM RATING
1. L.A. Lakers 90
1. Golden State 90
3. New York 85
4. L.A. Clippers 82.5
4. Miami 82.5
6. Brooklyn 75
7. Houston 65
8. Boston 60
8. Cleveland 60
10. Phoenix 55
10. Chicago 55
10. Dallas 55
13. San Antonio 52.5
14. Orlando 50
15. Portland 47.5
15. Washington 47.5
17. Philadelphia 45
17. Denver 45
17. Toronto 45
20. Atlanta 42.5
21. Detroit 40
22. New Orleans 35
22. Charlotte 35
22. Oklahoma City 35
25. Indiana 30
25. Utah 30
25. Memphis 30
28. Sacramento 25
29. Milwaukee 17.5
30. Minnesota 15
Appeal to future acquisitions
Draft (8.3 percent)

Draft
TEAM RATING
1. Atlanta 95
2. Phoenix 90
3. Boston 87.5
4. Philadelphia 85
5. Cleveland 80
6. Chicago 77.5
7. Indiana 67.5
8. Dallas 65
8. New York 65
8. Orlando 65
11. New Orleans 52.5
11. Sacramento 52.5
13. Detroit 50
14. Utah 47.5
15. Charlotte 45
15. Memphis 45
17. Denver 42.5
17. Milwaukee 42.5
17. Portland 42.5
20. Brooklyn 40
20. Minnesota 40
20. Washington 40
23. L.A. Lakers 37.5
24. L.A. Clippers 32.5
25. San Antonio 30
26. Golden State 27.5
27. Miami 22.5
27. Oklahoma City 22.5
27. Toronto 22.5
30. Houston 17.
Future draft picks; draft positioning

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Thanks for sharing. A strong correlation between the category of management, and winning.