At least twice a year, ESPN puts out a Future Power Rankings piece that ranks a team not by this year, but over the next three seasons, so 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25. There are five factors which they rank a team on a scale of 1 to 100, then they rank those scores in order for each NBA team. Those factors are as follows, with the percentage indicating how much that weighs into the overall score:
- Players (53.8%) - Current players and their potential for the future, factoring in expected departures
- Management (15.