The Washington Wizards won’t begin playing regular season games until Thursday when they host the Miami Heat. So that gives us a little time to discuss some last minute things before the actual games start, namely the power rankings.
John Schuhmann of NBA.com released his power rankings to start the regular season on Monday morning. The Wizards were 15th, moving up one place from last time.
Before we go up in arms about the Wizards ranking too low, power rankings are relative, and generally are an indicator of how good teams are playing at that moment as opposed to where they project to be in the standings.