Week 24 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: Award Tour

It’s the last week of the regular season, all 8 playoff spots are clinched and 6 of the playoff seeds are set. That means the only thing left to do is reflect on the season and analyze who the award winners will be in the last Fanalyst Rankings of the regular season.

Week 23 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: Anti-Tanking Edition

The NBA season has reached that point where teams start tanking games for the draft lottery or the playoffs. This week’s Fanalyst Rankings analyzes how the best teams in the East would rank if the NBA implemented a new playoff system that placed more emphasis on division and conference records.

Week 22 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: Game Winners, 2nd Edition

The best teams in the NBA win most of their games going away, but when shit gets real they have to be able to win games with clutch shots. This week’s Fanalyst Rankings analyze the clutch shooting for the best teams in the East when teams are separated by no more than 3 pts with less than 24 seconds in the 4th quarter or overtime.

Week 21 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: Tony Starks Edition

NBA teams face 2 battles: their opponents and their injuries. It takes Iron Men and depth to survive the grind of 82 games. This week’s Fanalyst Rankings analyzes the games missed by the starters for the best teams in the Eastern Conference.

Week 20 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: Streaking Edition

Since the Miami HEAT have the 2nd longest winning streak in NBA history, this week’s Fanalyst Rankings analyzes the longest winning streaks for the best teams in the East this season.

Week 19 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: Best Supporting Cast

The Miami HEAT blew out the Pacers with LeBron James producing a season-low 13 points while Mario Chalmers (26 points) and Chris Bosh (24 points), the team’s 5th and 3rd leading scorers, stepped up to lead the team in scoring. This week’s Fanalyst Rankings analyze the supporting casts for the best teams in the Eastern Conference.

Week 18 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: Finishing Moves

LeBron James put the nail in the coffin for the Knicks with a hammer dunk on Sunday. This week’s Fanalyst Rankings analyzes who has the best finishing moves for the best teams in the East.

Week 17 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: Follow the Leaders

Dwyane Wade, the all-time leading scorer in Miami HEAT history, scored his 16,000th point over the weekend. This week’s Fanalyst Rankings analyzes how the active all-time leaders for the best franchises in the East will impact their teams’ performances.

Week 16 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: Raisin in the Sun Edition

Since the Lakers are the biggest story and disappointment in the NBA going into the all-star break, this week’s Fanalyst Rankings analyze whether the best teams in the East withered under the heat of preseason expectations like A Raisin in the Sun or produced the fruits of success in the 1st half of the season.

Week 15 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: Everybody Makes a Run

No lead is safe in the NBA because every team makes a run during the game. This week’s Fanalyst Rankings analyze which teams build the biggest leads and the largest margin of safety for winning.

Week 14 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: Posterize or Die Trying

The NBA is about survival of the fittest. Win or lose. Dunk or be dunked on. Posterize or die trying. That’s why the best teams make the best highlights. This week’s Fanalyst Rankings analyze how the best teams in the Eastern Conference attack and protect the rim.

Week 13 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: Stars Edition

Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” On MLK Day, this week’s Fanalyst Rankings shine a light on the real stars for the best teams in the Eastern Conference instead of the ones that cloud the fans’ perception.

Week 12 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: All 3 Everything

Nothing changes a game faster than a three-pointer. This week’s Fanalyst Rankings analyzes the three-point attacks of the best teams in the Eastern Conference.

Week 11 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: In the Ghetto Edition

For the best teams in the NBA, it ain’t where you’re from, it’s where you’re at. This week’s Fanalyst Rankings take a look at how the best teams in the East perform on the road.

Week 10 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: New Year's Edition

This week’s Fanalyst Rankings take a look at New Year's resolutions for the best teams in the East to improve in 2013.

Week 9 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: The Giving Edition

The holidays are all about giving and receiving - on and off the court. This week’s Fanalyst Rankings analyze how the best teams in the Eastern Conference share the basketball.

Week 8 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: The Defense Edition

Teams need to get stops to be elite in the NBA and this week’s Fanalyst Rankings analyzes how well the best teams in the East do just that.

Week 7 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: Sportsmanship Edition

Sportsmanship is an important part of success in athletics. How teams handle adversity says as much about them as their success. This week’s Fanalyst Rankings analyzes how the best teams in the East have managed adversity with the referees this season.

Week 6 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: Grind Edition (No Bitchassness Allowed)

The NBA stands for No Bitchassness Allowed. While Gregg Popobitch and the Spurs chose to play against lottery teams and quit against elite ones on their east coast road trip, this week’s Fanalyst Rankings analyzes the best teams in the East and how they’ve performed on the road this season.

Week 5 NBA Fanalyst Rankings: Cyber Monday Edition

While fans search for the best holiday shopping deals online today, this week’s Fanalyst Rankings identifies the offseason contract signings that look like good deals for the best teams in the NBA after the 1st month of the season.