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Logan Newman

NBA power rankings roundup: The tank is approaching

With the Oklahoma City Thunder officially shutting down Al Horford for the remainder of the season, power ranking analysts were not shy to use that word:

Tanking.

The Thunder, who will not play Horford for the rest of the season, who just traded away George Hill, who just saw Shai Gilgeous-Alexander land on the injured list for an extended period due to a foot injury and Lu Dort hurt with a concussion, may struggle to win upcoming games.

With that said, we’ve been thinking that all year, yet they’ve still managed to play competitive and win a reasonable number of contests.

Here are the outlets’ power rankings. As a note, they were published prior to the Thunder’s loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Monday, so any new opinions that arose from that game are not included.

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