Power Rankings, Week 10: Jazz stay at No. 1, but Nets closing in fast

Kyrie Irving was instrumental in the Nets’ undefeated Western road trip. Over their five-game trip out West, the Brooklyn Nets allowed 116.3 points per 100 possessions, a mark which gave them the league’s 21st-ranked defense over those nine days. And it didn’t matter. The Nets shot 53%, including 45% from 3-point range, and they cut …

Defensive Player Ladder: Rudy Gobert, Ben Simmons lead new weekly ranking

This season, Rudy Gobert is 2nd in the NBA, averaging 2.8 blocks. When the NBA released the second fan returns of All-Star Voting 2021 presented by AT&T last week, two players were conspicuously absent from the Top 10 at their respective positions. Both of them are part of leading contenders. They both have their All-Star …