Rodgers Ratings (ASB)

1. Miami
2. Chicago
3. OKC
4. San Antonio
5. Philadelphia
6. Dallas
7. LA Clippers/Portland
9. Indiana
10. Houston
11. Orlando
12. LA Lakers
13. Denver
14. Atlanta
15. Memphis
16. Minnesota
17. New York
18. Boston
19. Utah
20. Golden State
21. Milwaukee
22. Phoenix
23. Cleveland
24. New Jersey
25. Toronto/New Orleans
27. Sacramento
28. Detroit
29. Washington
30. Charlotte

Rising/Falling

Rising: Indiana +6, Houston/Portland +3
Falling: Atlanta -6, Denver/Lakers -3

PROJECTED PLAYOFF SEEDING
EAST
1. Miami 2. Chicago 3. Philadelphia 4. Indiana
5. Orlando 6. Atlanta 7. New York 8. Boston

WEST
1. OKC 2. San Antonio 3. Dallas 4. Clippers
5. Portland 6. Houston 7. Lakers 8. Denver

How is Portland ahead of the Lakers? They've been even worse on the road than us, and our record is better.
The clippers should be ahead of the Mavs, people don't like to admit it, but the clippers will be a very tough playoff team.
OKC should be N°2, not the bulls. While the bull's defense is better than OKC's, but OKC's offense is much better than the bull's.
The mavs should be ahead of the sixers
Orlando's record may be better, but come playoff time I expect the lakers to do better than them.
Denver should be higher.

My ratings are all statistically based. There is no subjective input. You might not like them. You might not agree with them, but my preferences don't affect the ratings at all. I'll try to explain some of the rankings though:

Dallas is statistically a better team than the Clippers, and the Mavs have really turned around their season after a poor start.

Portland is a much better team than their record shows...and it's that sort of team that tends to have success in the long run. They have a top 8 offense AND defense. The Lakers have neither statistically.