The NBA tips off a new season in just a few days. As the preseason comes to an end, teams are beginning to stabilize their rotations in hopes of contending for a title. The big news of the offseason was made on the West Coast, as the LA Lakers one-upped the Miami Heat by putting together a "Big 4". The addition of future Hall of Famers, Steve Nash and Dwight Howard made the Lakers instant favorites to be the biggest challengers to the Heat's reign. One chink in your armour can can end your season sooner than you would like. It is so key to have stability at each spot on the floor. Take a look at the position by position rankings done by division to see where your favorite team's chink may be. (The probable starter is listed in parenthesis)
Atlantic Division
Point Guard
1. Brooklyn (Derron Williams)
2. Boston (Rajon Rondo)
3. Philadelphia (Jrue Holiday)
4. New York (Raymond Felton)
5. Toronto (Kyle Lowry)
Shooting Guard
1. Brooklyn (Joe Johnson)
2. New York (JR Smith)
3. Boston (Courtney Lee)
4. Philadelphia (Jason Richardson)
5. Toronto (Terrence Ross)
Small Forward
1. New York (Carmelo Anthony)
2. Boston (Paul Pierce)
3. Brooklyn (Gerald Wallace)
4. Toronto (DeMar DeRozan)
5. Philadelphia (Evan Turner)
Power Forward
1. New York (Amare Stoudamire)
2. Toronto (Andrea Bargnani)
3. Brooklyn (Kris Humphries)
4. Boston (Brandon Bass)
5. Philadelphia (Spencer Hawes)
Center
1. Philadelphia (Andrew Bynum)
2. Brooklyn (Brook Lopez)
3. Boston (Kevin Garnett)
4. New York (Tyson Chandler)
5. Toronto (Jonas Valenciunas)
Bench
1. New York (Jason Kidd)
2. Boston (Jason Terry)
3. Brooklyn (MarShon Brooks)
4. Philadelphia (Thaddeus Young)
5. Toronto (Jose Calderon)
Coach
1. Boston (Doc Rivers)
2. Philadelphia (Doug Collins)
3. Brooklyn (Avery Johnson)
4. New York (Mike Woodson)
5. Toronto (Dwane Casey)
Southeast Division
Point Guard
1. Washington (John Wall)
2. Orlando (Jameer Nelson)
3. Charlotte (Ramon Sessions)
4. Miami (Mario Chalmers)
5. Atlanta (Jeff Teague)
Shooting Guard
1. Miami (Dwayne Wade)
2. Orlando (Aaron Afflalo)
3. Charlotte (Ben Gordon)
4. Atlanta (Anthony Morrow)
5. Washington (Bradley Beal)
Small Forward
1. Miami (LeBron James)
2. Orlando (Hedo Turkoglu)
3. Washington (Trevor Ariza)
4. Charlotte (Michael Kidd-Gilchrist)
5. Atlanta (Kyle Korver)
Power Forward
1. Atlanta (Josh Smith)
2. Washington (Nene)
3. Orlando (Glen Davis)
4. Miami (Shane Battier)
5. Charlotte (Bismack Biyombo)
Center
1. Miami (Chris Bosh)
2. Atlanta (Al Horford)
3. Washington (Emeka Okafor)
4. Charlotte (Brendan Haywood)
5. Orlando (Gustavo Ayon)
Bench
1. Miami (Ray Allen)
2. Orlando (Al Harrington)
3. Atlanta (Lou Williams)
4. Washington (Jordan Crawford)
5. Charlotte (Gerald Henderson)
Coach
1. Miami (Erik Spoelstra)
2. Atlanta (Larry Drew)
3. Orlando (Jacque Vaughn)
4. Charlotte (Mike Dunlap)
5. Washington (Randy Wittman)
Central Division
Point Guard
1. Cleveland (Kyrie Irving)
2. Milwaukee (Brandon Jennings)
3. Indiana (DJ Augustine)
4. Detroit (Brandon Knight)
5. Chicago (Kirk Hinrich)
Shooting Guard
1. Milwaukee (Monta Ellis)
2. Detroit (Rodney Stuckey)
3. Indiana (Paul George)
4. Chicago (Rip Hamilton)
5. Cleveland (CJ Miles)
Small Forward
1. Chicago (Luol Deng)
2. Indiana (Danny Granger)
3. Detroit (Tayshaun Prince)
4. Milwaukee (Ersan Ilyasova)
5. Cleveland (Alonzo Gee)
Power Forward
1. Indiana (David West)
2. Chicago (Carlos Boozer)
3. Cleveland (Tristan Thompson)
4. Milwaukee (Drew Gooden)
5. Detroit (Jonas Jerebko)
Center
1. Indiana (Roy Hibbert)
2. Chicago (Joakim Noah)
3. Cleveland (Anderson Verejao)
4. Detroit (Greg Monroe)
5. Milwaukee (Samuel Dalembert)
Bench
1. Indiana (Tyler Hansbrough)
2. Chicago (Taj Gibson)
3. Milwaukee (Mike Dunleavy)
4. Detroit (Corey Maggette)
5. Cleveland (Dion Waiters)
Coach
1. Chicago (Tom Thibodeau)
2. Cleveland (Byron Scott)
3. Indiana (Frank Vogel)
4. Milwaukee (Scott Skiles)
5. Detroit (Lawrence Frank)
Southwest Division
Point Guard
1. San Antonio (Tony Parker)
2. Memphis (Mike Conley)
3. Houston (Jeremy Lin)
4. Dallas (Darren Collison)
5. New Orleans (Austin Rivers)
Shooting Guard
1. Houston (Kevin Martin)
2. New Orleans (Eric Gordon)
3. Dallas (OJ Mayo)
4. Memphis (Tony Allen)
5. San Antonio (Danny Green)
Small Forward
1. Memphis (Rudy Gay)
2. San Antonio (Kawhi Leonard)
3. Dallas (Shawn Marion)
4. Houston (Chandler Parsons)
5. New Orleans (Al-Farouq Aminu)
Power Forward
1. Dallas (Dirk Nowitzki)
2. Memphis (Zach Randolph)
3. San Antonio (Tim Duncan)
4. New Orleans (Anthony Davis)
5. Houston (Patrick Patterson)
Center
1. Memphis (Marc Gasol)
2. Dallas (Chris Kaman)
3. Houston (Omer Asik)
4. New Orleans (Robin Lopez)
5. San Antonio (Boris Diaw)
Bench
1. San Antonio (Manu Ginobili)
2. Dallas (Vince Carter)
3. Memphis (Jerryd Bayless)
4. New Orleans (Ryan Anderson)
5. Houston (Carlos Delfino)
Coach
1. San Antonio (Gregg Popovich)
2. Dallas (Rick Carlisle)
3. Memphis (Lionel Hollins)
4. New Orleans (Monty Williams)
5. Houston (Kevin McHale)
Northwest Division
Point Guard
1. Oklahoma City (Russell Westbrook)
2. Minnesota (Ricky Rubio)
3. Denver (Ty Lawson)
4. Utah (Mo Williams)
5. Portland (Damian Lillard)
Shooting Guard
1. Denver (Andre Iguodala)
2. Utah (Gordon Heyward)
3. Portland (Wesley Matthews)
4. Oklahoma City (Thabo Sefolosha)
5. Minnesota (Brandon Roy)
Small Forward
1. Oklahoma City (Kevin Durant)
2. Denver (Danilo Gallinari)
3. Utah (Marvin Williams)
4. Minnesota (Andrei Kirilenko)
5. Portland (Nicolas Batum)
Power Forward
1. Minnesota (Kevin Love)
2. Portland (LaMarcus Aldridge)
3. Utah (Paul Millsap)
4. Oklahoma City (Serge Ibaka)
5. Denver (Kenneth Faried)
Center
1. Utah (Al Jefferson)
2. Oklahoma City (Kendrick Perkins)
3. Denver (JaVale McGee)
4. Minnesota (Nikola Pekovic)
5. Portland (Meyers Leonard)
Bench
1. Oklahoma City (James Harden)
2. Denver (Andre Miller)
3. Utah (Derrick Favors)
4. Minnesota (Derrick Williams)
5. Portland (JJ Hickson)
Coach
1. Denver (George Karl)
2. Minnesota (Rick Adelman)
3. Oklahoma City (Scott Brooks)
4. Utah (Tyrone Corbin)
5. Portland (Terry Stotts)
Pacific Division
Point Guard
1. LA Clippers (Chris Paul)
2. LA Lakers (Steve Nash)
3. Golden State (Stephen Curry)
4. Phoenix (Goran Dragic)
5. Sacramento (Isaiah Thomas)
Shooting Guard
1. LA Lakers (Kobe Bryant)
2. LA Clippers (Jamal Crawford)
3. Sacramento (Marcus Thornton)
4. Golden State (Klay Thompson)
5. Phoenix (Jared Dudley)
Small Forward
1. Sacramento (Tyreke Evans)
2. Phoenix (Michael Beasley)
3. LA Clippers (Caron Butler)
4. LA Lakers (Metta World Peace)
5. Golden State (Harrison Barnes)
Power Forward
1. LA Clippers (Blake Griffin)
2. LA Lakers (Pau Gasol)
3. Golden State (David Lee)
4. Phoenix (Luis Scola)
5. Sacramento (Jason Thompson)
Center
1. LA Lakers (Dwight Howard)
2. Golden State (Andrew Bogut)
3. Sacramento (DeMarcus Cousins)
4. LA Clippers (DeAndre Jordan)
5. Phoenix (Marcin Gortat)
Bench
1. LA Clippers (Chauncey Billups)
2. LA Lakers (Antawn Jamison)
3. Golden State (Jarrett Jack)
4. Sacramento (John Salmons)
5. Phoenix (Shannon Brown)
Coach
1. LA Lakers (Mike Brown)
2. LA Clippers (Vinny Del Negro)
3. Golden State (Mark Jackson)
4. Phoenix (Alvin Gentry)
5. Sacramento (Kieth Smart)
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