With another week of play in the books, teams around the NBA are looking to dominate at this stage of the season and are rising to the challenge, as a result.
In the Eastern Conference, the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks look to be the teams to beat with one-third of the schedule completed. Meanwhile, the New Orleans Pelicans are quickly emerging in the West with the Memphis Grizzlies and Denver Nuggets also rising.
To make further sense of it all, Rookie Wire took a look at the NBA and ranked each team from worst to first. We come back each week and provide our latest assessment of the best teams and those that are rising.