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Chad Ford
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- Senior NBA Writer for ESPN.com
- ESPN Insider NBA Draft Analyst since 2002
- Writes ESPN's NBA Draft Top 100 and Lottery Mock Draft
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May 25, 2016, 10:00 AM ET

So you're wondering how we put the NBA Future Power Rankings together? Here's how we did it.

To determine the Future Power Rating, we rated each team in five categories. Here's how they did it and how the teams ranked in each individual category.

We determined that the most important category is a team's current roster and the future potential of those players -- that category accounts for 50 percent of each NBA team's overall Future Power Rating.

At the same time, we looked at many other factors, such as management, ownership, coaching, a team's spending habits, its cap situation, the reputation of the city and the franchise, and what kind of draft picks we expect the team to have in the future.

Players (50 percent)

Players

Team	Rating	2015 rating
1. Golden State	99.5	95
2. Cleveland	92.5	97.5
3. San Antonio	72.5	82.5
4. Oklahoma City	70	71
5. L.A. Clippers	67	77.5
6. Minnesota	62.5	56.5
7. Utah	60	64
8. Washington	57.5	60
9. Portland	56.5	31
10. Toronto	55.5	44
11. New Orleans	55.5	63
12. Houston	55	69.5
13. Miami	53.5	52.5
14. Indiana	51.5	49
15. Boston	49	35
16. Detroit	48.5	46
17. Atlanta	45	40
18. Chicago	45	61
19. Orlando	42.5	45
20. Denver	42.5	40.5
21. Charlotte	42.5	40
22. Memphis	42.5	45
23. Milwaukee	42	59
24. New York	32.5	27
25. Dallas	31.5	35
26. Sacramento	30	37.5
27. Phoenix	27.5	41
28. Philadelphia	22.5	25
29. L.A. Lakers	20	22.5
30. Brooklyn	10	11.5
Current players and potential for the future

Management (16.7 percent)

Management

Team	Rating	2015 rating
1. Golden State	97	96
1. San Antonio	97	99.5
3. Boston	90	85
4. Miami	77.5	81.5
5. Oklahoma City	72.5	60
5. Portland	72.5	54
7. Dallas	65	72.5
8. Utah	62.5	70
9. Toronto	57.5	54.5
10. Atlanta	55	52.5
11. Cleveland	53	47.5
12. Houston	52.5	65
12. Chicago	52.5	72.5
14. L.A. Clippers	50	47
14. Minnesota	50	20
14. Detroit	50	37.5
17. Indiana	45	50
18. Charlotte	42.5	25
18. Memphis	42.5	56.5
20. Orlando	40	35
20. Milwaukee	40	45.5
20. Philadelphia	40	47.5
23. Washington	35	35
23. Denver	35	27.5
25. New Orleans	32.5	42.5
26. Brooklyn	30	17.5
27. L.A. Lakers	27.5	30
28. New York	20	17.5
28. Phoenix	20	35
30. Sacramento	8	5.5
Quality/stability of front office, ownership, coaching

Money (16.7 percent)

Money

Team	Rating	2015 rating
1. L.A. Lakers	97.5	95
2. Philadelphia	97	99.5
3. Orlando	80	35
4. Boston	70	72.5
5. Brooklyn	67.5	62.5
6. Phoenix	65	50
7. Utah	60	55
8. Washington	60	60
9. Atlanta	57.5	65
10. Indiana	55	55
11. Dallas	52.5	70
11. Minnesota	52.5	50
11. Memphis	52.5	60
14. Miami	50	55
14. Milwaukee	50	52.5
14. Sacramento	50	45
17. Chicago	47.5	52.5
17. Charlotte	47.5	70
19. Portland	45	90
19. Houston	45	42.5
19. Denver	45	45
22. New York	42.5	47.5
23. Detroit	35.5	40
24. New Orleans	35	50
25. Oklahoma City	32.5	37.5
26. Golden State	25	30
27. Toronto	12.5	50
27. L.A. Clippers	12.5	15
29. San Antonio	10	20
30. Cleveland	7.5	12.5
Projected salary-cap situation

Market (8.3 percent)

Market

Team	Rating	2015 rating
1. L.A. Lakers	90	90
1. Miami	90	85
3. New York	87.5	87.5
4. L.A. Clippers	82.5	84
5. Golden State	80	72.5
6. Brooklyn	75	79
7. Cleveland	70	73
8. Houston	67.5	68
9. Phoenix	62.5	59
9. Dallas	62.5	62.5
11. Orlando	55	55
11. Chicago	55	68
13. San Antonio	52.5	47.5
14. Washington	50	57.5
15. Portland	46.5	41.5
16. Boston	45	52.5
17. Denver	42.5	42.5
18. Philadelphia	40	39.5
19. Charlotte	38.5	38.5
20. Atlanta	37.5	37
20. Oklahoma City	37.5	32.5
22. New Orleans	36.5	36.5
23. Indiana	35	35
23. Toronto	35	34.5
25. Memphis	30	30
26. Detroit	25	22.5
27. Minnesota	20	17.5
27. Milwaukee	20	20
29. Utah	18	18
30. Sacramento	10.5	15
Appeal to future acquisitions

Draft (8.3 percent)

Draft

Team	Rating	2015 rating
1. Boston	97.5	91.5
2. Philadelphia	97	97.5
3. Denver	85	90
4. Phoenix	82.5	65
5. Toronto	62.5	75
5. Utah	62.5	47.5
7. Orlando	60	72.5
7. Minnesota	60	75
7. Milwaukee	60	55
10. L.A. Lakers	57.5	42.5
10. Chicago	57.5	51.5
12. Atlanta	52.5	50
13. Charlotte	47.5	50
13. New Orleans	47.5	45
13. Indiana	47.5	50
13. Detroit	47.5	52.5
13. Sacramento	47.5	37.5
18. Portland	45	60
19. Washington	42.5	47.5
20. Dallas	40	45
21. New York	37.5	40
21. Houston	37.5	30
23. San Antonio	32.5	30
23. Oklahoma City	32.5	25.5
23. Memphis	32.5	32.5
26. Miami	30	30
26. L.A. Clippers	30	27.5
28. Golden State	25	22.5
29. Cleveland	22.5	17
30. Brooklyn	15	12.5
Future draft picks; draft positioning