With All-Star rosters announced this week and the NBA trade deadline coming in the next, there's plenty to take stock of around the league.

Which stars can push their teams up a tier? Which ones look ready to contend for a title right now? And which players might be on the move in the next few days?

Answers to those questions and more started to emerge this week, and those will help guide us through the latest edition of the power rankings.

With recent performance, numbers, championship chances and plenty of subjectivity as the criteria, here's where all 30 teams rank now.

30. San Antonio Spurs (14-38)

Previous Rank: 30
Net Rating: -9.7

The San Antonio Spurs are neck and neck with the Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets and Charlotte Hornets for the worst record in the league, but they're starting to put some serious distance between themselves and the rest of the league for the bottom spot on the net-rating leaderboard.

San Antonio is on a seven-game losing streak, and three of those losses have been by 20-plus points.

That brings the Spurs' season total to a league-leading 13. They also have seven 30-point losses, which is more than double the next teams on that dubious leaderboard (the Golden State Warriors and Charlotte Hornets each have three).

29. Detroit Pistons (13-39)

Previous Rank: 28
Net Rating: -7.2

As it turns out, NBA players are affected by travel-related issues, too. On Wednesday, we learned that the Detroit Pistons and Washington Wizards game scheduled for that night would be postponed due to an ice storm in Dallas that kept Detroit's flight grounded.

The plane isn't the only thing the Pistons can't get off the tarmac lately. Over their last 15 games, they're giving up a whopping 120.2 points per 100 possessions.

That number doesn't seem likely to improve anytime soon. Detroit is set to face the Phoenix Suns, Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers over the next week...assuming it can ever get out of Texas.

28. Houston Rockets (13-38)

Previous Rank: 29
Net Rating: -7.4

The Houston Rockets beat the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday with both members of their starting backcourt out with injuries.

Considering the fact that Houston is still just at the outset of a rebuild, that probably shouldn't be all that concerning, but it's at least something to pay attention to.

This season, on a pretty significant sample size, Houston is minus-1.7 points per 100 possessions when both Porter and Green are off the floor.

That's not great, but it's quite a bit better than the overall number above. And when you watch the Rockets without those two dominating possessions, the ball does seem to move around the floor a bit more.

Hopefully, Green and Porter are observing the same and are willing to make adjustments over the coming years.

27. Charlotte Hornets (15-38)

Previous Rank: 27
Net Rating: -6.7

Every rebuilding team in the NBA has at least one veteran who playoff teams or contenders should be interested in. The Charlotte Hornets have a couple in Terry Rozier and Mason Plumlee (and maybe even Gordon Hayward, depending on how you feel about his durability).

Over the last several weeks, Rozier has almost certainly upped his value.

He has appeared in every Hornets game since the calendar flipped to 2023, and he's averaged 24.9 points and 3.4 threes while shooting 45.2 percent from the field and 37.9 percent from deep in those games.

26. Orlando Magic (20-32)

Previous Rank: 26
Net Rating: -3.2

Rebuilding teams can be prone to some pretty wild swings, and we saw both directions from the Orlando Magic this week.

On Monday, Paolo Banchero dropped 29 in a road win over the Philadelphia 76ers. The Magic scored 119 points in that game and followed it up with 94 in a loss to the same team on Wednesday. In the rematch, Banchero had 13 points on 18 attempts.

The arrow is still generally up for the league's third-youngest team, though. After a horrendous 5-20 start, Orlando is 15-12 over its past 27 games.

25. Indiana Pacers (24-29)

Previous Rank: 25
Net Rating: -2.2

The Indiana Pacers' better-than-expected start to the season was fine, but reality must be setting in now.

A woeful stretch that started with Tyrese Haliburton going down with an injury continued in his first game back on Thursday. After losing to the Los Angeles Lakers, Indiana is now 1-11 in its last 12 games.

And with this run putting the Pacers in range of a 9-10 percent shot at the No. 1 pick in this summer's draft, it's time for the front office to seriously consider moving Myles Turner and Buddy Hield.

Both have played well enough to earn decent returns for Indiana in a deal (or deals). And moving them would likely mean more losses and better lottery odds.

24. Toronto Raptors (23-30)

Previous Rank: 20
Net Rating: +0.4

I've held out hope for what feels like the entire season for the Toronto Raptors' record to catch up with some of their statistical markers.

They've had a positive point differential for the bulk of 2022-23 (including right now), and all five of their starters are playing like top-100 players.

At a certain point, though, you are what your record says you are. And a 1-3 record this week has the Raptors seven games below .500.

They're still just two back of the 10th-place Indiana Pacers in the loss column. Pursuit of a play-in spot would be easily justifiable, but the idea of trading veterans like O.G. Anunoby, Fred VanVleet, Pascal Siakam and Gary Trent Jr. and then building around Scottie Barnes with the returning assets has to be getting more intriguing by the week.

23. Los Angeles Lakers (25-28)

Previous Rank: 23
Net Rating: -0.9

With each passing game, LeBron James inches closer and closer to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's all-time scoring mark.

After scoring 95 points in three appearances this week, he's now just 63 shy of passing the big man, which means it's time for everyone to start guessing when the record will go down.

Over the coming week, L.A. plays the New Orleans Pelicans, Oklahoma City Thunder and Milwaukee Bucks. It should come as no surprise that all three games are on national TV.

22. Chicago Bulls (24-27)

Previous Rank: 22
Net Rating: +0.1

The Chicago Bulls had a 2-1 week, but they're still three wins shy of a .500 record and just clinging to 10th place in the East for the final play-in spot.

Despite the underwhelming team marks, DeMar DeRozan has been good enough to earn the sixth All-Star nod of his career with averages of 26.0 points and 5.0 assists.

And while the Bulls have a lot of work to do as a team, you can't really fault DeRozan for that. Chicago is plus-1.6 points per 100 possessions when he's on the floor and minus-2.8 when he's off.

21. Oklahoma City Thunder (24-27)

Previous Rank: 17
Net Rating: +0.8

After an unexpected surge pulled the Oklahoma City Thunder to within one win of a .500 record, they've sort of come back to earth a bit in recent weeks.

After losing to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, OKC is now 2-4 in its past six games.

Being anywhere near the play-in hunt this season still feels like gravy, though. And with Chet Holmgren and more potential lottery picks on the way in coming years, the Thunder seem to be zeroing in on a stable foundation.

When Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Josh Giddey are on the floor without Aleksej Pokusevski, the team is plus-2.6 points per 100 possessions.

20. Washington Wizards (24-26)

Previous Rank: 24
Net Rating: -0.1

The suddenly surging Washington Wizards had their week ended by a postponement, but that shouldn't harsh the vibes of a team on a six-game winning streak and back in the East's play-in range.

During this stretch, Kyle Kuzma leads the team in scoring with 23.5 points per game. Kristaps Porziņģis, who's only played in three of the games, is at 18.7. And perhaps most interesting, Bradley Beal is third on the team at 18.5.

Among rotation players, Beal also leads the team in assists per game (5.3) and three-point percentage (47.6) in this run. Leaning into more of a playmaker role has seemingly sharpened Beal's shot selection and lifted the entire team.

19. Atlanta Hawks (26-26)

Previous Rank: 19
Net Rating: -0.2

The Atlanta Hawks are 2-4 in their past six, but they shellacked a Phoenix Suns team that had won six of its previous seven games on Wednesday.

Trae Young went for 20 points and 12 assists in the 132-100 victory, while Dejounte Murray added 21 points and eight dimes.

On the season, Atlanta is now 10-5 when both guards get to at least 20 points and five assists in a game (and 4-1 when they both get to 20 and eight)

18. Portland Trail Blazers (25-26)

Previous Rank: 21
Net Rating: +0.5

In his age-32 season and coming off a campaign that was cut short by an abdominal injury, Damian Lillard may be having the best individual season of his career.

After going for 42 for a second successive game on Wednesday, Lillard has now cleared 40 in six of his past 11 games. He has a 60-point performance in there, and he's pulled his seasonlong average up to a career-high 30.7 points (he's also posting a career high in true shooting percentage).

In a year filled with bonkers individual performances and stat lines, Lillard's 30.7 points, 7.4 assists and 4.1 threes per game probably aren't getting the attention they deserve.

17. Minnesota Timberwolves (28-26)

Previous Rank: 18
Net Rating: +0.4

On Wednesday, D'Angelo Russell had a chance to exact a little revenge on the Golden State Warriors team that traded him in 2020. And that's exactly what he did.

The Warriors' win probability peaked at 96.3 percent early in the fourth quarter when they were up 14. But most of that period was owned by the Wolves, and specifically Russell.

He hit four threes and dropped 14 of his 29 points in the final frame. His plus-minus in the fourth quarter alone was plus-11.

The win moved Minnesota to 12-5 since the calendar flipped to 2023, and Russell is a big part of the success in that stretch.

Since then, he's averaging 19.7 points, 5.6 assists and 3.6 threes, while shooting 45.6 percent from three.

16. New Orleans Pelicans (26-27)

Previous Rank: 13
Net Rating: +1.2

A couple of months ago, the notion that the New Orleans Pelicans might be below .500 before the All-Star break would've seemed ludicrous.

In December, they were in first place in the Western Conference, despite the absence of Brandon Ingram for most of the season.

Now, in early February, they've lost 10 straight and 15 of their last 18. Zion Williamson has missed most of this stretch, and it's become abundantly clear that they're going to struggle to compete without him.

On the season, the Pelicans are minus-2.2 points per 100 possessions with Zion off the floor, compared to plus-7.8 when he plays.

15. Utah Jazz (27-26)

Previous Rank: 16
Net Rating: +1.5

It's becoming increasingly clear that Danny Ainge hit a pair of home runs with his trades of Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert this past offseason.

Since December 1, Lauri Markkanen has a 6.2 box plus/minus and is averaging 27.6 points, 8.9 rebounds and 3.8 threes while shooting 51.1 percent from the field and 46.4 percent from deep. In the same stretch, Donovan Mitchell has a 5.6 box plus/minus and is at 26.9 points, 4.7 assists and 3.6 threes while shooting 46.9 percent from the field and 36.6 percent from three.

Of course, this doesn't mean Markkanen is or will be better than Mitchell long-term. But that head-to-head is a lot closer than many would've predicted before this season, and then you consider everything else the Cleveland Cavaliers gave up to get Mitchell.

Then, there's the Gobert trade that most figured Utah won in the immediate aftermath. A few months into the season, thanks to the way rookie Walker Kessler is playing, that's now abundantly clear.

Since he became a full-time starter, Kessler is averaging 11.9 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.8 blocks in just 26.9 minutes, and the Minnesota Timberwolves almost certainly wouldn't get him back if they offered Gobert straight up.

14. Phoenix Suns (27-26)

Previous Rank: 15
Net Rating: +1.0

The Phoenix Suns got walloped by the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday, but there's no doubt they've turned things around in recent weeks.

They're 6-2 since Cameron Johnson returned to the lineup and 11-4 in every game he's played this season.

Thanks in large part to his size and switchability on defense—and one of the game's sweetest three-point strokes (he's averaging 2.7 triples and shooting 44.0 percent from deep)—Phoenix is plus-8.9 points per 100 possessions with Johnson on the floor and minus-1.7 when he's off.

Add that impact to the return of Devin Booker, who could be back as early as Tuesday, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, and it's not hard to imagine the Suns making a run that clears them of the play-in fray.

13. Golden State Warriors (26-26)

Previous Rank: 14
Net Rating: -0.4

The Golden State Warriors are back to .500 after dropping both ends of a back-to-back to close out their week.

But with most of the rest of the Western Conference similarly struggling to meaningfully move one way or the other in the standings, mediocrity isn't really costing the Warriors (at least not yet).

Golden State is still in the play-in tournament and within striking distance of home-court advantage in the first round.

And if Curry keeps playing the way he is (he's averaging 32.5 points and 5.3 threes in his last eight games while shooting 48.5 percent from the field and 45.2 percent from three) the Warriors will be terrifying in a one-and-done setting or a seven-game series against a middling team in the West.

12. Brooklyn Nets (31-20)

Previous Rank: 12
Net Rating: +2.5

Much like the Golden State Warriors when Stephen Curry went down earlier this season, the Brooklyn Nets' goal in the absence of Kevin Durant had to be mere survival.

And while a 4-7 record since he went down is far from disastrous, a loss like Wednesday's leaves quite an impression on this stretch.

The Nets surrendered 46 first-quarter points on the way to a 139-96 loss to the Boston Celtics on Wednesday. And their last remaining star (Ben Simmons is out with knee soreness), Kyrie Irving, was minus-31 in 31 minutes.

On the bright side, Irving has averaged 30.3 points, 6.9 assists and 3.6 threes since Durant went down. Even with the weight Wednesday's game dropped on his plus-minus, he's still positive over this stretch.

11. Dallas Mavericks (28-25)

Previous Rank: 11
Net Rating: +0.3

Luka Dončić may need this All-Star break as much as anyone in the league.

He's on track for the fifth-highest single-season usage percentage in NBA history. And when you combine that number with his assist percentage, you get to 84.3, a mark that no one else in the league is even sniffing.

Luka's workload is massive, and it may finally be starting to slow him down.

He missed most of last week's win over the Phoenix Suns after injuring his ankle three minutes into the game. Then, he missed all of the Dallas Mavericks' next game.

He came back to drop 53 on the Detroit Pistons on Monday and then had to leave another game early with a heel injury on Thursday (but not before he scored 31 points in 23 minutes).

Assuming that injury isn't serious, Dončić is set to start the All-Star game, but the Mavs might be wise to ask Western Conference coach Michael Malone to take it easy with his minutes.

10. Los Angeles Clippers (29-26)

Previous Rank: 10
Net Rating: +0.1

The Los Angeles Clippers couldn't hold off Giannis Antetokounmpo and his 54-point outburst on Thursday, but there's no doubt things are trending in the right direction.

Despite that loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, L.A. is 6-2 in its last eight. And its lone All-Star, Paul George, is a big reason why the Clippers have pulled themselves above the West's play-in morass.

Kawhi Leonard has only played in 29 games this season, but L.A. is still plus-1.5 points per 100 possessions when George is on the floor without him.

9. New York Knicks (28-25)

Previous Rank: 9
Net Rating: +1.5

This season has been an offensive struggle for RJ Barrett, who's on track for his fourth straight season with a below-average effective field-goal percentage (and true shooting percentage).

But on Thursday, with Jalen Brunson out of action, Barrett got a chance to handle the ball a bit more and showed flashes of the upside that earned him the big extension this past summer.

Barrett went 13-of-23 from the field for 30 points, handed out four assists and did the bulk of his damage around the rim.

If he were more consistent in using his size and athleticism to punish smaller wings inside, he might be able to reverse the career-long trend on those shooting numbers.

8. Miami Heat (29-24)

Previous Rank: 8
Net Rating: +0.1

The Miami Heat got one player to the All-Star game (barring injury replacements), and it somehow wasn't Jimmy Butler.

Despite leading his team in points per game and just about every conceivable advanced stat (not to mention leading the entire league in steals per game), Butler was passed up for DeMar DeRozan, Jaylen Brown and Jrue Holiday.

He's seemingly never been driven by individual accomplishments as much as winning, but if this snub draws out an angry version of Butler post-All-Star break, the Heat could be in for a run.

7. Memphis Grizzlies (32-20)

Previous Rank: 4
Net Rating: +3.7

Behind averages of 16.5 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.3 blocks and 1.5 threes, Jaren Jackson Jr. earned the first All-Star nod of his career this week.

And if he keeps this level of play up throughout the season, he seems like a virtual lock for Defensive Player of the Year.

But all is not well for the Memphis Grizzlies, who've lost seven of their last eight and are now closer to the third-place Sacramento Kings than they are to the first-place Denver Nuggets in the standings.

6. Sacramento Kings (29-21)

Previous Rank: 7
Net Rating: +2.9

They may not be quite in the same realm as Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown or Joel Embiid and James Harden, but it's time to start talking about Domantas Sabonis and De'Aaron Fox as one of the game's best duos.

Those two scored 34 and 31, respectively, in Wednesday's win over the San Antonio Spurs. And they're two of just 10 players in the league averaging 18-plus points and six-plus assists with an above-average true shooting percentage (the Sacramento Kings are the only team with two such players).

When both are on the floor, the Kings are plus-7.6 points per 100 possessions.

5. Cleveland Cavaliers (32-22)

Previous Rank: 6
Net Rating: +4.8

The Cleveland Cavaliers are an underwhelming 7-8 in their last 15 games, but they got an emotional win over the second-in-the-West Memphis Grizzlies in a game in which Donovan Mitchell and Dillon Brooks were both ejected in the second half.

From that point of the game to the final buzzer, Cleveland outscored Memphis 47-37, and it got another big, wide-ranging performance from sophomore Evan Mobley.

After going for 17 points, 14 rebounds, five assists and two blocks on Thursday, Mobley is averaging 19.9 points, 9.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.9 blocks in his last seven games.

4. Milwaukee Bucks (35-17)

Previous Rank: 5
Net Rating: +2.2

For much of this season, something just felt a little off for Giannis Antetokounmpo, particularly when it came to his scoring.

His effective field-goal percentage was barely above-average for the entire campaign, and then it bottomed out before his recent five-game absence with an injury.

In his last three games before then, Giannis averaged 12.7 points while shooting 34.4 percent from the field and 20.0 percent from deep. In his first six games since coming back, he's at 40.2 points with a 59.5 field-goal percentage and a 38.5 three-point percentage.

And he capped this run off with an utterly dominant 54-point performance against Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday.

More important than all of that, though, is the fact that Milwaukee is 6-0 in these six contests with Giannis back in the lineup.

3. Denver Nuggets (36-16)

Previous Rank: 1
Net Rating: +4.3

There's no getting around the fact that Joel Embiid outplayed Nikola Jokić in Saturday's road loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, but it's getting increasingly ludicrous to pitch anyone else as this season's MVP.

Jokić followed up that game with 31 assists in his next two performances. He's now averaging 25.0 points, 11.1 rebounds and 10.1 assists with a 70.4 true shooting percentage.

Those numbers feel impossible, even in a post-Russell Westbrook's-triple-doubles era, because of the scoring efficiency. Prior to this season, the highest true shooting percentage in a 25-plus points-per-game season was Stephen Curry's 67.5 in 2017-18.

Add that to the fact that Jokić leads in just about every advanced stat and net rating swing (the difference in a team's net points per 100 possessions when a given player is on or off the floor), and it's hard to imagine an objective argument for anyone else.

2. Philadelphia 76ers (33-17)

Previous Rank: 3
Net Rating: +4.0

According to ESPN's Ramona Shelburne, Joel Embiid viewed this week's matchup with reigning two-time MVP Nikola Jokić as his own personal Super Bowl, and he sured played like that was the case.

The Philadelphia 76ers were down 15 at halftime to the Denver Nuggets on Saturday before Embiid completely took over the game as a scorer.

He finished the game with 47 points and 18 rebounds, and 12 of those points came in the final seven minutes of the game as Embiid drilled jumper after jumper.

In a game that came shortly after the revelation that Embiid wouldn't start the All-Star game for the Eastern Conference (absurd, given that he's probably been the conference's best player), he made one of the louder statements of the season against one of the best centers of all time.

And while there isn't really a statistical argument to take Embiid over Jokić for MVP this season (at least not yet), voters remember moments like the one Embiid gave them on Saturday.

Of course, the Sixers followed up that emotionally charged win with a loss to the Orlando Magic, but seeing what this team is capable of in a big spot carries a lot more weight.

1. Boston Celtics (37-15)

Previous Rank: 2
Net Rating: +6.4

The Boston Celtics torched the Kevin Durant-less Brooklyn Nets for 139 points in a 98-possession game on Wednesday, reminding a national TV audience of the ridiculous offensive heights this team can reach (and the issues Brooklyn's defense has).

From the start of the season to the end of November, Boston had a 121.5 offensive rating that was a full five points clear of second place. In the same stretch, it also led the league in three-point percentage. Since then, they're 23rd in points per 100 possessions and 22nd in three-point percentage.

As the old cliche goes, it's a make or miss league. And few teams have demonstrated that as vividly as this season's Celtics. Fortunately, they also have a top-five defense to hedge against the swings on the other end.

Stat of the Week

Much has been made about the impact of high-volume three-point shooting on the NBA. On a lot of nights, it can feel like individual games simply come down to who hits more triples. And quite often, that's actually true.

Teams that make at least one more three than their opponents are 487-233 (.676) in 2022-23. But believe it or not, that's not the individual stat battle that correlates most consistently with winning.

Here are the records of teams that are at least one better than their opponents in a handful of major categories.

• Assists : 502-237 (.679)
• Rebounds : 487-246 (.664)  
• Blocks : 407-270 (.601)  
• Steals : 395-301 (.568)  
• Free throws: 408-333 (.551)

Of course, there's certainly some overlap between assists and threes. A lot of those dimes are surely going to outside shooters. And teams that win both the assists and threes battles are 352-102 (.775).

But this is still a reminder that even since the Stephen Curry-led three-point revolution, moving the ball is one of the most important keys to victory.

The O.G. Anunoby Sweepstakes(?)

Back in December, ESPN's Zach Lowe raised some eyebrows when he mentioned that the price for an O.G. Anunoby trade "might be on par almost with what the Cavs gave up for Donovan Mitchell." (h/t NBA Central).

Then, on Thursday, The Athletic's Shams Charania wrote that "The Knicks have shown a willingness to include multiple first-round picks for Anunoby," and added that the New Orleans Pelicans, Indiana Pacers and Phoenix Suns are also interested.

Somehow, a bidding war seems to be developing for the Toronto Raptors forward who hasn't played more than 50 games in a season since 2018-19, has a below-average true shooting percentage in each of the past two campaigns and owns a career scoring average of 11.3 points (and a career high of 17.1).

Anunoby also doesn't do a ton as a playmaker or floor-spacer, so his value is being driven largely by three things: his positional versatility, his defense and Danny Ainge.

He's 6'7" and 232 pounds, which helps him defend a variety of players (and defend them well). His instincts in passing lanes and on the ball make him one of the game's most prolific stealers, but those things aren't enough to explain the reported price for Anunoby—not to mention a handful of others at this deadline.

The massive hauls Ainge got for Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell this summer set a pretty ridiculous standard for the rest of the league. Teams seem to be viewing things through the lenses of those deals, without acknowledging that the Minnesota Timberwolves and Cleveland Cavaliers were in pretty unique positions to offer what they did.

Both teams already had a decent amount of young, lottery talent and could reasonably convince themselves that they were one piece away. In hindsight, those justifications aren't as easy to whip up, but they were fine at the time (even if there was widespread concern over the Gobert deal).

Perhaps some team in a similar situation can talk itself into giving up multiple firsts for 25-year-old Anunoby, but he hasn't shown the star upside that Gobert and Mitchell had—at least not consistently.

If he really does go for a Mitchell-like haul, it's going to be difficult for many other trades to get pulled off. It'll just serve as more evidence that we're in a seller's market.

On the other hand, if another, more reasonably priced domino falls first, the market may correct itself and open things up for a wild deadline. With a whopping 15 teams within four games of each other in the leaguewide standings, plenty can talk themselves into a win-now trade to push past the play-in range or a blow-it-up move that pushes them closer to the Victor Wembanyama sweepstakes.

Statistics via Basketball Reference, NBA.com, Dunks and Threes, PBP Stats and Cleaning the Glass unless otherwise noted.