The Seven Teams NBA Fans need to be paying attention to right now

Plus we have three additional teams that are on the rise as well.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are off to an unexpectedly fast start, fueled in part by the play of Donovan Mitchell. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)

BOSTON — We are about a month into the NBA season, one that as expected has not gone as expected.

Who would have thought that the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers would be looking up to Detroit, Charlotte and Chicago in the East?

Or that the re-tooled Golden State Warriors would be among the top teams record-wise out West?

So how does the NBA landscape look as a whole now?

When it comes to winning an NBA title which is what all teams should be pursuing, there’s usually only a handful of teams that have a legitimate shot with a couple just on the outside, looking in.

In this inaugural power rankings list, those are the teams that we will pay the most attention to.

Because let’s be real.

Do I really need to get into how bad the Utah Jazz are playing, for you to realize how bad they are?

Didn’t think so.

So without further ado, here’s the first round of my weekly Power Rankings.