This is the extent of your "argument": 1. The Magic were better in the past. 2. The Magic dominated the Bulls in one game. 3. I refuse to listen to anything that suggests anything other than what I think. All I'm saying is as of right now, in the NBA, there appears to be a clear top two tiers: Tier 1: Boston, Miami, San Antonio Tier 2: Dallas, LA Lakers, Utah, Orlando, Chicago Of those teams, Chicago has played, by far, the toughest schedule in the first 25 games. With the division down this year, their best case scenario is to finish 3rd in the East, ahead of Orlando. This is actually possible. I'm assuming your tiers are based on Sagarin, or something similar? I'd bump LA to tier 1, and put OKC and ATL in tier 2.