The Magic made major trades this past weekend with the Suns and the Wizards that will affect each team's salary, but I did not have the updated salary information yet when I did this week's installment of best value teams. So look for them to be updated next week to see how it changed each team's rankings.
Also, several teams have gone on large winning streaks this season (at least 8 games in a row) which moves them up the rankings significantly. The Spurs, Mavericks, Heat, Celtics have each had long winning streaks recently.
Biggest improvements in the rankings: Bucks (+5), Rockets (+5), and 76ers (+7).
Biggest drops in the rankings: Bobcats (-4), Kings (-6), and Cavs (-7).
Ranking - Team - Projected wins - Cost per win - (previous ranking)
1. Spurs - 72 - $951,157.10 (1)
2. Thunder - 58 - $999,217.00 (2)
3. Bulls - 55 - $1,019,168.40 (3)
4. Heat - 59 - $1,127,092.64 (6)
5. Knicks - 49 - $1,185,764.04 (4)
6. Celtics - 69 - $1,214,358.83 (7)
7. Hornets - 50 - $1,333,494.46 (5)
8. Mavs - 66 - $1,349,906.50 (10)
9. Jazz - 55 - $1,377,915.55 (9)
10. Hawks - 50 - $1,382,919.70 (8)
11. Lakers - 61 - $1,568,731.00 (13)
12. Suns - 39 - $1,612,548.15 (11)
13. Pacers - 39 - $1,650,472.3 (12)
14. Nuggets - 49 - $1,711,478.37 (15)
15. Blazers - 39 - $1,754,336.21 (16)
16. Magic - 53 - $1,786,830.53 (14)
17. Grizzlies - 38 - $1,865,620.50 (18)
18. Bucks - 34 - $2,033,180.68 (23)
19. Rockets - 35 - $2,089,946.00 (24)
20. 76ers - 32 - $2,167,507.69 (27)
21. Raptors - 30 - $2,217,115.80 (22)
22. Warriors - 22 - $2,293,060.55 (21)
23. Bobcats - 28 - $2,352,88.71 (19)
24. Cavs - 22 - $2,375,412.14 (17)
25. T-Wolves - 18 - $2,526,875.33 (25)
26. Kings - 17 - $2,530,442.94 (20)
27. Nets - 21 - $2,735,586.05 (28)
28. Pistons - 24 - $2,746,575.88 (29)
29. Wizards - 20 - $2,887,888.05 (26)
30. Clippers - 18 - $2,964,963.50 (30)
