NBA Power Rankings: Warriors Start On Top; Rockets, Cavs Hot On The Trail

May 27, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13, left) defends against Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) during the second quarter in game five of the Western Conference Finals of the NBA Playoffs at Oracle Arena. The Warriors defeated the Rockets 104-90 to advance to the NBA Finals. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

In our latest edition of NBA Power Rankings, we release our first rankings of the 2015-16 regular season

The NBA regular season is officially here. No more meaningless preseason games or training camp practices. Everything that we see from now on, will matter. It’s a wonderful time to be alive.

To catch everyone up: LaMarcus Aldridge and David West are now on the Spurs, Kevin Durant and Paul George are both back and healthy, and the Golden State Warriors have the biggest X on their backs now – that happens when you are the defending champions.

The Eastern Conference is healthy and marginally better than it was a year ago and the Western Conference also got better, if that was even possible.

The 2015-16 NBA season is upon us. Sit back, watch some basketball and enjoy. In the meantime, here are our first power rankings of the regular season, where the Warriors pick up where they left off last season. On top.

Next: Philadelphia 76ers