NBA Power Rankings: San Antonio Spurs Impress; Golden State Warriors Don’t

October 25, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; San Antonio Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge (12) shoots the basketball against Golden State Warriors forward David West (3) and forward Andre Iguodala (9) during the third quarter at Oracle Arena. The Spurs defeated the Warriors 129-100. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
October 25, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; San Antonio Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge (12) shoots the basketball against Golden State Warriors forward David West (3) and forward Andre Iguodala (9) during the third quarter at Oracle Arena. The Spurs defeated the Warriors 129-100. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
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October 25, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; San Antonio Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge (12) shoots the basketball against Golden State Warriors forward David West (3) and forward Andre Iguodala (9) during the third quarter at Oracle Arena. The Spurs defeated the Warriors 129-100. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
October 25, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; San Antonio Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge (12) shoots the basketball against Golden State Warriors forward David West (3) and forward Andre Iguodala (9) during the third quarter at Oracle Arena. The Spurs defeated the Warriors 129-100. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

In our first installment of NBA Power Rankings for the 2016-17 season, we breakdown each NBA team after the first week of the season

The 2016-17 NBA season is here. And the first week didn’t disappoint.

No more summer league, no more preseason and no more meaningless predictions that won’t matter in roughly two weeks. While hot-taking is fun, and somewhat necessary in the dog days of July and August, there’s no question that it’s much better to turn on the TV and watch the best sport the world has to offer.

The other great part about the beginning of the season, is that every team has hope. At least for a while.

From the Golden State Warriors falling back to reality rather quickly and the San Antonio Spurs looking like world beaters, let’s get to the fallout from the first week of the year.

Here is the first edition of the 2016-17 NBA Power Rankings.