Team Milton Kent's comment

1. Dallas Last unbeaten team.

2. Seattle Early Pacific leaders.

3. New Jersey Last year was not a fluke.

4. Indiana Very young, very athletic.

5. Detroit Only Indiana and San Antonio play better defense.

6. New Orleans Does Big Easy know they're there?

7. Sacramento Time to make hay before Shaq returns.

8. Orlando Highest-scoring team in league.

9. Boston Big rebound from Wizards debacle.

10. Houston Francis may steal MVP Award.

11. Philadelphia Sixers are unbeaten at home.

12. Phoenix Giving up fewest points so far.

13. San Antonio Has Robinson already retired?

14. Washington 2-1 against the West.

15. Milwaukee Best shooting team in the NBA.

16. Atlanta Big Dog leading big improvement.

17. Minnesota Getting outscored by four points a game.

18. L.A. Lakers Shaq had better get back. Soon.

19. Toronto Not a bad performance given injuries.

20. Chicago Slid back from impressive early showing.

21. Utah Needs to beef up Kirilenko's role in offense.

22. Portland Could Cheeks be next coach to go?

23. L.A. Clippers Free Elton Brand before he rots.

24. Golden State Scoring lots of points; giving up lots, too.

25. Denver Worst offense in league.

26. Cleveland Finger-pointing has already started.

27. Miami Really hurting in the middle.

28. New York Sprewell returns. Will it matter?

29. Memphis Hubie will be begging to go back to TV.