With the trade deadline looming there are plenty of sellers out there but may not be enough buyers out there. This deadline could either see a ton of movement or come and go with a whimper.

1.  Golden State Warriors	The Warriors are one of the best shooting teams in the league but there is a huge a drop-off after Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Kevin Durant. It wouldn’t be much of a surprise if they made a move before the trade deadline.
2. Houston Rockets	The Rockets boast the highest Net Rating since the last Power Rankings at 7.4 with 12 wins, including dismantling the free falling Cavs on national TV. It seems pretty clear that James Harden is the MVP after the 60-point triple-double
3.    Toronto Raptors	The Raptors set 2 games behind the Celtics for the top seed in the East heading into their showdown on Tuesday night. Their young bench unit has continued to play well and really gives them a great punch and it’s a travesty that none of those guys are on the World Team for Friday night.
4.     Boston Celtics	The Celtics are so strong defensively (97.1 defensive rating in the past month) it almost doesn’t matter that their offense tends to suffer some serious droughts in games. And for everyone that thinks Al Horford shouldn’t be an All-Star go watch the Portland game from Sunday and shut it.
5.  Minnesota Timberwolves	After starting the month a five game win streak, it’s sort of been up and down for them with some bad losses to Orlando and Atlanta. They certainly look playoff bound and just a half game behind the Spurs for the third season which would be a huge success for Thibs and Company
6.  Oklahoma City Thunder	Andre Roberson’s injury has decimated the Thunder’s defense in the five games he has missed their defensive rating is 108.2 a near five point drop from their season average. It is safe to assume they have their eyes on making a trade for an Avery Bradley or Courtney Lee to shore that up before Thursday.
7.          San Antonio Spurs	He should win it every year, but Greg Popovich should be the Coach of the Year for the work he’s done with these Spurs. Without their best player for all but nine games he has the Spurs sitting in pretty good position to get home court in the first round of the playoffs.
8.  Cleveland Cavaliers	Nothing about the Cavs is fun right now, it seems like everyone hates everyone, from players, coaches and management it just isn’t a pleasant environment, losers of 8 straight national TV games and getting embarrassed on Saturday by the Rockets. It would be shocking if they don’t make a move or two by the deadline. They need to right the ship quickly.
9.  Washington Wizards	It’s announced John Wall will be out two months and the Wizards win five straight without him with a 12.9 Net Rating. The Ewing Theory can be in play here, the Wizards are 10-6 without Wall this year.
10.    Indiana Pacers	Victor Oladipo has been amazing this season but his three point shooting took a nose-dive in January, making only 30% of them, it hasn’t hurt the Pacers in the win columns as they come away with 11 wins since the last Power Rankings.
11.  Portland Trail Blazers	The Blazers are just a game and a half up on the Clippers for the final playoff spot and could make a move come trade deadline. They followed up a tough 1 point loss in Boston by not showing up for their game against Detroit the following night.
12.  Milwaukee Bucks	Well, a lot happened for the Bucks in January starting with firing their coach and going 6-1 since the change. The naysayers will point out that it’s due to their cupcake schedule and ignore their 99.0 defensive rating.
13.      New Orleans Pelicans	The DeMarcus Cousins injury is just devastating; he was having one of his best seasons and on the verge of tasting the playoffs for the first time, just devastating. The Pelicans rebounded pretty quickly by trading Omer Asik for Nikola Mirtotic, it would’ve been a great trade if Cousins was still healthy.
14.  Philadelphia 76ers	Joel Embiid finally played in his first back-to-back games but are losers in four of their last five. They need to be careful, Detroit is right behind them and ready to capitalize should the Sixers continue to slide.
15.    Miami Heat	With the loss on Monday, the Heat are now tied in the loss the column with the Sixers and Pacers. They started the month as the hottest team but have ended up as losers in seven out of their last ten games with five tough games coming up.
16.  Denver Nuggets	The Nuggets are riding high, shall we say a mile high after finishing the month with wins against Golden State and Oklahoma City. The trio of Nikola Jokic, Gary Harris, and Jamal Murray has been great. Both Harris and Murray are both shooting above 40% from three the past month and just a game behind Oklahoma City to land in the 5th seed.
17.         Los Angeles Clippers	The Clippers could end up being the busiest team come Thursday’s trade deadline, after the Blake trade, Jordan, Lou Williams, Avery Bradley and maybe Tobais can all be had if the right deal comes along or they can stand pat and have a good shot at making the playoffs.
18.  Detroit Pistons	20 points, 9 boards, 6 assists and fours wins is a great way for Blake Griffin to introduce himself to the Pistons faithful, all eight of them. The Pistons are putting a ton of pressure on the Sixers, Pacers, and Heat, they are sitting just a loss behind all of these teams for a spot in the playoffs.
19.        Utah Jazz	Don’t look now but the Jazz are quietly making a run at the playoffs, stand just three games out of the 8th seed in the West with a fairly easy schedule coming up. They still have a ways to go but if the Clippers decide to blow it up, they could be next inline to put pressure on the other teams.
20.  Charlotte Hornets	A weird month for the Hornets, first Kemba Walker is on the block, and then he’s not quite on the block unless a team wants to take one of their many bad contracts. Even though they three games out of the playoffs, it would be wise to flip Walker for a few assets especially if they can get off a bad contract.
21.          Los Angeles Lakers	With wins over San Antonio, Boston, and on the road in Oklahoma City, this was a great month for the Lakers. Winners of six of their last eight with Lonzo Ball wearing street clothes. They may not be as big sellers now with the report that they are looking more at the free agency class in 2019 and not 2018.
22.       New York Knicks	This last month was going to be a challenging one for the Knicks, with 14 of their 17 games on the road, they only won four of those road contests and a ton of questions about Kristaps Porzingis’ stamina have begun to emerge. They could be sellers come Thursday with Courtney Lee possibly moving.
23.  Chicago Bulls	The front office got what it wanted when they traded Mirtotic for Asik and a protected 2018 first round pick. Winning is not their top priority right now, which is a good thing considering they are on a seven-game losing streak but the continued growth of the young kids is important and going nicely.
24.  Brooklyn Nets	Much to the chagrin of Cavs fans the Nets have been better than they had hoped and on the verge of winning their 20th game, something that took 80 games last season. Progress has been there all year and the Nets could become sellers and sell high on Spencer Dinwiddie and Joe Harris to keep replenishing their draft asset cupboard.
25.  Memphis Grizzlies	All the Grizzlies are asking for are a 1st round pick for Tyreke Evans, they have shut him down until/if they find a trade partner for him. He’s shooting nearly 40% from 3 and averaging 19.5 points a night, maybe the Wizards who seem to always be willing to give up a 1st round pick to shore up their bench.
26.  Atlanta Hawks	The Hawks are another team that could be sellers on Thursday with Kent Bazemore and Marco Bellinelli all avaliable to help any team looking for some punch.
27.    Dallas Mavericks	The only really fun thing to watch in Dallas is the highlights from Dennis Smith Jr who should wow in the dunk contest. Just thinking out loud, but would the Mavs entertain a trade for Harrison Barnes, maybe to the Cavs for the Brooklyn pick, Iman Shumpret, and Channing Frye, could be interesting for both teams.
28.  Orlando Magic	As the Magic race to the bottom, they could be real sellers by the traded deadline, guys like Evan Fournier, Mario Hezonja, Nikola Vucevic, and maybe even Aaron Gordon could be had for the right price. Hezonja looks like a great change of scenery candidate, he’s averaging 16.5 points, shooting 52.3% from the field, and 60.9% from three over the last four games, there is talent there, it would be a great time to buy in now.
29.  Sacramento Kings	The Kings looked into moving George Hill but it seems like the Cavs balked at the 1-yardline. I think the better play for them would be to trade him next season when he’ll be in the 2nd year of the 20 million dollar deal but the third year is not fully guaranteed, it basically makes it an expiring contract.
30.  Phoenix Suns	The Suns are just bad, only three wins in 15 attempts, a -10 net rating in the past month. Besides the occasional Devin Booker offensive explosion, there just isn’t much to watch the Suns these days.