The Dropping Dimes team has come together for its first regular season edition of the weekly rankings.  We’ll be here all year, spittin’ straight knowledge and game.

The first week starts Monday in most leagues, with the first NBA games slated on Tuesday.  For that reason, it’s a somewhat short schedule that looks a little like this:

Four Games: Utah Jazz
Three Games: Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat,  Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets, New Orleans Hornets, Orlando Magic, Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns, Portland Trailblazers, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs, Seattle Supersonics, Toronto Raptors, Washington Wizards
Two Games: Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Charlotte Bobcats, Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves, New York Knicks

So here are the rankings:

Point Guard

1. Steve Nash
2. Gilbert Arenas
3. Deron Williams - A very nice four game week to start things off
4. Chris Paul
5. Jason Kidd
6. Allen Iverson
7. Chauncey Billups
8. Baron Davis - Healthy for now at least
9. Kirk Hinrich
10. Tony Parker
11. Maurice Williams
12. Leandro Barbosa - Hopefully Grant Hill doesn’t hurt him
13. Andre Miller
14. Mike Bibby
15. Jameer Nelson
16. T.J. Ford
17. Jamaal Tinsley
18. Raymond Felton - Only two games
19. Larry Hughes
20. Rajon Rondo

Shooting Guards

1. Kobe Bryant - Probably won’t change all season long
2. Vince Carter
3. Tracy McGrady
4. Michael Redd
5. Kevin Martin
6. Manu Ginobli - Watch the minutes situation of the defending champs
7. Brandon Roy
8. Joe Johnson
9. Ben Gordon
10. Ricky Davis
11. Jason Richardson
12. Ray Allen - Amazing how far his value has fallen already
13. Jason Terry
14. Mike Miller - Short schedule hurts
15. Monta Ellis - Will he start?
16. Richard Hamilton
17. Raja Bell - Watch this similar to Barbosa
18. Anthony Parker
19. Mike Dunleavy - Should be raining threes with O’Brien in town
20. Morris Peterson

Small Forwards

1. LeBron James
2. Andre Iguodala
3. Rashard Lewis - Watch that ankle
4. Carmelo Anthony
5. Caron Butler
6. Luol Deng
7. Josh Smith - Another victim of a short shcedule
8. Paul Pierce
9. Gerald Wallace
10. Danny Granger
11. Corey Maggette
12. Andrei Kirilenko - We’ll see if he’s truly back
13. Richard Jefferson
14. Kevin Durant
15. Peja Stojakovic - Looks healthy and rested so far
16. Tayshaun Prince
17. Rudy Gay - Having a pretty good preseason
18. Luke Walton
19. Shane Battier
20. Hedo Turkoglu

Power Forwards

1. Shawn Marion - Underrated yet again in drafts
2. Dirk Nowitzki
3. Antawn Jamison
4. LaMarcus Aldridge
5. Kevin Garnett - Two games of KG is better than 5 of most players
6. David West
7. Rasheed Wallace
8. Al Harrington
9. Zach Randolph - Important week for his value
10. Boris Diaw - Having a studly preseason
11. Nene Hilario
12. Chris Wilcox
13. Drew Gooden
14. Darko Milicic
15. Tyrus Thomas
16. Channing Frye - Could flourish with no Oden
17. Luis Scola
18. Udonis Haslem
19. Nick Collison
20. Al Thornton - Having a great preseason, but only two games this week

Centers

1. Yao Ming
2. Amare Stoudemire - Back from surgery and looking explosive
3. Carlos Boozer - Big four game schedule
4. Dwight Howard - That FT% seemed to be improving until the last few preseason games
5. Tim Duncan
6. Chris Bosh - Watch the knee
7. Marcus Camby
8. Jermaine O’Neal
9. Pau Gasol
10. Al Jefferson - Could end up much higher than this in weeks to come
11. Tyson Chandler
12. Mehmet Okur
13. Andrea Bargnani
14. Zydrunas Ilguaskas
15. Emeka Okafor
16. Andris Biedrins
17. Ben Wallace
18. Andrew Bogut
19. Brad Miller
20. Andrew Bynum