Celtics remain in #2 spot in Marc Stein's weekly power rankings.

Here is the top 8 (click image to enlarge, or go here to see the whole thing)

It's pretty hard to disagree with these rankings, especially after the Celtics mailed in that ugly one in Phoenix. Here are last weeks rankings, incase you want to do some comparing and contrasting. 

Celtics hanging strong at #2 in Marc Stein's weekly power rankings

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Was there a rumor on the streets of the Celtics bringing 'Sheed back to entice the Pistons in to arranging a buy-out for Richard Hamilton for a swap? I somehow heard nothing about this, but Marc Stein says these rumors were around, so it must be true. In any case, I'd gladly sign up for that if it were at all a remote possibility.