NBA individual rankings (pre-season) so far:
Rookies race
1.) Al Thornton, Los Angeles Clippers
2.) Al Horford, Atlanta
3.) Kevin Durant, Seattle
4.) Luis Scola, Houston
5.) Aaron Gray, Chicago
6.) Rodney Stuckey, Detroit
7.) Marco Belinelli, Golden State
8.) Juan Carlos Navarro, Memphis
9.) Oleksey Pecherov, Washington
10.) Joakim Noah, Chicago
MVP Race (pre-season)
1.) Kevin Garnett, Boston
2.) LeBron James, Cleveland
3.) Steve Nash, Phoenix
4.) Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
5.) Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas
6.) Tim Duncan, San Antonio
7.) Yao Ming, Houston
8.) Carmelo Anthony, Denver
9.) Gilbert Arenas, Washington
10.) Chris Bosh, Toronto
11.) Tracy McGrady, Houston
12.) Dwight Howard, Orlando
13.) Carlos Boozer, Utah
14.) Baron Davis, Golden State
15.) Chauncey Billups, Detroit
16.) Jermaine O'Neal, Indiana
17.) Loul Deng, Chicago
18.) Vince Carter, New Jersey
19.) Chris Paul, New Orleans
20.) Deron Williams, Utah
21.) Allen Iverson, Denver
**Jason Kidd, Amare Stoudemire, and Dwyane Wade were not included because of their injuries and San Antonio's Tony Parker because he only appeared in one pre-season game.