In the spirit of the season, we're recognizing one player per team with what we're calling the Frontier Award.

With a week left in the NBA season, which teams have a chance at winning it all? And, more importantly, which teams have executed their tanking maneuvers most effectively?

We've brought Championship Tier ranking back to our NBC Sports NBA Power Rankings.

The 10 teams in the playoffs/play-in tournament in each conference are officially set. Here are the championship odds for all 20 postseason teams.

The NBA has announced that Philadelphia 76ers rookie is on the leaderboard for some impressive stats during his first season.

Joel Embiid looked spry in that one, particularly on defense. And he, Paul George and Tyrese Maxey all scored at least 26 points. The raw talent in that trio can stack up against just about any team in the NBA. It just has to have all three standing for an entire series.

Breaking down the Knicks’ shaky status as a true contender in this week’s NBA championship power rankings.

Meanwhile, the Celtics and Nuggets are at the top of the second tier of contenders