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A year ago, NBA free agency ground to a halt while LeBron James took his time making up his mind. This July, James remains unsigned, but the rest of the market hasn't waited around for the game's pre-eminent player to pen another letter (with the help of a ghostwriter, of course).

Instead, while James presumably waits for the Cleveland Cavaliers to sort out other pressing matters, his peers have been busy snapping up new contracts like eight- and nine-figure hotcakes.

LaMarcus Aldridge, DeAndre Jordan, Greg Monroe, Rajon Rondo, Monta Ellis and DeMarre Carroll have all found new homes. Like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, Marc Gasol, Kawhi Leonard, Kevin Love, Dwyane Wade, Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green (among others) have decided that there's no place like home—if last season's stomping grounds qualify as such.

Any shift in the league's landscape as seismic as the one that's taken place since July 1 requires a reassessment of how all 30 teams relate to one another. Hence, here's a fresh set of power rankings, with squads ordered from worst to first based on personnel new and old.