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July 4 might not be an official date on the NBA calendar, but it tends to be a reliable marker for when things start to slow down in free agency.

As of thinking of these power rankings, LaMarcus Aldridge, the last big fish on the market, chose exactly that day to announce his decision to sign with the San Antonio Spurs.

He was preceded by DeAndre Jordan, Greg Monroe and Tyson Chandler as big names to change addresses during the first week of free agency. Countless others have swapped jerseys or signed contract extensions, and that doesn't even factor in all the shuffling around that occurred on draft night.

Where, in short, does this leave your team heading into the quieter portion of the offseason? This will sort all that out for you. But first, a quick note about making power rankings before any games have been played.

If there's anything a decade in this industry has taught me, it's that no one knows anything.

That's not quite true, in fact.

Lots of very smart people know lots of very smart things. But even very smart people who know very smart things can only guess what the future holds.

The problem, as so often is the case, is people. They change, and there's simply no way of knowing how any individual will grow from day to day or react to changes in environment.

But what we can do is evaluate talent and fit, so that we may at least get a firm grip on everything that's transpired since the NBA draft.

Click ahead to see why your favorite team is ranked where it is, and feel free to tell me in the comments section how badly I've bungled things.