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Last Week's ranking in parentheses.

30. Phoenix Suns (30)

Nobody takes a beating like the Suns, whom the Golden State Warriors trampled by 46 points Monday (without Devin Booker, who sat with a hip pointer, but still). The Suns have lost four games by 40 or more points and 11 by at least 20.

Don't look now, but Phoenix has overtaken the Sacramento Kings for a dubious honor: the league's lowest net rating.

29. New York Knicks (29)

"I wish I could make a f--king shot. Yes, I am frustrated," Tim Hardaway Jr. told reporters after going 0-of-8 from deep against the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday. "I'm kind of in a slump right now, and I just gotta try to shoot my way out of it... I'm not gonna lie and sit here and laugh about it. It's frustrating. It's pissing me off."

The Knicks have lost eight straight, blew a 27-point lead in Wednesday's loss to the Washington Wizards and are maddeningly trimming Frank Ntilikina's minutes. But at least Hardaway hit a shot. He scored 37 points, including 32 in the first half, against Washington.

28. Brooklyn Nets (28)

Brooklyn dropped its last seven games before the All-Star break and has forced fewer opponent turnovers than any team in the league. Allen Crabbe averaged 25.3 points per game over his final four contests leading into the break, making him one of precious few bright spots.

27. Dallas Mavericks (27)

Dallas hits the break having lost nine of its last 11 games (the wins came against the Los Angeles Lakers and Sacramento Kings), and its young players are seeing increased minutes. Dennis Smith Jr., Yogi Ferrell, Dwight Powell and Maxi Kleber are all logging more floor time lately, which is a great way to tank under the guise of giving the kids valuable experience.

Of course, the big guns haven't been producing wins. Harrison Barnes, Wesley Matthews and Dirk Nowitzki own a minus-14.5 net rating in the 713 minutes they've shared this year.

Dirk dunked, though, which is cool.

26. Memphis Grizzlies (22)

This is as good of a time as any to note how difficult it is to rank teams in this cluster. Memphis has lost seven straight, which you'd think would necessitate a precipitous fall. But there are three other teams with losing streaks at least that long. We can't rank them all in the bottom three!

Marc Gasol has logged at least 30 minutes in 10 of his last 12 games. It might be time to scale that back. Nobody'll begrudge the Grizz for shutting down their 33-year-old center for the last third of a lost season.