The San Antonio Spurs toppled the defending league champion Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Cup, and surge in the power rankings as a result.

Ranking NBA rookies: Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel in a race for highest mark in draft class grades originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

A history-making performance by Cooper Flagg pushed him to No. 1 in USA TODAY's NBA rookie rankings. He isn't the only player to move up (or down).

Analysis: Memphis is one of the 80 percent free-throw shooting teams, with Ja Morant shooting 92.4 percent to begin the season. On the flip side, Morant is shooting only 19.4 percent from 3 on 4.8 attempts per game. No player who has played at least 10 games in a season has ever made worse than 20 percent from 3 on at least 4.0 attempts per game.

There aren't many teams struggling more than the Indiana Pacers so far this season. The team is dead last in offensive rating and is second to last in NBA.com

HoopsHype ranks the five players who have appeared most often in trade rumors over the previous week, led by two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Here is an updated look at the Eastern Conference standings as Paul George and the Philadelphia 76ers move on after the NBA Cup.