With the talent level as high as it has never been in the league, we’re taking the difficult task today of making our NBA predictions for the Top 10 power forwards that the Association has to offer.

As the halfway point of the NBA season approaches, it’s worth taking a look at the emerging stars of this year’s rookie class and the potential impact they could have on their teams moving forward.

When the Memphis Grizzlies traded Rudy Gay to the Toronto Raptors, there were rumors that immediately started to swirl over the futures of just about everyone else on the team. Zach Randolph is one of the men that could be moved by the trade deadline.

The Atlanta Hawks have had all sorts of problems over the course of the 2012-13 season. Their backcourt play has been shoddy at times, and Devin Harris and others have spent plenty of time injured, and they have lost their share of close games. Yet through it all, the team enters play on Wednesday night five-games above .500 and comfortably in the No. 6 spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Why has this team continued to win games this year? Josh Smith.

While the Brooklyn Nets have cooled off a bit since their blistering run that followed the firing of its head coach in December, they remain in the hunt for a high-seed come playoff time thanks in large part the continued high production from its “core four.”

There probably isn’t a team in the NBA that knows that it needs to make a trade more than the Boston Celtics. They are in the eighth slot right now in the Eastern Conference, clinging with everything that they have to a near-.500 record, but they are going to have to play the rest of this season without the injured Rajon Rondo and Jared Sullinger.

Eric Bledsoe has been able to capitalize on the increased playing time that followed the knee injury to All-Star point guard Chris Paul earlier this month. The former first-round pick out of Kentucky has been able to take charge at the point while also playing a complimentary role in the Clippers deep pecking order, which has continued to keep Los Angeles near the top of the Western Conference.

It’s not quite like his days when he was a star with the Marquette Golden Eagles, but basketball fans know that Jimmy Butler is a key cog for a team that is still leading the Central Division at the season’s halfway point. Without Butler, it is clear that the Bulls wouldn’t be nearly as successful of a team a nightly basis.

The Detroit Pistons are a train wreck once again, but they are starting to take some steps in the right direction thanks to men like Andre Drummond.

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before—Dwight Howard, considered by many to be the NBA’s best big man—is making rumbles that he’s not happy with his situation and wants out. Here we go again.