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OK about 1/3 of the season is behind us and we are starting to get a clearer picture on what these teams look like. Some things expected Kyrie drama, Jokic and Luka doing Jokic and Luka things, AD hurt again. And some things not expected Jazz around 500 and not playing for Webmanyama lottery balls,Continue reading “After Christmas Nuggets”

People seem to forget that this will be the first season in 3 years completed on the traditional calendar: start games in October, X-mas day formal launch, January grind, Feb all star break, April play-offs, June finals. No doubt the unusual schedule created some schedule anomalies that helped some teams and injuries that decimated others.Continue reading “2022-2023 Western Conference Preview”

For the first stretch in about 25-30 years the general conclusion is the top teams in the East are probably better than the top teams in the West. Many factors contribute to this including major health injuries in the west (Murray, Kawahi, AD), finally better drafting, and the consensus top players being in the EastContinue reading “2022-2023 Eastern Conference Preview”

As we get ready to start the last 3rd of the NBA season I cannot remember another season with this much doubt as to who can win the NBA East. Most years before the season starts we can identify 2-3 teams and if we are lucky one other team will break through. With 25 gamesContinue reading “NBA Update: Eastern Conference is going to be WWE Battle Royal”

Just when I thought the Celtics season could not get any lower I watched them blow a 10 point second half leave to the COVID ravaged Wolves. And trust me this loss is actually worse. The Wolves did not have their entire starting five which included Towns, Edwards, Russell, or P-Bev . If we wereContinue reading “Overreaction Column: “Is this the low point for Celtics” They hope it can’t go lower”

A quarter of the season is definitely enough time to make some informed opinions on what we are seeing but still enough time for teams/players to change my mind. Here are some observations: Suns and Warriors are by far the best 2 teams and it is not close – we could have expected the SunsContinue reading “8 thoughts one quarter through season”

Time for the way too early observations 2 weeks into the NBA season. At this point firm conclusions would only be made by alarmists whose job is to get ratings but I think it is fair to start having some views of concern or optimism. Category 1: Off-season retooling is working: Heat, Bulls, Wizards TheContinue reading “NBA is 2 weeks in: What did we learn”

Coach Brad Stevens last season was saddled with a poorly constructed team that had too many guards and wing players and not enough bigs. They were consistently out rebounded, the lane appeared to have an “open for business” sign, and any physically superior players seemed to play bully ball on our mismatches. Now I knowContinue reading “The Celtics are poorly constructed”

The NBA’s western conference has been dominant and deep for the last 25 years and this year appears to be no different. The Lakers reloaded, Jazz had the best record last year and return everyone, Steph appears to be in MVP form and Clay back in February, Clippers made west finals without Kawhi and expectContinue reading “West Preview: Just like old times or new faces”

As everyone provides their opinions on the Eastern Conference the overwhelming favorite is the UBER talented Nets. In addition to having 2 of top 5 players in the world (Durant, Harden) including in my opinion #1 right now, they added quality vets (Patty Mills, James Johnson, and LeMarcus Aldridge) to go with solid role playersContinue reading “East Preview – I think it is going to be a sleeper team”