OT Early season NBA surprises

[Rastapopoulos]

Officially depressed about how good Doncic and Porzingis are looking. I can see Dallas being better than us THIS season, never mind in the future.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Chris Paul not exactly earning his 38 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS at the moment.

 

[B-Roy]

Conley looks AWFUL.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Conley looks AWFUL.

Ha I was just coming to this thread to post essentially the same thing.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

Conley looks AWFUL.

He’s up to 3-11!!!

 

[THE HCP]

See this post to me just says "I'm @THE HCP so when I do it it's funny but other people are ruining the forum when they do it."

AND?
You are finally seeing how things work around here my man. 'Bout time!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

KAT's certainly feeling frisky...

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Why are the Pacers so bad?
Why are the Kings SOOO bad?
Why AREN'T the Suns bad?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Tell you what's looking really good right now: the 2018 draft.
Doncic and Trae Young - looking All-NBA
Ayton, JJacksonJr, SGA - looking All-Star-Ish
Anfernee, Luke Kennard, Landry Shamet, Robert Williams, Kevin Knox and more all looking like good starter level
Even second rounders Mitchell Robinson, Jevon Carter, Jalen Brunson, Bruce Brown and Hamidou Diallo are contributing.

 

[SharpesTriumph]

They're losing by 25 right now. I will agree with you in some ways though. I think their young talent isn't as bad as people make out.

The problem is Batum contract doesn't expire, and they just signed another terrible one in Rozier.

They may have one of the worst records in the league and be paying the luxury tax. I can't think of an NBA team in a worse position.

 

[KingSpeed]

The revelation of the first week is Towns. He is the clear MVP of the league as of now. He has the highest PER among qualified players and a 2-0 record, both wins on the road. Speaking of PER, Whiteside is 4th and Lillard is 6th leaguewide. Harden, who has gotten off to an AWFUL start, has a lower PER than Michael Carter-Williams. A major bright spot is Markelle Fultz. He looks like a solid NBA player with upside. In the "are they for real?" category is the Phoenix Suns. They should be 3-0 right now but 2-1 is just fine. Beating the Clippers without Ayton or Rubio was impressive. Will be interesting to see if the Pistons move Derrick Rose into the starting lineup. He looks like he's practically back to MVP form. Also- Trae Young looks like an NBA Superstar ahead of schedule. If Hawks had gotten Zion, they'd be in the NBA Finals as soon as next year.

 

[riverman]

Shoutout to Monty Williams! I'm more than impressed with his debut coaching the Suns...I'd have pegged them to be much worse than they are

 

[KingSpeed]

Shoutout to Monty Williams! I'm more than impressed with his debut coaching the Suns...I'd have pegged them to be much worse than they are

Good point. Monty should be Coach of the Week if there was such an award.

 

[ABM]

Suns might end up surprising a lot of folks.

I'm tellin' ya...

 

[Pinwheel1]

I'm tellin' ya...

I agree. They have a lot of talent.

 

[TorturedBlazerFan]

I made a case all summer that the kings would have a shot at the 8 seed, I may want to take that one back...

 

[AldoTrapani]

Sabonis is what surprises me. That dude is a beast and so freaking efficient. I wish our zags guy could be like that

 

[SIeepwalker]

I made a case all summer that the kings would have a shot at the 8 seed, I may want to take that one back...

Same... Did not expect them to start 0-5