Derrick Rose is not back. Nor is he trash. Those that long for Rose’s good old days and those who, in contrast, are haters, need to back down.
What To Do With Markelle?
Markelle Fultz. 2017 number one overall pick.
Boy, do the Philadelphia 76ers wish they could have had a do-over. Not only can you easily name ten to fifteen players in that draft that teams would rather have than Fultz, the Sixers even traded the 2019 Kings pick to their rival, the Boston Celtics, to move up and grab him.
NBA Fast Starts: Buy or Sell
As of right now, the Golden State Warriors are third in the Western Conference. The Houston Rockets, who pushed those Warriors to seven games in the Conference Finals last year, sit at ninth. Some of that has to do with the slippage we are seeing from these two squads, but the larger story thus far has been the surprising starts we have seen from multiple teams. The East has largely gone according to expectations, with the Raptors, Celtics, 76ers, Bucks, and Pacers, all being top six teams. In the West, however, it is a wild, wild West right now.
Some teams that have been especially good so far will be highlighted below. But can they continue it all year long? Let’s play Buy or Sell.
Does Jimmy Butler make the 76ers Eastern Conference favorites?
On Saturday, the Minnesota Timberwolves agreed to send guard Jimmy Butler and center Justin Patton to the Philadelphia 76ers for forwards Dario Saric, Robert Covington, guard Jerryd Bayless, and a 2022 second round pick.
Don’t get that long sentence twisted, though. The only player that matters in that deal is Jimmy Butler. The success of the trade for both sides depends on what Butler adds to the Sixers, whether that is positive or negative.
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Duke is FOR REAL.
Duke entered their opener against No. 2 Kentucky as the No. 4 ranked team. That was blasphemous. Duke demolished Kentucky from start to finish and it was undoubtedly the most dominant performance I have ever seen in college basketball.
Conference Standings: What’s Changed in 2 Weeks?
The NBA season is only two weeks old, yet it feels as though most of my preseason predictions have been destroyed. The Bucks can’t lose, and the Rockets can’t win. LeBron seems to not be enough for a young Lakers team. The Celtics are struggling on offense. And Blake Griffin is looking like an MVP candidate. Blake. Griffin. Well, after two meetings with the Celtics, he has cooled off a bit, so maybe the sky isn’t falling just yet.
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