A couple weeks into the season, what are your biggest surprises, both good and bad? Could an individual, a team, or anything else. I’ll give mine.

Worst surprises: Bucks’ defense, Suns’ health, Kings’ cold shooting, Jordan Poole

Best surprises: Aaron Nesmith, Cade Cunningham, Atlanta Hawks, rookies like Sasser, Strather, and Hawkins

  • Overall-Palpitation6@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The worst surprise is how many people are buying less than 10 game sample sizes from teams or players as established trends now, eg. “this team is good/bad”, “this player has taken a leap/dropped off”, based on 8-9 games.

    Give things 25-30 games to properly shake out at least.

  • GovernmentDoingStuff@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’m genuinely happy for Wolves fans. I think they’ll still regret the Gobert trade long term, but they might just be a legit contender right now

  • Kwilly462@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    If you’re a contender not named the Bucks, the Bucks defense is the best surprise you could ever wish for

  • Ill-Protection1219@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Best Surprise: Rj Barrett taking the leap

    Worse Surprise: Cam Thomas being a certified bucket because we gotta play him 4 times a year for the next decade

  • FreddyAllstar@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    A surprise is something you dont expect. A lot of what you listed was expected.

    Bucks defense was gonna be sus with Dame and Khris coming back from injury. Suns health was all anyone talked about when they were mentioned. People correctly thought Poole was gonna be an inefficient chucker who popped off for 30+ sometimes, which he did in a preseason game.

    Cade had a great rookie year and missed last year from injury. Still, its only his 3rd year and we expected him to continue where he left off.

  • Next-Firefighter-753@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Best surprise:Chet and Cason Wallace are both huge contributors as rookies. Lu Dort shooting 51% from 3 while playing insane D, better shot selection.

    Worst surprise: Josh Giddey’s disaster start shooting the ball. Fans are starting to turn on him in the Thunder sub

  • KasherH@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Worst surprises: Bucks’ defense, Suns’ health, Kings’ cold shooting, Jordan Poole

    Only the Kings’ shooting was a surprise.

  • Westcoastchi@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The worst surprise has to be the Grizzlies. I knew there would be some negative effect from Ja being out, but not worst team in the West bad.

    The best is probably the Magic looking like a quality team.

  • ClaymoresRevenge@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Worst surprise: Patrick Williams, the front office keeping this core together

    Best Surprise: I guess it’s Carter and Craig Attorneys at law. Carushow

  • PrivatizeDeez@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    One worst surprise is the Jazz slow start, compared to how they performed last season

    Best surprise is Tyrese Maxey playing like an all-pro without Harden. Love to see it

    • adturnerr@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I think last year’s Jazz was held up by their crazy start to the season when they still had Conley dictate the attack and Vando killing it on the Defensive side

  • AbbreviationsHot4482@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The Bucks defense has not been bad in the last 3 games they’ve reverted back to Brook being in drop more, that’s old news