Around the NBA: Week 1 (10/20 - 10/26)

[Furlanfufi]

Occasional? I intend to bash him everytime I get the chance!


Meanwhile, if Wemby continues to play like tonight, it's over for everybody.

[Mori Chu]

Wemby had himself a game tonight. 40 points.

[iLLmatic]

Beal in 20 minutes scored 5 points in a loss. Dudes washed up.

[ShelC]

Billups was arrested over a poker gambling ring. Doesn't have anything to do with the NBA.

[O_Gardino]

The Mavs are a bit of a mess, but man did the Spurs look good. Harper and Castle look legit. They are going to be great when Sochan and Fox are healthy.

Maybe it's too early to judge Flagg, but I'm on record a saying I think he can be good but not great in the NBA. He struggled, but did get some rebounds.

[ShelC]

I wonder how the Spurs eventually shake out that backcourt. Sochan can never seem to stay healthy.

I'm kind of split of Flagg. I don't think he'll be a superstar scoring the ball, but maybe more of an Odom type with an all around game at 6-10.

[Mori Chu]

Too early to judge on Flagg after one game. But not encouraging that he was shooting like 1-9 at one point and ended up 4-13. Oh well, that'll come in time.

There were lots of other interesting games last night:

The Jazz got a win (!) vs the Clippers.
Ant Edwards had 41 points as the Wolves beat the Blazers.
Giannis has 37 and 14 as the Bucks beat the Wizards.
Ja Morant has 35 as the Grizzlies beat the Pelicans.
Tyrese Maxey goes off for 40 as the 76ers beat the Celtics.
And the Knicks beat the Cavs in a matchup between two of the East's titans.

Fun night in the NBA! It is great to have the regular season back. NBA Action, I love this game!

[ShelC]

The Clips...I want them to be bad but I don't really expect them to be. But they're also a veteran heavy team not unlike our roster the past 2 seasons and if those guys aren't motivated or playing hard, it could be a long season. I think some of those guys think they can just show up and win games because of who they are. Do they have dogs surrounding the vets like they've had in the past? Maybe too many "cool" guys who aren't willing to do the dirty work. And they got caught off guard by a young team that doesn't know what "cool" is.

This could be a big bounce back year for Ja. He's stayed low and should be looking to reestablish himself as a star.

The Knicks have had the Cavs' number the past few years. Just a bad matchup for them. Cavs were without Garland and Hunter, Knicks were missing Hart and MitchRob. Still think the Cavs are just a regular season team and this could be their last good year.

VJ Edgecomb went off in his rookie debut and could be a real problem next to Maxey in their backcourt. He may be the total package.