Mainly talking about young guys here but you can throw in a vet too.

I loved watching Bruce brown with the pacers guy looks like a great fit next haliburton, his passing really helps there offense reach a new level of intensity and his shooting looks like its continuing to get better off the catch.

Also loved what I saw out of derrick lively too, high energy good defense, needs to work on his ft shooting but overall looks like he could be dallas’s starting centre sooner rather then later, kidd really started to trust him down the stretch.

  • Joetheshow1BEnglish
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    11 months ago

    RJ looked great and along with IQ was the only reason we were still in the game

  • swapan_99BEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Still a few more season debuts to go, but Duren, Lively, Tillman impressed me amongst the big men a lot, imposed themselves on the game, hustled and ran the floor hard.

    As for my Nets obviously Cam Thomas looked great as an individual scorer, but then that’s something I have known since last season when he had 4 40 point games, just annoyed that my coach still refuses to start him or let him play on ball for majority of the time on court. Instead we keep running out Dinshittie who keeps bricking everything. Liked what I saw from Ben as a solid start 4/10/9/1 on just two turnovers isn’t half bad, I don’t care if he doesn’t score, just keep rebounding, assisting and defending.

    Loved Okogie and Nurkic on the Suns, Porzingis shocked me because I didn’t expect that defensive impact (Dallas fans did him no justice, nor did Wizards fans). Underwhelmed by Ant and KAT season debuts, but OKC look ready for the leap, especially Shai.

  • Piano9717BEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Darko Rajakovic’s system really impressed me today - I thought the “make decisions in half a second when you catch the ball, no excessive dribbling, and swing the ball to the open guy” was just coach speak (because what coach doesn’t preach passing to the open man and being decisive?) but the Raptors offense looks night and day from what it looked last season.

  • AnotherStatsGuyBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    As a homer: Kira Lewis Jr. and Dyson Daniels.

    Around the league? Cade. After missing so much time last season, I thought it might take a few games for him to get back into form, but his season opener should put those doubts to rest.