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The NBA’s Best Lineups So Far This Season
When it comes to team efficiency, you usually find the Miami Heat with LeBron James, the Indiana Pacers with Paul George or the West’s best, Portland Trail Blazers. However, when it comes to the best lineups in the league – most efficient in terms of both offense and defense or the lineup that puts on the best shooting numbers, look no further than what the Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors have to offer.
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Suns vs Lakers – Kobe Bryant Is Ruining It For The Others
It’s as if nothing has changed. Kobe Bryant is back, taking the same kind of shots, ruining the flow of team play the Los Angeles Lakers developed during his time off the court. The defense, with or without him, is probably more of a reason that the Phoenix Suns were able to win 114-108, as Goran Dragic found it very easy to put up one of his best games since arriving in the NBA.
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Celtics vs Nets – Not So Bad When Everyone Are Playing
Maybe it was the fact that they were facing the Boston Celtics, a team that like it or not will be forever connected to this edition of the Brooklyn Nets as long as Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce are on this team. Both of them weren’t very special in a rare win for the Nets, but the ability of Brook Lopez and Deron Williams, the two most important players on this team, was enough to have Jason Kidd and the rest of this weird team built with a huge and expensive payroll to smile for once.
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Thunder vs Hawks – Kevin Durant Denies Three Winning Eastern Teams
The Eastern conference can’t have more than two teams with a winning record, so after bringing the Indiana Pacers back down to earth, Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder went to work on the Atlanta Hawks, showing they can be just as dangerous and effective on the road as they are on their undefeated home run so far this season.
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Heat vs Pacers – LeBron James Shouldn’t Have Stopped Guarding Paul George
There’s a good chance Paul George is the best second half player in the NBA this season, but that might have been a fact not worth mentioning if LeBron James would have stayed on the Indiana Pacers star even after getting his third foul. The Miami Heat and their MVP were dominating up to that point, but lost the game the moment they allowed George to face inferoir defenders in Dwyane Wade and Ray Allen.
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Kevin Durant Obsessed With Being Inferior to LeBron James
A huge game for Kevin Durant as the Oklahoma City Thunder destroyed the Indiana Pacers was also the next step in his transformation from a beloved, likable superstar on the rise to a player with a chip on his shoulder, obsessed about his own numbers, success and the perception of him in the media, which might have a negative effect on everything he’s hoping to achieve.
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Toronto Raptors – Masai Ujiri Making All The Right Moves
For some reason, despite a lot of good decisions over the years, the Denver Nuggets decided to let go of Masai Ujiri, who then signed with the Toronto Raptors to be their GM for the next five seasons. It didn’t take him long to starting doing a lot of good, mostly by getting rid of the Andrea Bargnani and Rudy Gay contracts via trades.
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Kobe Bryant – Good or Bad For the Los Angeles Lakers?
By giving an injured, 35-year old Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers made an economic, financial driven decision, not one based on the desire to win NBA titles in the near future. However, it isn’t all negative, and his return to the courts after 8 months of an Achilles Tendon injury keeping him away, might not be the worst thing in the world.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Should Be Slightly Worried
There’s a good chance Jeremy Lin will be ready to play for the Houston Rockets by the time they play in their next game – a Thursday showdown with the Portland Trail Blazers. The problem right now? Not just his health and finding his rhythm once more, but hoping that Kevin McHale hasn’t used this opportunity to cement Patrick Beverley in the starting lineup, making this once again the James Harden show.
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Portland Trail Blazers – LaMacrus Aldridge Isn’t Slowing Down
The Utah Jazz haven’t been the easiest team to get wins against since Trey Burke got injured, but they didn’t have enough against the Portland Trail Blazers, easily relying on LaMarcus Aldridge who never disappoints, leading the team to their best start in over 20 years.