First of all, I did not like Cleveland going into the season because they projected to give a lot of minutes to negative players and many who are poor fits - Derrick Rose, Dwyane Wade and Jeff Green. I have a good news/bad news dichotomy for an answer here. Their team, outside of LeBron, is looking downright weak. They’ve lost games against the Pelicans, Nets, and Knicks.
Is it time to panic? For the Cavaliers, doubts are starting to pile up, and fans are beginning to legitimately worry that LeBron James will leave them soon for greener pastures. And with that, let’s take a look back at the last week in basketball with a more objective, stats-focused eye. There’s a lot of the season we still have not covered, and it looks like it’s going to be a lot more than “yet another Warriors title”. With the second week of the NBA logged into the books, we’re starting to see the real form of the season, and some of the odd blips are starting to solidify, from the MVP performances of Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Rookie of the Year campaign for Ben Simmons.
