Three weeks of NBA action isn't enough to make any well-researched, educated statements about the season as a whole...but it's the perfect amount of time for some hot takes!
Let's see. The Lakers should've passed on D'Angelo Russell. Russell Westbrook is serial killer who murders people at the rim...and should be traded. Lil B needs to stop cursing people. And the Knicks (yes the Knicks) are shockingly, surprisingly, miraculously, watchable and, dare we say, borderline good.
That's just a sampling. The colder it gets, the hotter the takes. These are 21 Things We've Learned 21 Days Into The NBA Season.
1. Steph Curry is the best player in the NBA.
2. The Kobe Farewell Tour is a nightmare.
3. Just call Kristaps Porzingis Godzilla.
He may have been made in a lab as far as we know. We’re not sure where Phil Jackson and his team found him. Some say they captured him on the shores of some deserted island in the Pacific. They tell us he was Spain’s premier league—Liga ACB’s—best kept secret. Those are just theories, though.
What we do know is that Kristaps Porzingis is for real. Eleven games into the season and he’s putting up numbers only players like David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Anthony Davis, and Blake Griffin have put up during the early stages of their respective rookie years. And what about those put-back dunks?
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Let that Euro Techno grab your soul! King Kong ain’t got nothing on Godzinigis. —Angel Diaz (@Adiaz456)
5. No, the Hawks jerseys aren't growing on us.
6. Anthony Davis will not be the MVP.
7. The Nets are a complete disaster.
8. The Lakers screwed up last year's draft.
9. Andre Drummond is blowing up.
10. Lil B needs to stop cursing people.
11. The Spurs will win 50 games like it ain't no thang.
12. The Eastern Conference isn't complete garbage.
13. The Christmas jerseys are fire.
14. Chicago's defense is just fine without Thibs.
15. The Wizards need to stop acting like they don't need Kevin Durant.
16. Jeremy Lin's hair is an affront to humanity.
17. The T'Wolves are worth the price of NBA League Pass.
Timberwolves fans haven't seen the first round of the playoffs since 2004 when the Lakers dynasty rode into the sunset. It's the longest drought in the NBA. The way things are going, they may be on the outside looking in once again, but the early play of these new-look T'Wolves should have fans giddy about the future. Ricky Rubio has finally found his footing as a pass-happy, teammate-enabling PG despite never developing an adequate jumper. The Kevin Love trade feels like a shrewd piece of business as Andrew Wiggins looks like a future world-beater and No. 1 pick Karl-Anthony Towns has shown early flashes of brilliance. If everything pans out, we might be looking at the sudden rise of an unexpected team. The T'Wolves might not be on the level of that young Thunder team from 2010, but there's something of a resemblance. If you're looking for a bandwagon to hop on, Minnesota's almost full. —Skylar Bergl (@skylarbergl)