Behind the Boxscore: New Orleans embarrasses itself
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Eastern Surprises
Nobody's shocked that Detroit won 14 of 16 to start the season. Surprised, surely, but not put off by the Piston ascent. This team was good last season, won some close games in the regular season before losing some closer ones in the playoffs. But everyone improved, and
The worst general managers
Is that fair? That I sat down to write about Nico Harrison but wrote the title of the column first? Well, is he? To his credit, Nico Harrison didn't blow the Cooper Flagg selection. NAILED THAT. To his credit, when the Charlotte Hornet and Washington Wizard front offices
Waiting on life without LeBron
LeBron James will be revaluated in a week by his Lakers, determining when his sciatic nerve problems will allow him to play NBA basketball in 2025-26, his 23rd pro season. Not counting his semi-pro senior year of high school, 2002-03, when James was paid with a resoundingly cool Wes Unseld
Autumn accomplishments
Fall has flung, it is autumn. Beautiful out there, too bad the leaves aren't here to see it. The NBA is two weeks into its season. Most NBA teams already worked seven, eight games. They have, in spite of the slim term, gotten much out of the way.