If something gets people excited in the NBA it is young blood. Every year we see a bunch of talents enter the league coming from this or that college or even better from a remote and unknown European city we had never heard the name of. I loved the days the league were getting an extra influx of talent from High Schools, the days when little people like KG or Kobe or Dwight or even Ohio’s very own LeBron were able to jump straight from the numb to stardom, but shit happens, and so we were awarded an age-cap for the draft.

With a month already gone for this season and teams with between 18 and 14 games played prior to tonight’s matchups (is everybody ready for the Knicks v Hornets Part II, Kemba’s Revenge 3-Pointer Over Anthony On The Final Second?), it is time to start really thinking about who’s gonna make it and who’s gonna stumble in the Association. Let’s put some recapping notes together:

No serious injuries for rookies except that of Ben Simmons in the preseason. God forbid any more.

Brandon Ingram is as skinny as we expected him to be, and that is nice because he is also as good as we expected him to be and the Lakers look like something actually. Not in my wildest dreams would have I thought about a ’17 Lakers team making it this far (.471!) with the roster they have, though the promises they’re offering make me stick to League Pass night after night just to see them fool around.