There are always questions at this early stage of an NBA season.



I, too, have questions.



Is Zion Williamson that important to the Pelicans? Because Brandon Ingram seems to be coming into his own as a premier scorer. Can you name the Warriors’ starting five Monday night without looking it up in the box score? Is Donovan Mitchell this good? Are the Knicks going to be this bad? Does anybody else hate the Nets’ gray-shaded court as much as I do? (It makes me sleepy, and it makes me think an episode of “The Honeymooners” is about to come on.) Does anyone love the Warriors’ “San Francisco” home jerseys as much as I do? Few work as hard as Giannis Antetokounmpo, so the defending league MVP can’t possibly keep shooting 17.4 percent on 3s the rest of the season, right?



Can the Lakers’ viejos sustain this defensive effort for five months? (Per basketball-reference.com, Dwight Howard’s current Defensive Box...