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Which team was most surprising in the first month of the 2022/23 NBA Season?

  1. Milwaukie Bucks

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  2. Cleveland Cavaliers

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  3. Atlanta Hawks

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  4. Boston Celtics

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  5. Portland Trail Blazers

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  6. Phoenix Suns

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  7. Utah Jazz

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  8. Memphis Grizzlies

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  9. New Orleans Pelicans

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  10. Minnesota Timberwolves

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  1. Fairly-Hard

    Fairly-Hard Former Member Gone New!

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    I resemble that remark?
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    He may be the next Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    andalusian Season - Restarted

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    I suspect he will be much much better. He can be a difference maker on defense, even if he is never anything than a lob-threat on offense.
     
    andalusian, Nov 7, 2022
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    Banchero is great but if it's not translating to wins, I cannot get that excited. He's not playing really on a team that is even remotely competitive. Same with SGA, and it's a shame for both.
     
    Cugel, Nov 7, 2022
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    rookies don't usually win.

    lebron's team was in the lottery his rookie year.
     
    illmatic99, Nov 7, 2022
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    Yes but plenty do ok. Barnes, Mobley, Dame...plenty.
    So how much longer do ORL and OKC and DET suck? They have lots and lots of "talent". Something ain't right.
     
    Cugel, Nov 7, 2022
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    tykendo Don't Tread On PDX

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    Paolo is off to a great start for sure. But i'm really surprised by the poor starts of Jabari Smith & Keegan Murray. Just shows you preseason isn't regular season. Mathurin's start doesn't surprise me at all. He was NBA ready.
     
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    AmirIcon Well-Known Member

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    And less wins than your mom.
     
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    A lot of them came into the right situation where those teams were really close already… and just had one missing piece.

    And they have lots of high draft picks… not necessarily a lot of “NBA talent”.

    Also part of drafting so high every year is it’s hard to make all those players fit, because the top of the draft is usually ball dominant players.
     
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    Barnes and Mobley also had all star (Garland)/all NBA (Siakam) caliber teammates.

    Dame won 33 games his rookie year even with Aldridge.
     
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    That's my point, having high picks does not assure you success. Chemistry is worth something. More high FRPs is not going to turn ORL around.
     
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    There are currently trade threads for Simmons, Durant, and now AD.

    Screw all three of those guys.
     
    Shaboid, Nov 7, 2022
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    Fairly-Hard Former Member Gone New!

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    Somehow they all end up on the Lakers and they make the playoffs losing in the first round. Messes up the Pels pick and the Lakers stay irrelevant.
    Maybe they can do this and send Russ to the Nets and they can stay messed up as well?
    Lets see??? What other team can i mess with?
     
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    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    Don't want any of these guys
     
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    Oh Damn
     
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    Bucks have played almost all their games at home. Things will balance out soon.
     
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    Blazers lost the last 13 games of the season on Dame’s rookie year.
     
    KSF-ERIC, Nov 7, 2022
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    As we learned - never sign a player that Miami was prepared to let go.
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Game to watch tonight - MIL @ ATL

    Can Young, Murray, and the Hawks use their lethal shooting to crack the Bucks defense and hand MIL their first loss of the season?
     
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