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It just seems like basically every team has been hit by some sort of injury this year and we are only 3 weeks in - has it always been this bad or am I imagining it?

Per the Thunder (via Shams): Chet Holmgren suffered a right iliac hip fracture and a return to play protocol will be provided in 8 to 10 weeks.

https://x.com/shamscharania/status/1855857971743346889?s=46

Bummer of a development for Chet, but hopefully he'll be back for the latter half of the season.

https://x.com/statmuse/status/1855799769580400755?s=46&t=PMQHmb_hyDLLQ0YWFUi_GQ

Lamelo is averaging a league most 11.7 Points per game in the 4th Quarter. On top of 29.4 PPG 5.0 RPG 6.2 APG 1.5 SPG on 58.3% TS.

Under the new leadership of new head coach and former Assistant Coach of the defending champions, Boston Celtics, Charles Lee, the emergences of Tre Mann and Brandon Miller, and the pending return of Mark Williams— with his new ankle braces on— How far can Lamelo lead the Charlotte Hornets this season?

A team known for being injury plagued has so many guys you've never heard of stepping up big and making a name for themselves. Could this curse turn out to be a blessing?

However, the Indiana Pacers are third in the east and the Dallas Mavericks are 11th in the west. I know the east is usually thought of as weaker but I don't think I've seen the disparity this clear before. So far this season the west is leading the east 79-61.

Jokic is currently leading the Nuggets to the 4th seed at 7 wins and 3 losses.

We know how good Jokic's numbers have been but the wins against some good teams have been impressive. This is despite having no teammates average 20ppg or more, Jamal Murray struggling and Aaron Gordon being injured.

Is this one of the best carry jobs so far?

Anytime someone brings them up, it almost always in jest and basically calling them a fraudulent team. Which I get since LeBron swept them and then they became a small footnote in his history but this is a 60 win team with incredible depth that made the ECF

Yeah the 4-All Star thing and the 5-Man Player Of The Month is a meme but they had really, really good players.

Or am I off base and if LeBron and the Cavs weren’t standing in their way would they have been exposed by another team anyways?

The Cavs beat the Bulls to make the ECF that year. If the Bulls won instead, would they have also humiliated the Hawks?

I wasn’t closely following the NBA then so if anyone who was could let me know their thoughts i’d appreciate it

We always see the “Lebron in the 80’s” debates and how some think the physicality would be too rough for him. While others think his talent and athletic gifts would decimate all regardless of era.

We have guys like Lamar Odin who many think would be a pivotal piece to any team in today’s small ball lineups.

Then there are guys like Ty Lawson who relied heavily on speed and inside scoring while cruising by (at the time) with a below average jumper.

Which players from the past would be absolutely out of their element in today’s small ball, 3pt heavy, ball movement play style?

Jokic currently leads the league in deflections and is nearly averaging 2 steals a game. He's been wrecking havoc in passing lanes and picked about 3-4 of SGA's passes and did the same to Luka today in the clutch.

Source

With the triple double win against Toronto and the triple double win against Philadelphia, LeBron became the oldest person to log two triple doubles back-to-back, doing so at 39 years and 316 days old.

The last record-holder was LeBron James in the 2020-21 season, logging a triple double against Golden State on the 15th of March and a triple double against Minnesota on the 16th of March. He did so at 36 years and 76 days old.

LeBron has B2B triple-doubles, tonight with 19 points, 16 assists and 10 boards, and he's about to have a second victory over Toronto this season.

5-0 to start the season at home as well

https://x.com/LakersReporter/status/1855838879951040629