Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Week 1 Recap

What a time.... To be alive . The first week of the NBA was beautiful, and I mean great. Could we have expected any better ? The superstars came to play . Particular score. Multiple 40 point games in the FIRST week. And it got so crazy, we had two 40+ performances in the same game! But it wasn't all good. There have been a few disappointments from some players and teams already, which is not a good sign, but we'll be getting into all of that.

So what's probably the biggest headline of week one? Does it even need to be debated? Pretty Easy.

STEPHEN CURRY
This man has been absolutely insane to start the season. Through the first 4 games this season. Stephen Curry is averaging 37 points, 6 assists , and 5 rebounds a game. Oh yeah, nothing to serious, but has a PER ( Player Efficiency Rating) of 50.25. He has had 30 in 3 of the 4 games, including a 53 point outburst. He has had 3 20 point Quarters too. The rest of the NBA has a grand total of one. He has a total of 148 points in 4 games, the most since Michael Jordan. 
Steph Curry is NO Fluke. 


Oh Yeah, the Warriors are no Fluke either. They are currently undefeated, and have won all their games by at least 14, including a 50 point drumming of Memphis. 

Well what's been the second biggest story of this season? His name shouldn't be too surprising either.

RUSSELL WESTBROOK
Westbrook is literally destroying who so ever dares to guard him. Currently averaging almost a Triple Double with 30, 9, and 7. Westbrook has been a nightmare for opposing teams this season. And San Antonio had to learn that the hard way. The very first game of the season, Westbrook torched Tony Parker and San Antonio to the tune of 33 and 10, but wait he wasn't done there. The next night he dropped 48, 11, and 8 on Orlando in a double OT victory, not to mention he pretty much hit a half court Jumper to send it to Overtime. 


So What about Kevin Durant??
If y'all had any doubts about him, he's just fine. He's averaging 29 points per game, including a 41 point effort vs Orlando also. I think that foot is just fine.


Another Interesting storyline of week one is this year's Rookie Class.
This year's class is good... REALLY Good. 

The Number 1 overall pick, 
Karl Anthony Towns is averaging 17, 10 with almost 3 blocks a game. His star performance came against Denver when he erupted for 28 PPG, 14 rebounds, and 4 blocks .

Jahlil Okafor, the 3rd Overall pick, erupted for 26 and 7 his DEBUT game in the NBA. He's currently averaging about 20 and 6.

Remember the bust? Or the supposed bust, Kristaps Porzingus... Well he's pretty good. First NBA game he goes for 15, and his latest game he went for 13 points, 14 rebounds, 2 blocks and 3 steals. Stop being disrespectful, the boy can play. 

And my pick for ROY, Emmanuel Mudiay? He's holding it down too. Opening game vs the The Rockets he went for 17 and 9. 




Let's get into some of the disappointments before the surprises of this season...

Kobe Bryant 
I won't even lie... He is awful, God awful. He started the season with an alright game with 24 in a loss to the Wolves. But since then he's been shooting his team outta games, air balling wide open shots, and just can't flat out score. Is this officially it for Kobe? 


Anthony Davis
He was suppose to be the MVP this season... He was suppose to make the leap and become the best player in the game this year... Well no. The Pelicans are 0-4 currently and he's partly the reason. Even though he's averaging 20-10, it's not the dominant Type. Davis will need to assert his dominance and be more efficient if he hopes to make the playoffs this season.



The Houston Rockets
The Houston Rockets had the worst start through 3 games in... NBA History. They lost their first 3 games by 20 points or more. I don't know what's going on with them... James Harden is played awful too Maybe the Based God's curse is real. They were able to pull out a good win vs OKC. James Harden went off for 37. So maybe things are starting to change, we'll see.



Enough of the disappointments... Now for the surprises.

Andre Drummond
One of the biggest surprises of the first week of the Season has been the play of Andre Drummond. If someone told you they saw this coming, they are lying. Andre Drummond has become Dennis Rodman reincarnated so far. Check these stat-lines.
18 points and 19 rebounds vs Atlanta
18 Points and 10 rebounds vs Utah
20 points and 20 rebounds vs Chicago
25 points and 29 rebounds vs Indiana
What is going on?? He's lead the Pistons to a 3-1 start, and he took home Eastern conference player of the week honors.If he keeps this up, he might just take the title of the best big in basketball.



Giannis Antetokounmpo 
THE GREEK FREAK HAS ARRIVED. He was suspended the first game of the season, but since he came back, he has wreaked havoc . In his 3 games this week, Giannis has had at least 20 points and 8 rebounds. This kind of production wasn't expected for years down the line, he's showing it in year 3.


Week 1 of the new NBA season just showed me how much I missed it, and how glad I am that it's finally back! Can't wait to see how the rest of this season turns out.






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