NBA Beginnings: Things That Surprised Me & Things That Didn't

That's a terribly long title, isn't it?

Good afternoon! I’m quite sure this is the very first article I’ve ever posted after 9:00 AM on the East Coast — there’s a first for everything, right?

The past two days have been a whirlwind of games, with 28 teams taking the floor in all. There’s a lot to unpack here, so allow me to simply throw out tons of things and try to make coherent sense of them…