A few thoughts from the first week of action in the NBA. Gotta love the NBA league pass especially when the feature game is a blowout like the Heat/Knicks game was last night. Fist off I think James Harden will win the NBA scoring title this year. I said he had a change to do this when he first got traded last week, but after watching the first couple games this year I think he will do it. Not just because he scored 37 and 45 in his first two games because I think its impossible for him to continue on this pace, but more so because of Houston style of play. They don't have a player they can feed the ball to in the post so their whole offense revolves around pick and roll with Harden or Lin. This is going to create unlimited scoring opportunities, shot attempts, free throw attempts, and drives to the basket. Remember where you heard it first and holla at me later. Second, the 0-3 Lakers will be just fine. Anytime you have Dwight Howard manning the post on Defense no way that team keeps losing. Expect the Lakers to win around 55 games this season. The bobcats snapped a 23 game losing streak. How bad do you have to be to lose 23 straight games? Congratulations is in order Mike. Nobody deserves that type of futility. And last I'm not so sure about this small ball the Miami Heat is going to. Its one thing to go to it in the 4th quarter, but they trying it for the whole game. I think that is taking a lot out of them defensively with all the rotating and switching and no protector at the rim. They might want to activate a couple of bigs on their roster. And when a team is hot from the outside like the Knicks were last night blowouts can be expected. Also will Lebron suffer from the fat and happy Dirk syndrome. After Dirk Nowitzki won his first title a couple years ago he came into the season saying he lack motivation after getting that monkey off his back and winning the championship. I wonder if this is maybe happening to Lebron also because he has look lackluster and unimpressive in his first couple of games. One last thing about the Heat, I notice Dwyane Wade appears to be unwilling to accept his second fiddle Robbin roll. I've seen a lot of forced action, forced shots, and bad turnovers from Wade who appears to be trying to prove something and is only putting his team in bad spots. This from someone who is just returning from injury and coming off knee surgery. Give it up D-Wade you aint got it no more. Just let Lebron be batman and play the background.
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