This week, we explore a tasty subplot in New Orleans, serious issues in Golden State, Aleksej Pokusevski and the Thunder coming into focus -- and why there's so little juice surrounding a ridiculous Joel Embiid.
1. The monumental Joel Embiid lifting a sloggy offense
You could watch basketball for 30 years and not see five two-way performances as dominant as Embiid's 59-point, seven-block masterpiece against the Utah Jazz on Sunday.
On some of those blocks, Embiid traversed enormous distances but somehow began those rotations the moment ball handlers put their heads down -- so they didn't see Embiid coming, or register that he had left someone open.