It’s the quarter-mark of the NBA season already?! With most teams at, or approaching, the 20-game mark, we’ve got a fairly good sample size from which to begin making some assessments. Of course, there will be the odd surprise like:
- the defending champion Golden State Warriors with seven losses before December (for reference, the Warriors entered the 2018 calendar last season with eight losses);
- a pre-season favourite to make “the leap”, Utah Jazz, are in the second(-to-last) spot in the West;
- the top three shooters from beyond the arc in terms of 3-pt FG%, are all big men: Meyers Leonard (53.