Observations from Pre-season & Early-season

[cowhide]

I was impressed with the young talent of the T-Wolves. Rubio looked exciting to watch. He is going to have to get his jumpshot down if he wants to be a star. He doesn't have to be a great shooter but he needs to work on it. Kevin Love is a beast. They have a lot of scoring options and I believe the next 3 or 4 years there are going to be some epic battles between Jazz and the T-Wolves.

I was more impressed with GS. They seemed to be sharing the ball more. There defense effort was better but it might just be how bad the Kings played in the 1st half. All these teams with young players are going to be tough and our competition the next three years.

 

[MVP]

Watched Raptors -Celtics today. Was quite impressed by Raptors defense... you can feel Casey is making his defensive philosophy stick.... Even Bargnani was hustling for rebounds and diving to the floor which I never seen before. Ed Davis looked solid on the boards, he will be double double machine when it is all said and done. Was very impressed with James Johnson... never paid attention to him before but that kid can flat out play defense, was soaring for huge blocks and just overall crazy energy and doing all the dirty work on defensive end. Raptors offense on the other hand was atrocious - lots of TO, bricked jumpers and missed layups.
Jermaine O'Neal looked fat out there and Garnett, Allen and Rondo looked in good game shape. Celtics bench won the game at the end with some unknown stiff ( Stiemsma anyone? ) tipping in winning shot.