Every NBA season produces surprises which is one of a number of reasons why we pay so little attention to preseason rankings anymore. Teams and players take pride in turning from being dissed to being respected. And yeah, some coaching staffs are smarter in figuring out how to take advantage of a players’ skillsets.
To wit: Brian Windhorst and Tim Bontemps look at the season’s best and worst surprises of the NBA season, now approaching the one-half mark, in an ESPN+ feature. Among the eight positives: the Brooklyn Nets’ Cam Johnson who’s having a career year despite some suggestions that he was overrated and overpaid.