Brian Windhorst and a team of ESPN's Insiders sort out life and the news from in and around the NBA world, including the Dallas Mavericks' Kyrie Irving experiment, the Denver Nuggets' win-now plans and what it's like to be in an NBA front office during the trade deadline.
There are little fires everywhere in the NBA at the moment. And there's a locomotive that's quietly gaining steam.
Last Thursday, the Milwaukee Bucks put on a performance that should've been labeled as a warning shot toward the rest of the league.