The impact of the NBA’s insane offseason hasn’t been extremely apparent a week into the season. In Houston, Chris Paul is injured. In Oklahoma City, the Thunder are still working out the kinks after a year of Russ’s martyrball. In Cleveland, Isaiah Thomas is months away from seeing action and Dwyane Wade is headed to the bench. And in Minnesota, Jimmy Butler has yet to score more than 15 points in a game.
As the league’s new superteams still try to sort themselves out, two Western Conference stalwarts continue to show some fight early in the season, as the Spurs and Grizzlies have both started the season 3–0.