Star players issuing ominous warnings on one side, team meetings on the other.
Critical vets being counted on to hit the floor running on one side, MVPs being unreliable on the other.
A coach being fined for criticizing refs after they missed game-turning calls in Milwaukee, a player putting his hands on a media member in the locker room in Philadelphia.
It’s really difficult to be out of the play-in tournament mix in the Eastern Conference, but the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers are making it look really easy in the opening month of the NBA season.