Sports Illustrated - 21.10.2019

It’s unreasonable to expect young big men unaccustomed to the rigors of the NBA to never miss time, but last season Lauri Markka ...

*NEW ACQUISITION ∂37 wins ∂Miss the playoffs ∂Terrence Ross will be a finalist for the Sixth Man of the Year Award. Starters The ...

Detroit has ZERO PLAYOFF WINS in the past decade. In that time, they’ve never drafted higher than seventh. This is why teams tan ...

(R) ROOKIE (COLLEGE STATS) ∂30 wins ∂Miss the playoffs ∂Trae Young will lead the NBA in assists. Starters After putting together ...

It’s the only intriguing question about the team: Will Bradley Beal finish the season in Washington? He CLOCKED A LEAGUE-HIGH 36 ...

*NEW ACQUISITION ∂23 wins ∂Miss the playoffs ∂Michael Jordan will beat Terry Rozier at one-on-one after a practice. Starters Cha ...

There’s no greater misery in the NBA than Knicks fandom: six straight losing seasons, a 20-year Finals drought and an endless st ...

R ROOKIE (COLLEGE STATS) ∂20 wins ∂Miss the playoffs ∂The Cavs will win the lottery for the—gulp—fourth time in a decade. Starte ...

T HE LAST TIME Dwight Howard signed with the Lakers, this publi- cation famously proclaimed, on its cover, nOW this IS gOING TO ...

14  NETS They’re a little difficult to figure out, but Kyrie Irving is still a maestro with an orange sphere in his hands. And i ...

DOUBLE DIPPER Last season Jokić became the only 7-footer other than Wilt Chamberlain to average 20 points and seven assists. ...

* NEW ACQUISITION They didn’t make a lot of moves in the offseason—they have their hand and they’re just gonna play it. If PAUL ...

*NEW ACQUISITION Starters LANDRY SHAMET 10.9 PPG; 2.3 APG; 41.4 FG%; 45.0 3FG% SG ENEMY LINES A rival scout weighs in They pried ...

*NEW ACQUISITION They’re on the cusp. They have enough pieces that they could maybe get to the conference finals, sneak past som ...

*NEW ACQUISITION Starters ENEMY LINES A rival scout weighs in This will be one of the more interesting dynamics to watch, becaus ...

*NEW ACQUISITION For LEBRON JAMES and ANTHONY DAVIS, guys who are well-established, they have a lot to prove. I think they’ll be ...

*NEW ACQUISITION Starters DAMIAN LILLARD 25.8 PPG; 6.9 APG; 44.4 FG%; 36.9 3FG% PG CJ MCCOLLUM 21.0 PPG; 4.0 RPG; 45.9 FG%; 37.5 ...

*NEW ACQUISITION \ †OUT UNTIL SPRING It just depends on KLAY THOMPSON. If he only misses half the season and comes back, with th ...

† INJURED L AST YE AR ( 2017 – 18 STATS) Starters Getting DEJOUNTE MURRAY back is like adding a big free agent. The emergence of ...

NEW ACQUISITION \ † INJURED ( 2017 – 18 STATS) LUKA DONˇCI ́C will have to avoid the sophomore slump, but he’s well beyond that. ...