1. Andrew Bynum is still good. In his first two games back, he's been the best player on the floor twice. If he can keep this up the question will move from if the Magic want to give up Howard, to whether the Lakers want to give up Bynum.
2. The Clippers have some problems, they play absolutely no defense, and they don't box out, and an their offense is having some trouble getting into their rhythm. The offense will come with time, and so will the rebounding but the concern is the defense. Looking at their roster it's clear why they are bad defensively; they're slow at the perimeter and bad inside with the exception of Deandre Jordan.
3. The Heat and Thunder are much better than everyone else. It's tempting to throw the Bulls into this but I'm going to stick with teams that are undefeated. For teams that want to win the championship, they need to start fixing up their roster to find a way through these teams.
4. The Kings are in a bad situation. I anticipated Tyreke Evans and Demarcus Cousins doing extremely well for them this year and it looks like that might not happen (although I'm not rescinding my prediction yet.) I was right that Cousins would do well on the court, but underestimated his immaturity. He's been shunned by the team and he's demanded a trade. As for Tyreke, either he's just in a slump, or last year wasn't a fluke. Only time will tell but I hope it's not the latter.
5. James Harden, and Marcus Thorton are both really really good. Marcus Thorton has appeared to be his teams best player, and James Harden has been his teams second behind none other that Kevin Durant (maybe Wrestbrook too.) He's giving the Thunder a big 3 that competes with that of the Heat.
6. Dwight Howard really wants out. He's had bad production and it doesn't appear to be lack of talent but lack of effort, the only way Dwight would not try is if he doesn't want to be there.
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