One month into the season. That’s when things start to get real in the NBA.
It usually takes roughly a month in any given NBA season for the scouts around the association to put together a proper, extensive scouting report on everybody. Teams start figuring out what a new coach is running for a system and how to take it away from them. Teams that were thrown together in the summer lose the cloud of mystery surrounding how they might play on any given night. Players who may have been killing with their newly found skill set start getting their sweet spots on the floor denied.
This is when we find out if the counters every team has can figure out a way to push back on the scouting report strategies. If the counters work, players and teams get a chance to keep thriving and building toward reaching their goals. If the counters fail or just simply don’t exist, we see players and teams drown in the middle of the season. Tanks get set in motion. Trade deadline…
