Results of NBA preseason games mean nothing. There is little reason to pay attention to the final box score in any game. Extended minutes are given to players who won't even be on rosters in a few weeks, and players run vanilla sets meant to merely get them into game shape before the regular season.
However, that doesn't mean we should write off the preseason as a worthless endeavor. First of all, it's basketball. We don't know about you, but these last few months have been torture. Second of all, the NBA preseason product represents its regular-season form more than any other major professional sport.
Don't believe it? Take a look at the top scorers from last year. That's a lot of awesome players...and Jamal Crawford. The story is similar as you look in all the other major categories; great players can't help but to be great, even in the preseason.
In some cases, that even carries over to young players on the verge of breakouts. Had you watched closely enough, you could have seen Jimmy Butler's emergence as a 20-point scorer coming in early October. Samesies for Rudy Gobert's transformation into a rebounding monster. ...
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