With every NBA team nearly one-fifth of the way through its 2016-17 regular-season schedule, we've reached a point where the hottest, most surprising starts must be entertained as the new normal.
This is a scary notion when you consider some of the blistering beginnings we've seen thus far.
Singling out the best is a matter of balancing expectations against shock and quality: How good is a player or team relative to preseason projections? And how does their unanticipated dominance stack up with the NBA's other foremost bombshells?
It's great that LeBron James is almost averaging a triple-double. Ditto for Russell Westbrook. Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant continue to reinvent the relationship between volume and efficiency. Good for them. These performances, impressive as ever, are not inconceivable coming from those players.
The surges up for consideration? Championship contenders reaching new, unknown levels. Bad teams shattering glass ceilings. Household names exploding beyond reason. Prospects making history. Afterthoughts emerging as possible franchise cornerstones.
And the more unpredictable, the better.
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