The Give and Go: Surprise Records

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The Give and Go is a quick back and forth between Paul Mitchell and Chris St. Jean about a relevant subject in the NBA at that moment.

Paul:  

Last week we discussed two teams with the best records in their conferences and their chances of finishing the season as their respective #1 seeds. It’s still early, but which teams’ records have surprised you as we enter the fourth week of the 2013-14 season?

2014-15 NBA Season Preview: MVP, All-NBA, and Playoff Predictions

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Here we are.  NBA Day.  It's been a long few months and yet with the NBA Finals finishing in June, then the Draft, off-season, NBA Summer League, and even a bonus FIBA World Cup tournament, we've barely been without basketball.  Today is the day though.  It's the instant all that speculation and all those predictions become almost immediately invalidated.  That's alright though.  Starting tonight, there will always be a fresh batch of basketball games to talk about.  New information to help inform us.  Our studies begin tonight.

2014-15 NBA Season Preview: Los Angeles Clippers

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Although the majority of it has been unpleasant, the Clippers have quite a lot of history. After the events of this past season though, it's history they're trying to avoid.  There’s no use re-hashing that experience though.  The Clippers are ready to move forward, to transition, and they might have the perfect person to lead them through it: Doc Rivers. Doc was a stabilizing influence throughout the organization in the transition after the Sterling debacle.  That's half the reason why Doc Rivers is my Coach of the Year this season. The other half?  Well, this Clippers team is going to be really good.