As the NBA Pre-Season gets underway, we breakdown the five biggest observations from the start of the 2018-19 exhibition season
The NBA is finally back and even if it is only pre-season, fans are starting to get their basketball fix. Pre-season observations are usually something that should be taken with a grain of salt but there is some significance to the five game slate each team plays.
We will get a glimpse of how new faces fit in with their new teams while also seeing how a team’s play style could change under a new regime. With that said here are some early observations after the first few days of the 2018 NBA preseason.
The Hornets will be fun to watch
So far the Charlotte Hornets have played the Boston Celtics twice this pre-season and if those two games are any indication, the Hornets will be much more enjoyable this season to watch. New head coach James Borrego has added a much needed increase in pace and is experimenting with new lineups and positions.
He’s put Nic Batum back at his natural small forward position and he’s been running with Jeremy Lamb as the teams starting shooting guard. That’s given the Hornets more space to operate in and work with.
The question will continue to be are the Hornets going to be better this season and we won’t know until the regular season gets here but at the very least we know they should look much improved on offense. If Charlotte can keep Cody Zeller healthy then the Hornets could have a vastly improved offense compared to last season when Charlotte finished 13th in the NBA.