NBA: 3 teams that should still be optimistic despite their slow start

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Three NBA teams that shouldn’t feel out of playoff contention, despite poor starts to the season 

The dynamic of the 2020-21 NBA season is very strange thus far. Injuries, health, and safety protocols are playing a huge part. Which of course has put certain teams in a peculiar situation to start this season.

There are some teams that are exceeding expectations by the circumstances this season, and same goes for teams that have started off slow due to everything that is different about this season.

A little more than a quarter into the season, there’s a few teams that shouldn’t panic just yet. Here are three teams that have started off slow, that I think will turn it around and still manage a way to get into the playoffs.