NBA: 9 unnecessary overreactions after the first week of the season

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Nine unnecessary reactions after the first week of the 2022-23 NBA season. 

The 2022-23 NBA regular season is in full swing. It’s been roughly a week since the regular season has begun and we’ve already started to see some trends through the first few games of the new basketball year. Though, not all the trends have been good.

And, as the case is every season, some of the early-season trends have opened the door for the possibility of overreactions.

Early-season overreactions are part of what makes the NBA intriguing

This is the part of the season when teams either get overconfident or underwhelmed with their respective teams. Are there teams that are undefeated that probably have no business being undefeated? Yes. Are there also teams that are winless that have no business being winless? Absolutely.

With that in mind, let’s take a look at nine extremely unnecessary overreactions from the first week of the 2022-23 NBA season.