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Welcome on to an actual NBA basketball to analyze edition of Hollinger and Duncan.

We got so many questions last week that we're going to still answer a bunch of those,

but we'd be remiss if we don't begin by just talking about some of our early impressions of the season.

And let's open the floor to you, John. I've got my own thoughts, obviously. But anything that has stood out to you,

any seismic shifts in what you thought was going to happen versus what we've seen.

I'm confused by all the seismic blowouts and the decline of the transitive property.

If the clippers beat the Lakers and the Lakers blow out the Mavs, then what should happen when

the Clippers play the Mavs?

Lose by 50, obviously, right?

Yeah, yeah.

So there's been a lot of that going around.

And so it makes it a little tougher to evaluate where everyone's really at.

And it's good in a way because it prevents us from overreacting to everything that's happening.

Right?

So that part, I think, is actually sort of a low-key positive.

There's not like, hey, this team's 3-0, they're clearly going to play in the finals, you know.

There's just a lot of teams scuffling along with good days and bad days right now.

Well, I'm glad that you hit on that because, as Seth Partnow, your colleague pointed out yesterday,

you are our resident expert on 50-point blowouts.

So I trust you to interpret this information.

I am the expert on 60-point blowouts.

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