The Minnesota Timberwolves are the likely team to be moved to the Eastern Conference after expansion with Vegas and Seattle (via @BrettSiegelNBA)

Luka Doncic casual full-court shot (via @BA_Turner)

JAYSON TATUM GOES OFF AND THE KNICKS ARE 0-2: 36 PTS 9 REB 7 AST 3 STL 14/26 FG 😤😤😤

Tough sequence for Josh Hart 😭

Spurs coach Mitch Johnson on San Antonio’s 3-guard starting lineup: “It’s one of those things where sometimes you just need to give things time. Whether you grow flowers or plant things in the yard, sometimes you look every day, there’s not much to look at. You just need to give it some time.” (h/t @UnderdogNBA)

BREAKING: SGA finishes with just 17 points against the Nuggets, ending his historic streak of 141 consecutive games scoring 20+ points SGA broke Wilt Chamberlain’s 63-year-old NBA record last season and extended the streak to 141 games before it finally came to an end. The longest 20-point scoring streak in NBA history ends at 141.

LeBron James just completed the LARGEST COMEBACK of his 24-year NBA career, erasing a 29-point deficit against the Cavaliers tonight 🤯 LeBron and the 76ers pulled off a HISTORIC comeback against his former team

Trae Young says he wants to help Anthony Davis win MVP this season 👀 “I don’t want to put too much pressure on him, but for me having a guy like that, I want to help him get MVP. Nights like tonight and we continue to win games, he’s gonna be in the conversation.”

Jaden McDaniels admits he was trying to AVOID getting drafted by the Timberwolves because of how bad they were at the time 😭 “This was actually the team I was trying to stay away from. So I came here not knowing how it was gonna be.” When asked if it was because Minnesota was bad at the time: “Yeah they was just bad. They was bad as fuck.” 💀 Despite initially wanting nothing to do with Minnesota, McDaniels has since committed to staying with the franchise twice. (via @DaneMooreNBA)

Several playoff teams are expected to monitor Kyrie Irving’s situation with the Mavericks throughout the season With Kyrie now 34 years old and Dallas building around a younger core, contending teams could look to make a move for the star guard if the Mavericks struggle to compete. (via @MikeAScotto)

Yaxel on Luka Doncic after the game: "I had a lot of respect for him... but being in there first hand, watching all the whining and complaining, I lost all respect for him."

Anthony Edwards says a Heat player was talking crazy from the bench, but went quiet when he confronted him: “A player on they bench was talkin trash… He was talkin pretty crazy. And then when I started talkin to him he didn’t really have too much more to say. And I don’t really like that. Like, if you gonna talk shit, keep talkin shit. Don’t get quiet.” (via @DaneMooreNBA)

Rough shooting today for Jayson Tatum to open the season: 13 PTS 6/23 FG 0/7 3PT

Paul George went off in his Celtics debut 🔥 38 PTS 5 REB 2 AST 5 STL 7/12 3PT

DUNCAN ROBINSON 😤🔥 Pistons are on an 18-0 run 😳

Paul George just set the Celtics record for most points in a debut 🔥

Paul George is COOKING in the first half of his Celtics debut: 17 PTS 3 REB 2 STL 3/5 3PT 🔥🔥🔥

The Warriors reportedly had no interest in trading Jimmy Butler for Anthony Davis or Jaylen Brown, and ended talks for anyone they viewed as worse than a healthy Butler (via @anthonyVslater h/t @ButlerlllMuse)

Victor Wembanyama says his focus is no longer on being the best player in the world, but on continuing to improve every year: “The standard isn’t being the best on the planet anymore, it’s being better than last year.”

The Hornets traded LaMelo Ball because they didn’t believe in him to be their ‘franchise centerpiece’ “They assessed what they had last year... and they decided, ‘Hey, we don’t believe in this team as a team that can do any kind of real damage.’ And they said actions over words, or action says, we don’t believe in LaMelo Ball as a franchise centerpiece.” (via @BannedMacMahon)

DeMarcus Cousins says no white player in NBA history has ever had the same skill set or played the game like Cooper Flagg Iman Shumpert brought up Toni Kukoč and Chris Mullin as comparisons, but Cousins quickly shut them down: “Stop it, they ain’t him.” (via @GilsArenaShow)