Basketball News from NBA Noise

“One game does not make a season, but a few players have made some surprising debuts for their teams. Fantasy owners take note!

Yi Jianlian, New Jersey Nets - The Nets gave up Richard Jefferson for the future investment that is Yi Jianlian. After opening night, the Nets are hoping that his contributions will be making a positive impact on the team sooner than later. Yi posted a line of 17 pts., 6 rebs. and 2 blks. while shooting 2 for 2 from behind the arc…

Mario Chalmers, Miami Heat - Despite how much we’ve loved Chalmers’ offseason incident, and how I’ve openly criticized the HEAT’s personnel at the point guard position, Super Mario came to play in his season debut…

Jason Thompson, Sacramento Kings - Thompson is a highly athletic power forward who should be a cornerstone of the Kings for quite some time to come. In only 22 minutes of play, Thompson had a monster contribution of 18 points and 10 rebounds. This is a guy to definitely keep your eye on…

Of these guys, do you see this trend continuing this year? Who else have you been surprised with in this two-day-old season?”  Read the rest at NBA Noise

Great stuff from NBA Noise on Halloween Friday.  In addition to the players here, some others to keep an eye on include: Darrell Arthur, Michael Pietrus, Danny Granger, John Salmons and Wilson Chandler.

Great start to the season so far… good match-ups, star players and plenty of action.

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