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Opening night was very satisfying. We had LeBron up to his usual tricks, Porzingis swishing threes, Damian Lillard exploding against the Jazz and the Spurs spoiling the Warriors' home debut with Kevin Durant. Night two was better. There was so much talent. So much excitement. So much drama. 1. The Heat are still good Despite losing Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, Luol Deng and Joe Johnson this offseason, the Heat still came out with the victory. What may have been even more impressive was that they did so starting Luke Babbitt and Dion Waiters, two players who simply should not be starting games now or ever. The Heat won thanks to their "Big 3" of Hassan Whiteside, Goran Dragic and Justice Winslow. Whiteside was the best player of the game, effortlessly scoring 18 points, grabbing 14 rebounds and 4 blocks in just 31 minutes of action. I don't know why nobody gave this guy a chance when he was in his early 20s, fighting to remain in the league. 2. Poor Dirk and HOLY

Only three games were played, but that did not stop the NBA from delivering on an explosive opening night filled with a bit of everything: jokes, blowouts, exciting play and tight games. Buckle your seatbelt, this one was a Grand Theft Auto experience. 1. Lebron James will never age. Entering his age 32 season after a magnificent, yet tank-draining Finals experience, there was a bit of a drop-off expected in LeBron's play this season. After all, his mid-thirties are a only few years away, the usual twilight of NBA careers. Well, LeBron basically shoved out all the "aging" talk in the same way he shoved the Warriors' faces down a toilet last finals. In just 32 minutes of action, he notched a triple double, scoring 19 points on an uber efficient 9-14 shooting, dishing 14 assists and 11 rebounds. The last time a player scored a triple double on opening night was Jason Kidd way back when the first iPhone came out, in 2006. Not only do his numbers speak for themselve

The Black Mamba may have slithered into the shadows of retirement, but hope is just starting to crack through the darkness that the last three years have brought. The Los Angeles Lakers have the second-most championships in NBA history. Their identity has always been defined by star players and rings; lots and lots of rings. Their fanbase is as accustomed to winning as the NFL is accustomed to fining players for touchdown celebrations.   That must make the Lakers’ recent three year dip (a combined 65-181 record) hard to stomach for a fan base spoiled by a disproportionate number of victories over the past decades. My two cents worth: Try being a 76ers fan. However, to quote Harvey Dent from the Dark Knight , “the night is darkest just before the dawn. And I promise you, the dawn is coming.” The Lakers had been suffering from a three-year hangover period of the golden days, when Kobe had a clean achilles, Phil Jackson was the coach and Pau Gasol was still a Lake

After recent derogatory slurs directed toward women, Donald Trump attempted to defend himself. In his own words, via a video posted on his Twitter feed: “This was locker-room talk. I'm not proud of it. I apologized to my family, I apologized to the American people. Certainly I'm not proud of it but this is locker room talk.” Trump’s defense is invalid because he never even went into the intricacies of what real “locker-room talk” actually is. As a result, real athletes who are parts of real locker rooms every day across professional sports came firing back with abandon, along with insights into what actually happens behind closed doors. There is no doubt that some crude things are said in the privacy of locker rooms, or any private dwelling for the matter. If each and every person had a microphone on them for their whole lives, I’m sure they have all said some ugly remarks they would not want repeated. Athletes are humans, just like us, and they have joked about me