Now that we’re two weeks into the NBA season, it’s easy to take a look around the league and make some big assumptions… some overreactions, if you will. Not all of the things that have happened on the NBA hardwood so far are likely to stick for the rest of the season, however, and that presents an opportunity for fantasy managers and NBA bettors to take advantage.
Here are Andre Snellings and Eric Moody with some early-season overreactions — and things that may in fact not be overreactions — that you can use in your favor in the weeks and months ahead.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers are legitimate contenders to win the Eastern Conference this season.
Entering this season, the defending NBA champion Celtics were the clear favorites to win the Eastern Conference. The major questions were whether the Knicks or the 76ers, after an offseason in which both made major moves and brought in All Star talent, had done enough to challenge the Celtics for the East. There was also discussion as to whether the Bucks, in the second season of Giannis…