I watching the Lakers game and the play by play said the exact same thing. They said the team you see come mid-season isn't the team you are seeing out of the gate. They some teams just need time to gel with new faces.Doesn’t matter. Beginning of seasons are always weird. I remember the Suns 2007 season starting and we went 2-4 and everyone (definitely including me) was already hanging off the ledge. Then they went on to win their next 29 of 30 games.
I feel like the first week or so of the NBA is like the first game of the season in the NFL. It’s all a feeling out process.