Making assumptions off a handful of NBA games is a fool's errand. And yet, for some teams, the evaluation process for the 2025-26 season has already begun. Whether the small sample size theater of the opening 10 days will last until April remains to be seen.

But as league coaches, scouts and executives have begun crisscrossing the country to take in games, they're reporting back.

As a result, early trends -- including an offensive refresh in Miami, a new, albeit temporary, a No. 1 option in Lakerland and the league's reaction to the scoring uptick -- dominate our weekly trip around the NBA.

The Heat's new offense is sizzling. Can Miami do what Memphis couldn't?

Windhorst: As scouts started assessing what Heat coach Erik Spoelstra had cooked up after a summer of soul searching on how t

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