We're more than two weeks into the NBA season and not everything has gone as predicted. The Orlando Magic and Atlanta Hawks , two fashionable picks to make noise in the Eastern Conference, stumbled at the start and are still trying to find their footing. The same can be said about the Grizzlies , Kings , Mavericks and Pelicans in the Western Conference. There are plenty of squads that are disappointed and might even have reason to panic .
Naturally, there are teams at the opposite end of the spectrum and have so far defied varying expectations (to the extent that some had any at all). These franchises have played well enough in the early going to wonder if they might be onto something, a group that coming into the season wasn't so much under the radar as underestimated.
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