The Bulls are back! Josh Giddey is on his way to becoming a first-time All-Star. Nikola Vucevic continues to fight back Father Time. Matas Buzelis is one of the best sophomores in the league. Chicago is a balanced team that is wearing opponents down with pace and depth.

There’s quite a stark contrast in rim efficiency between the league’s best team at the rim — the Detroit Pistons — and the worst, the Dallas Mavericks. Detroit leads the NBA in opponent field goal percentage at the rim, and Isaiah Stewart ranks 2nd among all players individually pic.twitter.com/uc36xWpm3M

After suffering a three-game losing streak on the road to the Heat, Bucks, and Bulls — the Knicks bounced back with two dominant home victories versus the Bulls and Wizards by 12 and 17 points. New York has five straight home games on deck as apart of this seven-game home stand.

The NBA season only recently got underway, but the league already has some intriguing storylines piling up. Here are the games to watch this week.

Metta Sandiford-Artest has urged the Lakers to "win now" as there will be titles available when Victor Wembanyama, Wemby, arrives.

The Milwaukee Bucks host the East-leading Chicago Bulls in not only a rivalry game, but their NBA Cup pool play opener on Nov. 7.

The Los Angeles Lakers have made a surprise update on the injury fate of shooting guard Austin Reaves ahead of their road clash against the Atlanta Hawks. Per M

Horace Grant won three NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan, and another with the Los Angeles Lakers and Kobe Bryant and Shaq, so it is safe to say that he has faced some iconic opponents on the other end of the court.

During the Lakers' 80th season of existence (they were founded back in 1946 as the Detroit Gems in the National Basketball League), LeBron Wire is taking a look at each player who has worn their jersey, whether it has been a purple and gold one or the ones they donned back in the Midwest during their early years.

The third NBA Cup is underway. The first two iterations of the in-season tournament offered mixed results from a ratings perspective, but the event's piped in some intrigue before the All-Star break.