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The two significant changes from last season: New York under Mike D'Antoni is among the quickest-pace teams in the league, while Larry Brown's Bobcats have become slower than even San Antonio. Big surprise, right?
A few other notes to keep in mind going forward:
* Rick Carlisle promised an up-tempo offense, a so-called relaxing of the reins on Jason Kidd, Josh Howard and Dirk Nowitzki. Of course, Carlisle's teams have always been down-tempo. The Mavericks under Avery Johnson were down-tempo. And ... of course, Carlisle's Mavericks are indeed down-tempo. Lip service to entertainment doesn't mean anything.
* The Sonics played really fast last season, but things have racheted down so far this season in OKC. This could be a sample size issue, or it could be the change of moniker. The franchise went from SuperSonics -- breaking the speed of sound -- to Thunder -- a phenomenon heard seconds after its cause. You are what you represent, teams. (... Yet I'm still waiting for someone to crown my favorite squad.)
* Los Angeles hosts the best team (and it's not really close right now) and the worst team (and it's not really close right now).
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