Hillinger's Early Surprises

[.GR]

It all goes back to expectations. We have a certain idea of how a certain team or player will perform, based on their past performance as well as our own perceptions and biases. Once the games start, those expectations form the headwaters from which surprises (the good kind) and disappointments flow.

Now that most teams have about a dozen games in the books, it's time to start taking a look at which developments have been most at odds with our expectations entering the year -- both for good and bad.

What's nice about this examination is that in the early part of the season, many of these players and teams remain more or less under the radar, especially the 20 or so teams that aren't on national TV every week.

So here are the top surprises and disappointments in the early going, as seen from my vantage point. Perhaps more importantly, we'll look at exactly why these folks are doing what they're doing and whether they can keep it up.

We'll start today with the good news -- my list of the league's top surprises from the first three weeks -- and get to the bad news on Friday.

Our leadoff hitter is a no-brainer, but after that we'll work into some names that haven't received as much attention:

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[MapleLeaf]

AK47's so ugly but his hair is tops in the NBA for a white guy

 

[dez]

Dub C has def been a surprise..