Opening Night in the NBA

Random thoughts of the day:

• Everyone thought the Bulls would be a contender this season, but blowing out the defending champs on opening night by 42 points? 42 points?!?
• Honestly, how many of you even entertained the thought of the Bulls slicing and dicing the Heat the way they did?
• Like what I've been telling everyone since the Heat won the championship last June: It ain't happening again. Face it, the Heat looked old today and that's how they will be this season.
  
• The Bulls must be feeling giddy about Hinrich. A couple of days after signing him to an extension, Captain Kirk comes out and leads them to a dominating win. Not like Kirk ever seemed to have Bryant Reeves Syndrome.
• How about the Lakers huh? They played well - moving the ball, hustled and rebounded like it's the playoffs, playing inspired ball. Did it make sense? Of course it did, Kobe didn't play! I bet they win their next game too with Kobe set to stay home while they go on a road trip to face the Warriors.
  
• And may I just say, what a pick-up Lamar Odom was for my fantasy team! 34, 13, and 6!
  
• Andrew Bynum came up huge in his first career start. Will he be able to sustain that level of performance for the whole season? My guess is that he is still a year away from consistent production night in and night out. But it will be fun to see him grow this year and be one of the up-and-coming big men in the league.
• Go Rockets!