Is a little more than two weeks into an NBA season too soon to start drawing any sort of conclusions about anything? Of course it is! But panic forms, and spreads quickly, across the sports landscape,

On Saturday night, a notable incident occurred in the Philadelphia 76ers’ locker room involving star player Joel Embiid and Inquirer columnist Marcus Hayes. Tensions flared when Hayes approached Embiid to apologize for his recent article about Embiid’s family.

Denver Nuggets power forward Aaron Gordon is expected to miss multiple weeks with a strained right calf, two people familiar with the injury told The Associated Press.