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| Welcome to USA TODAY Sports' NBA Click & Roll newsletter. |
| This is where we bring you content from across the USA TODAY Network, catching you up on the biggest moments, quotes and news from the week. |
COLLEGE HOOPS SZN |
| - The men's college basketball season is underway, and to celebrate, we rank the top 30 players who could be taken in the 2019 NBA draft. Spoiler alert: Three of the top four are from Duke. |
| - Shoutout to Zion Williamson - No. 2 in our rankings and one of the most unique basketball players ever. |
| - With Williamson, RJ Barrett (No. 1 in our list) and Cam Reddish (No. 4) leading the charge, the Blue Devils already look unstoppable. But can they go undefeated? Better yet ... could they beat the Knicks? The triumphant trio combined for 83 points (!!!) in Tuesday night's rout of Kentucky. |
QUICK DISH: THINGS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED |
| - THE BLOOM IS BACK: Derrick Rose scored 50 points. In an actual NBA game. In 2018. The NBA world was in awe of what was one of the most unlikely scoring outbursts ever, but his performance raised a question: How do we talk about problematic athletes like Rose, who was accused of rape in 2015? |
| - OH NO YOU DIDN'T: Denver's Jamal Murray scored a career-high 48 points Monday night against the Celtics, but his attempt to hit the half-century mark in the final seconds with the game already decided irked Kyrie Irving - so much so that the Celtics PG chucked the ball into the stands and dubbed Murray's last-second shot a "(expletive) move." Irving, who said he "felt disrespected," was fined $25K a day later. |
 | | Jamal Murray guards Kyrie Irving. | | Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports | |
| - YOU LIVE WHERE? Joel Embiid has two houses, apparently. One in Philadelphia and one in Andre Drummond's head. |
| - HERE WE GO AGAIN: Is Markelle Fultz still not fully healthy? His trainer had some interesting things to say (insert thinking-face emoji here). |
| - JERSEY GAME STRONG: Round of applause to the Heat for these gorgeous Miami Vice City Edition uniforms. |
| - CONCERNED COACHES? Regardless of what Magic Johnson says, Luke Walton is on the hot seat in Laker Land. So is Tom Thibodeau in Minnesota and Scott Brooks in Washington. |
| - BELIEVE THE HYPE: Luka Doncic is off to a historic start for the Mavs - one that puts his name with the likes of Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. |
 | | Scott Brooks reacts on the sidelines against the Atlanta Hawks at Capital One Arena. | | Geoff Burke, USA TODAY Sports | |
| - EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS: Mike Budenholzer and Mike Malone have the Bucks and Nuggets rolling as two of the league's biggest early-season surprises. |
| - HE'S NOT HUMAN: Stephen Curry is on pace to break his own single-season record of 402. Can he hit 500? |
| - REJOICE, NBA FANS: The 2019 All-Star Game draft will be televised, and we can't wait to see who picks who ... and all of the pettiness that follows. |
| - LAMELO BALL: NO. 1 OVERALL DRAFT PICK? Jermaine Jackson, former NBA journeyman and head coach of LaMelo's new high school team, seems to think so. |
| - BRODIE: A reminder that Russell Westbrook is, in fact, a good teammate. |
ELECTION DAY |
 | | Bradley Beal is introduced prior to the Wizards' game against the Heat at Capital One Arena. | | Geoff Burke, USA TODAY Sports | |
| Steve Kerr and Bradley Beal are two of the many NBA players to speak out ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections. Beal, now a father, backed the league for giving its players a platform to make their voices heard, while Kerr urged everyone to get out and vote . "You've got a voice. Why not use it?" Kerr said in a discussion with Sports Illustrated. |
| Check back next week for everything that went down in the Association, and be sure to follow USA TODAY Sports' Jeff Zillgitt, Martin Rogers and AJ Neuharth-Keusch on Twitter for all things NBA. |
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