On NBA Today, Shams Charania, Kendrick Perkins, Brian Windhorst and Dave McMenamin join Malika Andrews to discuss: 0:00 NBA is back! 1:30 Rockets vs. Thunder 3:30 Jalen Williams out vs. Rockets 5:00 LeBron not playing on Opening Night 5:50 Dave McMenamin joins 7:50 Can the Lakers survive without LeBron? 9:17 Kendrick Perkins weighs in 10:34 When will LeBron return? ✔️ Subscribe to ESPN+ espnplus.com/youtube ✔️ Get the ESPN App: espn.com/espn/apps/espn ✔️ Subscribe to ESPN on YouTube: es.pn/SUBSCRIBEtoYOUTUBE ✔️ Subscribe to NBA on ESPN on YouTube: bit.ly/SUBSCRIBEtoNBAonESPN ✔️ Watch ESPN on YouTube TV: es.pn/YouTubeTV #ESPN