Pressing questions with the NBA season at hand: James, Love, Irving and temperamental guard Dion Waiters are all used to being the focus of an offense, so there’s a fragile chemistry issue involved. When Tim Duncan and Tony Parker either retire or break down — and both appear ready to take another title shot. With Manu Ginobili, Boris Diaw and Marco Belinelli adding their special talents , the Spurs fashioned the NBA’s best ball movement since the Chris Webber-Vlade Divac-Jason Williams Sacramento teams of the early 2000s. Bryant was upset over one poll ranking him only the 40th-best player in the NBA, but in terms of overall impact, he doesn’t crack the top 50. When he agreed to a gaudy contract extension that severely limited the Lakers’ financial options, it made it clear it’s all about him. Kidd is denying reports that his power play will eventually find him running the Bucks (“I’m just here to coach”), but people won’t forget that Kidd bullied his way into that job while Larry Drew was still the coach. If you get NBA TV, along with ESPN and TNT, you’ll be able to watch a game every night, even if you don’t subscribe to “NBA League Pass.” With the salary cap due for a dramatic raise, more teams can offer max-deal contracts (intriguing from the Warriors’ standpoint if they still have their core roster by then). [...] remember, the owners claimed financial hardship during the 2011 lockout and reduced the players’ revenue share from 57 percent to 51.