LeBron James got the season off to a nice start, being named the Eastern Conference Player of the Month

The Los Angeles Clippers? Elton Brand was named Western Conference Player of the Month.  Other nominees for Eastern Conference Player of the Month were Detroit?s Chauncey Billups, Indiana?s Jermaine O?Neal, Miami?s Dwyane Wade, Orlando?s Dwight Howard and Philadelphia?s Allen Iverson.