CLEVELAND -- There was no defending against Kevin Durant.
Forget about what he did on the court against the Cavaliers in the Finals, where he won the MVP by averaging 35.2 points, 8.4 rebounds, and 5.4 assists in the Warriors' series victory.
As soon as Durant became a free agent last summer and chose to join Golden State -- a team already loaded with a two-time MVP coming off consecutive Finals berths -- there was nothing the rest of the league could really do about it.
There is a way in which the Cavs could do the same thing to the rest of the NBA, either this summer or at some point during the upcoming season, and it involves aging stars Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade.