“Life comes at you fast,” Matthew Broderick noted at the end of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”
A few months ago, they were making their fifth consecutive NBA Finals appearance, and competing for a fourth championship in that span.
Then … Kevin Durant tore his Achilles … Klay Thompson tore his ACL … they lost the Finals to the Raptors … Durant bolted in free agency … D’Angelo Russell’s acquisition required both excising experienced depth and triggering the hard cap … they were an outright defensive disaster through their first four games … and Steph Curry just broke his hand and will be out 3 to 4 months after undergoing surgery on Friday.