After the NBA draft, a handful of blockbuster trades and a relatively boring week of free agency, it’s time to evaluate the big winners and losers of the NBA offseason.
It would be foolish not to start with the second-place team that acquired one of the best bucket-getters on the planet — Kevin Durant averaged a league-leading 1.16 points per isolation possession last season — and still protected its best assets. If Giannis Antetokounmpo wanted to change course tomorrow and request a trade from Milwaukee (HYPOTHETICALLY), the Rockets would be as equipped for the bidding war as anyone.