We are a little more than halfway through the NBA offseason. That makes right now — the in-between place, when those whose lives revolve around basketball take a deep breath before diving back in for another 10 months or so of constant insanity — the perfect opportunity to assess all that has happened since the Golden State Warriors closed out the Cleveland Cavaliers to claim a second straight championship.
We’ll break down teams into four categories — clear winners, lean winners, lean losers and clear losers — to account for the entire spectrum of how the offseason played out.