If history has taught us one truth, one constant in this league that is chock-full of variance, it is that no matter how strong or seemingly invincible one team is, the inevitability of circumstance will allow the league to self-correct itself towards a state of balance.
For five years, the Golden State Warriors and their core of four All-Stars and future Hall-of-Famers paved a path of destruction, much to the glee of Dub Nation but to the consternation of everyone else in the NBA.
But after the Warriors’ loss to the Toronto Raptors in last season’s NBA Finals, that invisible force that lends its hand in balancing the NBA towards parity got to work.