What appears to be a given at the moment might not be the case next summer.
Stating that Hassan Whiteside will definitely get a maximum contract raises the issue of media assuming it knows more than it knows.
We could ask whether the Golden State Warriors starting at 10-0 is a case of the team being historically great or the rest of NBA being historically mediocre. Maybe the CBA has diluted the talent pool so evenly among all the teams, that a good team seems great in today's league. Just looking at records could give misleading conclusions.