Ah, media day — the unofficial start to the NBA season. New dietary restrictions on milkshakes that have put players in better shape than ever before and rehabilitated jump shots that for an entire summer have not failed to find the bottom of a high school basket even once. Let us exercise the demons of yesterday and start anew.
Gone with you, quadruple doink. Happy trails, Jimmy Butler, Markelle Fultz, Jonathon Simmons, Wilson Chandler, and Mike Muscala. Welcome, Kawhi-less Eastern Conference. And hello to you, Al Horford, Josh Richardson, and Matisse Thybulle.