They’re still here.
You look up, you look around and see so many new faces ready to take their place among the NBA’s elite. It should’ve long happened by now, but they’re still here.
Fortified by acquisitions of various degrees, the lords of the rings find themselves back in the hunt for title No. 5, leaving us wondering how deep LeBron James and Stephen Curry can pull from their respective reservoirs to make it to June — one more time.
It was fair to deduce we had seen the last of these great titans. Four months ago, we thought the Los Angeles Lakers were hoping to pry Walker Kessler from Utah to bolster their front line — a nice move, not a world-changer.