Change in the NBA seems impossible until it isn’t. Kevin Durant, James Harden and Russell Westbrook were supposed to dominate a decade in Oklahoma City; Derrick Rose’s Bulls and the Miami Big 3 were meant to duke it out for the right to be the Thunder’s annual foil. Fragility — of teams’ ties players, of roster construction in a luxury tax world, and of knee ligaments — brought those burgeoning dynasties to the ground prematurely. From the rubble arose the Warriors, probably the best team ever assembled, and the Cavaliers, a team that has forced every team in the Eastern Conference to confront the same question: is it worth it to even try?
The Kyrie Irving reports are exactly why the Raptors kept the band together
