We at Ball Don’t Lie have been knee deep in basketball since the 2016-17 NBA season’s start — previewing all 30 teams, tackling the top 25 storylines and covering everything else that’s happened since — but we understand casual fans don’t fully dive in until Christmas. That’s why we’re bringing you a five-part series we’re calling NBA Season’s Greetings. Consider it a refresher course on the free agents, coaches, trades, rookies and potential award winners that have shaped the league thus far.
Who among us will ever forget where we were when we learned the Detroit Pistons had acquired Cameron Bairstow from the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Spencer Dinwiddie between Games 6 and 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals?