As we slog through the dog days of summer, the NBA’s season-ending awards seem like a long, long ways away. Heck, we’ve still got another month until Training Camp tips off!
But it’s never too early to break out the crystal ball and start looking ahead at what next season holds in store and which players will take home individual honors. Next year’s winners will include some old heads and familiar faces, but there’s also a quiet changing of the guard that’s happening in today’s NBA. And soon, the new guard will begin asserting themselves as the Association’s new alpha dogs.