The Golden State Warriors tried making several splashes over the past calendar year.
To this point, they keep coming up dry. No LeBron James, no Paul George, no Lauri Markkanen.
No difference-maker, in other words, for a team that's really hoping for a different outcome than last season, when it lost 36 games and was knocked out of the NBA play-in tournament.
Ever player on this roster should feel some pressure to perform, from Stephen Curry fending off Father Time to remain at superstar level to the two-way players scrapping for big-league service time, but the following three players will feel the spotlight's heat the most.