Remember when people were saying this season would be unwatchable because Kevin Durant signed with the Golden State Warriors? They couldn’t have been more wrong.
After the summer came and went, everyone had a little something to prove.
Could Russell Westbrook lead a team by himself? Did James Harden have it in him to play point guard in Mike D’Antoni’s uptempo system? Was Durant going to fit in with Steph, Klay, Dray and the Warriors?
All really dumb questions with one very simple answer: Why not?
Here are our picks for the end-of-season NBA awards.