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New Beginnings: The challenges Heat, Spurs, Thunder and Lakers all share next season

Dwyane Wade arrival after the 2003 NBA Draft changed the Miami sports scene for well over a decade. The summer of 2016 altered the idyllic landscapes of other NBA organizations as well: San Antonio Spurs, Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Lakers.

Tim Duncan defined the Spurs identity of low-key egos since he first stepped onto the San Antonio basketball courts in 1997, alongside "The Admiral," David Robinson. For 19 years the "Big Fundamental" was as much a fixture in his adopted town as the Alamo.