It was an eventful, tumultuous year in the NBA. What can we take away from the highest levels of basketball in 2019?
Back on January 1, the Golden State Warriors were cruising, 2/3 favorites to win the title according to Vegas oddsmakers. And it made sense: they had Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, and Kevin Durant, perhaps three of the five best shooters of all time. But they also had Draymond Green, a former Defensive Player of the Year, and DeMarcus Cousins returning from Achilles surgery. It was an all All-Star starting lineup.
It wasn’t to last, though, as injuries changed everything for the Warriors.