Since we last experienced NBA basketball games that count, we have seen:
Six newly hired head coaches get to work, including JJ Redick taking stewardship of LeBron James’ Lakers and Mike Budenholzer trying to turn the Kevin Durant-Devin Booker-Bradley Beal Suns into a supernova;
31 trades involving 70 players — including All-Stars Klay Thompson, DeMar DeRozan, Karl-Anthony Towns, Julius Randle, Russell Westbrook and Dejounte Murray — and a flotilla of future draft picks;
An estimated $2.85 billion in contracts signed in free agency;
31 extensions of existing contracts totaling nearly $5.