Over the weekend, The Athletic published an oral history of the Golden State Warriors' free-agent meeting with Kevin Durant in the Hamptons, which was 23 months ago.
LeBron James' letter in Sports Illustrated announcing his signing with the Cleveland Cavaliers, which is about to turn 4 years old, still gets web traffic and is referenced routinely.
Players' union executive director Michele Roberts still is asked in interviews about the decisions that led to the salary-cap spike in 2016.
At this moment, free agents like Paul George are deep in the planning of how to operate their recruitment process as a major life event, like a wedding.