Photo: David Gonzalez-ImagnImages NBA coaches have the most thankless job in basketball. Win 55 games? You had a loaded roster. Lose in the second round? You got outcoached. Make one questionable rotation change in May? Congratulations—thousands of fans are now calling for your job before the postgame press conference even starts. We know the best coaches leave their fingerprints everywhere, sometimes long after they're gone from their franchise. They build up a culture, groo

Photo: Robert Bukaty-AP Are we witnessing the G.O.A.T. offseason? At this point, the offseason might be more entertaining the actual NBA season. Every summer brings its share of blockbuster trades and signings, but this year feels different. It's as though all bets are off. Every team is trying to find a different concoction that works. Superstars are changing addresses, contenders are aggressively loading up and teams with no regard for symmetry, and once considered untoucha

Photo: Michael Hickey/GettyImages The NBA Draft Lottery is one of the strangest nights on the league calendar. No games are played, no shots are taken, and yet, the bounce of a few ping-pong balls can alter the future of an entire franchise. That date is soon approaching, and it will determine picks in a class loaded with insane talent. The Wizards, Pacers and Nets own the top odds, but as history has shown, lottery night rarely goes exactly as expected. For every team involv