NBA championships are often won and lost in the summer. While trades and free agency signings usually get all of the attention, internal development from young players or the ability to stave off decline from older ones usually goes a long way to determining which team is holding the Larry O’Brien trophy in June.
Derrick White’s emergence into one of the league’s best role players helped push the Celtics to a championship last year. Andrew Wiggins finally putting it all together as a rebounder, defender, and slasher helped make the Warriors champions around Stephen Curry’s brilliance in 2022. When Anthony Davis started knocking down jumpers in the bubble in
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