Out of all the major sports, the NBA always seems to have the most interesting off seasons. And although it’s a little over a year away, the 2014 off season is already looking like to be one of the most important in the long history of the league.

It all starts with a parade, the celebration for the last team standing, but those thoughts of joy quickly disappear and are replaced with the need to do it all again. The off season is where championship teams are born.

A week after the Larry O’Brien trophy