The NBA offseason is when hope springs eternal. But with 4½ months between the final buzzer that crowned the Denver Nuggets champions and tipoff of the next marathon for the Larry O’Brien Trophy, the offseason can also just feel eternal.
That’s one reason why so many people seem to get geeked up about the release of the NBA schedule each summer. Beyond the nitty-gritty specifics to analyze and yell about — who’s not getting enough national television exposure and who’s getting too much, who has the most brutal road trips, who gets the cushiest home-cooking-heavy run through the tape in April, etc.