When Kevin Durant revealed that his "next chapter" would be with the Golden State Warriors, the entire NBA knew what it meant. The Warriors, already the most dominant team of the previous two seasons having followed up a title-winning campaign with a record-breaking 73-9 performance in 2015-16, only to squander a 3-1 lead to the Cleveland Cavaliers, added a superstar to a talent-laden roster, leaving them as the prohibitive favourite in the league for 2016-17 and 2017-18 at the very least. Nobody in the league was under any illusions as to the challenge the Warriors would present the other 29 teams and the title they regained with the completion of a 4-1 series win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday was widely anticipated.