Sometimes life can come at you fast in the NBA. In that respect, the next six weeks represent the league at its transition finest, loaded with key dates on the personnel calendar.
While Dec. 15 marked the first day that players signed in the offseason as free agents could be dealt, the silence was deafening, many teams either yet to establish an identity or already had forged with one entering the season.
But now come deadlines and start dates for more subtle maneuvering that could have plenty of secondary talent being transitioned.