Doc Rivers bolting Milwaukee for Golden State after banner-parade duty is the kind of coaching move the league usually reserves for someone who just got fired, not someone who just won. Instead the Warriors bought out the last guy left holding a trophy, and the Bucks now need a new coach the same summer they may need a new superstar, because the trade machine humming underneath this is Klay Thompson to Miami and a Lakers champion reportedly walking into a Warriors package: a title team dismantling itself into assets three weeks after the ring ceremony, which is either the coldest front office in basketball or the smartest one.

Follow the incentive and it clarifies fast. A coach with a championship on his resume just chose a rebuild over a reigning roster, meaning he priced Golden State's cap sheet and roster control higher than Milwaukee's, and the Heat chasing Klay Thompson is Miami doing what Miami always does: renting credibility off someone else's dynasty for the cost of a taxpayer mid-level deal. Nobody in this chain signed a contract this week. They signed a bet on which front office still knows how to win, and Doc Rivers just told you, with his feet, that he does not think it is the one holding last month's confetti.