The NBA’s Biggest Rivalry Was Dead and Buried. Then Two Trades in Five Days Brought It Back To Life.

Not long ago, it seemed that the days when LeBron James and Stephen Curry ran the NBA were over. Neither player had won a championship—or even appeared in the NBA Finals—since Curry’s Golden State Warriors took the 2022 title. James and the Los Angeles Lakers spent the first three months of the season hovering just above .500. The Warriors had a losing record less than a month ago.Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 .