The NBA, a league that never sleeps anymore, delivered another offseason stunner on Tuesday: Kyrie Irving was traded to the Celtics for Isaiah Thomas and other pieces, as first reported by The Vertical.



The immediate shockwaves permeate out East, where a bland rivalry was just injected with juice. It’s Kyrie and the Celtics in Cleveland on the opening night of the regular season, and again, most likely, for the Eastern Conference crown come May, attached to a teammates-turned-foes storyline that makes Russell Westbrook vs. Kevin Durant seem so 2016.



Man, did that conference need something like this.



But after immediate consumption of the shocking move, attention turns out West to a question that’s fastened to any NBA blockbuster these days: Does it help or hurt either team’s chances of slaying the Warriors?



Let’s start with the Cavaliers, since they still have LeBron James and that simple fact has meant an Eastern Conference...