Five years is a long time. In the hyper-speed, attention-deficit 2020s, it's an eternity . Each NBA team will play four hundred or more games over the course of The Bet. Dynasties will rise and fall. Contenders will emerge and recede. Superstars will retire. Unknown teenagers will replace them. ACLs will rupture. Banners will hang. These facts are the broad strokes of the five-year canvas. It's the details that will clarify the picture. The slow reveal of these details should mount suspense as The Bet progresses. The twists and turns should lead to a satisfying climax. But one manager is threatening to snuff out the drama before the story reaches its halfway point. Like a breakaway bicyclist hunting a stage win, he's sprinted beyond reach of the trailing peloton. If the gap grows too large, the chasers will lose hope before the Bet culminates. Here's where the competitors stand early in Year Two: 6. Team Zaxel: Rockets, Pelicans, Raptors, Pistons, Knicks Is it a b