It's the most exciting time of year for NBA fans around the world - the dawn of the Playoffs. The sixteen best teams in the league are all set to fight it out to decide this year's NBA Champions, testing their skill, intelligence, physical durability, and heart. Despite its status as one of the purest team sports in the world, basketball is a game upon which the most talented players can exert their will time and time again. Never is this more clear than in the playoffs. While some championship-winning teams possess both fantastic chemistry and sparks of individual brilliance, often one must be sacrificed for the other. In such cases, teams featuring one game-changing superstar will trump a selfless collective of underdogs more often than not (flying in the face of inspirational sports movies everywhere). This season, that message could prove to ring especially true. Players like James Harden and Anthony Davis have lit up otherwise unremarkable teams with their freakish talents, while figures such as Steph Curry and Chris Paul have pushed good squads into overdrive - turning them into legitimate championship contenders. Here's a look at the ten men who could single-handedly change the face of the upcoming NBA playoffs, from dominant centres to selfless point guards, defensive specialists to point-scoring machines.
