The NBA season officially tips off at the end of October. Even though the season does not start for another two months there are still plenty of off-season moves made this summer that will change the landscape of the NBA this season and ultimately determine who wins the NBA Finals this June.

The biggest move this off-season came from the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs signed free agent LaMarcus Aldridge this summer to their already stacked team. The Spurs are always one of the best teams in basketball under head coach Gregg Popovich: now, with Aldridge in the fold, they will be even better.

However, this year the team made one of its biggest leaps in years by signing Aldridge. The Spurs are not known for luring big free agents to Texas, so when the team acquired one of the best power forwards in the NBA from the Portland Trailblazers , it came as quite a surprise to a lot of people.

That and the fact that the Spurs were able to keep all of their key players from last season as well, including Kawhi Leonard, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker & Manu Ginobli. (What is this sentence linking to?)

While Aldridge left Portland for San Antonio, there were many big name free agents who stayed put this season. Draymond Green, Marc Gasol, Goran Dragic, Kevin Love and Dwyane Wade all decided to stay put this off-season with their respective teams.

On the other hand, DeAndre Jordan decided to leave the L.A. Clippers so he could join the Dallas Mavericks. He then changed his mind at the last minute to stay with the Clippers, ultimately keeping the Clippers' championship hopes very much alive.

Not only did players find new homes this off-season but so too did a few coaches. Alvin Gentry decided to leave his job with the Golden State Warriors as an assistant under Steve Kerr to coach Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans.

Fred Hoiberg and Billy Donovan both decided to make the jump from college to the NBA to coach the Chicago Bulls and the Oklahoma City Thunder respectively.

Despite the free agent moves and the coaching changes this off-season the biggest storyline in the NBA heading into this season is injuries. Multiple players went down last season with injuries and will be looking to make a comeback this season.

Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Joakim Noah, Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love, Mike Conley and Ricky Rubio are just a few players looking to bounce back after last season. There are also many more key players looking to make a huge impact for their teams this season.

There are a lot of storylines to watch this season. Can Hoiberg and Donovan get their teams back to the finals? Can Kobe get the Lakers to the playoffs and is this really the final season in the league? Can Irving and Love get healthy in time to help LeBron get back to the finals? How will Anthony Davis play under Alvin Gentry?

This season is going to be very interesting, to say the least, and it all begins on Oct. 27.

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