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Originally Posted by tjforce
... have you seen the social media reaction to OKC? People are taking the bait on SGA and the rest of the squad being foul baiters and there is a lot of animosity towards them already...
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Yeah, this has been going on since Grizz series, increased Nugs series .... and definitely common knowledge since the Wolves series.
I am a very casual NBA fan since the Bad Boys vs Showtime Lakers vs Bulls days of my youth (I probably couldn't even name one player on each pro BBall team anymore), but I will say I agree:
the league has a huge superstar problem. Even the pathetic WNBA almost has more superstar recognition than NBA. The
only ones I think are entertaining in present day NBA are Ant (hero/highlights) and Trae Young (heel).
The rest are just not good as stars or face-of-the-league types...
Curry, Durant, LeBron, Butler, others = washed
Jokic, SGA, Wemby, Brunson, ADavis = boring
Embied, Tatum, Haliburton = hurt
Flagg, Cade, Doncic, Giannis, DMitch, DFox = possible (but most likely would've been more popular by now)
The free agency and trading has really ruined it (for me). That is not to say other sports don't do this, but NBA has far too many in-season moves... hard to even follow casually. Between that and lack of superstar power, I can't get into it. Jmo.