Basketball is back!
The 2018-19 NBA season tips off Thursday night, starting with the Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers battling it out in a potential Eastern Conference Finals preview. Then, the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors will witness their newest banner float to the rafters before taking on the Oklahoma City Thunder, minus Russell Westbrook.
Dozens of conferences and countries are represented in the NBA, and that includes the Mid-American Conference. However, only two MAC players remain in the NBA heading into the 2018-19 campaign.
Richaun Holmes, a Bowling Green alum, spent three seasons on the 76ers before being shipped to Phoenix last July.