If there has been one constant in the NBA since The Bubble and the league’s return from its initial Covid hiatus, it is this: A lot of basketball. Shortened offseasons, a season that extended deep into summer to try and catch the league up to a regular October-to-June timeline, a Summer Olympics in there; enough minutes to go around for everyone.
For fans of the simple art of basketball, this is undoubtedly a good thing, even if it has at times come at the expense of the usual upper crust of NBA execution. For the teams themselves and a good number of viewers, it was probably getting close to over saturation.