The NBA is all about the postseason and winning a championship. If it weren’t, we wouldn’t have super-teams and/or superstar trade demands every year. The NBA regular season is diminishing in importance – but that doesn’t mean it’s not important at all.
Though it hasn’t seemed as critical of late, playoff seeding and homecourt advantage is still important – just ask the 2023 NBA Champion Denver Nuggets, who won the most games in the Western Conference’s regular season to finish as the No. 1 seed in the playoffs.
It may be fading, but the league’s regular season still holds importance.