You thought we were done with the ‘90s? Why did you think that? Donald Trump is in the news 24/7, and so are the Clintons. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are having another moment. Robert Downey Jr. is box-office gold. L.A. is buzzing about the Rams.
And the NBA has brought back gratuitous violence. Yay! We missed you, violent NBA!
Wait, sorry. No, we didn’t.
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The “old-school” wing of NBA Nation wanted that. The game they were seeing today, the kind the Warriors excelled at, the rest of the sport wanted to copy to keep up, and the fans embraced, was too “soft” for them.