As we prepare for a new NBA season, let’s fast forward for a second to Christmas, because there’s a fascinating story here involving the league’s schedule.
You see, Christmas games are perhaps the league’s marquee in-season event (although the NFL is trying to cut in on the NBA’s business). Essentially, the NBA takes its 10 most marketable teams and throws them on the big screen for a quintuple-header to entertain the eggnog-addled masses. Every year when the schedule comes out, there’s something of a buzz around which teams and players made the Christmas cut.