The NBA, like other pro sports leagues, are copycat leagues. Originality isn’t that big of a concept when we’re talking about millions upon millions of dollars on the line. Every NFL team is going to a spread offense, every MLB is prioritizing home runs over every other metric, and NBA teams are focusing mostly on star-chasing. It’s a theory that you have to build a team out of stars to win an NBA title.
It’s not an incorrect idea, you need at least one transcendent player to win a title in the NBA, even if they go under the radar a little.