Why the NBA doesn't matter until now

The NBA just plain sucks until the playoffs start. I can count on one hand how many basketball games I've watched this winter. The Christmas Day games are nice and they always loaded them up with blockbuster matchups. But any other game is hardly appointment TV. The season is overly long and all the postseason contenders are almost predetermined before game #1 is tipped off. It's just 5 months of jockeying for position with a few surprises (Oklahoma City). Now finally we've got to the point where the games actually mean something. This is further watered down by the league's expanded schedule which loads up the weekends with games and prolongs the contests with too many off days. This is why I start watching the NBA in late April not late November.

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