Other than the 70s and the last 5 years calling the NBA a “competitive sports league” has always been a stretch
In reality the NBA has always only had 2-4 teams (at most) at a time that were actually trying (and I mean really trying not just token putting on a good face trying) and the rest were either run by ownership groups that didn’t have the revenue streams to be genuinely competitive or owners who just straight up didn’t give a shit and were farming the team for money
Other than the 70s and the last 5 years calling the NBA a “competitive sports league” has always been a stretch
In reality the NBA has always only had 2-4 teams (at most) at a time that were actually trying (and I mean really trying not just token putting on a good face trying) and the rest were either run by ownership groups that didn’t have the revenue streams to be genuinely competitive or owners who just straight up didn’t give a shit and were farming the team for money