The NBA needs to bring back the storytelling It's the only of the 4 major pro sports leagues that doesn't have an opening paying homage to the history amp soul of the sportleague for the biggest event of its season Eg here are the openings for the most recent World Series Stanley Cup amp Super Bowl

If you take every regular season MVP from 2008 till now and you are trying to build a title contender how many MVP seasons would you take 2017 Westbrook over

Lonzo Ball forced to exit game after rolling his ankles twice when bringing the ball up the court

Thon Marker big three to put pistons up 3

Budenholzer spreads his 5 further apart on the in-bounds play and it leads to an easy Giannis dunk for a 3pt lead