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

Footage from 2009 Western Conference Finals highlighting the physical skills and competitive spirit of past playoff basketball in the NBA

NBA That time Wemby showed us his POV on a basketball court

Bill Simmons Pod I think the Knicks winning the championship is the biggest thing left in any sport other than Bills Vikings or Detroit Lions winning the Super Bowl

Bill Simmons Pod I think the Knicks winning the championship is the biggest thing left in any sport other than Bill Vikings or Detroit Lions winning the Super Bowl

Cowherd Watching him SGA flop in an NBA game is like inserting one of those Life Alert commercials I've fallen and I can't get up into Cirque du Soleil It tears at the fabric of the creativity of the NBA

The Spurs announcer asks for a moment of silence for the recent passing of Brandon Clarke and Jason Collins NBC inexplicably faded to black then cut to commercial in the middle of the moment a DraftKngs commercial played on the broadcast