The NBA is at the top of its game. It’s hard to think of a time when the league and its players have been more popular and more part of Americana – yes, even more so than during the MJ or Magic and Larry eras.
Adam Silver is widely viewed as a strong, successful commissioner, having handled some difficult tests – such as Donald Sterling’s history of racist remarks that led the commissioner to force him to sell the Clippers — with aplomb. The NBA is working on going even more global. The league games are already widely watched around the world, while the world has come to the NBA, with more foreign players in the league than ever before. The countdown to where the superstar NBA free agents — KD, Klay, Kyrie, Kemba — “take their talents” at the start of the free agency period on Sunday has generated huge interest.
To cap it all off, his year’s playoffs were full of drama, especially the Finals, even with the injuries suffered by Kevin…
