easy to cheer for. They have a wide variety of skill sets (Wemby, Luka, Chet, Shai, Ant, Tatum, Jokic, Giannis, etc) and generally likable personalities. The league should be thrilled they don’t have to rely on Ja & Zion to become the face of the league.

It will be interesting to see whether they consolidate into large market super-teams like the LeBron/KD/Steph/AD/Kawhi era or if the small markets (OKC, Min, Mil, SA, Indy) carry the league for a while.