Welcome back, NBA
My season preview essay, in video form, debuts tonight on Bally Sports Southwest, Bally Sports New Orleans and Bally Sports SoCal ... and I couldn’t resist sharing it with you here
We touched on this trend in the Tuesday Newsletter Extravaganza, but it bears repeating as 24 of the NBA's 30 teams make their regular-season returns Wednesday night.
The past five seasons have produced five different champions ... which hasn't happened in #thisleague since the 1976-77 through 1980-81 seasons.
If there's a sixth franchise out there that can extend this throwback stretch of parity — Boston? Phoenix? Miami? — it'll be the first time that the NBA has seen six different champions in a span of six seasons since 1974-75 through 1979-80.
My first television essay of the new season for Bally Sports Southwest and Bally Sports New Orleans examines the prospect of a six-in-six and covers many other key storylines as the NBA rebounds all the way into our lives.
Thought I would share it with you here because, as regular readers know, writing the TV version of a column with pretty pictures and catchy music attached (courtesy this time of trusty producer Clark Rowe) is one of my favorite parts of the job.
Welcome back, NBA:
PS — More season preview content in case you missed it:
This is gonna be a great year...lots of great young talent going to make a statement this year. Wemby tonight..I'm excited. My Blazers cap it off tonight although I might have to record that and watch it after the Spurs game. I just started a substack too. Hate to be that guy...but it is completely free and I intend on keeping it that way. Ain't nothing special but would love some support. https://kylelambnba247.substack.com/?utm_campaign=email-home&r=2oewfb
Excited for another season