Since 2019, no defending NBA champion has gotten past the second round…

[murksiderock]

Unprecedented streak of NBA parity. Last b2b champion was the '17 and '18 Warriors, so 7 years and counting since a b2b champ...

Last team to even make consecutive finals was the '19 Warriors, who were in their 5th straight Finals...

So since then, 9 different teams have made a Finals; assured to be 10 because NY or Indy will represent The East. Thats ⅓ of The League playing for the title in a 7-year stretch, I really don't wanna hear shyt from bad teams not having a chance to compete ever again...

6 teams have won the LOB, that's 20% of the NBA winning a title...

Unprecedented run of parity, the 2020s may hang their hats on this. Last decade with this kind of parity was the 70s: 10 different teams made The Finals in the 70s (of a total 22 teams by 77/78/79, so 45% of teams made a Finals); 8 different teams won the LOB (36% of teams won a Finals)...

2020s is the 70s redux; 2020s Jokic is 1970s Kareem...

 

[Lucky Millionaire]

looks like new NBA champs will be crowned

if okc beats denver then it'll be a seventh team to win in as many years which IIRC is a record

 

[laflame]

The NBA/players association make a concerted effort to end super teams with the apron and contracts but it also makes long term team dominance hard.
You make these big trades and you have a 2 year window.
Let alone injury concerns

 

[GilSho]

It's hilarious how the NBA is currently on a level of unprecedented parity in Sports as a whole yet people still claim the NBA is predictable and Super Teams win every year. Further proof of just how damaging the shyt media covering the game is.