Sports
Why Bother Watching NBA Regular Season Games?
It’s not clear that competition is the point
One of my favorite podcasts is The Right Time with Bomani Jones, which I recommend highly. The eponymous host is a sportswriter, former music reviewer and pop culture critic, and holds multiple degrees in economics. He has a wide range of interests and you can never be quite sure where the show will go, such as a discussion of player salaries ending up in an analysis of cryptocurrency.
The episode that inspired this piece featured Jones and guest Domonique Foxworth (also an interesting guy, a former NFL cornerback who post-career went to Harvard Business School and married a lawyer) discussing their lack of interest in regular season NBA games. They hit on some points I agree with, but never got around to other obvious ones.
Disclaimer: the following is aimed at the neutral viewer, not the hardcore fan. All y’all root your hearts out.
Too many games
Their #1 point was the season is too damn long, and that’s absolutely the most significant issue. It’s the same dynamic with the NHL — there are only so many hours-long blocks of free time. Even just following my former hometown Vegas Golden Knights and current hometown Seattle Kraken is too much. I…
