Why No NBA Team's Championship Is Ever Truly Inevitable
By
Ray Ratto
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Summary
This opinion piece argues that the concept of "inevitable" dynastic teams in the NBA is a myth perpetuated by lazy sports media narratives and fan comfort-seeking. The author contends that no NBA championship is ever truly predetermined, and that the league's parity, unpredictability, and competitive nature make every season's outcome genuinely uncertain. The article critiques the tendency to crown teams before the season begins and pushes back against deterministic thinking in sports analysis.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledTheir favorite sport is both defined and repelled by dynastic teams and the silly little debates they shape, which are always on the menu as a kind of bland and ubiquitous comfort food.
Hoopheads across the nation begin their annual vigil Wednesday in anticipation of receiving the thing they most crave in all the world—a new team to admire, love, fear, and hate simultaneously.
And you can't really blame them for their baffled antipathies.
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