I remember a time when I looked forward to the NBA All-Star Game. I was six years old, and the idea of seeing legends like Kobe, Melo, and LeBron share the court (alongside the Knicks’ very own David Lee) was mind-boggling. I remember anticipating the event for a week, but I was surprised when my dad told me he had a dinner scheduled during the game. 

Anyone who knows me well knows that my Saturday mornings are reserved for one thing: Borussia Dortmund (BVB) (and, of course, tweeting about Dortmund shortly afterward). Like clockwork, I get up early every Saturday morning, brew coffee, and watch with about 20% excitement and 80% dread as a soccer club from northwest Germany dictates my mood for the next few days.

If you haven’t seen a video compilation of the worst technical fouls in the NBA, you’re missing out. You’ll see Jayson Tatum getting a technical for lightly bouncing the ball after giving up a foul; Lance Stephenson for doing the air guitar celebration; and best of all, Tim Duncan getting one for laughing on the bench. The video goes on and on, and you’ll notice that an overwhelming majority of these techs come from the last 10 years. It leaves me with one takeaway: The technical foul is the most comical rule in sports.

Seemingly every year in the NFL, there’s a team that finishes last in its division one year and first the next. In the MLB, there’s almost always a team that gets hot at the right time and makes a playoff run despite a lack of stars. In the NBA, however, you can look at everyone’s roster during preseason and have a pretty good indication of how competitive each team will be.

After producing the league’s 2023-24 champion, the Eastern Conference looks to build on that momentum. The competition between the top eight teams will be fierce as last season when only four games separated the second and eighth seeds.

Awards are subjective, and that’s why there are endless debates about who is the most deserving every season.

With NBA opening night approaching, why not get a head start on these debates and predict who will win these awards in the 2024-25 NBA season?

After producing three of the league’s last five champions, the NBA’s Western Conference comes into this season as the superior conference. Boasting five 50-win teams this past season, the West has the firepower and depth to be an absolute bloodbath. 

The lottery has mainly had the reverse effect, keeping too many teams in the cellar for too long.

NBA teams are scoring more than ever, and this scoring has begun to take its toll on the quality of games. While past influxes of scoring have made games more exciting to watch, there’s a point where the scoring becomes too much.

May is the best time of year for an NBA fan, with the playoffs entering full swing. It seems as if nearly every night, a number of the game’s biggest stars are decking it out on the National stage. Here are four takeaways from all of the NBA.