When the Ice Follies and Dukes of Hazzard re-runs mattered more than the NBA Finals
The start of the 2025 NBA Finals is a reminder for how far basketball has come in my lifetime
The NBA Finals start tonight, and if you want the ultimate example on how far the NBA has changed, look back to the years between 1975 and 1981.
Let’s start with 1975, when the NBA Finals featured the Golden State Warriors against the Washington Bullets. It was 22 more years before people concluded having a sports team named the Bullets was not a good id…
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