Music City posted:It’s unbearable now... win the title, don’t win the title... it won’t matter because he’s the shiny new face of the game. The media is lazy. They’d rather be in LA or NY or MIA covering him than have to go to “fucking Milwaukee”.
Or Oklahoma City, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Toronto, New Orleans, Salt Lake City, Portland, Detroit, Orlando, Charlotte, Minneapolis, Memphis, San Antonio, and Sacramento.
San Antonio is probably the best example of media bias that never gets discussed. The Spurs won 5 titles in a 15 year stretch because they had a team built around one top 10 guy all-time and surrounded him with a bunch of complementary players who are also retired as borderline HOFers. Their core players, with a couple exceptions, played their entire careers with the Spurs: Tim Duncan, Manu, Tony Parker (save one year with Charlotte). And, David Robinson before that. They have arguably the best coach in NBA history who is beloved by most of his players.
Instead of holding that up as the example to aspire to, the media narrative is that LeBron and Durant (and Bosh, A. Davis, P. George) are the ones that get promoted. Rather than talk about a 15 year dynasty built around guys that the Spurs developed (no major free agent was really key to any title).
If you were a 10 year old just starting to watch the NBA, you've probably never heard Tim Duncan's name mentioned once. Giannis can be Tim Duncan rather than LeBron. I'd rather cheer for Tim Duncan 1000 out of 1000 over LeBron or guys like him.