Although NYC born/raised and a big Knicks fan, I stopped watching the NBA many moons ago ... for obvious reasons.
I think around when Larry Bird retired....I began to lose interest.
If you go back to the Trailblazers of 1977, the Supersonics of 78/79, and the 82/83 76er’s....those teams could come and wipe out most of the teams of today. I just don’t see the caliber of play and maturity required anymore.
Once they started to accept high school players and first-year college players....it just went downhill.
No NBA fan here either, but Garnett is one of the few who managed the high school - NBA jump smoothly and seems to be a good guy. However, he is well on the downside of his career and IMHO was when the T’wolves let him go to Boston. The Nets are sadly mistaken in thinking he and Pierce - no youngster either - are going to lead a renaissance.