The NBA is hardly a paragon of American values. Dumb inarticulate jocks getting rich , a province for trophy hungry owners and coaches and a money mill for the sneaker industry.
I haven't watched the NBA since the era of Jordan, Johnson and Bird came to an end. That's when Basketball was king of sports, IMO.
Now it's just a bunch of tatted up gang-bangers running up and down the court trying to draw a foul. Unwatchable IMO.