As the 2024-25 NBA season gets underway, the amount of teams confidently plotting their championship runs is at its highest in recent seasons. The league's era of parity continues to unfold, and there's good reason for that, NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum told Sporting News. With six different champions in the last six seasons — the the Golden State Warriors stand as the last team to go back-to-back in 2017-18 — the 2024 season opens with at least 10 teams considering themselves championship contenders.
While the league built its modern era on the compelling storylines surrounding dynastic teams, from the 1990s Chicago Bulls to the 2000s Los Angeles Lakers, and more recently the Big 3-led Miami Heat and Steph Curry-led Warriors, the new era of parity looks here to stay. NBA deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum embraces parity era The potential of reaching the NBA Finals has never been clearer, with the new collective bargaining agreement spurring equity across the league. The second luxury tax apron makes team-building a more precise endeavor, with the draft, savvy trades and internal development taking precedent over splashy free agent signings.
"I think it's a combination of those things," NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum told The Sporting News . "There's no doubt that our system has encouraged more [parity], which is what we want. We want every team to be able to have the same opportunity to compete for a championship if they're well-managed.
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