LEADING OFF
FROM THE OUTSET, IT WAS CLEAR THAT
THE NBA’S 75TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
WAS NOT GOING TO BE HURTING FOR
TALKING POINTS—AND THAT WAS
TRUE EVEN BEFORE THE LEAGUE
PUT OUT ITS LIST OF THE 76 BEST
PLAYERS IN HISTORY. (A TIE FOR 75TH?
SORRY, DWIGHT HOWARD. BETTER
LUCK ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY
TEAM, KLAYTHOMPSON.) AMONG THE
PROMINENT STORY LINES TO FOLLOW
EARLY ON: ARE THE DEFENDING-
CHAMPION BUCKS VULNERABLE? CAN
THE 76ERS SURVIVE THE BEN SIMMONS
SOAP OPERA? AND ARE WE
WITNESSING A PASSING OF THE TORCH
AS A NEW GENERATION OF EXPLOSIVE,
DYNAMIC YOUNG STARS SEEM POISED
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