See, as much as nikkas claim they want parity - and it's really fans with championship envy that always cry about it - the fact is the league is just way more fun when there are overpowered juggernauts battling for supremacy and the two East and West finalists are a foregone conclusion. In a star driven league, that's how rivalries develop and legends are made. 70s when there was a different champ damn near every year was the NBA's low point while the 80s where either the Lakers or Celtics were in the finals every damn year and you also had the 76ers and later the Bad Boys hanging around brought it back, and then the Bulls dynasty was the peak until the superteams came back starting with the 08 Celtics.