Abstract:
The National Basketball Association has seen record attendance levels and increasing TV ratings over the past few seasons, but the narrative for the league is that it has been overtaken by superteams which has created a boring level of competition during a majority of the season. Writers and fans of all teams have not been shy about announcing their mixed feelings towards superteams. Even the commissioner of the NBA commented on the matter saying that two superteams were not a good thing for the NBA. With all of these opinions swirling amidst the evolution of the NBA into a “superteam era,” this thesis will take an analytical approach to the impact of the superteams on the NBA.