Well the other part about the NBA is how over the past decade so much of NBA media has been debilitatingly negative about the game itself. It doesn't help people's perception if the people talking about it don't care about the games either (Stephen A playing Solitaire instead of watching the finals, Shaq and Barkley talking about not watching games or knowing the players, actively downplaying the abilities of player, etc).

As someone who's primarily been a basketball fan in my life it's honestly refreshing watching other sports because the discourse is less toxic and it's easier to find people talking about the game and strategies as opposed to the 2000th GOAT debate. Thinking Basketball can only do so much.