re: I was a gigantic NBA fan years ago but the Spurs era killed that.

To be fair to the OP, the Spurs were boring to watch for years until Pop revamped his offensive system a few years ago. Remember the 75-72 score in the NBA finals against the Cavs or the very low scoring game 7 of the NBA finals against the Pistons. They were a very defensive oriented team for years sort of like Mayweather in boxing. If you were a basketball purist, you appreciated their greatness but a lot of the casuals were tuning out.