Whether you’re a casual sports fan or a constant consumer, you should know the NBA season is in full swing. This season, it’s better than it has been for at least five years. 

Recently the NBA has suffered from the same problem as the MLB. Regular-season games seem to hardly matter in the grand scheme of things. After all, teams play a whopping 82 games over the course of the season, from late October through mid-April when the playoffs finally tip off. 

Ana Sofia Meyer is a sports reporter for Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc.