he just discussed the culture thing in a round about way. said some of the stuff weve mentioned here is there, but he thought it was that outside of the 15 year jordan/magic/bird era it has been a secondary sport. used attendances to state how pre that era they couldnt draw league wide, tv ratings were second tier. went on to just say the only nba city is la, the only primary nba city with its "team" was the lakers. he mentioned the suns come a close second in that regard.
all and all pretty interesting, and i thought of this thread...