After Michael Jordan retired for the last time, I lost interest in the NBA. The NBA seem to embrace their thugs like Allen Iverson. The All-Star riot in Vegas totally turned me off about anything NBA. I was not interested at all. Then Chris Paul came along. His personality and work ethic won me back to the NBA. I'm still a Chris Paul fan, but now I am find that the Thunder as a team have me watching more NBA and keeping up more with the league as a whole.