Since 2016, eight different NBA teams have made the NBA Finals. Sixteen different teams have made the Conference Finals. Twenty different teams have made it to the Conference Semifinals. Twenty-nine different teams have made it to the playoffs in general.
In 2016, TikTok had yet to exist, Kobe Bryant was in his final season in the NBA, the iPhone 7 was Apple's newest model, LaMelo Ball was in high school, the 76ers were still in the midst of the process, the Celtics were led by Isaiah Thomas, Victor Wembanyama was 12 years old, the Chicago Cubs won their first World Series in 108 years, and the new Star Wars trilogy looked promising.