Diehard NBA fans are as educated well-informed as they've ever been.
No longer limited to whatever game is on national television, you can instead pick and choose any game that suits your fancy. You can read the Collective Bargaining Agreement, if you wish. Or, at the very least, you can read an excellent FAQ on the subject. You can search through a treasure trove of statistics, some generated by motion tracking cameras, to drill down and gain insights like never before. Salary information is available right at your fingertips.
There's more information available to the motivated NBA fan than ever before, yet the approach by beat writers, by those who are around the team on a day-to-day basis and whose job it is to act as a conduit to the fans, has remained relatively unchanged.