The NBA-bound stars don’t stick around as long as they once did. Those days are long gone. We live in the era of the one-and-done, at least until the NBA and its union decide it benefits them for elite players go to straight into the pros and skip their one-year college audition.
For now, you get one year of Dennis Smith Jr. and you get one year of Jayson Tatum and Harry Giles. You get a couple years of a few others, but the show goes on the road soon enough. These off-Broadway previews pass quickly.
But when you put a bunch of them on the court, especially when they’re in close proximity, the results are no less spectacular.