No. This hasn’t grown on me. This is awful. Turned the theme into hip-hop to cater for its rise in popularity. Could you imagine if the 2016 Finals had this theme over the dramatic, legendary one of the past?
This is elevator/customer service music. How do you expect me to get excited for playoff wars with this shit in the background? How are some people OK with this?
They had to incorporate hip-hop elements to cater for its popularity. Totally tarnished the legendary, dramatic nature of the old ESPN theme. All you have to do is look up any 2016 Playoff intro to see the stark difference. Watching Heat v Sixers play-in right now and the intro was bland and awful.
As a music nerd it has definitely grown on me. I loved the old NBA finals theme from like 2011-2022 with the Warriors, and Lebron with the Heat and in Cleveland. I guess it’s a new era with great players but I’m definitely here for it.
Im fine with it, just doesnt get me excited though if that makes sense. I dont think its nostalgia, i think its just the music. This sounds more playful, mellow, fits perfectly for regular season, the old ones made it feel more intense, like the two strongest forces battling to the end
Good song, i know nowadays this is the kind of music but give me rock, guitars, drums, I want epicness, I dont want this for the nikola jokic and wembanyama era, just give us back the theme song from lebron, curry, dirk, duncan, wade, parker, kobe and pierce era
