That's one way to put it. I would say I feel this way because of how much I like basketball. And it is a personal problem, like I said I wish I was with the people who were enjoying this season (not just the Jazz), but I cannot. I'm not the fun police. As stated, some people enjoy the low consequences of the games not mattering. For me, I prefer that the games do matter. I don't need them to be a game 7, but I need them to have some consequence. To each their own, nobody is wrong for how much they value the consequences and stakes of any given game. I'll always watch basketball, and I still catch up on every game eventually, but that's because I like basketball. The league and NBA as a competition, it's just garbage. It's not a handful of teams losing on purpose, it's the lack of meaning for actually winning the game. Regular season games just aren't relevant for any team that is relevant.
You're not wrong about people liking the transactional side of the game. I love it. But I think it's gotten so titled that it's 99% transactional and 1% actually the game. When we're at the point that trading someone like Lauri is a legitimate thought, it really kinda shows the imbalance IMO.