It is the year 2064, and the NBA is failing.
With people getting lazier, and lazier, there are less and less recruits every year.
Many teams have folded, or are going to collapse soon. There are no more stars in the NBA, and basketball has become America's biggest joke.
Desperate, the NBA Commissioner, Aaron Stern, uses technology to the league's advantage. Time machines have been around since 2037, and he does the unthinkable.
Aaron Stern restored the NBA's all time greatest players, and brought them into the present.
But he couldn't put them on their old teams, because there would be too many players. So everyone was redrafted, and dynasties were set to unfold.