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Peyton Manning might not have been the best example. At his peak he could score at will.
But in my opinion the league is top heavy because the league the players and the media want it to be. They are playing it up to the big populations, similar to baseball, and small market teams are meant to be farm teams functionally. I think its a mistake, but I could be a tad biased.
Are they?
New York - 2 garbage teams
LA - 1 irrelevant team, 1 team relevant again after being bad for a while
Chicago - garbage team
Philly - garbage for a while, relevant again because of draft picks
Dallas - garbage team
Washington - does anyone even care about the Wizards?
Houston - traded for Harden to stay relevant, CP3 helped them jump up last year
Golden State - sure
Atlanta - garbage
Boston - well built
Phoenix - garbage
Detroit - middling
Minny - turmoil
Miami - average since LeBron left
Denver - finally looking good, but never been great
Those are the top-15 media markets in the NBA. There are 17 franchises in those markets. Didn't include Toronto because, despite being a large market, they often get step child treatment being a Canadien market.