I thought of this the other day but probably the only distinguishing feature that makes basketball the godliest sport (better said: the drippiest) over any other sport is that its the only sport that can be played while walking normally. your natural gait, however effortless, can be achieved while bringing the ball up the court, dribbling around, pulling up for a jumpshot etc. Because of this, the potential for swaglessness is mitigated and the potential for swag-inclusion is maximized. Names like Skip to my Lou really captured this 1 to 1 power of strolling around the court hyper-casually. The transition from street to court is rather seamless, and it's the explosiveness on top of this feature that I think singularly makes the American variant of the sport so alluring

if it were just the explosiveness, well we'd all be tuned into men's volleyball more wouldn't we (and honestly, mens volleyball is fuego)