The NBA is BROKEN...and There is NO Going Back
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- Опубліковано 29 січ 2024
- As the pace of play and criminal lack of defense continues to get worse with every passing night, this current crop of players will only continue to rewrite the record books. But if you REALLY understand what is happening in today's NBA, it will only serve as an emphatic reminder of how much BETTER the previous generation of players really are.
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No defense. Flopping. Baiting refs. Traveling never called. Every game is a 3 pt contest. Players celebrate after a wide open layup. The refs are straight ass. The super team nonsense. Adam Silver ruined basketball and made this era unwatchable.
Sums everything up. Good job bro 🫱🏽🫲🏼
Don't forget the constant whining and tantrums, especially from LeQueen, taunting getting you a technical foul, opponents being buddy-buddy with each other, etc.
And yet, they have EXTENDED him to the end of this decade...MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!
@@skap_attack Money. They are making it hand over fist. It's been a on a steady rise since 2012. Yes, it went down in 2020 and 2021, but that was due to the pandemic. Last year was almost $10B, previous record was $8.8B in 2019. Blame the fans, I guess.
@@trevorlambert4226it’s the tv $$, but that bubble is about to burst.
Lebron is the worst thing to ever happen to the nba.
The goat that's only won 3 normal NBA championships
@@onizodd 1 of which in a lockout season 2012
@JIX9ISLER1986 oh damn, forgot about that! Wtf
@@onizodd4 normal championships. If Kobe won in the bubble you would've said that it cost. You're rascist.
@@onizodd2 with a super team in Miami and 1 in a bubble, don’t count. So in reality he has 1 real ring in Cleveland
With No Defense this is expected. The soft era.
Dont forget about the 3's and all the frequent flyer miles them players are getting with all that traveling
@@JayTator I forgot about the travelling. Damn this era sucks.
@@JayTatorya that’s something ive noticed too. The NBA doesn’t call traveling anymore unless its SUPER obvious
@@sokit2em and then those are 50/50.
@@sokit2emeven the obvious (not super obvious) travels aren't being called 🤦🏽♂️
This isn't a sport anymore. No defense just flopping, and uncontested scoring.
Its a tv show, I haven't sat and watched an entire game in so long.
They know today’s kids don’t watch games but consume the after games tv shows and stat sheets, so they l ow it’s easy to fool them.
It’s a circus 💯!!
It's a flopping, defense skipping, three point chucking borefest.
💯🛎
The 3s come off of a moving screen and the shooter taking 2 steps and a hop with no dribble.
They walk, travel a lot more with no calls. Its sloppy & lazy junk.
Flopping, Traveling, Carrying, No Defense, Free Throws, 3 Pointers, Open Layups, Load Management, Every Team Makes The Playoffs, Selfish Stat Padding. This League Sucks.
Exactly
I’ll say it over and over again - the four 60+ games this past week will never beat Kobe’s 81. The coach of the Timberwolves is right about how disgusting it is with the lack of defense. The NBA ended when Kobe, KG and Tim Duncan retired.
I agree, basketball has never been the same since
have you watched the 81 point game? kobe played against the 2nd worst defense in the league and literally hogged the ball the entire game. no body ever scoring this much won anything so really it doesn't matter at all
Honestly it is starting to look that way. I mean, the players of the 80s took the cues from the great players that came before them. Jordan took his cues from them. The 90s guys set the stage for the 2000s. BUT somewhere along the line the NBA's "best players" became soft, pampered losers. AND now all of THESE guys have been taking their cues from them--the LeBrons, Currys and Durants of the world. THOSE guys set the stage for THESE guys and now the league is just a bunch of losers...
What are you talking about, raptors were an absolute disaster on defence that season... Kobe took 46 shoots being way less eficcient than luka, who only needed 33 shots for his 73 points, also shooting less free throws. Dont come here pretending that raptors were a good team because they were horrendous on defence.
What are you talking about, raptors were an absolute disaster on defence that season... Kobe took 46 shoots being way less eficcient than luka, who only needed 33 shots for his 73 points, also shooting less free throws. Dont come here pretending that raptors were a good team because they were horrendous on defence.
This Mickey Mouse era. No defense, and playing All Star weekend 3-point shootout every game. Crap league. Keep it up Skap.
You KNOW I'm not going anywhere!
LeMickey Era
Hahahahaha😂😂😂 I always called LeRoid’s Mickey Mouse plastic ring. Gifts from Commissioner Adam Softer.😂😂😂
The bubble had some of the best basketball I’ve ever seen
Don't let these guys hear it. They'll just shout oldhead talking points at you@@thefunguy5069
I’ve been a basketball fan all my life but haven’t been able to sit through a game for years at this point. I feel like after around 2018 things started getting really bad
I stopped keeping up around that time too. Couldn’t really put my finger on why, but I guess it’s starting to makes sense now
After 2018 it started getting REALLY bad. BUT this REALLY started when that scum bag loser crawled his ASS to Miami and shot up out of a stage during a smoke show. That was the TRUE turning point where all of the other stars saw "the best" of that time joining up and taking the easy way out. It promoted a pervasive LOSER mentality.
Bron won in Beijing then felt entitled to win a
championship and superteamed with his competition, killing parity. Bron is an opportunist not a competitor.
2016 was a major turning point. It showed that a team (Cavs) can just build a big 3 , coast all season long, fire coach, and pout and still get their way. Now regular season is treated like a joke
@@skap_attack that has nothing to do with defense or these young guys a decade later playing it you said it yourself 2013 was the last good defensive year
John Stockton recently said it best..."how do you know if a player is skillful if you are not allowed to defend him?" (Paraphrase)
Well last year's FIBA Basketball World Cup held here in the Philippines last year exposed NBA players that played for the United States that they lacked almost every conceivable fundamental skills to play against physical defense presented by all of the countries that are qualified to play that tournament. They end up without a medal to show for with 4th place finish.
@@jordansoviet23what an embarrassment. The US should absolutely dominate the world but you nailed it. American players are lazy and have had their asses kissed their entire lives so they don’t feel like they need to improve since the way they play got them to the NBA and they’re already rich by most standards before they dribble a ball in the NBA with these million plus dollar rookie contracts. I was happy to see the US get embarrassed. I would love for them to learn their lesson but they won’t.
I said the same thing will happen in the olympics. The days of them winning gold every time is over. With the lack of defense and softness of the new players, they won't win another gold medal after this team. And notice they are using the older players in this olympics. This is going to be their last gold medal...........if they even win it. @@jordansoviet23
@@jordansoviet23 I do agree with what you say. But I also do believe if they had the best players in the NBA, the Philippines would lose.
This aint just the NBA either. Everything is beginning to be watered down, from the NBA to movies to the NFL, its sad to see. Everything is way easier to achieve now, so everyone can eaisly break all the records from the past. A new random record gets broke almost everyday now and its getting really hard to watch.
💯💯 this! Even if you enjoy the style of play in the nba/nfl nowadays, you still need to recognize that they’ve made the game easier for the current era of players and recognize the advantages that older era players didn’t have at their disposal
You are SO RIGHT about this just being a microcosm for everything else. EVERYTHING is getting worse. SPOT ON examples of movies and NFL. I mean, Tom Brady--GOAT--was throwing for like upper 3,000 yards per season into his late 20s. He LED the league in yards and tds with 5,300 FREAKING YARDS at the age of 45!!! if there isn't a more glaring display of OBVIOUS depreciation, I don't know what is. Same thing has been happening with Curry and LeBron. You don't just average MORE points per game in your mid to late 30s than you did in you mid to late 20s.
I've made this point, and caught a lot of shit for it. Our sports reflect our society, since that's who's buying the product. Style over substance, whatever is easier and faster. Everything is going to hell, but the stats are phenomenal!!
The music industry too.
No records from the past are gonna get broken has nothing to do with it being easier ppl are just better now and these old ass records are gonna get broken ofc a record is gonna get broken often there are 82 games a season and over 1000+ all together u sound dumb asf 😂
This is not NBA anymore. This is an all star game season. If Luka hit 101 it will not be impressive.
A prime MJ would average 55 in this moist era...
MJ the reason for this era lol. From flagrants to avg 12fta to shorter 3 pt lines to even teaming up with rivals like Rodman. Tossing teamates under the bus? Check. Throwing tantrums and retiring? Check. XD
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@andrewcook1246 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@andrewcook1246why don’t you use fact’s to troll? Why do you always have to lie to troll Andy?
@karo3529 Your right 60..20 dunks a game!!!
We’re watching “Professional” high school basketball today……..it isn’t real competition anymore
It’s no different than the WNBA.
It's just laughable to me watching this ensue. I was born in the 80s and grew up in the 90s. If the guys in the 90s and in the early 2000s were playing now they would FEAST!
@@skap_attack You’re telling me! So true bro. I remember watching games with my pops WAY back! How great was it having “NBA on CBS” (Brent Musberger) in the 80s on Sundays? Then “NBA on NBC” (Bob Costas) in the 90s and 2000s? Dudes played like their lives depended on wins. Playoff series were gladiator matches, taken MUCH more seriously than today……………………the game today isn’t hoops in the traditional sense BY FAR, and that’s no exaggeration.
Pops still watches pretty regularly, but I’ve gotten too spoiled by watching Kobe work his ass off to the point I pretty can’t stand watching today’s product.
@@skap_attackthose guys are no where near as good as the guys now yall old ass ppl swear ur generation is doing shit today 😂😂😂😂
You get called for traveling in high school
Let's not forget the implementation of the Gather-Step in 2009, which led to LeBron's crab dribble being recognized as a legal step.
Ah yes, the crab dribble and "Euro-step". Who can forget that lol
Do you imagine Jordan, Kobe or Larry Bird allowed to do the crab step? Jordan would’ve averaged 50 ppg, and Kobe and Larry 45ppg!!!
The gather steps make so many travels in previous seasons legal
So annoying how they target defenders. You are already on your toes, blocking lane drive, looking out for a screen and then they take a "gather-step" and step back...no way you can catch up to that. Might as well made a rule "you are not allowed to contest a shot"...be much simpler that way. Tell us...and we won´t show up...
Don't forget carrying. Ja morant and jordan poole's entire game is based on carrying. The nba even tried to stop it and was embarrassed by the Poole game last season with so many calls, they said forget it, let them play.
NBA is down bad because of 5 things. 🤔
1. LBJ favoritism, teaming up, flopping, crying, stepping on MJ
2. Changing the rules to fit offense
3. Players not caring about the game only their image and pockets
4. No respect for the pass
5. Entitlement of players.
My opinion.
6. European players are taking over the game
7. LeBron's obvious PED use. And the cover-up when his wife and manager were on the BioGenesis list. We haven't seen this ridiculousness since McGwire and Clemens had their best career numbers after 38 years old. #PEDs
Lbj favoritism sounds crazy all u ppl do is hate 😂
@@Ty-by6mz he's stating facts. If you observe you LeFlop plays he commits almost every conceivable violations that are usually called back then like traveling and offensive foul.
@@Ty-by6mz I think mommy is calling cause it's lunchtime. Your honey is ready. Time to twerk it up.
LeBron and Adam Silver are the worst things to happen to basketball. Dirk-Giannis-Jokic's single Championships are way better than all LeRingChaser's.
Agreed
Lebum just needs to get smoked tbh
And I guarantee if any of them came to the league at 18 expected to be a first ballot hof and had to deal with a terrible Cavs team for 7 years they woudve looked for something better also 😂😂
@@fullmetal1766and I bet if any of those guys he mentioned was on that Cavs team none of them can take that team to the finals or win 60+ games twice 😂😂
@@Ty-by6mz Top 5 League Defense is not terrible, but go off haha
These clowns taking pictures the way Wilt did is the purest form of disrespect.
they write it in pencil too its hilarious
This is why I don’t like JJ Reddick anymore. When he first started being an analyst . He clearly knew more about the game than almost everyone else doing it at espn, but he is now the biggest apologist for all the BS in the modern game. He doesn’t hold the players or league accountable for anything always getting passionate defending this crap as if Silver’s NBA hasn’t been noticeably worse than Stern’s. 🙄
I been calling out Redick since the jump. I saw right away that he was an apologist for today's players. Any criticism leveled at players today Redick would immediately start with the excuses. The playing against plumbers and firemen was ridiculous. If I watch a game (it's rare) and he's announcing I mute. His podcast is just a circle jerk now. Twerking it up for the "modern NBA."
@@roboninja3194thank you. I said the same thing when redick first came out and Draymond green. Everybody was praising them, they call it like they see it. They are shills for the players. Gilbert arenas too.
@@roboninja3194today's players aren't the problem. It's the ownership.
what reasonable person that understands basketball and how it used to be played can stomach this circus? i'm glad we have some full broadcasts and lengthy highlights when the nba was the nba
Honestly, I DO still watch selective games. BUT it is more like a joke. I am watching it to roast it lol.
The last time i took planned time out of my day to actually watch a game was ECSF Game 7 against Boston and Philly. Maybe also Game 7 of the ECF. Not a single dedicated minute this season though.
@@skap_attackKeep roasting it my guy!!! I'm here for all of it! 😂😂😂😂💯💪🏾
Anyone that says this Era is the "best" or "most difficult" needs to be put in an insane asluym. Ain't no way this garbage is better than the Golden years (80s,90s,00s) MJ and Kobe would feast on this Era while still playing all world defense thats what true 2 way ballplayers do. They just say this the best Era to pump up LeBum plain and simple.
PREACH! 🙏❤
Lolol
Yes ppl say this is the best era to make Lebron look good 😂
Name NBA stars in today's game that are 2 way players. And I mean really solid on the defensive end. Giannis is one. KD is another. Most fans don't realize KD plays decent defense. Kawhi and Jimmy Butler. I'll stop there cause I can't think of anyone else. None of the top offensive players even make the all defense team anymore. I went and looked it up and Paul George made the 1st team in 2018-19. AD made the 1st team in 2017-18 and 2019-20. Klay made 2nd team in 2018-19. And Embiid made a couple. Kawhi was the one I saw the most over the past 10 years. It just shows only 3-4 star players even attempt to play defense and it show Kobe and Mike were on another level.
True. But MJ and Kobe would be pissed playing in this era. The lack of defensive effort and intensity would drive them absolutely crazy. They didn't want any easy nights off.
Problem is every rule is favorited towards offensive. I feel like in 00's it was normal for the game to be more physical, but nowadays the only way to defend is to flop and pray for offensive foul
Yea Adam Silver changed rules to allow offense to evolve and those same rule changes devolved defense to the point where defense is basically now dead.
It's the Globetrotters vs. The Generals every single night. A circus of nothing but clowns.
You have no idea how much i miss the days of MJ, Kobe, Magic, Bird, Duncan, Shaq, and all the greats from 80s, 90s and 00s. Im glad the rating are tumbling. No one wants these divas with their 'load management, and cry baby antics.
CAN I GET AN AMEN.
It's no attack upon Joker in particular but the complete lack of defense in this era is disgusting. It cheapens every victory and gives a false impression of just how competitive previous eras actually were.
"It's a complete crap."
For Joker, the potential positive in a first half blocked shot is practically nothing. But the negative of accumulating fouls early is a game killer. Hence no defense til late in the game. It's just not worth the risk, which makes for a pretty pathetic viewing experience...
@@DF-ni5sy jokic isnt even terrible on defense. but yeah his whistle is terrible he got pushed once by kevin knox and got called for flopping
Jokic is a cool guy but he benefits from the problem.
@@YangmangHe doesn't even get a good whistle he averages 5-6FT. He gets played pretty hard on defense a lot of stuff isn't even called and he lives in the paint. So what benefit does he really get?
@@YangmangJokic benefits greatly from the problem. Jokic would be similar to Luis Scola if the NBA allowed defense. Still a good player but they don't even let American bigs in the league who play defense. Guys like DeAndre Joedan can't get on the court.
Micheal Jordan s and Kobe s era were so much better than this era
Tim Duncan ran the 2000’s
Of Course you are going to say that, because thats the era you grew up in, In reality what we all really want is to be children again when times were simpler and in your mind will always be better
@@Jaydoggie1nah bro watching Tracy Mcgrady, Vince Carter, Kobe, Carmelo, Allen Iverson, Paul Pierce and D Wade was like watching art. I don’t turn on a game to watch bums shoot 3’s
All those guys shot 3's@@bigblue4life544
@@andresdelportillo9917Layoff the Crack. Kobe won More Rings, put up Bigger Stats, Beat Better Competition than Duncan in the 2000’s.
I am so glad that skap attack exposes the dark secrets of the nba
YES
This is pathetic, no defense, as a defender you can not do nothing really... and they are saying this is peak of basketball? What a F joke...
It just takes more skill to defend now people still block dunks even wembanyama gets blocked
@@dinosharttt dude you are 12? In 80,90 early 2000. Attacker would think twice before even stepping to the paint. Now attacker is running and everyone is getting out of a way cos u can not even touch him.
Luka 73 point game? Half of his points are from non challenged layups.
More skill I think not...
Been with the game for 25+ years now. Weakest, saddest, laziest era of all.
@@dariuszkolka9553 I just subscribed to your channel
@@dinosharttt You believe a blocked shot here n there means defense is being played at a high level. How cute.
During the 90's the crowds in the arenas chanting: "D-FENCE!" repeatedly, was something that was burned in my mind..
Now these clowns are dunking and pretending as if this is WWE, when they have done nothing spectacular, facing zero challenge, and a straight path to the net.
Pathetic.
old man's grumbling
Every night teams are scoring in the 130s and usually at least 1 team gets to 140+. The other day the Celtics had 87 pts at halftime. I remember games in the 90s and early 2000s would have a 95-87 final score.
@@kimoronen1823 Nope. The original poster got a point you avoided addressing with a rebuttals. In the nineties, it was difficult to score against a well oiled physical defence. Let remind basketball goal is also preventing opponents to score more as possible
I feel this 💯. This is the MyNBA/MyCareer era of American Professional Basketball.
Honestly a SICKENING and repulsive time in the NBA. I just don't know how we get back at this point...
The 2K era
MyCareer Rookie Difficulty Era
@@wavestation999 better yet the skinny jeans era
I swear on god I said this when Westbrook won MVP, then the same with Harden & LeBron in his finals series… anybody(a star) can put up big numbers when they play like a literal myplayer hogging the ball and being the only ball handler the entire game.
I physically can’t help myself watch a NBA game anymore. Every game nowadays is like an All-Star game: all offense and no defense. It’s really sad how much the league has regressed in the last few years. One day when Silver is gone, I pray the next commissioner actually cares and loves the game of basketball.
Offensive abilities outmatch defensive abilities bc ppl are way better now than they used to be 😂😂 yall don’t get that
@@Ty-by6mzthere are rules now that give the offense an advantage over defense. If you can’t see that then you’re blind
@@Ty-by6mz players getting better is true but the league itself has changed so many rules so that the offense can flourish and the defense gets punished. That’s something more people need to understand
If the players are better why they didn’t win the fiba
@@zoekeys1814 they sent the US C-Team to the FIBA World Cup and it was their overconfidence in that competition that made them lose. They thought that shit was free eats and it wasn’t.
Adam Silver and Lebron has seriously hurt this league.
@ClayJunior-lf2qe And yet you’re here….reading and commenting….but totally oblivious to the NBAs problems, ironic isn’t it.
Im still trying to find the competitiveness in this era of basketball.
The competition is there, it’s just who can get the biggest contract, most media attention and most endorsement deals. Has nothing to do with playing winning basketball, unfortunately. Completely disgusting.
@conedawg1982 and thats why nobody is watching basketball truth be told i dont think the nba can recover from this.
@@anthonystevenson830 absolutely! I can’t watch it either. You are probably right, I don’t know how they can fix it. No need I guess, as long as the money is still coming in.
@conedawg1982 with the owner making a new rule every year im actually feeling kinda sympathy for the players but at the same time they kinda brought this on themselves
"Its a complete crap!", gets me everytime 😂😂😂😂
The worst rated defense in the 2000s era would be considered a top 10 defense in today's league. That's how far the drop went.
defensive rating's are affected by pace of play so this doesn't really prove anything......
Pace is impacted by defence as well. Better defence = longer possessions
@aadilakha7310
@@SK-qs1zd and great offenses can push the pace even with good defences especially through great team offence
@@aadilakha7310 all three scenarios can be true. But there isn't defence in the league anymore and that's statically true
@@SK-qs1zd nope it's completely false once you break down game footage and not cherry picked clips
If MJ and Kobe played today, they would've feasted like James Harden at a buffet line.
I grew up a Spurs fan in the slowest pace era of the NBA, to me that was the greatest era in NBA history because more often than not you were always on pins and needles as a fan because the games would often come down to the wire both ways. It was a treat to see a team surpass 100 points in a game, if both teams surpassed 100 points, you knew that game would be an all time classic. Nowadays most people can tell when a game is over either at the end of the first quarter or halftime.
Agreed. I remember the last couple minutes of close games…it was incredibly difficult for teams to score. It felt like a true achievement if your team got a basket 👌
I love the slow pace era where players create the right play to score points and less injuries
I think it's also the theory of hard times and soft times. we are in an era of softness around the world, and the NBA is a microcosm. People are being given things because of race and gender and diversity hiring is the reason why players and the nation is soft.
The lack of D-fense represents society. I think it goes hand and hand a bit.
They have ruined the NBA just for Lebron James. Its baffling. Absolutely, jaw dropping. If the league don't get rid of Adam Silver, Lebron James AND his sons AND more importantly "the influence" of Nike, the NBA may as well die
LDS
They changed the rules cause Lebron has no shot
Constant defensive fouls being called is boring while ignoring basketball fundamentals has killed this game for me. Time to watch golf.
All that fundamental shit died out bc ppl can do more than just that basic shit u guys want it to stay the same so bad talking about fundamentals 😂😂 fuck that people are better now and can do more so no one has to rely on fundaments people have talent now
These children don’t understand that having fundamentals doesn’t mean you can’t have skill, too.
Jordan is one of the greatest players ever, a master of fundamentals, and also one of the flashiest and most visually pleasing (if not THE most) of all time.
You don’t need to take 4 steps on a wide open dunk!😂
Golf has been killed tooBecause of Saudi Arabia
This really puts into perspective how much of a beast MJ was. To do what he did in the era where defense was actually played, only a true GOAT could do that. That's why nobody will ever top MJ, not in a million years.
No DOUBT 💯
Jordan loved torching top rated defenses with 50 point games. His NBA Playoff record 63 points came against the top rated defense in the league that time.
@@jordansoviet23it didn't help him
@@kimoronen1823 I stated the example how he's really great against the best defensive teams be it they play clean defense or dirty no blood no foul defense back then. Today's players can't do that because it exposes their limited offensive bags.
Can you do a video concerning all the traveling that's being done in this current NBA. Players taking 3 and sometimes 4 extra steps to the basket without dribbling the ball. They call it the euro step, which is a complete joke!
Some players even taking up to almost ten steps before either passing the ball or shoot it.
@@jordansoviet23 Harden and Lebron.
They call it a euro step, but the current NBA would flop against Euro teams because they actually call travels lel
The Euro step can be done without traveling.
Poor defense plus advances in sports medicine = guys playing into their mid 30s and putting up historic seasons. Twenty years ago both Steph Curry and Kevin Durant would've already been retired considering the injury history they have. Instead, 35 year old Kevin Durant is having arguably the best season of his career and almost 36 year old Steph Curry is having a negligible drop in production.
You don't have to play defense anymore unless you're a shot-blocking big.
Guys come into the league not knowing how to play basketball beyond street ball (words spoken by LeClown himself, by the way.)
You almost don't have to worry about career-ending injuries as long as you take care of your knees (and when you don't hustle nor react on defense it's much easier.)
The league is a joke. People say that Jordan would average 40 in today's NBA and I think that's an underestimate. Scoring 40 would be an off-night for him.
The pundits will say these new crop of players are much more skilled than players past and not that todays players play little to no defense.
The fact that the Raptors coach was fined 25k for chastising the refs with a 19-0 discrepancy in the last 4 minutes of the 4th against the Lakers told me everything I needed to know.
Yet Michael Jordan still has the best scoring average by far, except for Wilt Chamberlain right behind MJ. Michael Jordan (30.12 ppg) averaged 2x more than Bill Russell (15.1 ppg) points per game career average, Michael Jordan averaged more points than the late Wilt Chamberlain (30.07 ppg), averaged more points than the late Kobe Bryant (25.0 ppg), averaged more points than LeBron James (27.1 ppg), averaged more points than Stephen Curry (24.7 ppg), averaged more points than Kareem Abdul-Jabar (24.6 ppg), averaged more points than Joel Embiid (27.4 ppg), averaged more points than Larry Bird (24.3 ppg), averaged more points Luka Doncic (28.2 ppg), averaged more points than Nikola Jokic (20.6 ppg), averaged more points than Allen Iverson (26.7 ppg), averaged more points than Magic Johnson (19.5 ppg), averaged more points than Kevin Durant (27.3 ppg), averaged more points than James Harden (24.4), averaged more points than Russell Westbrook (21.9), averaged more points than Kawhi Leonard (19.9 ppg), averaged more points than Paul George (20.8) ….Michael Jordan is by far STILL both the best scorer and the greatest basketball player that we have ever seen.
8:12 🏀 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
If MJ didn’t stopped basketball two time he would have been the best scorer all time and not Kareem for so long ( maybe lefraud James with his free throws given by his teammates of the referees team would have helped him still get first )
@@rollandcurtis874mj then I have lebron a close 2nd
While I have the UTMOST respect for Michael and he is the EASY GOAT. In terms of scoring, Kobe is MUCH closer to Jordan than the 30 to 25 career averages would indicate. The NBA's massive scoring dip really did start until 1995-96 as I highlighted in this video. You can make a case it started in 93. BUT Jordan was already 30 years old and heading into a year and a half retirement at that point. From Jordan's aged 21-29 seasons he had a 32.3 point per game average in an league where average nightly scoring was 108.9 ppg for that 9 year span. His last 6 year span of playing time--aged 31-39--he only averaged 26.5. Obviously that includes his depreciated Wizards years. BUT even looking at the second three peat seasons, he averaged 29.3. Kobe never got any span of time where scoring was easier like Jordan had in the 80s in enhance his scoring average. Not only that, Kobe didn't get to start until his third season. He had to share shots with Shaq for his first 8 years. All of this say, Kobe is neck and neck as an all time scorer. To me they are the two best scorers ever and no one belongs in their class--aside from Wilt (who is beneath Kobe and Jordan imo).
@@skap_attack stop presenting them as an item. Mj and Kobe are not one person. Kobe was not 1st option for 3 rings and i dont value what u do as a robin. Only the leader gets that level of credit
LeBron wouldn't survive the 90s
How would he do in the 80's?
this little factoid will annoy ppl but I could careless... ppl always assume James would fail in the 80 and 90's because they are only thinking one way and that's taking him from this period or the period he came up in which is the mid to late 2000's and put him back in time but that's NOT how it works... if he plyed in the 80s/90s he would have came up in those eras thus his whole mentality would be completely different and his ply style would be different in terms of adjusting to the way he has to ply to win... I believe his career would be fine the only difference I'd see is that he'd have Zero titles or maybe and most 2 and that's a BIG maybe because he would have stayed longer in Cleveland then he actually did in our timeline....
Many 90s highlights I see the defense is ass
@@billybadass3056 That may be true. But then you take away a lot of his strengths too. The lifting regimen. Whatever other drugs he's putting into his system to help him out. Then you need to wonder could his body actually take the physical abuse. Back then it was a badge of honor to play all 82. No load management.
@@jca4343 bro LOL.. roids was actually legal in the 80's so if he came up in the early to mid part of that decade he'd have those same benefits like Jordan and everybody else that used back in that decade and then going into the 90's their technology was advanced that they had drugs that couldn't be detected so he'd have no issue getting juiced and building up his body.. in fact have you forgotten how big plyers were back then LMAO??? Christ most athletes in gen were juicing back then and it was just the baseball plyers that were being singled out because of that douche Conseco outing the league w/a little peppering of the wwf scandal that happened during that time too and all that led to the witch hunt that went on back then with all BUT the Exception to football and basketball plyers
Every step back 3 should be a carry. Traveling should be strictly enforced. Re-instate hand checking. Let bigs back in the paint. Then defense can thrive and we can appreciate actually offensive skill. All these changes were made to great the illusion of mediocre players being better than they are
You HAVE to remove the 3 pt line. It's the only way to fix the product that no one is watching.
Your analysis is almost always excellent, especially in regards to the NBA. This sport just really sucks now. Watching the NBA in the 80s and 90s was awesome. It was a great time to be young. It’s nothing short of shameful that THAT has become THIS. It’s a shadow of its former self.
Thank you for tuning in and for the kind words. I appreciate you! And I agree. I was born in the 80s and grew up in the 90s. Sports and the world in general was a FAR different place. I believe we are in a far WORSE place now than we were then in many regards...
@@skap_attack "I MUST BREAK YOU"
- Ivan Adam Drago Silver
"I WILL BREAK YOU"
-Lebron Bane James
"The NBA is BROKEN...and There is NO Going Back"
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@@JIX9ISLER1986 FACTS 😂😂😂😂
Nobody wants to watch, so they drive up the scoring. It's the equivalent of jingling keys in front of a baby.
Need to bring back hand checking.
We need to bring back stopping someone with ur hand bc u can’t play defense 😂 ppl back then were terrible 😂😂
@@Ty-by6mz Hopefully whoever is writing your NPC dialogue comes up with some better lines.
And limit how many three point shots a team can take.
I HATE THE MODERN DAY THREE-POINT SHOOTOUTS IN EVERY GAME.
You're spitting Skap, these younger stars unfortunately just don't have it in them for the most part. They weren't raised playing defense, haven't had to in the NBA and don't value it.
American AAU Players are spoiled, belly rubbed and entitled
The only basketball truth speaker 💯🤝...keep up the truth
YOU KNOW I will! And many thanks to you for tuning in!
In the 94 finals, people complained cause both teams in all 7 games never scored more than 100 points
But
I would take this over anything today
That’s stupid, why would people complain about that
Complaining about competitive basketball? Sounds stupid.
@@w4tt58 exactly if the score is low that means the defender is doing their best on the defensive end to prevent scoring
Welcome to the new NBA, where every game is like the All Star game...
2000 era the best era ever Kobe Bryant I miss you
All Facts 💯 Keep preaching
No hand checking, guys traveling, no interior defense, touch fouls, etc...all this leads to the elite scorers in the game putting up big numbers. The NBA doesn't want real defense.
You should do a video about where the viewership was and where it is at now, with real hard numbers just to show how much basketball has gone done the fckn drain, love your videos!
Uncommon sense did one that talked about that. He showed the difference in viewership between the 1997-98 finals and the finals last year. A huge difference.
Even Kendrick Perkins says the NBA is soft now
The NBA is a championship ring away from being Harlem Globe Trotter
I rather watch the college game than I do the nba game today. Its so hard to watch. To many threes, no defence and no team work.
Lakers have shot 233 more free throws than opponents, while at the same time having the fewest drives in the paint in the RBA...
You spittin everybody getting wilt chamberlain numbers and people really think it’s because it’s just so much more talented but they don’t account for things like pace and lack of emphasis on defense.
No one in the 90s era can dare score 50+ night after night like these guys now. Too many great defensive players bac then
I beat Skyrim with the difficulty on novice.
Damn! You are good! I will try that one day.
I don´t get how they can´t realize the greatness comes through adveristy. Amazing scores and dunks are that, because of the defenders.
How awesome would it be seeing Luka cook most of the league despite tough defense (which, he most likely would do), but then you get a few match-ups where opp defender slows him down, locks him up...he has a bad game...has to adjust...
That is the beauty of the game, not uncontested layups...
Skapp: the ultimate sports journalist that we didn't know we wanted but crucially needed.
Tha AAU kids have taken over the NBA. They say these guys can’t set proper screens let alone play defense. The nba we knew is gone forever
Blame the league for this and they gotta pay for the cost
This is a show now not even a sport , no one competes.
It makes a great impression on me to see a slow, clumsy and pachydermal player like Luka Doncic score 50 points per game by penetrating the "defenses" with the calm and serenity of an old man taking a walk in a park. In the 90s he would average 10 points per game.
The NBA has become a pathetic and degrading media circus. The new generations of spectators, raised on social media and video games, only want to see spectacular acrobatics and scoreboards go haywire, and lazy players today, instead of fighting hard for a victory, prefer to earn their keep and manage their image like catwalk models.
"slow, clumsy" do you even read what you're typing when you put your fingers on the screen or is was this mental hogwash posted intentionally?
@@ArkhamDeluxe Slow, clumsy... and don't forget: pachydermal.
@ArkhamDeluxe Let him be, he probably ranks Vince Carter over Bird in the all time rankings
@@rishirajbose2444 Vince Carter??? Hahahaha!! You kids are so hilarious!!
Do you mean like Larry Bird? That's literally how he played offensively.
David Stern rolling in his grave
SMH, HATE to see it...
Lowdown "Vince McMahon-like" Adam Silver and Nike's LeBron James are TODAY'S "version" of lowdown "Vince McMahon-like" David Stein and Nike's Micheal Jordan. David Stein and Micheal Jordan were just better actors. They were SIMPLY better at "selling the hoax". Adam Silver and LeBron James are just too arrogant to care if their "phoniness" is Soooo transparent.
He died? I didn’t even know that, and before Kobe? That’s crazy
This current NBA is hard to watch. I'd rather watch grass grow, paint dry or leaves plummet to the ground during the fall season.
Might as well bring the Undertaker, Stone Cold , The Rock and a few other guys, run a script, give “players” their unique entrance theme song and create a show about it. Same thing
Make a video of defensive stats of all nba defensive team from each era. Show them how garbage the defense is now. Thanks love the videos. Gettem skap
My man! I will slide that on the queue. And many thanks for tuning in and supporting the channel. I appreciate you 🙏❤
Everyone is scoring for fun😂
Great video I really did enjoy it thank you so much😊👍
The league is on the verge of imploding. Mark Cuban is a wise businessman who doesn't make haphazard decisions. He sees the writing on the wall. That's why he took his money and left, while there was still money to take.
I miss Kobe can’t believe he is gone to soon I guarantee he would not have about today’s NBA.
No defense league doesn't really impresses me as a fan. I love games where teams struggle to score over 100 points let alone 90 plus points. Old school real defenses forced players back then to practice and improve their fundamental skills just in order to thrive in a defense oriented league.
Today's players don't like putting forth the effort on defense because the league itself banned it. No wonder why floppers take advantage of ticky tack fouls to the detriment of general interest in the sport of basketball. No wonder why the NBA players in last year's FIBA Basketball World Cup here in the Philippines played for the United States end up on 4th place because they're not used to physical defense that other countries/leagues allowed.
I remember when larry bird scored 60 in 1986. That was considerid epic. Today, it's wednesday in the nba.
You summed things up well. Great video 👍
Nowadays in the nba there is no defense / travel is free, illegal dribble / flopping for free throws ( in particular lefraud team of the lakers )
The other team might as well not even run down the court to play defense. They could just start playing a game of horse.
You got to ask what is the league doing. This limited defense, pace and space, jack up 3s, increase scoring crap isn't increasing ratings. It's also ruining a generation of players because they think that's what basketball is, but only to find out what fundamentals look like from a foreign player cooking them.
You just answered your own question. If they still allowed physical defense, it would be very difficult for European players to dominate. Basketball is more global now than ever, so the "European player is the best" narrative is the most profitable.
The officiating is too lax on offense and too unforgiving on defense.
Why not add a 6 point line? How about widening the basket? Oh, and let the players wear bling and ice during games. That'll fix things right up.
LOLOL great comment 🤣❤
That's why college is more fun to watch. It almost stuns me when I see actual defense being played.
College basketball is basically an upgraded version of high school basketball and you can easily tell
Another Great Video. Preach brotha!
Consider this like a video game, these current players are playing NBA in the “beginner” level and the guys in the 80s, 90s played in the “world class” level!
NBA is pathetic now. It has become a s.. show
Embiid gets every free throw. Collins took his hands of him and he still got the wistle. Carrying and traveling is allowed by the refs. But of course its just "the most skilled era"
Skap talking about the decline of defense in the NBA and still gets a shot in on LeBron losing in the Finals. My man! lol.
Imagine if Kobe took games off for rest, and didn’t play defense and saved all his energy for offense…🤯🤯
Kobe isn't the best example here, because he wasn't as elite on defense as people say.
Great work on this video Skap 💪🏾💪🏾
Yes the 2020s stats and milestones will all have * on everything
No it won’t yall just want it to bad asf there’s no logical reason for them to have an * ur just mad ppl do more and are better now 😂 it has nothing to do with no defense the offense just outweighs the defense capabilities
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Facts. Sadly most of the NBA channels on youtube parrot ESPN/FS1. None of them really says anything insightful. They never call out the obvious nonsense of today's game. Most of em are hoping they're constant praise of the modern NBA will lead to some kind of access to certain teams, players, or ESPN/FS1.
Great great explanation!!!! Nicely done, as always!!!! Good research as well!!!!
My man Skap bak at it an showin NO MERCY!! And I'm here 4 all of it! Keep it up bro!
Same narrative every game high scoring no defensive effort
Rather watch Sam sulek shorts than anything nba puts out
The nba is unwatchable with Lebron James still in the league
Excellent video family.....real talk. SALUTE 👊🏾
Honestly, the only way this will end is when the fans DEMAND defense and players to take this seriously. Make them pay by not purchasing tickets. Enough people bitching will cause a major shift. Hit ‘em in the pockets and watch em change.
There's always a way. Take the money away if they refuse to play D.
It’s a natural process. Nobody is watching so they’ll be forced to change when the tv deals come up and they’re worth much less
That WOULD work. BUT you know that isn't going to happen sadly...
@@skap_attack it’s unavoidable like with Disney you can only make a bad product and burn money so long before there’s literally no choice
@@skap_attack like with WWE dogshit for at least 10 years but AEW got a tv deal and started to deal out competitive contracts they had no choice but to start putting on a good product.