@ hah yeah then players paychecks get cut. You have no idea the ramifications of that dumb statement in so many ways. It’s not simple and flat out ignorant. It’ll do way more than cuts their checks too. You’ll see
@@LeetraviusMcKay-q6m I agree but it will be like WNBA they won't be able to score. They just can't do it if they want to change the rules they will have to do it in college basketball so that next generation would be prepared. In other words they don't have a move, they have 💩product
@LeetraviusMcKay-q6m Natural selection man, weed out the weak and useless players so they get sent to G league, or sent to China. cause God knows some of the legends that passed, would look at this era like "WTF?!?"
my team is the bucks and i live in milwaukee . i need literally 5 subscriptions to watch all the games of my local team! ridiculous i can’t just pay one place to get all the games.
@@100fxtradinggroup3 yeah what’s the biggest slap in the face is that if i just picked a different, further away team like the raptors, i could watch basically every game on league pass.
Bring back hand checking, no 3 second rule so that both bigs can stay in the paint, call every illegal screen/pick, traveling, double dribble, etc. let’s take it back to how the game of basketball was really played back in the 80s, 90s and 2000s. Also moving the pivot foot.
There is Eurostep, the Jordan/AI shuffle (which is technically traveling), now we have the PG13 and Labron pirouette! Watching these PALM the ball, the spin in place moving both feet, the stoping to faux dribble to the take a step back(which is considered a motion of your feet not part of the shot). That’s 3 foot motions without dribble the ball. Sports cooked.
Your daddies were haters, their daddies were haters. Youre lil hater babies gonna be haters. You probably talked about haters like you werent one before in your life but you just didnt know it was in your blood lil haters. Thats the difference. My Dad was a mf pimp. If your dad was a cold blooded pimp he would of slapped that hater out of you. Your dad was spreading his hater blood and teaching his kids how to be better haters. Hate on lil haters. Lebrons dreams coming true. You out here hating on youtube! 😂🎉😂🎉😂
He wouldn’t put his foot down anyway even if he had the balls to do it, he’s a woke idiot who actually agrees with everything these entitled spoiled players do and say. He needs to go and they need another David Stern to reign these idiots back in and if they don’t like it they can pack their bags.
Lets take a look at a few NBA off season free agent contracts just to see what danger lies ahead for the NBA....... Paul George at 33 getting a 4 year 212 million dollar contract this last offseason. Lauri Markkanen getting 5 years and 247 million.. Jamal Murray getting 4 years and 202 million.. Jayson Tatum getting 5 years and 315 million dollars..
How do we know how skilled they are when they're allowed to get away with traveling, walking, carrying, palming every other play? Look at that game winner from Luka in this video. He took like 4 steps.
@@prezian1312We constantly tried to explain how we saw the game change negatively. We just got gaslit constantly. Yeah some oldheads are just a bunch of haters, but most of us were simply speaking the truth. Hell I never understood why the new gen was so against adjusting the defensive rules more to what it was before. I mean, the players today are just so much more skilled right so what could be the issue young people have with it? It literally would make sense to balance it out, but for some reason, they disagree. I think they deep down know that we're arent just talking ish on a new gen. They're protecting the claims they made about 'their gen just being way better', when this generation of basketbal is the easiest it's ever been for offensive players, whereas if players were better, we wouldve seen the same exponential rise in better defense stats balancing offensive stats out out a lot more. In reality, defensive stats are dropping across the board for about a decade now. Is that because this gen can't defend? Hell no they might even be the most talented defenders ever. It's simply not going to show itself statistically or mentally in a game that heavily limits defense and none of us ever, are going to see how truly good players are on O and D of one side gets benefits and the other side limits.
-More calls on traveling and carries -More physicality allowed on defense -Penalties for flopping and foul-baiting -Fouls calls for CLEAR AND SIGNIFICANT contact only (although that's probably too vague)
I haven’t paid attention to the NBA in several decades. When did flopping become more common? in European football (soccer), the official word for what they used to call “diving” is “simulation.” The ref can give a player a yellow card for simulation. It makes me laugh every time!
I said this a decade ago. Three-Point Era along with “Player Empowerment” has destroyed this game. All offense and no defense has turned off the hardcore NBA fan. I’m one of them. I will not watch another game until it becomes more competitive.
I wouldn't say I've ever been hardcore...but grew up when the rules were MOSTKY enforced fir offense, even the biggest stars. After raising family.. in 20s didn't watch much.. Came back around 2010 and was not very impressed, imoression got worse and worse till a few years back just didn't watch at all. I just CRINGE at all the travelling and carry and charging and its just awkward to watch..and commentators not only ignore it, but at times EXCUSE abd PRAISE it. And the FLOPPING AND POSING.. It's just gross, I can't relate to this WEAK PLASTIC POSER generation.
@@generalnsjwatching westbrook of that era was near impossible. I used to like okc but those years you mentioned put me off. I couldn’t cheer for a team with westbrook. As long as he got his triple double though right?
I miss the days where a team scored 80 points and that was considered impressive. Nowadays, the worst team in the league can score 80 points before halftime.
The worst part is the true fans of the game are making suggestions on how to improve the game and these new Gen of fans take it as us disrespecting their era. These new fans have a hand on the decline of the league as well. Most of them don’t even watch the full games and only watch highlights and a check boxscores. Then they go on social media acting like they know everything. When in reality they don’t know 💩.
Next time u want to put these new-NBA fans in their place, just ask them why if you watch a good 5v5 pick up game at any park or gym in any city, there's amore intensity in those games. Ask them why guys are playing physical and talking trash and not all buddies when things get heated. Ask them why those games, even at the lowest level of athleticism and skill, are truer to basketball than what the NBA is today... @me w/ what they say 😀
I used to watch Kobe, Iverson and Jordan. Today's bball is comical. Divas to the utmost. From their gameplay to their pregame attire. I think accessibility has a role in my perception of bball, football and celebrities in general. Jordan, Kobe and Iverson had a mystique about themselves. Today, its all in the open. A curse and blessing.
Social media has obviously made the players (and other celebrities) more available (I guess that's the right word) to the public. One effect of this I've noticed is how often people refer to famous people by their first names nowadays. It's kind of weirds me out because it assumes a level of familiarity that doesn't actually exist.
@@CoreTradingMastery you know that A LOT of people call Lebron Lefraud or Lebum, but NOBODY Jordan "Jorbum", right? 😁 Nice try, though, kid. By the way: the logo shot wasn't a thing, in the 90s. Seriously, how old are you? Nine?
I work at a bar in Vegas and it’s almost impossible during the NFL or NHL season to find anyone who cares about the NBA. They wont play the games at work unless theres no NFL or NHL. Basketballs always been my favorite but I learned early on people, especially white people, dont watch the NBA. I’m 40 now and its so much harder to watch nowadays. It’s just constant 3 pointers. I saw a sat the other night Boston put up 50 threes in ONE GAME? This makes me completely understand why people dont want to watch the NBA and honestly after watching the WNBA last season, I felt they played a much more organic, fundamental type of basketball. The NBA feels…like teams found a meta and exploited it. There’s no passion. Everyones friends. The WNBA got women beating the crap out of each other and the dudes are getting dinner together…kind of sad
Being good defensively is way more impressive than being good offensively because it takes way more effort to be a great defender. It’s way harder to try and stop someone from scoring than trying to score.
As long as Silver is the commissioner, the league will continue to go down the drain. The fact he got upset at Shaq criticizing the league goes to show you he’s in denial. Him saying the NBA doesn’t have any issues shows he’s in denial. The ratings and viewership continue to decrease and he won’t fix it. The NBA will continue to suffer until something changes.
David stern put silver in place to finish his work. The issue is the owners being in bed with disney. Disney wants high scoring games and they own the network. Seriously, go look at how the league chsnged when disney got the tv rights to the nba.
@joefilter2923 The refs dont matter. Theyre just doing what the owners tell them to do. As long as the pay is paying thats all they care about. What part of disney wants to sell the fame of players and high scoring games over the quality of basketball don't yall get.
Just tell the truth, the NBA sucks.....too soft, too many 3's, no low post play at all, no defense at all, and I don't see it getting any better...smh🤦🏾🤦🏾🤦🏾
Ticket Price for Bulls vs Jazz in 1998: $75 (equivalent to $138 today) Average ticket price for Golden State Warriors tickets: $600. And they sell put every home game. The league has become a gated community of overpriced McMansions.
Canceled my League Pass subscription last month before it had to the chance to automatically renew on me. The current NBA product isn't worth paying for anymore.
dont worry, your the only ones to cancel it. go the NBA doesn't need your bum ass. According to forbes the NBA disclosed their revenue and it had a massive jump since the previous years, except for the covid era ofcourse, 23-24 season was the banner season it gain a lot views and attendace, this video is ragebait for sore losers like you who wants their old ways go back. The only thing that's losing money is the WNBA which i don't watch and they should definitely try to change the rules like the height of the rim to make it more interesting.
Bring back the fundamentals, like defense, double dribbling, traveling rules and no load management with pay deduction on games not played, the more you sit out the more injury prone you get, ironic...
It's literally a 3pt contest now. There's hardly ever 2nd or 3rd efforts on defense. It's entirely way to easy to score now. And it's even ruined pick up. Everyone trying to be trae young. Everyone over dribbling trying to get in their "bag". And these kids still thinks that's skill. Growing up in the 00s if it took you more than 2 dribbles to get off you was called trash.
Because literally every slight contact is a foul, that’s not how it used to be, it used to be more like street ball rules and it was 10x better to watch
There are still a few players who try hard on defense, but they're penalized on a nightly basis. Look at Jaden McDaniel. He tries to go over screens, contest every shot, get in players space- and the refs always call a foul on him. It's how Silver wants the NBA to be played.
One day, Europe will realize that they currently produce the better players, and start trying to keep them in Europe, to create a better product than the nba.
Lets take a look at a few NBA off season free agent contracts just to see what lies ahead for the NBA....... Paul George at 33 getting a 4 year 212 million dollar contract this last offseason. Lauri Markkanen getting 5 years and 247 million.. Jamal Murray getting 4 years and 202 million.. Jayson Tatum getting 5 years and 315 million dollars.. the nba will always be big because the NBA Players will always be the highest paid athletes in the country. sorry but that all facts!!!! no one in there right mind will ever choose football over basketball
they made assist easier that is why there are so many triple doubles. everything is an assist these days. pass the ball, catch, jab, pump fake, two dribble drive, spin, pump fake, layup, thats an assist in todays game.
@ assists today would not be called assists before like 2005. Go back and watch games and you will see. The nba is way more generous in giving assists today.
They became this good on the slowly loosening rulebook it seems. It’s the nature of life. Find the easiest path to accomplish your goal. The sheer fact that some of these players don’t know who was an amazing player in previous generations just tells me it’s not necessarily a love for the game, but someone saying “you should play basketball” and then believing everyone. I will be honest and say I don’t watch the game anymore. I watch more Ernie and the boys and UA-cam content and just from that I can see I would hate it. I didn’t want basketbrawl, but hard earned games where a team knows they can win on defense and transition. The total lack of positions, the inability to call traveling, double-dribble, etc combined with the loose defense and uninspired shot selection, just doesn’t interest me.
@ I’m not saying they don’t do any of it. Obviously they play defense. But if you go back to the days of the strong defense game you’ll watch them wow you on both ends. The second triple champ run of the bulls had arguably the best defense AND offense any team has had. It’s like watching a ballet at times.
Historically more offense means more eyeballs across all sports. I'm not convinced its the increased scoring that is hurting the NBA. I think the "player empowerment" era has been a disaster. Players can sit and pout and demand trades, abandoning their team and the fans, and they get rewarded with 200 million plus dollar contracts. Load management has only further exposed how little the regular season means to the "competitors" of today. If it's obvious how little the players and teams care about the competition, why should the fans care? They shouldn't. The modern iteration of the All-Star game is a perfect microcosm of todays competitive environment. Back in the day there was pride on the line. Not only did the players want to win, they wanted bragging rights over their peers. They players simply put had competitive pride. Now? Not so much. Now it's about creating your brand and getting your paper. Generationally wealthy players don't give a shit and all the corporate wankers in the expensive seats are just looking for hits on their Instagram accounts. Make player salaries dependent on team wins and games played and sell the first 30 rows in every arena to die hard working class fans and the product will turn around in a flash. TL; DR - it's not about offense, it's about competitive spirit. It's not a coincidence that the poster child of this era is LeBron, the most fake competitor among the all-timers. LeBron has skills and athleticism for days, but he's all about being a billionaire entrepreneur not about being a dawg. Shout out for his hometown philanthropy but I'm glad he never played for my team.
I couldn't agree more with your assessment of players being coddled. Barely any superstar now plays 81 games when before players would miss like 3-5 games at most and many would play the entire season. These millionaires with crazy paychecks sitting out sends the wrong image of entitlement. Also, if you tie a players salary to team wins and how many days he's available on the court to play you would fix this problem immediately. That would give real incentive for players to compete and deter Ben Simmons type of situations where players just coast because they have over $100M guaranteed in the bank
I do not know why but in USA sport is never sport, it is a performance for the audience to collect money from them. Audience and money lead everything. Simple question: will they play a game if there is no audience and no one is broadcasting? if the answer is no, then it is not a basketball match. Its just a show.
Also, new rule should be unless you physically can't function via bruised or broken bones or any illness, WITH PROOF from a doctor or physician, players need to play. Cause these cats are pampered millionaires who don't like putting in the work *Hard cough* BEN SIMMONS *cough* Sorry....just allergic to his bullshit
And stop letting offensive players get away with so much damned foul-baiting. When someone flops I want the refs to just scream at them "Get up, you pathetic bitch!"
To put this era in perspective. Two years ago in December Luka had the only 60pt, 20reb triple double ever. Even though it was in OT he's definitely not that good to be getting those kind of numbers. There's no way he could've dreamed of achieving that in any other era. I was actually disgusted after watching that game.
@lacy144320 these delusional young stans are already saying it. Months ago one said "Luka would have Jordan on suicide watch" if they played against one another.
90s-00s was the peak of basketball worldwide. Its only gotten worse since then to the point of being completely unwatchable now. Ive never seen this many airballs and atrocious defense.
I'd argue that the 80s and early 90s was the best. Teams still played tough defense but there was also a fair bit of offense. The Bad Boys Pistons are remembered as a defensive team but they could fill it up much better than people remember. By the mid-90s you had teams playing tough physical defense like the Bad Boys but without the offensive skill to go with it.
It used to be so difficult to score 100 pts. I remember arenas around the league would give out free tacos if the home team scored 100 pts. Now, they've probably cut that out because they'd be giving out tacos every single game.
I love the stats that Uncut had up for Iverson: 54 pts, 20/30 Field Goals, and 10/13 free throws. The Lack of Efficiency for Iverson is overblown. He was the focal point for PHI and their only scoring threat, so he was being doubled and triple-teamed every night. Maybe, Uncut should do a video on this topic for the casuals.
Whatever happened to the post game? I mean every center and power Forward is trying to shoot threes. They all are trying to be point guards and take people off to dribble. The Boston Celtics averaged 51 three point attempts per game. To me. That's just lazy basketball. When players run a fast break, they're always sprinting to the three-point line. There's just a lot of the game of basketball that I no longer define appealing.
It's also worth noting how many plays are happening in a single game nowadays. It's a constant back-and-forth. I'd like to see the numbers on that. In the 90's, I remember plays going down to the 24th second quite often, second chances, + 14 seconds. In a total of 38 seconds today we might have 4 - 5 plays instead of 2 by the same team.
Refs need to call traveling, call carrying, call the push off offensive fouls. Bring back hand checking which will result in some physicality being brought back to the game. Start handing out suspensions for flopping. Eliminate load managing forever. Move the 3 pt line back 5 feet. This is a start which will improve the product on the floor.
No defence Too much lebron Not promoting other super stars To many 3's in games Lack of creativity. No rivalries No competition No objectivity. If the nba don't change something I'm gonna just go outside and watch free street ball.
1).Let them play defense. Bring back hand checking. 2).Eliminate defensive and offensive 3 seconds. 3).Penalize flopping with an ejection. 4).Stop giving techs when players show emotions. 5).get your main broadcaster(espn) to care about your sport This is where i would start.
The NBA Finals needs to feel like an NBA Finals. Let’s add the Larry OBrien trophy in the middle again, let’s add some excitement to it, they made it as generic as possible
I'm from Serbia and you're absolutely right, today in the NBA, reavial matches are played with almost no defense, 110 plus points are scored in an average, which is unthinkable for the Euroleague, for example, so now there are many more players who score 40 plus points in a game. now I follow the NBA just for the sake of order, but now it seems to me like some kind of circus, there is no ferocity, there is no fight for every ball, there is no real passion, of course honor to individuals.
@@FirstBallot7 there are big men and why do you want to get handsy? You don’t have to be jealous of people who can shoot, although calling traveling double dribbles, and the basics uniformly would tighten things up.
The 1988 ECSF Game 7 looked more skilled and entertaining to me than any 2020s playoffs game. I'll take multiple consecutive possessions of tough shots made against tough defenses, than of 5 game minutes of bricked 3s.
Easy solutions to the problem 1: bring back handchecking or at least allow aggressive handchecking when outside the 3 point line. 2: stop catering to lebalco james and let the younger stars take over. 3: stop allowing players to travel. 4: make flopping a foul where the opposing team gets possession or free throws. 5: get rid of the defensive 3 rule.
The Lebron "I need to learn how to flop" cut settles it. He truly believes his lies. It's insane. On another note I love watching the Celtics right now. A lot of 3's sure but its normally on great team offense and passing followed up with strong defense. The league does have problems though overall though.
i agree the celtics do move the ball around more this year, and they definitely have serious defense. but all those 3s they chuck just add up to more boring current nba basketball. half of their shots are 3s, that will never make for an interesting and competitive game to me.
I’m SO HAPPY to see that I am not the only one who barely cares when I see someone score 50. Its like its become so common that 50 has lost the special feeling it used to always have. Now, I’m only impressed when I see a player get 70 or 60 points. Damn, what happened to the game I love? 💔
The NBA has become Arena Football where defense is illegal with the thinking fans love offence but offence with no defense is meaningless also just shooting 3's with no defense is like watching corn hole.
It really shows that scoring records are now worthless. Step 1 fire the commisioner. Step 2 change flop rule to catastrophic consequences aka game losses. Step 3. Remove 2004 hand check change.
If you touch them its a foul, most of these guys want to play defense but there is no reward only punishment by giving up 2 free throws. The rules are rigged against defensive players.
The problem with just complaining about the fouls is fouls per game is actually down not up as the average fouls per game for the nba the 4 lowest have come in the last 4 years with last year being the lowest ever. Likewise they also shoot less free throws per game then ever.
@jammer9941 you are absolutely correct. Why do you think that is? If I breathe on a guy, I'll become reluctant playing defense. Scoring is up, the amout of 3s chucked up is up, fouls are down, defensive metrics are down.
@@housepumpinpc3983Defense being penalized is definitely a factor. I think a bigger one is that players throughout history were less likely to be fouled on jump shots than they were in the post or driving to the basket. All those 3 pointers would mean less fouls called regardless of how the refs called the game.
My fix would be completely eliminating fouls on defender when offensive player initiates the contact. That means no foul, when driving player bumps into the defender to create space, no foul when a defender jumps on a fake and the offensive player jumps afterwards and so on. No more stupid rip through moves or jumping into people in the restricted area. Its already in the rule book, defender is entitled to his own space - they just need to enforce it.
I don't agree with bring back hand checking. That's bad; it tells guys to not move their feet. Players travel all the times and seldom get called in any eras. Jordan used to travel all the time. Get rid of the 3-point shot! That is what ruined the game. It's only at the NBA, but it's ruined at your local recreation. Guys are just chucking 3's.
Theyre making it hard to even watch the games; if u get lp to watch ur home team, theyre blacked out so you have to either move out of state to see your own team or stream illegaly. Then the games themsleves are on after my bedtime so the chances of me waking up to watch my own team are slim
That and let defenders actually CLOSE distance in the ball handler. These days, they call a foul just for getting too close. It’s just silly. I haven’t been able to watch basketball since around 2009. League is just too soft and watered down. Nowadays, it’s not basketball. It’s just a 3 point contest.
@@courtneybenton9381Defense has been handcuffed, not erased. There is a difference. If the rules either catered to defense or were more balanced, I'm sure that you would see tougher defense; they really can't at the risk of cheap foul calls. The teams who "don't play defense" either don't give legitimate effort or are just bad at it.
I havent wasted my time watching an NBA game or even caring to look at stats or watch a playoff game since 2010. I still enjoy college bball, but they we are even seeing 100 pt games regularly there too!!!! I dont think i ever saw a 100 pt college bball game between 1995 - 2012!!!
It is not only the lack of defense, these “0 step/gather step” rules, players allowed to blatantly carry/palm on every “hesi” and crossover. It makes guys like Ja Morant and many others unstoppable .
Nobody watches the Chinese NBA. LeWoke James, Stephanie Curry, Alice Silver, No Defense, Soft Players, Load Management, Corrupt Referees, Woke Coaches, And Woke Owners have Ruined 😡 this League. I hope it Folds and they continue losing Viewers.
With so many players playing a similar game, it's harder for individual talents to truly stand out. Fans have a harder time identifying and gravitating towards players who offer a unique style of play that sets them apart from the rest of the league. When everyone is just hoisting threes, it becomes more difficult for fans to find and rally around players that capture their imagination through their distinctive games.
It’s coaching too. NBA coaching is pretty bad right now. Kenny Atkinson is dominating the league without big names while sixers and bucks are below 500
The NBA Court lacks Defense. And the offense seems to be the bigger picture here. Nowadays it's that hard to just get in front of the player with the ball a make sure he does not score however you can, let alone having backup to help you (Double Team). It's just the Offense everybody focuses on developing and promoting. In other words: Talentless when Defending or without the ball. Strentgh comes back when the ball is in the player's hands.
The rebound and assist stat is watered down too, defensive rebounds are way too easy to get with everyone on offense hangin around the 3 line , and the nba will give u an assist for simply passing the ball to the player who eventually scores even if they do all the work dribble drive lose their defender etc you'll get the assist
the doctors not letting players play, no defense, no physicality, old players that just want retire, and not being able to watch games all are very big problems but allice Silverman's fear of a fight is the biggest problems all the troubles can be laid at this
The NBA's shift towards more homogenized, "position-less" basketball makes it challenging for the league to cultivate the next generation of star players that fans can connect with. Nowadays, most players adhere to a similar style - athletic players, big men, and point guards all primarily shoot three-pointers. This is a stark contrast to prior generations when there was more diversity in player skillsets, from slashers to low/high post players to mid-range specialists to 3 point specialists to defensive specialists to ball handlers and facilitators.
You can simply look at highlights and see how the modern NBA rules have diminished how we look at stats. A defensive rebound 10 years ago we will see 4-5 guys battling for that rebound, now the 4-5 guys are on the same team. An assist 10 years ago, if the player receiving the pass doesn't shoot within a second it is no longer counts as an assist, whereas in todays NBA, a player can dribble towards the basket after receiving the pass and that assist still counts. The rule changes have really diminished the quality of the game. I rather watch a 90-88 game that is competitive with outstanding defense and creativity on offense, than a 130-120 game where both teams chucked up 30-40 3 pointers a game.
Euroleague has a lot going for it. Better defense and every game counts. Real clubs, real fans, real passion. In the NBA the regular season is like a long round of exhibition matches, with little defense while tickets are overpriced and every few years a team is moved to another city hoping to make more bucks there.
I had to go back and listen to LeBron say he has to learn how to flop. I listened a few times and he really said it! hilarious The King of flops saying that.
I’ve been playing fantasy basketball since the late 2000s, back then having a player that could put up 30+ ppg occasionally was such a cheat code. Today I have at least 3 players putting that up on a nightly basis. To say offensive stats are inflated is an understatement.
The league need to change the rules drastically. Put a cap on how many 3pt shots, down to 15 a game like back in the golden 90’s and 2000’s. I’m sick and tired of watching tall ass centers shooting 3s. That used to be frown upon at one point.
If the players don’t care about playing why should we care about watching?
This facts big time and cutting games off won’t matter. They get paid to play a game and still act like it’s tough.
Don't watch .It's that easy 😊
@ hah yeah then players paychecks get cut. You have no idea the ramifications of that dumb statement in so many ways. It’s not simple and flat out ignorant. It’ll do way more than cuts their checks too. You’ll see
Certain players don't care about playing. That doesn't mean that other players feel the same way.
Ikr work load management era
Bring back defense and the creativity will return.
If they do it will turn out that 2/3 of the so called stars are useless. So with the narrative that current gen is the best to ever played
@@zobechibeI don’t care I’m tired of seeing 3 point shooting, no defense being played etc.
@@LeetraviusMcKay-q6m I agree but it will be like WNBA they won't be able to score.
They just can't do it if they want to change the rules they will have to do it in college basketball so that next generation would be prepared.
In other words they don't have a move, they have 💩product
@LeetraviusMcKay-q6m Natural selection man, weed out the weak and useless players so they get sent to G league, or sent to China. cause God knows some of the legends that passed, would look at this era like "WTF?!?"
@@zobechibe exactly. Most of these "stars" would be exposed if they actually had to play fundamental basketball.
The fact you need 10 subscriptions to even watch the NBA.
this is a major problem
my team is the bucks and i live in milwaukee . i need literally 5 subscriptions to watch all the games of my local team! ridiculous i can’t just pay one place to get all the games.
@@supitschillbro Wait, you can watch your team's games? I'm a Bulls fan lol
they way they play its not worth a subscription to one streaming service.
@@100fxtradinggroup3 yeah what’s the biggest slap in the face is that if i just picked a different, further away team like the raptors, i could watch basically every game on league pass.
Bring back hand checking, no 3 second rule so that both bigs can stay in the paint, call every illegal screen/pick, traveling, double dribble, etc. let’s take it back to how the game of basketball was really played back in the 80s, 90s and 2000s. Also moving the pivot foot.
There is Eurostep, the Jordan/AI shuffle (which is technically traveling), now we have the PG13 and Labron pirouette!
Watching these PALM the ball, the spin in place moving both feet, the stoping to faux dribble to the take a step back(which is considered a motion of your feet not part of the shot).
That’s 3 foot motions without dribble the ball. Sports cooked.
hand checking will literally make it worse for the defense, this ain't the 80, 90s, or 00s
@@Book.of.Treason how would you know? You don't think steals and blocks bring people to their feet? You know you're a young buck.
The 2000s were Rigged. Get that Era TF outta here!!!!
Say it louder my brother, so people in the back can 👂🏾 you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Drama Queen and her self legacy obsession along with the spinless slugs that go along with it modified the league into a disgrace
Couldn't agree more.
Queen flopper ushered in the era of the flop
Your daddies were haters, their daddies were haters. Youre lil hater babies gonna be haters. You probably talked about haters like you werent one before in your life but you just didnt know it was in your blood lil haters.
Thats the difference. My Dad was a mf pimp. If your dad was a cold blooded pimp he would of slapped that hater out of you. Your dad was spreading his hater blood and teaching his kids how to be better haters. Hate on lil haters. Lebrons dreams coming true. You out here hating on youtube! 😂🎉😂🎉😂
@@Liquidmetal702Get off YT. Pick up a book. I'm dumber having read this...smh
@@mr.williamh1270he never had a dad he doesn’t know how to read.
Adam Silver allowed this sh** to happen because he’s too afraid to put his foot down.
All he cares about his money
He wouldn’t put his foot down anyway even if he had the balls to do it, he’s a woke idiot who actually agrees with everything these entitled spoiled players do and say. He needs to go and they need another David Stern to reign these idiots back in and if they don’t like it they can pack their bags.
@@ogmusik2549 I BET you’re right on the money!
Man always been Leflop 🤡 you know that
Lets take a look at a few NBA off season free agent contracts just to see what danger lies ahead for the NBA....... Paul George at 33 getting a 4 year 212 million dollar contract this last offseason. Lauri Markkanen getting 5 years and 247 million.. Jamal Murray getting 4 years and 202 million.. Jayson Tatum getting 5 years and 315 million dollars..
How do we know players are skilled if those skills aren’t tested with defense?
How do we know how skilled they are when they're allowed to get away with traveling, walking, carrying, palming every other play? Look at that game winner from Luka in this video. He took like 4 steps.
@ Exactly, they be getting away with stuff that’s not acceptable even in the streets
I used to think it was old heads complaining but I can see what they mean now. Hope they fix it so it isn’t too late.
@@prezian1312We constantly tried to explain how we saw the game change negatively. We just got gaslit constantly. Yeah some oldheads are just a bunch of haters, but most of us were simply speaking the truth.
Hell I never understood why the new gen was so against adjusting the defensive rules more to what it was before. I mean, the players today are just so much more skilled right so what could be the issue young people have with it? It literally would make sense to balance it out, but for some reason, they disagree.
I think they deep down know that we're arent just talking ish on a new gen. They're protecting the claims they made about 'their gen just being way better', when this generation of basketbal is the easiest it's ever been for offensive players, whereas if players were better, we wouldve seen the same exponential rise in better defense stats balancing offensive stats out out a lot more.
In reality, defensive stats are dropping across the board for about a decade now. Is that because this gen can't defend? Hell no they might even be the most talented defenders ever.
It's simply not going to show itself statistically or mentally in a game that heavily limits defense and none of us ever, are going to see how truly good players are on O and D of one side gets benefits and the other side limits.
-More calls on traveling and carries
-More physicality allowed on defense
-Penalties for flopping and foul-baiting
-Fouls calls for CLEAR AND SIGNIFICANT contact only (although that's probably too vague)
I'd call this a good start.
I haven’t paid attention to the NBA in several decades. When did flopping become more common? in European football (soccer), the official word for what they used to call “diving” is “simulation.” The ref can give a player a yellow card for simulation. It makes me laugh every time!
Game ejections arguing with refs?
@@clueless9245Only if the refs made a fair call and the player continues to argue.
I said this a decade ago. Three-Point Era along with “Player Empowerment” has destroyed this game. All offense and no defense has turned off the hardcore NBA fan. I’m one of them. I will not watch another game until it becomes more competitive.
For me, I noticed the change watching OKC around 2012-14 when they started with the Hero Ball when they weren't chucking 3's all over the court.
Talk about it publicly and you get called a "casual"
_"SUPERSTARS empowerment"_
or "Divas" to be prank.
I wouldn't say I've ever been hardcore...but grew up when the rules were MOSTKY enforced fir offense, even the biggest stars.
After raising family.. in 20s didn't watch much..
Came back around 2010 and was not very impressed, imoression got worse and worse till a few years back just didn't watch at all.
I just CRINGE at all the travelling and carry and charging and its just awkward to watch..and commentators not only ignore it, but at times EXCUSE abd PRAISE it.
And the FLOPPING AND POSING..
It's just gross, I can't relate to this WEAK PLASTIC POSER generation.
@@generalnsjwatching westbrook of that era was near impossible. I used to like okc but those years you mentioned put me off. I couldn’t cheer for a team with westbrook. As long as he got his triple double though right?
We live in a time were two dudes can score 35, two more score 20 and another two score 12 and still lose by 20 without OT.
THIS
I miss the days where a team scored 80 points and that was considered impressive. Nowadays, the worst team in the league can score 80 points before halftime.
The worst part is the true fans of the game are making suggestions on how to improve the game and these new Gen of fans take it as us disrespecting their era. These new fans have a hand on the decline of the league as well. Most of them don’t even watch the full games and only watch highlights and a check boxscores. Then they go on social media acting like they know everything. When in reality they don’t know 💩.
Exactly.
💯 I use to watch every game back in the days but it’s hard watching the games without nodding off
The players played 4 Quarters of problably 12 minutes only for us to watch at least 5 to 10 seconds of only when they make points, seriously.
Next time u want to put these new-NBA fans in their place, just ask them why if you watch a good 5v5 pick up game at any park or gym in any city, there's amore intensity in those games. Ask them why guys are playing physical and talking trash and not all buddies when things get heated. Ask them why those games, even at the lowest level of athleticism and skill, are truer to basketball than what the NBA is today... @me w/ what they say 😀
Exactly, then they claim you’re a hater and just want to complain.
This is what you get when everybody, including the center, wants to dribble and shoot 3 pointers. 😳
They always want to play big, not smart, am i right???
@@alphaomega1351 i’ll let Jokić do what he wants. He’s on ungainly but amazing.
That shot by Lebronica 😂😂
I used to watch Kobe, Iverson and Jordan. Today's bball is comical. Divas to the utmost. From their gameplay to their pregame attire. I think accessibility has a role in my perception of bball, football and celebrities in general. Jordan, Kobe and Iverson had a mystique about themselves. Today, its all in the open. A curse and blessing.
Social media has obviously made the players (and other celebrities) more available (I guess that's the right word) to the public. One effect of this I've noticed is how often people refer to famous people by their first names nowadays. It's kind of weirds me out because it assumes a level of familiarity that doesn't actually exist.
Players used to have a passion for the game, nowadays they're just there for the paycheck & PTO...
😂☠ lefraud pulled up from the logo and air balled
😂😂
Jorbum has also done that plenty of times im his career
@@CoreTradingMastery What about Steph Currbum?
@@CoreTradingMastery you know that A LOT of people call Lebron Lefraud or Lebum, but NOBODY Jordan "Jorbum", right? 😁
Nice try, though, kid.
By the way: the logo shot wasn't a thing, in the 90s.
Seriously, how old are you? Nine?
@@CoreTradingMastery It’s a lot harder to shoot 3’s when the rules don’t help you to do it ( hand check defense, can’t carry and can’t travel).
I work at a bar in Vegas and it’s almost impossible during the NFL or NHL season to find anyone who cares about the NBA. They wont play the games at work unless theres no NFL or NHL. Basketballs always been my favorite but I learned early on people, especially white people, dont watch the NBA. I’m 40 now and its so much harder to watch nowadays. It’s just constant 3 pointers. I saw a sat the other night Boston put up 50 threes in ONE GAME?
This makes me completely understand why people dont want to watch the NBA and honestly after watching the WNBA last season, I felt they played a much more organic, fundamental type of basketball. The NBA feels…like teams found a meta and exploited it. There’s no passion. Everyones friends. The WNBA got women beating the crap out of each other and the dudes are getting dinner together…kind of sad
Being good defensively is way more impressive than being good offensively because it takes way more effort to be a great defender. It’s way harder to try and stop someone from scoring than trying to score.
As long as Silver is the commissioner, the league will continue to go down the drain. The fact he got upset at Shaq criticizing the league goes to show you he’s in denial. Him saying the NBA doesn’t have any issues shows he’s in denial. The ratings and viewership continue to decrease and he won’t fix it. The NBA will continue to suffer until something changes.
David stern put silver in place to finish his work.
The issue is the owners being in bed with disney.
Disney wants high scoring games and they own the network.
Seriously, go look at how the league chsnged when disney got the tv rights to the nba.
@@thestarisalie who are the refs in league with?
@joefilter2923
The refs dont matter.
Theyre just doing what the owners tell them to do. As long as the pay is paying thats all they care about.
What part of disney wants to sell the fame of players and high scoring games over the quality of basketball don't yall get.
NBA is like Jake Paul fights 😆
Yup! Their are guys in the great American playgrounds that could drop 30 in a.n NBA game or WIN the Dunk contest 😅
@@shikononinja3376 if you want MMA or football, you can go watch it
Just tell the truth, the NBA sucks.....too soft, too many 3's, no low post play at all, no defense at all, and I don't see it getting any better...smh🤦🏾🤦🏾🤦🏾
Gotta bring defence, toughness and pride .
Fans to players : Your style of basketball sucks. I'm not watching anymore.
Teams to players : Here's MORE $$$$$
@@KaisasDad so true😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
They’re getting the money from somewhere
Ticket Price for Bulls vs Jazz in 1998: $75 (equivalent to $138 today)
Average ticket price for Golden State Warriors tickets: $600. And they sell put every home game.
The league has become a gated community of overpriced McMansions.
Canceled my League Pass subscription last month before it had to the chance to automatically renew on me. The current NBA product isn't worth paying for anymore.
Me too
¿How much did you pay?
@@Italo-j5c 16.99 I think
dont worry, your the only ones to cancel it. go the NBA doesn't need your bum ass. According to forbes the NBA disclosed their revenue and it had a massive jump since the previous years, except for the covid era ofcourse, 23-24 season was the banner season it gain a lot views and attendace, this video is ragebait for sore losers like you who wants their old ways go back. The only thing that's losing money is the WNBA which i don't watch and they should definitely try to change the rules like the height of the rim to make it more interesting.
@@blinkgenre
Get out 🗣️
Bring back the fundamentals, like defense, double dribbling, traveling rules and no load management with pay deduction on games not played, the more you sit out the more injury prone you get, ironic...
But they have to make the rules lenient for LeBum. Hoe else is he gonna statpad?
@@cafelatte1124 LeBron is still very good, but they have relaxed the rules for him.
It's literally a 3pt contest now. There's hardly ever 2nd or 3rd efforts on defense. It's entirely way to easy to score now. And it's even ruined pick up. Everyone trying to be trae young. Everyone over dribbling trying to get in their "bag". And these kids still thinks that's skill. Growing up in the 00s if it took you more than 2 dribbles to get off you was called trash.
The 2000s had 4 Rigged Titles. 3 for the Lakers and One for Miami.
@@JenniferBaker-c4h source?
Why are you posting that, multiple times? Trying to push your own narrative? 😀
Prove it, Jenny.
Because literally every slight contact is a foul, that’s not how it used to be, it used to be more like street ball rules and it was 10x better to watch
There are still a few players who try hard on defense, but they're penalized on a nightly basis. Look at Jaden McDaniel. He tries to go over screens, contest every shot, get in players space- and the refs always call a foul on him. It's how Silver wants the NBA to be played.
@ i’m a warrior fan and I do not like the way that Kawhi Leonard got his personal space invaded to take him out. There is no excuse for dirty play.
NBA is boring. Eventually it will be irrelevant like horse racing and boxing.
Get a grip.
One day, Europe will realize that they currently produce the better players, and start trying to keep them in Europe, to create a better product than the nba.
Ask the triple crown races how irrelevant they are while breaking records yearly
@@showtimeman5673While that's true horse racing in general in still nowhere near as popular as it used to be.
Lets take a look at a few NBA off season free agent contracts just to see what lies ahead for the NBA....... Paul George at 33 getting a 4 year 212 million dollar contract this last offseason. Lauri Markkanen getting 5 years and 247 million.. Jamal Murray getting 4 years and 202 million.. Jayson Tatum getting 5 years and 315 million dollars.. the nba will always be big because the NBA Players will always be the highest paid athletes in the country. sorry but that all facts!!!! no one in there right mind will ever choose football over basketball
they made assist easier that is why there are so many triple doubles. everything is an assist these days. pass the ball, catch, jab, pump fake, two dribble drive, spin, pump fake, layup, thats an assist in todays game.
the passive aggressiveness is hilarious but its thoroughly warranted 😂😂
Easier than padding Stockton's stats? Lol
@ assists today would not be called assists before like 2005. Go back and watch games and you will see. The nba is way more generous in giving assists today.
@@bobbybagseedYes, easier than padding Stockton's stats. Way easier.
1. Must get rid of the defensive 3 second rule.
2. Adam silver must go.
3. Large fines for flopping.
That would be a start!
They became this good on the slowly loosening rulebook it seems. It’s the nature of life. Find the easiest path to accomplish your goal. The sheer fact that some of these players don’t know who was an amazing player in previous generations just tells me it’s not necessarily a love for the game, but someone saying “you should play basketball” and then believing everyone.
I will be honest and say I don’t watch the game anymore. I watch more Ernie and the boys and UA-cam content and just from that I can see I would hate it. I didn’t want basketbrawl, but hard earned games where a team knows they can win on defense and transition. The total lack of positions, the inability to call traveling, double-dribble, etc combined with the loose defense and uninspired shot selection, just doesn’t interest me.
@@theroguerider teams still win on defense and transition!
@ I’m not saying they don’t do any of it. Obviously they play defense. But if you go back to the days of the strong defense game you’ll watch them wow you on both ends. The second triple champ run of the bulls had arguably the best defense AND offense any team has had. It’s like watching a ballet at times.
Historically more offense means more eyeballs across all sports. I'm not convinced its the increased scoring that is hurting the NBA. I think the "player empowerment" era has been a disaster. Players can sit and pout and demand trades, abandoning their team and the fans, and they get rewarded with 200 million plus dollar contracts. Load management has only further exposed how little the regular season means to the "competitors" of today. If it's obvious how little the players and teams care about the competition, why should the fans care? They shouldn't. The modern iteration of the All-Star game is a perfect microcosm of todays competitive environment. Back in the day there was pride on the line. Not only did the players want to win, they wanted bragging rights over their peers. They players simply put had competitive pride. Now? Not so much. Now it's about creating your brand and getting your paper. Generationally wealthy players don't give a shit and all the corporate wankers in the expensive seats are just looking for hits on their Instagram accounts. Make player salaries dependent on team wins and games played and sell the first 30 rows in every arena to die hard working class fans and the product will turn around in a flash.
TL; DR - it's not about offense, it's about competitive spirit. It's not a coincidence that the poster child of this era is LeBron, the most fake competitor among the all-timers. LeBron has skills and athleticism for days, but he's all about being a billionaire entrepreneur not about being a dawg. Shout out for his hometown philanthropy but I'm glad he never played for my team.
I couldn't agree more with your assessment of players being coddled. Barely any superstar now plays 81 games when before players would miss like 3-5 games at most and many would play the entire season. These millionaires with crazy paychecks sitting out sends the wrong image of entitlement. Also, if you tie a players salary to team wins and how many days he's available on the court to play you would fix this problem immediately. That would give real incentive for players to compete and deter Ben Simmons type of situations where players just coast because they have over $100M guaranteed in the bank
It’s like ball at the park. Eventually that ish runs dry unless you’re actully playing
Dear NBA, the 3-point line has ruined the going-to-the-hoop game. Get rid of it or suffer the consequences.
I do not know why but in USA sport is never sport, it is a performance for the audience to collect money from them. Audience and money lead everything. Simple question: will they play a game if there is no audience and no one is broadcasting? if the answer is no, then it is not a basketball match. Its just a show.
Dont call so many fouls, let players be physical, let players play hard azz D.. pause
Also, new rule should be unless you physically can't function via bruised or broken bones or any illness, WITH PROOF from a doctor or physician, players need to play. Cause these cats are pampered millionaires who don't like putting in the work *Hard cough* BEN SIMMONS *cough*
Sorry....just allergic to his bullshit
Good point, refs seem wishy washy with calls.
I also think a lot of refs lack the conditioning & speed to keep up with the game
We don’t really need the hacks of the old days. But we don’t need sloppiness or rigged calls.
And stop letting offensive players get away with so much damned foul-baiting. When someone flops I want the refs to just scream at them "Get up, you pathetic bitch!"
To put this era in perspective. Two years ago in December Luka had the only 60pt, 20reb triple double ever. Even though it was in OT he's definitely not that good to be getting those kind of numbers. There's no way he could've dreamed of achieving that in any other era. I was actually disgusted after watching that game.
This. Then you'll have people saying he's better than bird
@lacy144320 these delusional young stans are already saying it. Months ago one said "Luka would have Jordan on suicide watch" if they played against one another.
@bos3835 meanwhile he plays matador defense. Or turnstile defense. Makes dirk look like a lockdown
90s-00s was the peak of basketball worldwide. Its only gotten worse since then to the point of being completely unwatchable now. Ive never seen this many airballs and atrocious defense.
I'd argue that the 80s and early 90s was the best. Teams still played tough defense but there was also a fair bit of offense. The Bad Boys Pistons are remembered as a defensive team but they could fill it up much better than people remember. By the mid-90s you had teams playing tough physical defense like the Bad Boys but without the offensive skill to go with it.
It used to be so difficult to score 100 pts. I remember arenas around the league would give out free tacos if the home team scored 100 pts. Now, they've probably cut that out because they'd be giving out tacos every single game.
@@souldrum86 that doesn’t seem right, although there is more scoring, I’ll give you that
Wow a bunch of dudes chucking 3s and the one guy playing somewhat all around basketball is going to win the MVP like 6 times in 7 years?
Yes it’s bad.
Allow players to play defense again! Stop empowering foul hunting and flopping to get a call.
@@nikko2thep sounds good, although we don’t need hand checking
I love the stats that Uncut had up for Iverson:
54 pts, 20/30 Field Goals, and 10/13 free throws. The Lack of Efficiency for Iverson is overblown. He was the focal point for PHI and their only scoring threat, so he was being doubled and triple-teamed every night.
Maybe, Uncut should do a video on this topic for the casuals.
Whatever happened to the post game? I mean every center and power Forward is trying to shoot threes. They all are trying to be point guards and take people off to dribble. The Boston Celtics averaged 51 three point attempts per game. To me. That's just lazy basketball. When players run a fast break, they're always sprinting to the three-point line. There's just a lot of the game of basketball that I no longer define appealing.
It's also worth noting how many plays are happening in a single game nowadays. It's a constant back-and-forth. I'd like to see the numbers on that. In the 90's, I remember plays going down to the 24th second quite often, second chances, + 14 seconds. In a total of 38 seconds today we might have 4 - 5 plays instead of 2 by the same team.
Refs need to call traveling, call carrying, call the push off offensive fouls. Bring back hand checking which will result in some physicality being brought back to the game. Start handing out suspensions for flopping. Eliminate load managing forever. Move the 3 pt line back 5 feet. This is a start which will improve the product on the floor.
Moving the 3 point line back doesn't make sense at all though
Load management and "friend culture" hurt the game IMO. Only a few players care about playing every game and competition.
No defence
Too much lebron
Not promoting other super stars
To many 3's in games
Lack of creativity.
No rivalries
No competition
No objectivity.
If the nba don't change something I'm gonna just go outside and watch free street ball.
Why rivalries?
1).Let them play defense. Bring back hand checking. 2).Eliminate defensive and offensive 3 seconds.
3).Penalize flopping with an ejection.
4).Stop giving techs when players show emotions.
5).get your main broadcaster(espn) to care about your sport
This is where i would start.
The NBA Finals needs to feel like an NBA Finals. Let’s add the Larry OBrien trophy in the middle again, let’s add some excitement to it, they made it as generic as possible
I'm from Serbia and you're absolutely right, today in the NBA, reavial matches are played with almost no defense, 110 plus points are scored in an average, which is unthinkable for the Euroleague, for example, so now there are many more players who score 40 plus points in a game. now I follow the NBA just for the sake of order, but now it seems to me like some kind of circus, there is no ferocity, there is no fight for every ball, there is no real passion, of course honor to individuals.
Bring back the big man, hand checking ,and limit the number of 3s a team can take per quarter or game. That's a start!
@@FirstBallot7 there are big men and why do you want to get handsy? You don’t have to be jealous of people who can shoot, although calling traveling double dribbles, and the basics uniformly would tighten things up.
Bring physical defense and rebound. Low post up play needs to make a return as well.
The 1988 ECSF Game 7 looked more skilled and entertaining to me than any 2020s playoffs game. I'll take multiple consecutive possessions of tough shots made against tough defenses, than of 5 game minutes of bricked 3s.
As a Pistons fan, you sound dumb as hell
Easy solutions to the problem
1: bring back handchecking or at least allow aggressive handchecking when outside the 3 point line.
2: stop catering to lebalco james and let the younger stars take over.
3: stop allowing players to travel.
4: make flopping a foul where the opposing team gets possession or free throws.
5: get rid of the defensive 3 rule.
The Lebron "I need to learn how to flop" cut settles it. He truly believes his lies. It's insane. On another note I love watching the Celtics right now. A lot of 3's sure but its normally on great team offense and passing followed up with strong defense. The league does have problems though overall though.
i agree the celtics do move the ball around more this year, and they definitely have serious defense. but all those 3s they chuck just add up to more boring current nba basketball. half of their shots are 3s, that will never make for an interesting and competitive game to me.
@@laz0rama Yeah I am a C's fan so obviously biased. It is not the same or even close to the product it was.
@@laz0rama do you hate people who can shoot?
Crazy thing is most of those triple doubles are westbrooks 😅
Implement a 5 second violation in the paint and a 3 second offensive violation outside of the 3 point line
I’m SO HAPPY to see that I am not the only one who barely cares when I see someone score 50. Its like its become so common that 50 has lost the special feeling it used to always have. Now, I’m only impressed when I see a player get 70 or 60 points.
Damn, what happened to the game I love? 💔
2:37 The glare Bron gave DLo when the “king” himself didn’t do a damn thing either 😂
The NBA has become Arena Football where defense is illegal with the thinking fans love offence but offence with no defense is meaningless also just shooting 3's with no defense is like watching corn hole.
It's even made middle school high school and college worse too lol
It really shows that scoring records are now worthless. Step 1 fire the commisioner. Step 2 change flop rule to catastrophic consequences aka game losses. Step 3. Remove 2004 hand check change.
If you touch them its a foul, most of these guys want to play defense but there is no reward only punishment by giving up 2 free throws. The rules are rigged against defensive players.
The problem with just complaining about the fouls is fouls per game is actually down not up as the average fouls per game for the nba the 4 lowest have come in the last 4 years with last year being the lowest ever. Likewise they also shoot less free throws per game then ever.
@jammer9941 you are absolutely correct. Why do you think that is? If I breathe on a guy, I'll become reluctant playing defense. Scoring is up, the amout of 3s chucked up is up, fouls are down, defensive metrics are down.
@@ihashup so you like hack basketball?
@@housepumpinpc3983Defense being penalized is definitely a factor. I think a bigger one is that players throughout history were less likely to be fouled on jump shots than they were in the post or driving to the basket. All those 3 pointers would mean less fouls called regardless of how the refs called the game.
@@joefilter2923I fail to see where he said he likes "hack basketball".
My fix would be completely eliminating fouls on defender when offensive player initiates the contact. That means no foul, when driving player bumps into the defender to create space, no foul when a defender jumps on a fake and the offensive player jumps afterwards and so on. No more stupid rip through moves or jumping into people in the restricted area.
Its already in the rule book, defender is entitled to his own space - they just need to enforce it.
Bring back hand checking and start calling traveling again. Also, start punishing flopping.
I don't agree with the second one. The other two are fine.
I don't agree with bring back hand checking. That's bad; it tells guys to not move their feet.
Players travel all the times and seldom get called in any eras. Jordan used to travel all the time.
Get rid of the 3-point shot! That is what ruined the game. It's only at the NBA, but it's ruined at your local recreation. Guys are just chucking 3's.
The thumbnail is SPOT ON. Those two are the biggest problem with the NBA.
Madam Silver and LeBalco
1:58 got me weak 💀 😂😂
The truth about sports betting ^
Its like watching HORSE
Might as well just go to a Globetrotter game. It's definitely more entertaining than the current NBA.
@@parabrat you probably lost it horse, right
Theyre making it hard to even watch the games; if u get lp to watch ur home team, theyre blacked out so you have to either move out of state to see your own team or stream illegaly. Then the games themsleves are on after my bedtime so the chances of me waking up to watch my own team are slim
Bring back handchecking. That would make players stop taking the stupid 3 pointers they do and bring defensive balance back.
@@heywella it’s not three pointers
@joefilter2923 you're missing the point. It's ok, though.
That and let defenders actually CLOSE distance in the ball handler. These days, they call a foul just for getting too close. It’s just silly. I haven’t been able to watch basketball since around 2009. League is just too soft and watered down. Nowadays, it’s not basketball. It’s just a 3 point contest.
The self indulgence and over congratulatory of these grown men playing kid game are also the problem
In today’s league you can’t tell who’s good and who’s not because any and everybody putting up 45 points nowadays
Not anybody and everybody is putting up 45 points.
@ my point is you can’t tell who good and who’s not lol cause it no defense is being played
@ i can put up 15 points nowadays in the league
@@courtneybenton9381I doubt it.
@@courtneybenton9381Defense has been handcuffed, not erased. There is a difference. If the rules either catered to defense or were more balanced, I'm sure that you would see tougher defense; they really can't at the risk of cheap foul calls. The teams who "don't play defense" either don't give legitimate effort or are just bad at it.
I havent wasted my time watching an NBA game or even caring to look at stats or watch a playoff game since 2010. I still enjoy college bball, but they we are even seeing 100 pt games regularly there too!!!! I dont think i ever saw a 100 pt college bball game between 1995 - 2012!!!
Allow hand checking or even contact fouls beyond the 3 point line.
I see two things to do:
1. Make defense a proper defense again.
2. Somehow limit 3pts attempts per game.
Agreed. Though I would add, successfully implementing number 1 would undoubtedly address number 2.
Hand checking and allowing defenders to close down the ball handler would fix that.
The only thing wrong with the NBA is those dumb refs...calling technicals for no reason .
It is not only the lack of defense, these “0 step/gather step” rules, players allowed to blatantly carry/palm on every “hesi” and crossover. It makes guys like Ja Morant and many others unstoppable .
Nobody watches the Chinese NBA. LeWoke James, Stephanie Curry, Alice Silver, No Defense, Soft Players, Load Management, Corrupt Referees, Woke Coaches, And Woke Owners have Ruined 😡 this League. I hope it Folds and they continue losing Viewers.
With so many players playing a similar game, it's harder for individual talents to truly stand out. Fans have a harder time identifying and gravitating towards players who offer a unique style of play that sets them apart from the rest of the league. When everyone is just hoisting threes, it becomes more difficult for fans to find and rally around players that capture their imagination through their distinctive games.
It’s coaching too. NBA coaching is pretty bad right now. Kenny Atkinson is dominating the league without big names while sixers and bucks are below 500
The NBA Court lacks Defense. And the offense seems to be the bigger picture here.
Nowadays it's that hard to just get in front of the player with the ball a make sure he does not score however you can, let alone having backup to help you (Double Team).
It's just the Offense everybody focuses on developing and promoting.
In other words:
Talentless when Defending or without the ball.
Strentgh comes back when the ball is in the player's hands.
The rebound and assist stat is watered down too, defensive rebounds are way too easy to get with everyone on offense hangin around the 3 line , and the nba will give u an assist for simply passing the ball to the player who eventually scores even if they do all the work dribble drive lose their defender etc you'll get the assist
In case anyone is interested, a textbook example of someone lying can be seen at 1:50.
the doctors not letting players play, no defense, no physicality, old players that just want retire, and not being able to watch games all are very big problems but allice Silverman's fear of a fight is the biggest problems all the troubles can be laid at this
Bring back players that love America and the game will be loved again.
LeBron ruined the NBA with The Decision. Ever since it has gone downhill.
The NBA's shift towards more homogenized, "position-less" basketball makes it challenging for the league to cultivate the next generation of star players that fans can connect with. Nowadays, most players adhere to a similar style - athletic players, big men, and point guards all primarily shoot three-pointers. This is a stark contrast to prior generations when there was more diversity in player skillsets, from slashers to low/high post players to mid-range specialists to 3 point specialists to defensive specialists to ball handlers and facilitators.
Get rid of zone defense, get rid of three-point line, get rid of three second violation, bring back hand checking…
The orlando magic play like a 90s team, great to watch.
They shoot 38 threes a game, league average in the 90s was about 15...
You can simply look at highlights and see how the modern NBA rules have diminished how we look at stats. A defensive rebound 10 years ago we will see 4-5 guys battling for that rebound, now the 4-5 guys are on the same team. An assist 10 years ago, if the player receiving the pass doesn't shoot within a second it is no longer counts as an assist, whereas in todays NBA, a player can dribble towards the basket after receiving the pass and that assist still counts. The rule changes have really diminished the quality of the game.
I rather watch a 90-88 game that is competitive with outstanding defense and creativity on offense, than a 130-120 game where both teams chucked up 30-40 3 pointers a game.
Watching late 2000’s to now I miss the late 2000’s early 2010s
Euroleague has a lot going for it. Better defense and every game counts. Real clubs, real fans, real passion. In the NBA the regular season is like a long round of exhibition matches, with little defense while tickets are overpriced and every few years a team is moved to another city hoping to make more bucks there.
A circus. Now, Ant man does euro step with a hold.... 😂😂😂
A COMPLETE CIRCUS. 😂
I had to go back and listen to LeBron say he has to learn how to flop. I listened a few times and he really said it! hilarious The King of flops saying that.
Paying these guys hundreds of millions of dollars doesn’t help
Being bold as a coach nowdays just means jacking up more threes than anyone else.
100% agree with you at the end, assuming things automatically improve as time goes on isn't correct.
That "who?" Killed me haha.
That Snoop “Who?” Took me out 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’ve been playing fantasy basketball since the late 2000s, back then having a player that could put up 30+ ppg occasionally was such a cheat code. Today I have at least 3 players putting that up on a nightly basis. To say offensive stats are inflated is an understatement.
The league need to change the rules drastically. Put a cap on how many 3pt shots, down to 15 a game like back in the golden 90’s and 2000’s. I’m sick and tired of watching tall ass centers shooting 3s. That used to be frown upon at one point.