I just realized why this never has bothered me. You are buying a ticket to see “X” person entertain you like you are going to a concert to see a specific artist. I buy a ticket just to chill at a live game, not to see specific ppl, as long as they dnt cancel the game i got what I wanted which is to just see a game with NBA players play
@aspealioshis and if you feel you got your money's worth good for you but kids wear jerseys of there favorite players and wan5 to see them its not like other sports only 10 guys on the court much more about individual players then say football
Exactly, I don't have any intention spending my more hard earned money on people being paid to do nothing but sit on a bench, imagine being a kawaii Leonard fan
That's true. Barkley and McHale said what needed to be said. One can stop watching this video after that because whoever made this video has nothing to contribute.
I think when they start they are likeable, like Zion, Ja, Simmons, Ant, it's when they're blinded by max contracts and getting paid off their "potential" that I find their character is revealed, all of the sudden Zion can't put down the fork, Ja can't put down his toy gun, Simmons has the yips and can't shoot anymore, Ant has recently I felt been more arrogant but he's still got a work ethic and passion to an extent but the disrespect to past generations is certainly unlikeable now. I still enjoy Jokic cause he's putting in the work 100%, my only downside to Jokic's work ethic is that it's literally work to him and he doesn't have a passion for the game like others which is a weird and I suppose refreshing take on playing in the NBA which has been really diving into Business and Entertainment and not professional sport.
@@duffman4655 true that. These players play for the money and not for the love of the game. I stopped watching the NBA after Kobe retired. Kobe was the last of the real breed of true sportsmen.
"Like, not trying to be arrogant, there's a bunch of kids in there with my shoes and my jersey and just because we're playing Charlotte on NBA League Pass on a Monday that ain't nobody f--king watching, I'm like 'Oh, I'm chilling tonight.' That's not what the great players, the best players do. ... Big game or not big game, compete. Play basketball. Don't take that s--t for granted." - Jayson Tatum
One of the best things Tatum has ever said. If a coach forces a player to sit, then it’s not the player’s fault, but if it’s the player choosing to sit out, that’s despicable.
@HypocritesExposd that's the thing though there are a lot of times where the decision to sit comes from the coach or higher up in the team in order to protect their investment. Should we be getting mad at players if the team makes them sit or take rest days?
The solution is easy, make load management effect their averages. If you dont want to play despite being healthy, sure, but youre getting a tripple 0 this game and its going in your stat sheet.
the problem is - how do you divide between divas and people who actually hurt themselves or worse, when a player is a diva but has factually hurt his knee at some point as usual, laws were put in place for a society that consisted of law abiding players, and some spineless people have ruined the system over the last 20 years. abusing the charity that should be reserved for actually injured players.
@@leonhardablemake contracts non guaranteed and cut them if they can't play after healing, cut the pay in half if injured, and the problems will root themselves out.
@@leonhardable I find the problem specific to that lies on the Injury reserve program, they need to make that more concrete like the other Major League sports which have mandatory minimums of how long they are on that list for like MLB has a 10-day injury and I think NHL has a 7-day once you've been put on that list. For the NBA they just "file" a report of "injury" and then they can classify it as questionable, out indefinitely, probable etc and most likely is a fake report to then choose to play or not. Like for example and James was on the Injury report I would say about 60 games but played 71 games is just simply an exploitation of those rules that are indeed supposed to help truly injured players
"I understand if you are working the coal mines and you need a rest day" The stronger, faster, better athletes of today would boycott the league if they have to travel commercial eating only hotdogs from stands or vending machine during back to back. That is why we value the old players so much, because they gave it their all. Oh your neck hurts? Put a cast on and play.
These dudes aren't stronger, faster, bigger or better at anything today. Please stop telling that lie because it isn't true. The three most athletic players ever were Wilt, Russell and Jordan. Russell and Wilt were track stars in college. Wilt was the only player that ever benched 500 or more that ever played in the NBA. Go do some research on the 90's the weight lifting decade. Earl Boykins at 5'5" and 135 lbs benched 350. Avery Johnson at 5'11" and 185 lbs benched 400. Robert Pack at 6'2" and 185 to 190 lbs benched 400. These were all confirmed by trainers and teammates. I don't think any big man in the current game could do that and those were little guys. These players aren't more skilled because hardly no one has post or midrange with carrying and traveling allowed. All they do is shoot 35 footers.
We're not halfway through the 2020s yet, and the new generation of NBA stars is currently rising up. A lot of them don't have this problem. We're gonna be done with them before they can even really make an impact? You're saying that because of the likes of LeBron and Embiid, not them.
Y'all picking on the wrong era. This 2020s era is up there as the best with the 80s and 2000s. The worst is 2010s. Superteams, guys like rudy gobert and draymond green winning dpoys, no defense, foul baiting and flopping, the list goes on. Most superstars of the 2020s(Jokic, Giannis, Luka, SGA etc.)so far are actually pretty decent.
@@apex_bladeIf you didn’t like the 2010’s then you just don’t actually like basketball. You just like talking as if you do while repeating things you’ve heard on tv. 2010’s is easily the best decade of basketball in the last 30yrs.
Embiid is the WORST-Spoken player. No substance, horrible tone, lazy voice, bad tempo, and simply says the worst things. It's annoying AF and cringe just listening to him speak 🤦🏻♂️💀💀💀
Lmao you didn't tell one lie. He's always making excuses. Blaming his team not being good enough when he plays like ABSOLUTE trash in the postseason or hurt/unavailable due to poor conditioning & all that flopping.
@@Gurenn83 Every one of your comment on this channel is about LeBron, get it your mouth. Kobe, and all of your favorite players went to Diddy parties, it's not freakoffs.🤡
@@guts5398how is embiid lazy? because he gets injured? this man played in a series with a hurt knee and has to carry his team time and time again how does him being “lazy” make sense?
Great video again @Uncut Hoops!! I absolutely agree with Wemby!! If you watch the games, you can pretty much fill in alot of the names he was talking about.
Lebron started the snow flake era. Controls media. Moves.goal posts and trashes past eras. In media and from players they want credit without effort. They want status without putting iinthe work. They bash the old era.. Imagine if Clark did that? Embed had plenty of help. Charming soft era.
@@edwinbrown2148stacking your roster with all star (and even super star) line ups and still coming out with a negative finals record isn't as meritous as you think.
Imagine telling your boss that you are only going to work for 2 and a half hours a night. That you need 3 breaks and also want to sit out and rest for a few minutes on top of that. That you are only going to work 3 to 4 nights a week, and on top of all of that, on nights that you just don't feel like working, you're going to sit out for "load management",
Don’t compare a 9-5 to athletes making millions because they are the attraction. It’s okay to dislike their approach to the game, but don’t ever compare yourself to them.
@@369pendulumgood point. But you also kind of made a separate point without knowing it. There the “attraction” yes. But the numbers have dropped drastically over the last 20 years and continue to drop. So clearly they’re not “attracting” as well as they use to. And it’s because of the stuff we’re talking about.
@@tawithmmk4800 Idk if that’s the reason though. I think the NBA game itself isn’t as entertaining as it used to be with all this damn 3pt shooting. You watch the average NBA game and it’ll be 3mins straight of back n forth chucking 3’s, the stars are the ones making the games bearable. And even though viewership is going down that’s not stopping the NBA from signing these multi-billionaire dollar deals, so clearly these corporations know something that they’re not telling us.
@@369pendulum I blame the fans for that. Young fans don’t know any better I guess so they still buy these expensive tickets (well their parents do anyway ha) and so money still comes in. Not nearly what it could be if they put a better product out on the court…but enough to pay these entitled athletes anyway. Is what it is….unfortunately I don’t see it changing. Hopefully I’m wrong. I always kinda wondered if lebron retires id they’ll start allowing a little more defense to be played again. I’m sure never what it was in the 89s/90’s but I get that that was a little much. But they gotta allow the game to be a little more physical. If they’re gonna allow them to carry and travel to look more skilled the least they could do is force them to do it against some actual defense. I think that would bring a lot of fans back to the game. I’m not a WNBa fan personally but I’ve been watching a bit more this year..and have watched each of the first 4 finals games so far between the liberty and lynx. And man their defense is far more entertaining. They let them be physical and it’s so. Much better to watch. And they don’t just chuck up 3’s like you said. It’s refreshing. Anyway…if the nba decides to bring some physicality back What a better time to do it then after lebron retires? Fingers crossed
Yeah but a lot of these kids from this generation have been entitled since they were in diapers. It’s all they know. And most didn’t really work as hard as you probably think. A lot of what gets them to nba is genetics. Just being born athletic freaks. They don’t realize that is Something they should thank god for every day and not waste it…but yet so many do.
Definitely! These teams need to get rid of these bums who can’t even score more than 10-15 points a game as well and stop recycling them from team to team. They need to bring in players who are ready to play the game the way it’s intended to at the professional level. They just dumb down the NBA by letting these lazy garbage players continue to profit off of them while they sit around not taking it seriously.
I just watched vintage basketball on the free Roku NBA channel, 76ers vs. Knicks, Ewings FIRST game, and the guys worked their asses off. The Knicks pressed the entire game, guys just worked so hard.
Centers back in the day were incredibly athletic, because of their role they were always trying to be first in the paint offensively and defensively. I loved that hustle and Ewing was very good at doing that, some of his highlights include blocking a shot, and joining the transition into offense and dunking the ball.
@@duffman4655 Now you watch a Finals game and JJ Redick says on-air that “it’s not Luka’s responsibility” to get back on defense after Luka does the soft-ass move where you intentionally fall down on a jump shot, then literally sit on your ass on the floor complaining to the ref while the other team flies down the court for a layup.
What's funny is that this era is making the previous era the 2010's look tough, when in fact even that was soft. At this rate these kids will be in ballerina skirts by the end of the 2030s.
They say that about the NFL as well. Yet the game is smarter, offenses and defenses more complicated to understand and run. Sometimes doing things smarter actually wins the game
I mean old school mindset got some of these players broke or left the game ringless also new school have different players everybody is unique stop putting people in boxes these new and old players work their asses off who are you to tell them that they are lazy
@@Lifeofawarrior321It doesn’t matter? It’s all about the way basketball is played at the professional level. Being lazy and sucking just dumbs down the NBA and makes it less competitive. You’ve got all these grown men sitting around in street clothes every other day as they waste not only the team’s money, but the fans money while someone who is willing to work their ass off for a spot on an NBA team never gets the opportunity.
Your lame take is, your concern more with players wearing tights and painted nails over these same individuals who are the most insecure, arrogant, egoistical, and ignorant 'men'
It isn't that Embiid is done with individual accolades and has realised the value of rings, he most likely sees an NBA championship as the most glamorous absence in his personal résumé.
The NBA has been playing 82 game seasons for God knows how long. The game is less physical than it has ever been. The nutrition, medical treatment and recovery are undoubtedly better than ever.
On paper his team was every bit as good as that one if not better. The truth is, Embiid was too soft and lazy to get through the playoffs. Thats why he always plays so much worse. The year Ben Simmons refused to shoot, they still could have won easily but playing 4 quarters of basketbal is beyond his comprehension.
“…’if’ I’d been healthy I’d be in the GOAT conversation…” Argumentum Ad Speculum. The facts are that he shoots in the low-40s eFG% and averages 4.5 TOs/gm to 3 APG in must-win games, whether straight-up elimination, down 0-2 in Game 3s or 1-2 in Game 4s. This is over a 7-yr stretch of playoff action ‘18-‘24. The facts speak for themselves. He’s suffered injuries which is unfortunate and for which one can certainly sympathize. That does not mean that he can say laughably fallacious BS like that and still be taken seriously, though.
@@margarinetaintedgreen8140 His injuries are not unfortunate, he flops so much and so hard while he is to big to jump and fall like that that he injure himself by floping, also he is the dirtiest player in league and the worst MVP playoff performer in history of league! If there was not racism and fear from media of putting fat, slow dunkless Jokic in official all time race by giving him 3xMVP in a row he wouldn't be even that.
Man...if players back in the 1940s, 50s and 60s and 70s made that kind of cash, they wouldn't need to go get a 2nd job. Thank you charles, in they say today basketball players have it much harder and tougher competition and more physical
I find it incomprehensible that a player can decide not to play. That decision lies with the coach, and only the player's health can justify not playing. In Europe, if the coach tells you to play, you play. If you don't listen, you're out of the club; if you slack off, you're out of the club. You can be a star as much as you want, but if I paid you to play, then you'll play, or you're out of the club.
Yeah, it's better than Last Dance! Best documentary about best player (in space jam 2, that is...), no other documentaries will ever be made cause Lebron one is so good, people afraid to create new ones...
I had no clue it came out, and there are hardly any reviews. Not enough to even get a Metascore or Tomatometer, and the handful of critical reviews found it mediocre. When The Last Dance came out, it took the world by storm. That's a microcosm of LBJ: Chasing MJ, coming up short, and moving the goalposts.
To be accurate, both Embiid and Wembanyama speaks french but the former played in ncaa before nba while the latter played in europe between 2019 and 2023. That means Embiid is closer to the american early 2010's mentality while Wembanyama is closer to the european mentality and share more things with players like Doncic, Jokic or Antetokounmpo.
The nba will never change unless the people stop supporting the product. After kd joined the warriors in 2017 I never watched a game again. I wish the other fans would follow suit to actually make the league change
It's harder to watch than miss. They make it easy bc they make basketball look hard. It's just basketball.. take care of your body, train & practice, learn the plays, have fun. There is a minimum of players doing that.
I say bump it up to 70 games played to qualify for a DPoY, MVP, and All NBA. I would also add that you won’t qualify for an All Star selection if you haven’t played 80% of the games pre AllStar break.
Winning is all that matters. Anything else is a failure. Individual success is important and winning is always the goal and if it isn'tyoure a loser. Even if you don't have a stacked team a winning mindset is essential
@@urbaindelva7869To whom? LeBron fans? The goal I thought was to win games and championships therefore creating a legacy? It's a team sport not an individual sport..
@@urbaindelva7869winning is a mentality. Here's an example, embid threw his teammates under the bus when he said harden and himself can't win without help. A true leader would've said I failed my team, I didn't step up and handle business, regardless at the end of the day embid, LeBron, Paul George players like that can't be goats because they defer to others in crunch time.
I really hope this next generation of stars will make it about competition and winning again, not building their brands and hawking their shitty podcasts.
From a person whose father is developing dementia and can barely walk from playing in the NFL and Arena Football for 13 years, I wish they had guardians caps in the old league. I wish he could’ve taken days off. I would give every penny back and more to have my dad be healthy and able. It’s so easy to call someone soft when you’ve never experienced it.
I'm sure in his career of playing 98.5 percent of his possible games throughout his entire career, John Stockton was dealing with nagging injuries that he probably could have taken a game off but I bet you those 4 games he missed in 89 and 18 he missed in 97 killed him.
From the Olympics, it appeared wemby is already better. He had big impact. Interested to watch him this year. Olympics also confirmed again that jokic can play and makes people better. Lebron still chokes late in games, steph can still hit big shots.
It's funny watching Embiid struggle against guys like aging Brook Lopez. Him playing in the era where big men like Hakeem, Robinson, Shaq, Mourning, Ewing, Mutombo, etc were all over the league would've been crazy.
He gets criticism from actual basketball fans but not much from the media. The media as a whole has really stopped criticizing all players in recent years. Now they want to be buddy buddy with the players.
I hate when people fully blame the players, last i checked everyone who works has a boss. That boss and league hold the standard so if anything most of the blame should go towards the league itself for getting soft themselves
You got the point! The rookies too, before they play a game already millionaire it's.. . But Embiid and Co were really too soft.. The contracts were so big but they do and less and less for it! The NBA now have so much talent but unfortunately in the past the players and the game was more tough. It's even more sad cause I never saw a eara in any league either where you got so much teams with so much amazing players like the western where ten teams were so exciting and could be contender in every other time.
This video is nothing but the truth. Most players don't get rid of the ego to win a championship before they pass their primes, and in the end, it's too late.
I'm just glad even the younger generations of fans is starting to see how bad it has gotten. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for sitting out for legit injuries, but there's a reasonable medium between playing injured and playing with minor pain.
Wemby has both a perfect mind and frame for basketball. God keep this man healthy, he's chosen to be Wilt come again. I wouldn't be shocked if Wemby actually dropped 100 in a few years. With everyone and their dog scoring 70+ recently it's not unthinkable
And the defense of Andre Drummond he has a valid point. In passed eras when they valued defense and rebounding we will hold him to a higher standard but because the prototypical big man has been phased out the game he doesn't get the love he deserves
The problem is most of these players just in it for money not so much for the love of the game like kd he switched teams of few times but he tried to play with one of the worst injuries you can have
Really? Name one time that Roy Hibbert displayed anything close to the ability that Embiid has displayed. If you wanna argue that Embiid wouldn't be a superstar, fine. But he would be Roy Hibbert in the 90s? Stop it. All of a sudden, he would just be big with no actual game just because he plays in the 90s? How does that work?
I think guaranteed contract are ruining NBA basketball. Kawhi, Embiid, PG, Harden, Kyrie, Ball Brothers, etc. If you can’t show up, you shouldn’t get paid at all.
MJ mentioned this in 2005 on the Oprah show, it was great insight to how kids now get paid on potential, they get paid millions of dollars on day 1, and according to him it sets a bad work ethic. I loved that interview cause it's been accurate regarding today's NBA
To put it into perspective, the average superstar gets about 35 minutes a game, some more, some less. Even if they played all 82 games at 35 minutes, that's roughly 41 hours. And there are so few players that play all 82 games, that they actually play probably closer to 35 hrs. So......8 months to do a week's worth of work; barely making full time hours or nice part time work hours. All with a way too small court, ample breaks like every 3 minutes or less, unlimited subs, and a relatively non contact sport. How these "professional athletes" can get tired, or injured like, at all, is absolutely insane. And that's beside the problem of that they really don't want to even play. They just want the money and fame. Of all the team sports out there, it's definitely one of the lamest, and these pros nowadays are an absolute joke.
The last true series of real basketball was Spurs Pistons. That was basketball that combined skill and physicality. Wembanyama better be happy the league is soft cause a 7'4" 210 pound guy would not last 6 months 25 years ago.
And Adam Silver doing nothing but enabling the coddling and laziness. I remember players playing with broken fingers, broken noses, the flu, dislocated shoulders, etc. Now you have players like Lebron, who gets lightly tapped on the finger, falls down, and lays on the floor for 35 minutes and then gets wheeled out on a stretcher......Dude is built, but that took him out? Is he tough like he wants us to believe? Or does every little touch sit him on the bench for 3 games?
While Kobe was still playing his last two years the league was already Charmin soft. Now they wear mandatory goggles in the locker room while spraying champagne on each other
Embiid got a false MVP because he cried and blubbered about it. Meanwhile champion ironman Tatum gets hate for being corny. This is the media and fanbase we’re dealing with here.
Andre Drummond does have the sixth most rebounding titles of all time and the 14th highest rebounding average of all time. He's no that good at anything else, but he is a good rebounder.
He did make it known in his rookie year and many times he likes soccer and was a soccer player first but then a basketball coach wanted him so he just took it because it was a opportunity for a better life
Bunch of entitled divas. It is what it is. They shouldn't have ANY right to complain because they are some of the most privileged people in the world. Getting millions to play a game.
Back in the late 97's i was playing pick up ball in a Small division 3 school. I went there to run track so i should have not being play ball anyways lol. In a middle if a pick up game I almost dislocated my knee. I straight my knee out it slide back into place i got up and ran up court like nothing happen lol. What am i trying to say i was not going pro and grew up on the court you have to be tough. Mind you i am 5'7 weight 170 pounds so i use to take a beating on the court lol
It's so expensive to take a family to a nba game and when you get there the players you saved your money to watch are just sitting on the bench SMH
Pitiful indeed due to losing an eyebrow.
And they are not even wearing a suit. Tight pants and hoodies.
I just realized why this never has bothered me. You are buying a ticket to see “X” person entertain you like you are going to a concert to see a specific artist. I buy a ticket just to chill at a live game, not to see specific ppl, as long as they dnt cancel the game i got what I wanted which is to just see a game with NBA players play
@aspealioshis and if you feel you got your money's worth good for you but kids wear jerseys of there favorite players and wan5 to see them its not like other sports only 10 guys on the court much more about individual players then say football
Exactly, I don't have any intention spending my more hard earned money on people being paid to do nothing but sit on a bench, imagine being a kawaii Leonard fan
The first 49 seconds of this video is pure gold.
That's true. Barkley and McHale said what needed to be said. One can stop watching this video after that because whoever made this video has nothing to contribute.
FACTS THEN I CUT IT OFF
Victor wemby said it best “guys that I looked up too…. I noticed they don’t work as hard 🤦🏽♂️ “
Puts things into perspective.
Rudy gaybert is definitely on that list
@@RedForemanTo quote Tracy McGrady on Gobert’s game : “Wtf are you working on in the offseason?”😂
@@RedForemanRudy Gay catching strays.😢
Coming from a Frenchman is shocking. However, I respect him more for saying it. 💪
crazy that the plumbers and firefighters were playing every game 40+ mpg in chuck taylors with no rest and way less injuries...
A lot of the nba players are the p word
THEY ALSO HAD TO TRAVEL BY BUSES FOR HOURS!!!!!
Did they have less injuries or did they just play through them a lot more?
It must be the cocaine right 😅
Uhhhhh. Yeah. Correct.👍👍
I hate this era of basketball.
Same here. Bring me back to the 90s n 00s
@@dreamcage1801yessss we had Streetball spike as well;)) damn Im old..
@@chrisuncleahmad666 no it wasn’t
chuck has probably eaten churros tougher than most of these current "stars"...
Served to him by a big Ole woman from San Antonio😂😂😂
and them stale nachos in Phoenix 😂
@@amandswright2040 😂😂😂😂😂
@@duffman4655 with cold cheese... and pickles... 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂 & donuts, pot roasts…
Professional sports has become entertainment, it's no longer competition.
Brought to you by DRAFT KINGS. lol.
here comes the clowns that will defend these fixed sports orgs as being "fair" and not entertainment lol
then why play if you're not having fun? just for the money? SMH
@@Golden_Ghoulif i have even the slightest skill in basketball and get paid millions who tf cares if im having fun or not, ill do it in a heartbeat.
American professional sports*
LBJ-era "superstars" are unlikeable.
I think when they start they are likeable, like Zion, Ja, Simmons, Ant, it's when they're blinded by max contracts and getting paid off their "potential" that I find their character is revealed, all of the sudden Zion can't put down the fork, Ja can't put down his toy gun, Simmons has the yips and can't shoot anymore, Ant has recently I felt been more arrogant but he's still got a work ethic and passion to an extent but the disrespect to past generations is certainly unlikeable now. I still enjoy Jokic cause he's putting in the work 100%, my only downside to Jokic's work ethic is that it's literally work to him and he doesn't have a passion for the game like others which is a weird and I suppose refreshing take on playing in the NBA which has been really diving into Business and Entertainment and not professional sport.
@@duffman4655 true that. These players play for the money and not for the love of the game. I stopped watching the NBA after Kobe retired. Kobe was the last of the real breed of true sportsmen.
Edit: forgot my man Carmelo
I still like D Rose, Curry, Chris Bosh, Kevin Love, Tim Duncan.
there was a Bird/Magic era and an MJ era. there was never a lebroooom, it became a hodge-podge-free-for-all era after that
I wouldn’t say all of them are unlikeable. Some of them do not have this weak mindset.
"Like, not trying to be arrogant, there's a bunch of kids in there with my shoes and my jersey and just because we're playing Charlotte on NBA League Pass on a Monday that ain't nobody f--king watching, I'm like 'Oh, I'm chilling tonight.' That's not what the great players, the best players do. ... Big game or not big game, compete. Play basketball. Don't take that s--t for granted." - Jayson Tatum
He learned that from Kobe
@@LeetraviusMcKay-q6m 💯
MVP 24-25.
One of the best things Tatum has ever said. If a coach forces a player to sit, then it’s not the player’s fault, but if it’s the player choosing to sit out, that’s despicable.
@HypocritesExposd that's the thing though there are a lot of times where the decision to sit comes from the coach or higher up in the team in order to protect their investment. Should we be getting mad at players if the team makes them sit or take rest days?
The solution is easy, make load management effect their averages. If you dont want to play despite being healthy, sure, but youre getting a tripple 0 this game and its going in your stat sheet.
It should effect their salaries too.
the problem is - how do you divide between divas and people who actually hurt themselves
or worse, when a player is a diva but has factually hurt his knee at some point
as usual, laws were put in place for a society that consisted of law abiding players, and some spineless people have ruined the system over the last 20 years.
abusing the charity that should be reserved for actually injured players.
@@leonhardablemake contracts non guaranteed and cut them if they can't play after healing, cut the pay in half if injured, and the problems will root themselves out.
@@leonhardable I find the problem specific to that lies on the Injury reserve program, they need to make that more concrete like the other Major League sports which have mandatory minimums of how long they are on that list for like MLB has a 10-day injury and I think NHL has a 7-day once you've been put on that list. For the NBA they just "file" a report of "injury" and then they can classify it as questionable, out indefinitely, probable etc and most likely is a fake report to then choose to play or not. Like for example and James was on the Injury report I would say about 60 games but played 71 games is just simply an exploitation of those rules that are indeed supposed to help truly injured players
@@leonhardable MRIs exist
"I understand if you are working the coal mines and you need a rest day" The stronger, faster, better athletes of today would boycott the league if they have to travel commercial eating only hotdogs from stands or vending machine during back to back. That is why we value the old players so much, because they gave it their all. Oh your neck hurts? Put a cast on and play.
Gerald Henderson :D played 76 games in his rookie season followed by 3 straight 82 game seasons
These dudes aren't stronger, faster, bigger or better at anything today. Please stop telling that lie because it isn't true. The three most athletic players ever were Wilt, Russell and Jordan. Russell and Wilt were track stars in college. Wilt was the only player that ever benched 500 or more that ever played in the NBA.
Go do some research on the 90's the weight lifting decade. Earl Boykins at 5'5" and 135 lbs benched 350. Avery Johnson at 5'11" and 185 lbs benched 400. Robert Pack at 6'2" and 185 to 190 lbs benched 400. These were all confirmed by trainers and teammates. I don't think any big man in the current game could do that and those were little guys. These players aren't more skilled because hardly no one has post or midrange with carrying and traveling allowed. All they do is shoot 35 footers.
guess we done with the 2020's
Honestly, not just for basketball either 😂
We're not halfway through the 2020s yet, and the new generation of NBA stars is currently rising up. A lot of them don't have this problem. We're gonna be done with them before they can even really make an impact? You're saying that because of the likes of LeBron and Embiid, not them.
Y'all picking on the wrong era. This 2020s era is up there as the best with the 80s and 2000s. The worst is 2010s. Superteams, guys like rudy gobert and draymond green winning dpoys, no defense, foul baiting and flopping, the list goes on. Most superstars of the 2020s(Jokic, Giannis, Luka, SGA etc.)so far are actually pretty decent.
Bro I've been done with the 2020s 😂
@@apex_bladeIf you didn’t like the 2010’s then you just don’t actually like basketball. You just like talking as if you do while repeating things you’ve heard on tv. 2010’s is easily the best decade of basketball in the last 30yrs.
Embiid is the WORST-Spoken player. No substance, horrible tone, lazy voice, bad tempo, and simply says the worst things. It's annoying AF and cringe just listening to him speak 🤦🏻♂️💀💀💀
I wholly agree with you which is why I can’t stand his approach to the game.
he wants people to like him, but he just makes it so hard.
Lmao you didn't tell one lie. He's always making excuses. Blaming his team not being good enough when he plays like ABSOLUTE trash in the postseason or hurt/unavailable due to poor conditioning & all that flopping.
That’s cuz of his accent
He's from Cameron
Not only are they spoiled, lazy, and soft. They cheat by constantly travelling and double dribbling.
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@@Gurenn83 Every one of your comment on this channel is about LeBron, get it your mouth. Kobe, and all of your favorite players went to Diddy parties, it's not freakoffs.🤡
@@Gurenn83 Calling any NBA player "lazy" especially one of the hardest working NBA players is a different type of delusion.😂
@@ballerez7889Joel Embiid exist... who's really delusional?
@@guts5398how is embiid lazy? because he gets injured? this man played in a series with a hurt knee and has to carry his team time and time again how does him being “lazy” make sense?
Great video again @Uncut Hoops!! I absolutely agree with Wemby!! If you watch the games, you can pretty much fill in alot of the names he was talking about.
Thats why this league is unwatchable. I rather watch these UA-cam videos for the NBA drama.
Lol
Totally agreed. These soft players should never be inducted into hall of Fame.
This is why i switched to MLB shohei ohtani is more exciting to watch
Exactly…. Past YT videos > load management prima donnas that do nothing but step backs…
Lebron started the snow flake era. Controls media. Moves.goal posts and trashes past eras. In media and from players they want credit without effort. They want status without putting iinthe work. They bash the old era.. Imagine if Clark did that? Embed had plenty of help. Charming soft era.
Lebron won championships with all 3 teams he played for🤦🏽♂️. He deserves praise from the media based on what he accomplished.
Lebron plays very physical but when someone starts playing physical on him he starts complaining to the refs and flopping.
@@edwinbrown2148he has the media bought off people have seen right threw that we're all tired of hearing the same narrative about him 24/7
I don't think it's Charming at all, personally.
@@edwinbrown2148stacking your roster with all star (and even super star) line ups and still coming out with a negative finals record isn't as meritous as you think.
Imagine telling your boss that you are only going to work for 2 and a half hours a night. That you need 3 breaks and also want to sit out and rest for a few minutes on top of that. That you are only going to work 3 to 4 nights a week, and on top of all of that, on nights that you just don't feel like working, you're going to sit out for "load management",
Don’t compare a 9-5 to athletes making millions because they are the attraction. It’s okay to dislike their approach to the game, but don’t ever compare yourself to them.
@@369pendulumgood point. But you also kind of made a separate point without knowing it. There the “attraction” yes. But the numbers have dropped drastically over the last 20 years and continue to drop. So clearly they’re not “attracting” as well as they use to. And it’s because of the stuff we’re talking about.
@@tawithmmk4800 Idk if that’s the reason though. I think the NBA game itself isn’t as entertaining as it used to be with all this damn 3pt shooting. You watch the average NBA game and it’ll be 3mins straight of back n forth chucking 3’s, the stars are the ones making the games bearable. And even though viewership is going down that’s not stopping the NBA from signing these multi-billionaire dollar deals, so clearly these corporations know something that they’re not telling us.
@@369pendulum I blame the fans for that. Young fans don’t know any better I guess so they still buy these expensive tickets (well their parents do anyway ha) and so money still comes in. Not nearly what it could be if they put a better product out on the court…but enough to pay these entitled athletes anyway. Is what it is….unfortunately I don’t see it changing. Hopefully I’m wrong. I always kinda wondered if lebron retires id they’ll start allowing a little more defense to be played again. I’m sure never what it was in the 89s/90’s but I get that that was a little much. But they gotta allow the game to be a little more physical. If they’re gonna allow them to carry and travel to look more skilled the least they could do is force them to do it against some actual defense. I think that would bring a lot of fans back to the game. I’m not a WNBa fan personally but I’ve been watching a bit more this year..and have watched each of the first 4 finals games so far between the liberty and lynx. And man their defense is far more entertaining. They let them be physical and it’s so. Much better to watch. And they don’t just chuck up 3’s like you said. It’s refreshing. Anyway…if the nba decides to bring some physicality back What a better time to do it then after lebron retires? Fingers crossed
@@369pendulumhe ain’t wrong
Kobe shaking his head and say “SOFT”!!
If I was an NBA player, I’d be playing every single game, even preseason. Wouldn’t take the spot for granted.
agreed, 450 roster spots NBA player is a profession that's approximately 1 in 18 million chance to even dream of.
Yeah but a lot of these kids from this generation have been entitled since they were in diapers. It’s all they know. And most didn’t really work as hard as you probably think. A lot of what gets them to nba is genetics. Just being born athletic freaks. They don’t realize that is Something they should thank god for every day and not waste it…but yet so many do.
Definitely! These teams need to get rid of these bums who can’t even score more than 10-15 points a game as well and stop recycling them from team to team. They need to bring in players who are ready to play the game the way it’s intended to at the professional level. They just dumb down the NBA by letting these lazy garbage players continue to profit off of them while they sit around not taking it seriously.
I just watched vintage basketball on the free Roku NBA channel, 76ers vs. Knicks, Ewings FIRST game, and the guys worked their asses off. The Knicks pressed the entire game, guys just worked so hard.
Centers back in the day were incredibly athletic, because of their role they were always trying to be first in the paint offensively and defensively. I loved that hustle and Ewing was very good at doing that, some of his highlights include blocking a shot, and joining the transition into offense and dunking the ball.
@@duffman4655 Now you watch a Finals game and JJ Redick says on-air that “it’s not Luka’s responsibility” to get back on defense after Luka does the soft-ass move where you intentionally fall down on a jump shot, then literally sit on your ass on the floor complaining to the ref while the other team flies down the court for a layup.
PLUS it was the real Entertaiment!! With a love to the game, now it's all plastic
What's funny is that this era is making the previous era the 2010's look tough, when in fact even that was soft. At this rate these kids will be in ballerina skirts by the end of the 2030s.
@DefaultHeroEntertainment 90s must've been soft when Colleg Dudes Chris's Webber abd Grant Hill schooled Jordan and other 90s guys
They say that about the NFL as well. Yet the game is smarter, offenses and defenses more complicated to understand and run. Sometimes doing things smarter actually wins the game
I wonder why your boys didn't win the 90s they were part off the70 and 9 casualties 🤣🤣🤣@@malikwilson7387
@@malikwilson7387 LeBron been beaten by 90's plumbers in finals .....
Ballerina’s ain’t soft… that shit is brutal.
Old school mentality: leave it all on the court every game
New school mentality: only do the bare minimum to stretch your career and get more money
I mean old school mindset got some of these players broke or left the game ringless also new school have different players everybody is unique stop putting people in boxes these new and old players work their asses off who are you to tell them that they are lazy
@@Lifeofawarrior321It doesn’t matter? It’s all about the way basketball is played at the professional level. Being lazy and sucking just dumbs down the NBA and makes it less competitive. You’ve got all these grown men sitting around in street clothes every other day as they waste not only the team’s money, but the fans money while someone who is willing to work their ass off for a spot on an NBA team never gets the opportunity.
They gave lefraud blames jr a participation trophy for losing by 60 😂😂
The Lakers starters didn't even play while the whole Warriors starting lineup played except curry🤷♂️
@@Arick_jr Warriors didn’t even play their best player and still won by 60 😂
@@AXEJAYB and Lakers didn't play their best 6🤷♂️😂
@@Arick_jr why didn’t Lebron play then? He doesn’t play back to backs anymore like Embiid? Wait he didn’t even play any of the two games.
Why does the 22 year veteran need to play every pre-season game. How do y’all dislike a player and then complain when they don’t play?
BY FAR the softest era in NBA history. These dudes wear tights n paint they nails
Hey!!! they are just being "themselves" umm kayyy /s
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Your lame take is, your concern more with players wearing tights and painted nails over these same individuals who are the most insecure, arrogant, egoistical, and ignorant 'men'
Shorts on their suits and carrying purses, too.
what do either of those things have to do with work ethic? you sound dumb.
It isn't that Embiid is done with individual accolades and has realised the value of rings, he most likely sees an NBA championship as the most glamorous absence in his personal résumé.
Yea he cried and bitched and moaned til he finally got his MVP now he aint worried bout it anymore lol
after you hear "When it comes to.." , expect pure fire and facts 🔥
The NBA has been playing 82 game seasons for God knows how long. The game is less physical than it has ever been. The nutrition, medical treatment and recovery are undoubtedly better than ever.
And some think the season is too long to make it even easier for these bums.
Embiid says he could be in the goat conversation but his team peaked just as high as the jrue holiday, Evan turner, igoudala sixers
Hahaha. He’s a big joke that’s for sure.
On paper his team was every bit as good as that one if not better. The truth is, Embiid was too soft and lazy to get through the playoffs. Thats why he always plays so much worse. The year Ben Simmons refused to shoot, they still could have won easily but playing 4 quarters of basketbal is beyond his comprehension.
“…’if’ I’d been healthy I’d be in the GOAT conversation…”
Argumentum Ad Speculum.
The facts are that he shoots in the low-40s eFG% and averages 4.5 TOs/gm to 3 APG in must-win games, whether straight-up elimination, down 0-2 in Game 3s or 1-2 in Game 4s.
This is over a 7-yr stretch of playoff action ‘18-‘24.
The facts speak for themselves.
He’s suffered injuries which is unfortunate and for which one can certainly sympathize.
That does not mean that he can say laughably fallacious BS like that and still be taken seriously, though.
@@margarinetaintedgreen8140 His injuries are not unfortunate, he flops so much and so hard while he is to big to jump and fall like that that he injure himself by floping, also he is the dirtiest player in league and the worst MVP playoff performer in history of league! If there was not racism and fear from media of putting fat, slow dunkless Jokic in official all time race by giving him 3xMVP in a row he wouldn't be even that.
Man...if players back in the 1940s, 50s and 60s and 70s made that kind of cash, they wouldn't need to go get a 2nd job. Thank you charles, in they say today basketball players have it much harder and tougher competition and more physical
I don't remember who said this but i completely agree with it
"The best ability, is availability"
Preach that why old school NBA was Real Basketball
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Bird in the 5th row going after a loose ball.
Need that super ego. Superstar. To smarten up these player. Like a mj or Kobe. To get league back to it good old days.
The "Estrogen" in the NBA today is very reminiscent of "The Golden Girls" 80's sitcom. 🤣
Sophia would wreak them in the paint.
I find it incomprehensible that a player can decide not to play. That decision lies with the coach, and only the player's health can justify not playing. In Europe, if the coach tells you to play, you play. If you don't listen, you're out of the club; if you slack off, you're out of the club. You can be a star as much as you want, but if I paid you to play, then you'll play, or you're out of the club.
No coincidence things started to get bad after adam silver (the worst commisioner in sports) took over
I never liked Embiid. He’s a bum
One of the Dirtiest players AND softest
A bum that dropped 70 on Wemby and the Sperms
1:13 he's such a bum lol
Dude just wanna leave a comment to ask if you're planning to watch the new netflix doc with Lebron? There are so many LIES being told 🤣
Of course they will do that. It's just about the message they want to spread
Yeah, it's better than Last Dance! Best documentary about best player (in space jam 2, that is...), no other documentaries will ever be made cause Lebron one is so good, people afraid to create new ones...
@@bbakerr How dare you! I LOVE Space Jam 2... in the same way that I love The Room or Troll 2, that is.
I had no clue it came out, and there are hardly any reviews. Not enough to even get a Metascore or Tomatometer, and the handful of critical reviews found it mediocre. When The Last Dance came out, it took the world by storm. That's a microcosm of LBJ: Chasing MJ, coming up short, and moving the goalposts.
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To be accurate, both Embiid and Wembanyama speaks french but the former played in ncaa before nba while the latter played in europe between 2019 and 2023.
That means Embiid is closer to the american early 2010's mentality while Wembanyama is closer to the european mentality and share more things with players like Doncic, Jokic or Antetokounmpo.
The nba will never change unless the people stop supporting the product. After kd joined the warriors in 2017 I never watched a game again. I wish the other fans would follow suit to actually make the league change
insane pettiness
It's harder to watch than miss. They make it easy bc they make basketball look hard. It's just basketball.. take care of your body, train & practice, learn the plays, have fun. There is a minimum of players doing that.
Hell no bro. Shut up
@@nsant2321why is that petty?
@@nsant2321lol facts
its nice and epic the transition from kobe to lequeen while the narrator says "and below that..." so funny and so real
I say bump it up to 70 games played to qualify for a DPoY, MVP, and All NBA. I would also add that you won’t qualify for an All Star selection if you haven’t played 80% of the games pre AllStar break.
Winning is all that matters. Anything else is a failure. Individual success is important and winning is always the goal and if it isn'tyoure a loser. Even if you don't have a stacked team a winning mindset is essential
Wait. You just said that winning is all that matters, and anything else is a failure. If the latter is true, then why is individual success important?
@@urbaindelva7869To whom? LeBron fans? The goal I thought was to win games and championships therefore creating a legacy? It's a team sport not an individual sport..
@@titancheat good thing he has10 finals appearances and more wins than the whole timberwolves
@@TFFProdLeBron played with super teams everywhere he went, it's nothing really to brag about realistically.
@@urbaindelva7869winning is a mentality. Here's an example, embid threw his teammates under the bus when he said harden and himself can't win without help. A true leader would've said I failed my team, I didn't step up and handle business, regardless at the end of the day embid, LeBron, Paul George players like that can't be goats because they defer to others in crunch time.
Money has ruined professional sports
I really hope this next generation of stars will make it about competition and winning again, not building their brands and hawking their shitty podcasts.
Great commentary!
Joel has never recovered from kawhi's shot
Me neither
From a person whose father is developing dementia and can barely walk from playing in the NFL and Arena Football for 13 years, I wish they had guardians caps in the old league. I wish he could’ve taken days off. I would give every penny back and more to have my dad be healthy and able. It’s so easy to call someone soft when you’ve never experienced it.
I bet your father wouldn’t change it
Super entertaining content man, love it.
Thank goodness for the new wave of stars coming up. The 2010 stars were awful outside of the big 3.
I'm sure in his career of playing 98.5 percent of his possible games throughout his entire career, John Stockton was dealing with nagging injuries that he probably could have taken a game off but I bet you those 4 games he missed in 89 and 18 he missed in 97 killed him.
From the Olympics, it appeared wemby is already better. He had big impact. Interested to watch him this year. Olympics also confirmed again that jokic can play and makes people better. Lebron still chokes late in games, steph can still hit big shots.
It's funny watching Embiid struggle against guys like aging Brook Lopez. Him playing in the era where big men like Hakeem, Robinson, Shaq, Mourning, Ewing, Mutombo, etc were all over the league would've been crazy.
It’s the fault of The NBA for giving them too much money!!! And the fans needs o stop valuing them!!!
The problem with the NBA:
Brand first, basketball second.
uncut hoops in which video again you did the mj last shot in utah sounds but the missed 3pt shot of lbj?
5:30 Joel embiid is arguably the most criticized player in the game rn, that statement is just inaccurate lol
He gets criticism from actual basketball fans but not much from the media. The media as a whole has really stopped criticizing all players in recent years. Now they want to be buddy buddy with the players.
UA-camr commisioner Dynamo has so many amazing hilarious rants on this topic
Uncut Yo keep defending the vets the ol skool Bro 👍🏾 we appreciate it.
Shoutout to them kids holding the missing person poster with Embiid's face on it 🤣🤣💀💀💀
uh oh, this might not get you as much views. Guess you’re gonna have to milk Bronny content more for that easy 100k+ views 😂
I hate when people fully blame the players, last i checked everyone who works has a boss. That boss and league hold the standard so if anything most of the blame should go towards the league itself for getting soft themselves
You got the point! The rookies too, before they play a game already millionaire it's.. .
But Embiid and Co were really too soft.. The contracts were so big but they do and less and less for it! The NBA now have so much talent but unfortunately in the past the players and the game was more tough. It's even more sad cause I never saw a eara in any league either where you got so much teams with so much amazing players like the western where ten teams were so exciting and could be contender in every other time.
This video is nothing but the truth. Most players don't get rid of the ego to win a championship before they pass their primes, and in the end, it's too late.
This past 15 years(ish) has been the softest era for in NBA history.
There is no G.O.A.T conversation. + Love Wemby, but he sounds like Dave Chappelle's impression of Dylan. He spits hot fire.
The 76ers and Clippers are the best organizations for load management players.
I'm just glad even the younger generations of fans is starting to see how bad it has gotten. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for sitting out for legit injuries, but there's a reasonable medium between playing injured and playing with minor pain.
Wemby has both a perfect mind and frame for basketball. God keep this man healthy, he's chosen to be Wilt come again. I wouldn't be shocked if Wemby actually dropped 100 in a few years. With everyone and their dog scoring 70+ recently it's not unthinkable
And this is why guys like Tatum should get more respect because he's one of the sturdiest superstar today. playing more than 70 games in the season
After taking the extension players like Kawhi and Embiid are out from the start of the season and other don't like playing back to back.
And the defense of Andre Drummond he has a valid point. In passed eras when they valued defense and rebounding we will hold him to a higher standard but because the prototypical big man has been phased out the game he doesn't get the love he deserves
He might be the best rebounder in the NBA right now.
Great vid!
This era really makes me feel like it’s the WWF, everything is for show nothing is real.
The problem is most of these players just in it for money not so much for the love of the game like kd he switched teams of few times but he tried to play with one of the worst injuries you can have
Joel Embiid is Roy Hibbert in the 90's.
Really? Name one time that Roy Hibbert displayed anything close to the ability that Embiid has displayed. If you wanna argue that Embiid wouldn't be a superstar, fine. But he would be Roy Hibbert in the 90s? Stop it. All of a sudden, he would just be big with no actual game just because he plays in the 90s? How does that work?
Dude Roy Hibbart was drafted in 2008
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Roy Hibbert wasn't that bad. He just had mental issues. Better defender than Embiid too
@@theinktician Joel Embiid has mental issues too.
The NBA is going to go out of business if these players keep taking games off
Andre Drummond is one of the greatest rebounders of all time btw
I think guaranteed contract are ruining NBA basketball. Kawhi, Embiid, PG, Harden, Kyrie, Ball Brothers, etc. If you can’t show up, you shouldn’t get paid at all.
MJ mentioned this in 2005 on the Oprah show, it was great insight to how kids now get paid on potential, they get paid millions of dollars on day 1, and according to him it sets a bad work ethic. I loved that interview cause it's been accurate regarding today's NBA
To put it into perspective, the average superstar gets about 35 minutes a game, some more, some less. Even if they played all 82 games at 35 minutes, that's roughly 41 hours. And there are so few players that play all 82 games, that they actually play probably closer to 35 hrs. So......8 months to do a week's worth of work; barely making full time hours or nice part time work hours. All with a way too small court, ample breaks like every 3 minutes or less, unlimited subs, and a relatively non contact sport. How these "professional athletes" can get tired, or injured like, at all, is absolutely insane. And that's beside the problem of that they really don't want to even play. They just want the money and fame. Of all the team sports out there, it's definitely one of the lamest, and these pros nowadays are an absolute joke.
The last true series of real basketball was Spurs Pistons. That was basketball that combined skill and physicality. Wembanyama better be happy the league is soft cause a 7'4" 210 pound guy would not last 6 months 25 years ago.
And Adam Silver doing nothing but enabling the coddling and laziness. I remember players playing with broken fingers, broken noses, the flu, dislocated shoulders, etc. Now you have players like Lebron, who gets lightly tapped on the finger, falls down, and lays on the floor for 35 minutes and then gets wheeled out on a stretcher......Dude is built, but that took him out? Is he tough like he wants us to believe? Or does every little touch sit him on the bench for 3 games?
He's a pathetic flopper.
So was this a Joel Embiid video then?
While Kobe was still playing his last two years the league was already Charmin soft. Now they wear mandatory goggles in the locker room while spraying champagne on each other
Embiid got a false MVP because he cried and blubbered about it. Meanwhile champion ironman Tatum gets hate for being corny. This is the media and fanbase we’re dealing with here.
LeSoft has played just ONE full 82 game season in his entire 20+ year career!! 🤯
The worst part is Larry Bird recently defending this generation of players, like he doesn't know they take a crazy amount of days off he never got
5:22 teen wolf 😁
Drummond is one of the best rebounders ever, though
Andre Drummond does have the sixth most rebounding titles of all time and the 14th highest rebounding average of all time. He's no that good at anything else, but he is a good rebounder.
Soft as 🧈
He did make it known in his rookie year and many times he likes soccer and was a soccer player first but then a basketball coach wanted him so he just took it because it was a opportunity for a better life
Bunch of entitled divas. It is what it is. They shouldn't have ANY right to complain because they are some of the most privileged people in the world. Getting millions to play a game.
7:53 I see highlight after highlight of today's "stars" being allowed to just switch their pivot and travel to make much easier shots.
Life long philly dude here. You are correct.
Watching Embids highlights you can find soo mane travels.
If Jokic had that Philly squad, he’d probably have multiple rings lol
Back in the late 97's i was playing pick up ball in a Small division 3 school. I went there to run track so i should have not being play ball anyways lol. In a middle if a pick up game I almost dislocated my knee. I straight my knee out it slide back into place i got up and ran up court like nothing happen lol. What am i trying to say i was not going pro and grew up on the court you have to be tough. Mind you i am 5'7 weight 170 pounds so i use to take a beating on the court lol
That's why they stay in shape and train and practice with millions of dollars . Just to play basketball