At 3:07 "You don't go to the hole as much, you start sitting at the 3 point line waiting for somebody to find you." Man, if that doesn't describe what the league is now....
He hit the hail right on the head. I see too many guys standing behind the 3 point line waiting for the ball instead of moving around and taking mid range shots
Exactly... your man doesn't have to work as hard on defense, your man never gets into foul trouble, your team doesn't get into the bonus as quickly, and people forgot that 3-point plays are a thing.
Just talking about this about Ant Man. I thought he was on the road to being the next great superstar but now he falling in love with the 3 ball. Shai on OKC is playing the way I want to see Anthony play:
What made The NBA great was not having the copycat league narrative nba analyst adopt from The NFL. What made all the other years great was that every team had their own identities. You thought Bulls you thought Jordan, pippen and the triangle offense. Pacers Reggie miller 3 point sniper, pistons bad boys fundamental and gritty defense, Knicks blue collar basketball, lakers fast break finesse…. The list goes on. Now it’s 2 man iso and 35 plus 3 pointers for every team.
Agree. I would add punish moving screens, ball carrying, let 3sec paint rule return to the league and remove 3p no touch rule and free of movement rule. We would see a way more competitive league and fun to watch, like European basketball, tougher than NBA nowadays unfortunately
The fix is simple. Bring back hand checking, eliminate the foul where players are shooting and a defender gets close, eliminate the rule made for Curry where a cutting path can not be impeded, remove the gather step that was made for Lebron because he always traveled before starting his dribble. Remove the move where they pick up their dribble and take steps before shooting 3s, that might be the gather step rule. I hate it, it looks awful, it looks like a travel. Am I wrong that no one did that before Harden? I watched and played ball my whole life and no one ever dd that until Harden, after the gather step rule. But this fixes the NBA imo.
I think they will once they finally get lebron up outta here. They altered/relaxed rules when he came into the league because of his limited skills beyond being a running back on the basketball court.
@TheEsquireOfSportsFSU you and your father know that's completely false, talking about the man that wore another man like a Cape and still got the and 1, and still had enough finesse to cross kobe😂
3 ball, carrying the ball and the blatant travel has made the NBA a terrible product. Honorable mentions go to terrible officiating and unwatchable All Star Weekend.
I played Basketball in the 80 's & 90's and was able to go to College because of it. I think the problem is the Executives wanted a higher scoring game so they put these ticky tack rules in to do that. You barely touch a player, foul. Are game was physical and when we scored, we earned it. If we went to the free throw line it was because it was a outrageously hard foul. Fouls that they call today going to the paint, guys back then knew to get up and play defense because it wasn't considered a foul... They need to get back to hand checking. If you bodied up on these players today, their games would be pathetic because they wouldn't know how to work their way out of it... Watch Old Skool NBA videos with these kids from this era. They'd probably have a heart attack because the fouls that they call today wasn't called in those days. It have to be something truly serious to be called a foul... PS, it wasn't any huffing and puffing back then. It was BENCH CLEARING BRAWLS back in those Days. That's why the NBA was always exciting in that era. These New Age All Stars wouldn't be All Stars in that era. Because that was real Basketball. You'll always have People from those Days saying that today's NBA is nothing compared to then and the ratings are providing exactly what we are talking about...
I completely agree. A few things 1) you had to be so much stronger with the basketball 2) you had to make you move and go, you couldn’t wait around and dribble 6/7/8 times 3) when we play one-on-one you got three dribbles otherwise you turn was up
That's because you can't copy Lebron's game unless you have Lebron's body and basketball IQ. I mean you can't really "copy" Kobe either, but it's an aesthetic that is easier to emulate on the playground as it mostly consists of iso ball and fadeaway jumpshots.
@lomarsweed6604 what chu talkin' about? At the playground, a lot of people on the weekends can copy LeBron. They flop. And they complain and bitch every ball possession with arms up.
@@peacockmusicpage Again, it's an aesthetic... one could argue people do copy Melo's style, but how would you even know? There's really no idiosyncratic characteristics that set it apart from a lot of players. Melo just did it better than most.
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There’s a clip from BJ Armstrong’s podcast & he talks about an assistant coach said mid range shooting is a waste of time. Mid range is one of the most important skill in basketball.
Right. It’s literally one of the hardest shots to make. Have to have touch. But different touch from almost every space of the mid. When I was a kid we were told to practice it. Like Ray Allen, Kobe, Vince , TMAC etc.
Mid range is the most inefficient shot there is…. you will most likely have a defender in your face not to mention a help defender that would most likely be a taller player.…
The 3 point era was exciting to watch when Steph and klay first started to blow up. I never thought the whole league would copy that game plan! I have stopped watching for a couple years now and I won’t go back until the league goes back to real basketball and I believe most fans feel the same way.
I remember that interview by Jordan bringing it up now is syncronicity. If the NBA wants viewership to go up they have to bring back defense. Currently theres not hand checking from the free throw line extended they should bring back hand checking from free throw line extended but on double teams no hand checking. This would allow defenders to not worry about ticky tack calls and for the offensive player he will have the opportunity how much talent he has by either going by both and making a play or it will show who has the basketball iq to make the right basketball play. This will make the players hit the weights and develop their game with more than just side and step back 3s.
"Analytics" is bad for sports. Their math told them that 3s and baiting refs into getting free throws were the only thing they should be worried about, and here we are
Yeah, it’s the same with baseball. The math told them that every pitcher should be striking out as many batters as possible and every hitter should be swinging for the fences. The worst part is that, in both cases, the math is right, which is why it’s so dug in. The analytics may be right, but it makes for an inferior product to watch. But there’s no putting the genie back in the bottle.
Yeah, I agree. I don't like when people talk shit about the NBA, but watching five missed threes in five straight possessions gets pretty rough to watch.
Honestly, even if the players hit more of the 3s they chuck up, it would still be boring to watch. The game needs a complete overhaul to be watchable again.
Regrettably, I think you're right. I don't think we're ever going to get the style of basketball back that we had in the 1980's and 1990's, because the mindset around violence has changed in the culture. The old adage, "Boys will be boys" is totally rejected, so the idea that refs and officials just brush off the occasional shoving match and get back to the game is unthinkable now.
The 3 used to be a shot used in case of emergency or like a plan B, coaches knew that midrangers, dunks and lay ups were more efficient, and the public got to see more match ups between players, making the game more entertaining. A strategy about mostly shooting 3s makes the game more boring because it lacks confrontation, it makes the players look like they're scared of going against each other, even Ray Allen was a great dunker early in his career. Nowadays you get teams like the Celtics, live by the 3 or die by the 3, what's worse than a team winning because they made like 35 3s? A team that lost because they missed like 70% of their possessions due to abusing the 3.
Difference between that MJ game and today's NBA - I distinctly remember watching that game at home (with my MOM!) and we were just amazed at the entire performance and how much fun it was watching it. Now? I can't remember the last time I cared about any team/player in the NBA.
All this 3pt shooting is crazy. You would think it leads to higher scoring games like Arenas points out or the scoring leader being a high volume 3pt shooter. Guess what, Giannis leads the league in scoring and hardly takes any 3s. Betcha Jordan would lead the league in scoring by destroying the defenses today with the same game he played, no 3s. Crazy huh.
MJ , Barkley would be putting 40-50 a game. Bird would be even more brutal because on top of all the post play, mid range , he was a 3s killer. No answer for him.The game is cracked. When you see guys like Wenby jacking deep 3s. And you cant touch them, all you can do is raise your arms....the game is over. Force him to shoot off balance. Then lets see if he would be jacking those 3s.
Kobe, lebron tried for a little while as well, maybe 2-3 years. After that he just coasted. Kobe tried almost his entire career though so it has to be him. That's a long time to go by with virtually no one working harder then everybody else to be the best. Sad really
@@johnrickles3378 Kobe was the last one who came to mind. These other guys are good but they're only good on oneside of the floor - they're half baked.
@@NotTheWheel sad that these players now coming in have absolutely no idol to look up to to focus their game and try to be like. I have no idea why no one came in trying to be just like Kobe, maybe because especially early on Kobe was a ball hog and hadn't honed his game in, maybe because he was arrogant at times. Either way it's sad just how bed players are now and play. Just briefly turning on a game now is like putting a lighter to my eyeball. I cannot believe just how unskilled and ridiculous basketball looks now. I can't believe players and coaches are ok with the flagrant travelling, basically eliminated the dribble completely, zero defense. It's like the players are just getting blown all over by wind floating on the court. Not one player can defend or even tries. I hate the current form of the NBA and I think soon the NBA will start having more financial issues because of their horrible decisions
Interesting. Why not copy Micheal Jordan style of playing in modern basket ball? Is it because the people that run the NBA want the bar lower for their people.
The talent has gotten so much better that literally everyone can do what MJ could… the moves look different but there are better shooters than MJ… Steph KD Kyrie Devin Booker Luka
Wrong. The nba wants another MJ because it would be great for basketball. They realized players aren’t as good as him so they implement rules to make it easier for people to try and replicate what he did.
@lbm281981 agree, the world's been in a steady decline since the turn of the century. There were still a few good things in the early 2000s but definitely on the decline
What people don't know is that Chicago Bulls used to have the best 3 points shooter in the league: Craig Hodges. And he was allowed to make only couple of shots per game. They knew that people came to see beautiful game. Not stupid 3 points shots.
@@JonahsWail It seems to be a recency bias. NBA players today score 3s at similar percentages as they did in the past, despite the fact that they now play against little-to-no defense. Unlike older players of the 90s and 2000s, who rarely had open shots at the three point line, many 3s these days are basically uncontested jumpers. Yet, modern players still have trouble getting in those shots.
Notice the world did not catch up. The American main players lost core,basic skills and became "shooters" and "iso" wizards. While the world focus on the core. Usa barely survived Olympics, and that's with 3 point needed shooting they NEEDED, while others play good team ball. Usa sent the BEST of NBA, and they bary won...
Good video, you should also look into MJs interview in the 2000s where he said paying players based on potential and not having to earn it sets a bad work ethic for players which is true we can see the players don't love the game as much because they are paid millions they don't deserve.
My crazy idea to fix it is remove the 3 line. Everyone is around the same height now. The differences aren't as extreme as when it was introduced. It would force teams to work for open shots rather than numbers game.
There are 2 interesting convos. 1) Is basketball more boring with 3s all day? Basically, everyone thinks YES 2) Is 3s all day actually the best way to win? I think it may not be, even with today's rules. The league has a gentleman's agreement to not play D. Drop the 96 Bulls into today's era and watch them figure it out, D up, and destroy the 3 point teams in wins, championship #7
I grew up in Houston and Chicago and was able to watch a lot of Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon games. It spoiled me. I can’t watch today’s NBA. It’s just boring.
I don't know about it being "by design." Maybe if you mean it's become just a product, then yes. Most of the previous generations grew up watching basketball and as you said, emulated it. But there's also coaching that is heavily involved in organized basketball. Now with analytics and big amounts of money involved, there's no incentive to work harder to produce arguably similar outcomes in terms of contracts and results. There's also a seeming disinterest in how things "used to be" and disregarded as "Old Heads complaining." New solutions could involve limiting contracts to one year. Make players earn their keep. Then create a penalty box for flopping. It's gotten pretty stupid. Train ref's not to call ghost fouls and T's, and to call travels and carries. The league has just gotten lazy in maintaining the quality of play from professional players. Let defense be more physical with hand checking, resulting in more full-court press and less lone shooters hanging at the perimeter.
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Not only is it the 3 pt shot, it’s also the obvious corrupt officiating. It’s almost illegal to play defense now. Too many whistles and unnecessary foul calls, and they don’t even call travel.
It's great to make 3s, but it sucks if everyone is doing it! The bottom line is that all areas (playing, coaching, refereeing, etc.) ought to be balanced in any sport.
I think we are worried too much about the volume of 3s instead of how the 3s are generated because most teams generally generate 3s differently for the most part
I remember strategy of playoff games where say the other team had a defensive center that you wanted to neutralize. You’d go at him early, try to get him in foul trouble, and get 3 the old fashion way. Now the opposing defense is on their heels because they essentially have to run with their back up most of the game. Just one example of stuff they just don’t do anymore.
NBA has become a 3 point shoot out. Hard to watch a bunch of spoiled divas cry after missing an open 3 (after their 30th attempt of the game) and ask the ref to go to the line for their free throws. Players just don't care to be entertaining anymore, all they care about is using the NBA to become even richer by getting their spinoff podcasts, brand deals, etc.
I don't think the 3ball necessarily made the game worse, it was the unofficial rules, not calling obvious fouls, calling bs fouls that almost seem too ridiculous to be true and then refs inserting themselves too much. Then the teams choosing to aquire more 3 shooters over other types of players and then having teams all basically the same. The 3s in the 80s & 90s was perfectly balanced. Today due to offensive favoured style of basketball by the league, it's very unbalanced and no longer enjoyable to watch
Facts about what u said about kids playin BBall today! NBA is Bad Basketball because the NBA has turned the league into the EURO league plus it set new rules that has made it soft and less physical just like the Euro league! NBA wanted the league Euro like for Euro players to Shine in the league. I don’t blame Steph it’s the leagues fault
get the hand checking back so that we can see whos the real talented players... the NBA wants the game to look like the Globetrotters are playing... yeah the kids and the fans does enjoy what they are seeing but for those who plays and those who are enthusiast of the game "ITS A JOKE"
The only way to fix this is to push back the 3-point line by a foot or two, and eliminate the corner 3-point line. This would decrease shooting percentages, and analytics would suggest focusing on higher-percentage close to mid-range shots.
Yup. Exactly my thought, as well. Eventually, the analytics will change, once the line is back far enough. Just keep moving it back incrementally until you get balanced analytics, again.
I feel like this came in to play when Steph Curry got in a league Making Shots that everybody is not really able to do and now everybody trying to be the three-point king my opinion yes everybody needs to go with their strength to have a balance on the floor so if you are a dunker, that is your job and that is what you best at everybody is on the floor for specific reasons, but I could be wrong
New fans think no physical defense is tougher to play against than before the 2001 defense rule changes. Too many 3 pointers is just a drip in the bucket of why basketball has turned bad lol
80s, 90s, 2000s were the PEAK. Don't skimp on the Shaq, Kobe, Iverson, McGrady, Carter, Kidd, Pierce, Duncan, R. Allen, Garnett, Y. Ming, Nowitzski, Nash era those mofos balled hard.
Easy fix is to delete the 3pt line. A soccer goal from anywhere on the field counts as 1. A hockey shot from anywhere on the ice counts as 1. A touchdown from 5 yd pass or run counts the same as a pass or run from the 50yd line or one's 5yd line (e.g. hail mary). A homerun counts as 1 or moving base runners along to home plate counts as 1. Now that it's proven that shooters can shoot anywhere from the half court line down, just count them all the same!
5:35 There’s no “way the game was meant to be played”. Players do whatever they can to score more points that the other team. The game is becoming boring because of too many threes that’s a problem but who are you to say that the game is meant to be played a certain way
@ 😭😭 wa wa you need a tissue buddy? Sorry the players are trying to win and not entertain you. Go watch the globe trotters if that’s all you care about 😹😹😹
Another reason why players are shooting a lot of threes is because they’re trying to avoid injuries. They grew up watching Derrick Rose just like the fans did.
Are you stupid, this is the European game,stop talking and know what the fuck you are talking, Europeans couldn't play American basketball , just like baseball, American football. The only game we don't play is soccer ⚽. Soft ass Europeans can't even win a war
Old school is the best school this is why we loved the game so much back then because it was simple and fair and teams won by athletes being tough and strong and had finesse at the same time. Today there have been too many rule changes and players are lazy. I have always said the layers today could not keep up with the players from back then because they played offense and defense non stop the entire game. That's why games never got over 90 points hardly at all. Luka who is one of my fav players amongst others but I picture one of them walking up to MJ and saying man I'm tired and him giving them a look like what did u just say ur tired. Get the f outta here y'all don't know what tired is lmao
I read somewhere that tjhe amount of times you pass from the left side to the right side or right to left determines probability of scoring. They need to pass more, especially to people driving to the basket
Just to enforce most people's opinion: bring back 90s basketball! Handcheck, allow defense, no more soft fouls, no more "he looked at me" fouls, no more shooter induced fouls.... for the All Star? Classic East vs West, and losing conference gets no play-in for the current season.
If u take away the 3 pointer from the game of basketball players have no choice but to adapt back to the old fashion way of playin the game the right way Centers will play like Centers should truly play like Shaq has done for the game of Basketball everybody will play their role the right way
U can still shoot the 3s which what we did even in the playgrounds in 42 btw lol but selective 3s and the specialist mainly shoot 3s it's more of an IQ issue lol like u got a dunk but pass to the 3 come on haha
I agree. Take away the 3 point line. So players can actually refocus on honing their set of skills needed to play. There's too much emphasis on long range shooting from behind the arch.
Bring back the pre-2001 defensive rules. Shaq and Barkley called it back when the rule change was first announced what direction the NBA would go as a result.
Zone defense. I'm a former Big East fan. The NBA mimicked the Big East for about 15-20 years IMO. The only thing the NBA didn't mimic was zone defense. Even though every team tried like hell to get away with it! MJ got called multiple times in a finals game and at that time it was a technical every time past the first. Anyways. Now days, every damn team in the league seems to play 4 player on the wings! No one posts up and works low. It's there for the damn taking! On top of that, the last I watched , I counted 7 blatant travels, 3 flops, 4 airballs, and 17 assists that are absolutely not assists! I abstain from 98% of it these days!
That is an interesting clip bc MJ was conscious of shooting too many 3’s for fear of messing up his overall game. What he described is exact what happens in today’s game - players standing around waiting for the ball for a spot up 3. Unfortunately some of the people shooting the 3 are NOT good shooters. Ironically, people ask if it will change; bit of you have young kids in little league being groomed that way in every city - they are teaching position less basketball - we may never see another complete basketball player. Wemby who may be the youngest active player in the league is a prime example. He is 7’4” tall and he avgs at 7-8 3’a per night and avg about 21 pts per game. If half of those 3’s were shots around the rim he would avg almost 30/gm.
The 3 isn't bad but it's being hacked to death now. Even players who have no business shooting 5+ 3 a game are throwing up shots. I'm a Hornets fan and I see it every time I watch them. It's crazy.
Scalabrini already said how to fix the game. Remove the 3 second defensive rule, that will eliminate the drive and dish to the weak side or weak side swings for open 3s,. If you remove the rule there wont be a weak side cause the center would now be able to camp in the paint and defend both sides easily instead of having to step out of the paint cause of that stupid rule. That leaves 4 defenders to stay on the outside, and switch with every pick. Now every corner is covered. So if the offense wants to shoot a 3 its always going to be contested 3 and the percentages will go down even more, so teams would have to shoot 60-80 3s a night to get back on pace with their current numbers. And thats just not gonna happen 😆😆. So teams will have to implement the mid range game again and posting up to keep the hovering center occupied. Its a whole chain reaction if they just get rid of the stupid 3 second rule. They also need to bring back hand checking, no holding allowed but a basic hand check should still be allowed.
Yes, data analytics. Money ball works for baseball. Money ball made basketball boring. What may change the game is allowing teams to play defense and or moving the 3point line back. Lower the probability of making 3s you change the math.
Anyone who has played basketball will know that you start jacking up shots when you’re tired. So it actually benefits players today, as it prolongs their careers due to less fatigue/stress on muscles from driving and defending.
I find it hard to believe that shooting 3s is the reason why people dont watch games as much. Nobody talking about everything else **outside** the games? Like availability, too many subscription services, too expensive, games being an ad galore, you gotta sit through 2 hours of ads, the game having so so many interrumptions, if you watch the last hour of a 3 hour game there's maybe 10 minutes of play? The rhythm of the game is broken to the point of boredom. Make games accessible, make games be game, things will change. It's hard to want to sit through a regular season game as a neutral when you gotta pay so much to see it and when you gotta sit through 2 hours of ads, regardless of how much the brick or not.
The NBA should call more travels, get rid of the corner 3 by moving the 3 point line out, get rid of the 3 seconds in the lane on defense and let the defense play more physical, but don't bring back hand checking. If Players keep jacking up too many 3 point shots then limit how many they can shoot each quarter or each game.
In the 80s it was showtime with little defense. In the 90s it was hardcore defense. In the 2000s showmanship was starting to make a comeback like White Chocolate, but TH-cam, Kendrick Perkins and Steve Kerr brought something to the game that changed it forever. Perkins proved a 7 footer can shoot the 3. TH-cam brought teachers of fundamentals to the masses, and Steve Kerr greenlighted his players to jack up 3s all over the place. It worked, they won championships and now, with TH-cam, young kids are learning how to shoot properly, no matter their size and coaches are letting them shoot. Back in the day coaches didn't let big men dribble or shoot and you sure as heck didn't jack it up from the logo. If you did, you sat the bench. There is no such thing as the way the game was meant to be played, it's just a game and the team that scores the most wins. It is as simple as that. Different coaches will bring different ideas to the game and it will keep morphing. I suspect it will go back to the 80s for a while or something in history but who knows. That is part of the fun, what will come next.
At 3:07 "You don't go to the hole as much, you start sitting at the 3 point line waiting for somebody to find you." Man, if that doesn't describe what the league is now....
He hit the hail right on the head. I see too many guys standing behind the 3 point line waiting for the ball instead of moving around and taking mid range shots
Exactly... your man doesn't have to work as hard on defense, your man never gets into foul trouble, your team doesn't get into the bonus as quickly, and people forgot that 3-point plays are a thing.
Just talking about this about Ant Man. I thought he was on the road to being the next great superstar but now he falling in love with the 3 ball. Shai on OKC is playing the way I want to see Anthony play:
What made The NBA great was not having the copycat league narrative nba analyst adopt from The NFL. What made all the other years great was that every team had their own identities. You thought Bulls you thought Jordan, pippen and the triangle offense. Pacers Reggie miller 3 point sniper, pistons bad boys fundamental and gritty defense, Knicks blue collar basketball, lakers fast break finesse…. The list goes on. Now it’s 2 man iso and 35 plus 3 pointers for every team.
I wish it was only 25 threes a game. It’s closer to 50 three attempts a game now 🙄
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on top of it all the top players all bang eachothers bums secretly and pretend that I can't tell.
@@vincentho3792 you’re absolutely 💯 right … and you get the point
aint gonna lie, the only solution is to get rid of picks, like the NFL did. Make them actually earn the open shot .
Bring back hand checking, traveling, double dribble and allow players to defend ... the league will improve.
Absolutely I agree.
Agreed also get rid of the play in so guys will play harder through the regular season to earn a playoff spot
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Agree. I would add punish moving screens, ball carrying, let 3sec paint rule return to the league and remove 3p no touch rule and free of movement rule. We would see a way more competitive league and fun to watch, like European basketball, tougher than NBA nowadays unfortunately
@@danielmarbella1197 How about getting rid of the 3-point line completely?
The fix is simple. Bring back hand checking, eliminate the foul where players are shooting and a defender gets close, eliminate the rule made for Curry where a cutting path can not be impeded, remove the gather step that was made for Lebron because he always traveled before starting his dribble. Remove the move where they pick up their dribble and take steps before shooting 3s, that might be the gather step rule. I hate it, it looks awful, it looks like a travel. Am I wrong that no one did that before Harden? I watched and played ball my whole life and no one ever dd that until Harden, after the gather step rule.
But this fixes the NBA imo.
I think they will once they finally get lebron up outta here. They altered/relaxed rules when he came into the league because of his limited skills beyond being a running back on the basketball court.
The players aren’t tough enough for that era❤💯 great idea 💡 but kids toooooooo soft
@TheEsquireOfSportsFSU you and your father know that's completely false, talking about the man that wore another man like a Cape and still got the and 1, and still had enough finesse to cross kobe😂
Well that would help. But you would still have Lebrons behavior that has infected an entire generation to behave like scum.
@@NasiruMubarak-pp9scLeBron fans are not even real men.
3 ball, carrying the ball and the blatant travel has made the NBA a terrible product. Honorable mentions go to terrible officiating and unwatchable All Star Weekend.
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FLOPPING and complaining and just generaly terrible lack of effort and passion. Players don't care. Why would the audience care then?
add moving screens to that list
exactly!
and refs fixing outcomes.
I played Basketball in the 80 's & 90's and was able to go to College because of it. I think the problem is the Executives wanted a higher scoring game so they put these ticky tack rules in to do that. You barely touch a player, foul. Are game was physical and when we scored, we earned it. If we went to the free throw line it was because it was a outrageously hard foul. Fouls that they call today going to the paint, guys back then knew to get up and play defense because it wasn't considered a foul...
They need to get back to hand checking. If you bodied up on these players today, their games would be pathetic because they wouldn't know how to work their way out of it...
Watch Old Skool NBA videos with these kids from this era. They'd probably have a heart attack because the fouls that they call today wasn't called in those days. It have to be something truly serious to be called a foul...
PS, it wasn't any huffing and puffing back then. It was BENCH CLEARING BRAWLS back in those Days. That's why the NBA was always exciting in that era. These New Age All Stars wouldn't be All Stars in that era. Because that was real Basketball. You'll always have People from those Days saying that today's NBA is nothing compared to then and the ratings are providing exactly what we are talking about...
Yup. We witnessed true greatness.
I completely agree. A few things 1) you had to be so much stronger with the basketball 2) you had to make you move and go, you couldn’t wait around and dribble 6/7/8 times 3) when we play one-on-one you got three dribbles otherwise you turn was up
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The problem was propping up LeBron and pretending he was a basketball player with talent.
@@TrevorHambergerfounded by the Jesuit order of the Catholic Church....
Nobody in the playgrounds copied lebron's game lol. It was always kobe.
That's because you can't copy Lebron's game unless you have Lebron's body and basketball IQ. I mean you can't really "copy" Kobe either, but it's an aesthetic that is easier to emulate on the playground as it mostly consists of iso ball and fadeaway jumpshots.
@lomarsweed6604 sure but by that logic, why does nobody copy Carmelo's game? He's a pretty good iso player too
@lomarsweed6604 what chu talkin' about? At the playground, a lot of people on the weekends can copy LeBron. They flop. And they complain and bitch every ball possession with arms up.
@@peacockmusicpage Again, it's an aesthetic... one could argue people do copy Melo's style, but how would you even know? There's really no idiosyncratic characteristics that set it apart from a lot of players. Melo just did it better than most.
@@lomarsweed6604 it's pretty easy to copy melo's tripple threat.
The 3 point game is needed but it actually favor the more non athletic player!
Thats scared of contact in the paint.
@@kevinsmith4814exactly!
@kevinsmith4814
Agreed
Don't be afraid to say it. White players.
Yep
I love Hakeem Olajuwon to death but Michael Jordan is HANDS DOWN the most complete player in NBA history. And even Hakeem would agree....
🥷🏿Pippen was a more complete player than Jordan. Let Jordan nuts go fool.
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It’s not a diss to hold Hakeem, and Mike in the same regard.
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late 90's MJ had as good of footwork as Hakeem in the low post also
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There’s a clip from BJ Armstrong’s podcast & he talks about an assistant coach said mid range shooting is a waste of time. Mid range is one of the most important skill in basketball.
Right. It’s literally one of the hardest shots to make. Have to have touch. But different touch from almost every space of the mid. When I was a kid we were told to practice it. Like Ray Allen, Kobe, Vince , TMAC etc.
Mid range is the most inefficient shot there is…. you will most likely have a defender in your face not to mention a help defender that would most likely be a taller player.…
@@jefeseason4990you just game the reason why the game was better then. It's easy to put up 3's.
Midrange Shots are not worth it unless you are an elite scorer. Not every one can be an elite scorer.
@@derekjones1330 it has nothing to do with being an elite scorer do you not understand there are more bodies inside the 3 pt line
Mjs shot is so motherfuckin pure
Look at the intensity of MJ, Kobe, any star from the 80s/90s ... Now look at Jayson Tatum
Its crazy how defense lost its glory in modern NBA😢
They purposely did it for gambling spreads.
It's the same for the NFL 😢
It stopped being more like street ball and more like whatever they play in suburban high schools.
Jordans mentality tells me why he is the GOAT.
Yeah and even Kobes mentality was way above other ones.
Totally agree. Check Wemby yesterday. Over 7ft tall and had about ten 3 poont attempts.
Thats crazy!!🙄🙄🙄🙄
waste of height
If Wemby brings back Kareem's sky hook he would score at least a minimum of 30 or 40 pts a game!
Yea it’s personally what makes the game unwatchable for me.
16 3 point attempts against the Knicks
Do you notice last year he was dominating the paint and this year he's taking 10+ 3's a game and missing them like crazy? SMDH
The 3 point era was exciting to watch when Steph and klay first started to blow up. I never thought the whole league would copy that game plan! I have stopped watching for a couple years now and I won’t go back until the league goes back to real basketball and I believe most fans feel the same way.
I remember that interview by Jordan bringing it up now is syncronicity. If the NBA wants viewership to go up they have to bring back defense. Currently theres not hand checking from the free throw line extended they should bring back hand checking from free throw line extended but on double teams no hand checking. This would allow defenders to not worry about ticky tack calls and for the offensive player he will have the opportunity how much talent he has by either going by both and making a play or it will show who has the basketball iq to make the right basketball play. This will make the players hit the weights and develop their game with more than just side and step back 3s.
"Analytics" is bad for sports. Their math told them that 3s and baiting refs into getting free throws were the only thing they should be worried about, and here we are
Drawing fouls is something I never liked about basketball.
Yeah, it’s the same with baseball. The math told them that every pitcher should be striking out as many batters as possible and every hitter should be swinging for the fences. The worst part is that, in both cases, the math is right, which is why it’s so dug in. The analytics may be right, but it makes for an inferior product to watch. But there’s no putting the genie back in the bottle.
@@aaronstark5060 well said!
It’s one thing if the 3s were being made at a high clip but all we see is brick after brick. It makes it hard watch
Yeah, I agree. I don't like when people talk shit about the NBA, but watching five missed threes in five straight possessions gets pretty rough to watch.
Honestly, even if the players hit more of the 3s they chuck up, it would still be boring to watch. The game needs a complete overhaul to be watchable again.
the worst is when a team gets a 20 point lead and then proceeds to shoot themselves out of the lead/game
Yea ask us Rockets fans how it feels watching guys throw up brick after brick from 3.
Jordan: all about the game. Today: all about the fame.
Regrettably, I think you're right. I don't think we're ever going to get the style of basketball back that we had in the 1980's and 1990's, because the mindset around violence has changed in the culture. The old adage, "Boys will be boys" is totally rejected, so the idea that refs and officials just brush off the occasional shoving match and get back to the game is unthinkable now.
The 3 used to be a shot used in case of emergency or like a plan B, coaches knew that midrangers, dunks and lay ups were more efficient, and the public got to see more match ups between players, making the game more entertaining. A strategy about mostly shooting 3s makes the game more boring because it lacks confrontation, it makes the players look like they're scared of going against each other, even Ray Allen was a great dunker early in his career.
Nowadays you get teams like the Celtics, live by the 3 or die by the 3, what's worse than a team winning because they made like 35 3s? A team that lost because they missed like 70% of their possessions due to abusing the 3.
Difference between that MJ game and today's NBA - I distinctly remember watching that game at home (with my MOM!) and we were just amazed at the entire performance and how much fun it was watching it. Now? I can't remember the last time I cared about any team/player in the NBA.
All this 3pt shooting is crazy. You would think it leads to higher scoring games like Arenas points out or the scoring leader being a high volume 3pt shooter. Guess what, Giannis leads the league in scoring and hardly takes any 3s. Betcha Jordan would lead the league in scoring by destroying the defenses today with the same game he played, no 3s. Crazy huh.
SGA too, hes not a good 3 point shooter at all and averages 30+. SGA is more similar to Rip Hamilton than he is MJ
MJ , Barkley would be putting 40-50 a game. Bird would be even more brutal because on top of all the post play, mid range , he was a 3s killer. No answer for him.The game is cracked. When you see guys like Wenby jacking deep 3s. And you cant touch them, all you can do is raise your arms....the game is over. Force him to shoot off balance. Then lets see if he would be jacking those 3s.
When was the last time we even had a player who was trying to be the best offensive and defensive player?
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Playoffs P
Kobe, lebron tried for a little while as well, maybe 2-3 years. After that he just coasted. Kobe tried almost his entire career though so it has to be him. That's a long time to go by with virtually no one working harder then everybody else to be the best. Sad really
@@johnrickles3378 Kobe was the last one who came to mind. These other guys are good but they're only good on oneside of the floor - they're half baked.
@@NotTheWheel sad that these players now coming in have absolutely no idol to look up to to focus their game and try to be like. I have no idea why no one came in trying to be just like Kobe, maybe because especially early on Kobe was a ball hog and hadn't honed his game in, maybe because he was arrogant at times. Either way it's sad just how bed players are now and play. Just briefly turning on a game now is like putting a lighter to my eyeball. I cannot believe just how unskilled and ridiculous basketball looks now. I can't believe players and coaches are ok with the flagrant travelling, basically eliminated the dribble completely, zero defense. It's like the players are just getting blown all over by wind floating on the court. Not one player can defend or even tries. I hate the current form of the NBA and I think soon the NBA will start having more financial issues because of their horrible decisions
Interesting. Why not copy Micheal Jordan style of playing in modern basket ball? Is it because the people that run the NBA want the bar lower for their people.
FACTS 💯 Well said
They can't copy his style. Only Kobe was successful at doing that.
@@ninjaaitoolskawaii when healthy as well
The talent has gotten so much better that literally everyone can do what MJ could… the moves look different but there are better shooters than MJ…
Steph KD Kyrie Devin Booker Luka
Wrong. The nba wants another MJ because it would be great for basketball. They realized players aren’t as good as him so they implement rules to make it easier for people to try and replicate what he did.
i think 90s basketball was the best overall basketball and at the highest level that well probably ever see
90s was the best era for a lot of things. So i agree with you.
@lbm281981 agree, the world's been in a steady decline since the turn of the century. There were still a few good things in the early 2000s but definitely on the decline
Early 2000s was beast mode
@@scarx9151 i didnt watch it much at that time. i was still sour from the organization breaking up the bulls cause they was winning too much
90s basketball was trash tho 😂
They claim the game is "evolving" and I have to disagree. The game has "devolved" into nothing more than a Harlem Globetrotters game.
A very boring Harlem Globe Trotters game.
What people don't know is that Chicago Bulls used to have the best 3 points shooter in the league: Craig Hodges. And he was allowed to make only couple of shots per game. They knew that people came to see beautiful game. Not stupid 3 points shots.
Bulls had Hodges, Kerr, Paxson was pretty good 3 shooter as well. People today act like nobody was capable of shooting 3’s prior to 2010.
@@JonahsWail It seems to be a recency bias. NBA players today score 3s at similar percentages as they did in the past, despite the fact that they now play against little-to-no defense. Unlike older players of the 90s and 2000s, who rarely had open shots at the three point line, many 3s these days are basically uncontested jumpers. Yet, modern players still have trouble getting in those shots.
Stop watching NBA for one year. If they don’t changes the rules back, stop watching for another year…..
I’m on my 4th year already
Facts. The 80s/90s were peak NBA bc it was peak athleticism with peak fundamentals. The fundamentals have gone to crap since then
Everyone should stop watching, not just you and me 😅😅😅
Notice the world did not catch up. The American main players lost core,basic skills and became "shooters" and "iso" wizards. While the world focus on the core. Usa barely survived Olympics, and that's with 3 point needed shooting they NEEDED, while others play good team ball. Usa sent the BEST of NBA, and they bary won...
the world now sends the players to USA colleges and then they return to Europe to play in Euroleague.
Great breakdown. Michael knew then.
Bro that summed it up right there😮
Good video, you should also look into MJs interview in the 2000s where he said paying players based on potential and not having to earn it sets a bad work ethic for players which is true we can see the players don't love the game as much because they are paid millions they don't deserve.
My crazy idea to fix it is remove the 3 line. Everyone is around the same height now. The differences aren't as extreme as when it was introduced.
It would force teams to work for open shots rather than numbers game.
MJ the bball GOAT and savant for the majority..
There are 2 interesting convos.
1) Is basketball more boring with 3s all day? Basically, everyone thinks YES
2) Is 3s all day actually the best way to win? I think it may not be, even with today's rules. The league has a gentleman's agreement to not play D. Drop the 96 Bulls into today's era and watch them figure it out, D up, and destroy the 3 point teams in wins, championship #7
Truth
Booyyyyy u no the game when u mentioned Hakeem as being complete .. fact another,🔥🔥🔥🔥.. great work brother
The dream baby yessir 💪
Named my son after him
@3:33 Thank you for giving Hakeem props. He's not talked about as much as other guys from his era.
I grew up in Houston and Chicago and was able to watch a lot of Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon games. It spoiled me. I can’t watch today’s NBA. It’s just boring.
I don't know about it being "by design." Maybe if you mean it's become just a product, then yes. Most of the previous generations grew up watching basketball and as you said, emulated it. But there's also coaching that is heavily involved in organized basketball. Now with analytics and big amounts of money involved, there's no incentive to work harder to produce arguably similar outcomes in terms of contracts and results. There's also a seeming disinterest in how things "used to be" and disregarded as "Old Heads complaining."
New solutions could involve limiting contracts to one year. Make players earn their keep. Then create a penalty box for flopping. It's gotten pretty stupid. Train ref's not to call ghost fouls and T's, and to call travels and carries. The league has just gotten lazy in maintaining the quality of play from professional players. Let defense be more physical with hand checking, resulting in more full-court press and less lone shooters hanging at the perimeter.
Not only is it the 3 pt shot, it’s also the obvious corrupt officiating. It’s almost illegal to play defense now. Too many whistles and unnecessary foul calls, and they don’t even call travel.
From pushing for longer team shorts to foreseeing to impact over-relying 3s would have, Mike is an absolute genius of this game
It's great to make 3s, but it sucks if everyone is doing it! The bottom line is that all areas (playing, coaching, refereeing, etc.) ought to be balanced in any sport.
I think we are worried too much about the volume of 3s instead of how the 3s are generated because most teams generally generate 3s differently for the most part
I remember strategy of playoff games where say the other team had a defensive center that you wanted to neutralize. You’d go at him early, try to get him in foul trouble, and get 3 the old fashion way. Now the opposing defense is on their heels because they essentially have to run with their back up most of the game. Just one example of stuff they just don’t do anymore.
I actually thought about MJ when I saw your last video
Brian Scalabrini made an interesting point I think could be a “fix”. Get rid of defensive three seconds.
I blame the gather step. It allows players to create alot of space to hit 3s as well as shitty looking layups
Gather steps have been here since the 80's bro 🤦♂️
NBA has become a 3 point shoot out. Hard to watch a bunch of spoiled divas cry after missing an open 3 (after their 30th attempt of the game) and ask the ref to go to the line for their free throws. Players just don't care to be entertaining anymore, all they care about is using the NBA to become even richer by getting their spinoff podcasts, brand deals, etc.
I don't think the 3ball necessarily made the game worse, it was the unofficial rules, not calling obvious fouls, calling bs fouls that almost seem too ridiculous to be true and then refs inserting themselves too much.
Then the teams choosing to aquire more 3 shooters over other types of players and then having teams all basically the same.
The 3s in the 80s & 90s was perfectly balanced. Today due to offensive favoured style of basketball by the league, it's very unbalanced and no longer enjoyable to watch
Wow great video , this definitely is a man with a vision of phases of the game.
Facts about what u said about kids playin BBall today! NBA is Bad Basketball because the NBA has turned the league into the EURO league plus it set new rules that has made it soft and less physical just like the Euro league! NBA wanted the league Euro like for Euro players to Shine in the league. I don’t blame Steph it’s the leagues fault
ok cool. very interesting
The euro league actually allows physicality and no 3 second violation in the paint so it's harder to score , their season is only 40 games
@@oaklandtraphouseNo they don’t
@@jmelz155 have you seen a euro league game ?
@@oaklandtraphouse - the fiba world cup and Olympics are the same crappy officiating as the NBA
The end of an era the end of the 3 point line.. as all good things we have to ....emove it ... eveything is worth 2 points....
get the hand checking back so that we can see whos the real talented players... the NBA wants the game to look like the Globetrotters are playing... yeah the kids and the fans does enjoy what they are seeing but for those who plays and those who are enthusiast of the game "ITS A JOKE"
The only way to fix this is to push back the 3-point line by a foot or two, and eliminate the corner 3-point line. This would decrease shooting percentages, and analytics would suggest focusing on higher-percentage close to mid-range shots.
Yup. Exactly my thought, as well. Eventually, the analytics will change, once the line is back far enough. Just keep moving it back incrementally until you get balanced analytics, again.
I feel like this came in to play when Steph Curry got in a league Making Shots that everybody is not really able to do and now everybody trying to be the three-point king my opinion yes everybody needs to go with their strength to have a balance on the floor so if you are a dunker, that is your job and that is what you best at everybody is on the floor for specific reasons, but I could be wrong
New fans think no physical defense is tougher to play against than before the 2001 defense rule changes. Too many 3 pointers is just a drip in the bucket of why basketball has turned bad lol
Doesnt take alot of energy to shoot the three
It would if you had real defense
80s, 90s, 2000s were the PEAK. Don't skimp on the Shaq, Kobe, Iverson, McGrady, Carter, Kidd, Pierce, Duncan, R. Allen, Garnett, Y. Ming, Nowitzski, Nash era those mofos balled hard.
@AR9Legend You're right.
Easy fix is to delete the 3pt line. A soccer goal from anywhere on the field counts as 1. A hockey shot from anywhere on the ice counts as 1. A touchdown from 5 yd pass or run counts the same as a pass or run from the 50yd line or one's 5yd line (e.g. hail mary). A homerun counts as 1 or moving base runners along to home plate counts as 1. Now that it's proven that shooters can shoot anywhere from the half court line down, just count them all the same!
Revert the rules back to the 2000s era...perfect blend. Each team had their own styles.
Euro league players can't excell with old school NBA style basketball
5:35 There’s no “way the game was meant to be played”. Players do whatever they can to score more points that the other team. The game is becoming boring because of too many threes that’s a problem but who are you to say that the game is meant to be played a certain way
Hes cleary correct. The game was never meant to be played by shooting 3s all games. The 3 was put in the game as another option for scoring.
@ 😭😭 wa wa you need a tissue buddy? Sorry the players are trying to win and not entertain you. Go watch the globe trotters if that’s all you care about 😹😹😹
Another reason why players are shooting a lot of threes is because they’re trying to avoid injuries. They grew up watching Derrick Rose just like the fans did.
MJ told no lies.
Taking the ball to the hoop is the real challenge & the way the game is supposed to be played....
They need the Europeans players to thrive and succeed....If they keep it physical...Them YT is going to have a problem in the game!
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Good point.
Are you stupid, this is the European game,stop talking and know what the fuck you are talking, Europeans couldn't play American basketball , just like baseball, American football. The only game we don't play is soccer ⚽. Soft ass Europeans can't even win a war
Nuff said!!!! ❤️🪮💚
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Old school is the best school this is why we loved the game so much back then because it was simple and fair and teams won by athletes being tough and strong and had finesse at the same time. Today there have been too many rule changes and players are lazy. I have always said the layers today could not keep up with the players from back then because they played offense and defense non stop the entire game. That's why games never got over 90 points hardly at all. Luka who is one of my fav players amongst others but I picture one of them walking up to MJ and saying man I'm tired and him giving them a look like what did u just say ur tired. Get the f outta here y'all don't know what tired is lmao
I say go back old school and make all shots equal to 2 points
With no defense we will still score over 130 points a night just like the 40s and 50s. We need defense, not take away the 3 point line.
Euro League is fun to watch.
Implement a 5 second violation instead of 3 seconds and a 3 second offensive violation outside the 3 point line
There is no need to change the rules/regulations, they need to play basketball, simple as that
I read somewhere that tjhe amount of times you pass from the left side to the right side or right to left determines probability of scoring. They need to pass more, especially to people driving to the basket
Hi can you link a video where you go into detail on why the NBA want the game played the way they do?
Yeah. I’m interested, as well. Thanks.
Im ready for 4 point game beyond half court. Half point for dunks.
2:00 isnt it still the record? I know steph tied it but has anyone ever made 7 in a half of a Finals game?
If they turned off the magnets the games would be more interesting 😉
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Great analysis.
It’s simple, bring back hand checking ….
7'8" Manuk Bol made 4 3's in a games over 30 years ago.
It's by design so AI\Human hybrid can fix the game.
Just to enforce most people's opinion: bring back 90s basketball! Handcheck, allow defense, no more soft fouls, no more "he looked at me" fouls, no more shooter induced fouls.... for the All Star? Classic East vs West, and losing conference gets no play-in for the current season.
The shoot more 3’s because of the middle guidance technology. How do you explain the many times the bball got stuck on a rim?
If u take away the 3 pointer from the game of basketball players have no choice but to adapt back to the old fashion way of playin the game the right way Centers will play like Centers should truly play like Shaq has done for the game of Basketball everybody will play their role the right way
U can still shoot the 3s which what we did even in the playgrounds in 42 btw lol but selective 3s and the specialist mainly shoot 3s it's more of an IQ issue lol like u got a dunk but pass to the 3 come on haha
I agree. Take away the 3 point line. So players can actually refocus on honing their set of skills needed to play. There's too much emphasis on long range shooting from behind the arch.
Bring back the pre-2001 defensive rules. Shaq and Barkley called it back when the rule change was first announced what direction the NBA would go as a result.
Zone defense. I'm a former Big East fan. The NBA mimicked the Big East for about 15-20 years IMO. The only thing the NBA didn't mimic was zone defense. Even though every team tried like hell to get away with it! MJ got called multiple times in a finals game and at that time it was a technical every time past the first.
Anyways. Now days, every damn team in the league seems to play 4 player on the wings! No one posts up and works low. It's there for the damn taking!
On top of that, the last I watched , I counted 7 blatant travels, 3 flops, 4 airballs, and 17 assists that are absolutely not assists! I abstain from 98% of it these days!
That is an interesting clip bc MJ was conscious of shooting too many 3’s for fear of messing up his overall game. What he described is exact what happens in today’s game - players standing around waiting for the ball for a spot up 3. Unfortunately some of the people shooting the 3 are NOT good shooters. Ironically, people ask if it will change; bit of you have young kids in little league being groomed that way in every city - they are teaching position less basketball - we may never see another complete basketball player. Wemby who may be the youngest active player in the league is a prime example. He is 7’4” tall and he avgs at 7-8 3’a per night and avg about 21 pts per game. If half of those 3’s were shots around the rim he would avg almost 30/gm.
How about next preseason we try only allowing 3-pointers in that 2nd & 4th quarters?
The 3 isn't bad but it's being hacked to death now. Even players who have no business shooting 5+ 3 a game are throwing up shots. I'm a Hornets fan and I see it every time I watch them. It's crazy.
Scalabrini already said how to fix the game. Remove the 3 second defensive rule, that will eliminate the drive and dish to the weak side or weak side swings for open 3s,. If you remove the rule there wont be a weak side cause the center would now be able to camp in the paint and defend both sides easily instead of having to step out of the paint cause of that stupid rule. That leaves 4 defenders to stay on the outside, and switch with every pick. Now every corner is covered. So if the offense wants to shoot a 3 its always going to be contested 3 and the percentages will go down even more, so teams would have to shoot 60-80 3s a night to get back on pace with their current numbers. And thats just not gonna happen 😆😆. So teams will have to implement the mid range game again and posting up to keep the hovering center occupied. Its a whole chain reaction if they just get rid of the stupid 3 second rule. They also need to bring back hand checking, no holding allowed but a basic hand check should still be allowed.
thanks for giving love to The Dream, seems media and so called pundits deliberatly overlook him after their mantra, Micheal, bird and magic!
I just wish he won the 1990 3-Point Contest against Craig Hodges.
No hand checking and 3 second defensive rule is a double whammy. Take away at least one of those and the game instantly becomes better.
That Brandy song slowed down in the background 🔥🔥🔥
With so much emphasis on 3s, did they researched at what FG% does the 2s become equal or greater than 3s?
Yes, data analytics. Money ball works for baseball. Money ball made basketball boring.
What may change the game is allowing teams to play defense and or moving the 3point line back. Lower the probability of making 3s you change the math.
Anyone who has played basketball will know that you start jacking up shots when you’re tired.
So it actually benefits players today, as it prolongs their careers due to less fatigue/stress on muscles from driving and defending.
I find it hard to believe that shooting 3s is the reason why people dont watch games as much. Nobody talking about everything else **outside** the games? Like availability, too many subscription services, too expensive, games being an ad galore, you gotta sit through 2 hours of ads, the game having so so many interrumptions, if you watch the last hour of a 3 hour game there's maybe 10 minutes of play? The rhythm of the game is broken to the point of boredom. Make games accessible, make games be game, things will change. It's hard to want to sit through a regular season game as a neutral when you gotta pay so much to see it and when you gotta sit through 2 hours of ads, regardless of how much the brick or not.
You sound like scottie pippen, his voice is just a little deeper😮😊
The NBA should call more travels, get rid of the corner 3 by moving the 3 point line out, get rid of the 3 seconds in the lane on defense and let the defense play more physical, but don't bring back hand checking. If Players keep jacking up too many 3 point shots then limit how many they can shoot each quarter or each game.
In the 80s it was showtime with little defense. In the 90s it was hardcore defense. In the 2000s showmanship was starting to make a comeback like White Chocolate, but TH-cam, Kendrick Perkins and Steve Kerr brought something to the game that changed it forever. Perkins proved a 7 footer can shoot the 3. TH-cam brought teachers of fundamentals to the masses, and Steve Kerr greenlighted his players to jack up 3s all over the place. It worked, they won championships and now, with TH-cam, young kids are learning how to shoot properly, no matter their size and coaches are letting them shoot. Back in the day coaches didn't let big men dribble or shoot and you sure as heck didn't jack it up from the logo. If you did, you sat the bench.
There is no such thing as the way the game was meant to be played, it's just a game and the team that scores the most wins. It is as simple as that. Different coaches will bring different ideas to the game and it will keep morphing. I suspect it will go back to the 80s for a while or something in history but who knows. That is part of the fun, what will come next.
The 3 point line needs to be taken away... Then, the defense will ramp up because more players will focus on setting the post!
It is so sad. If you stop and think about it is so sad.
The NBA had been unwatchable until the finals for decades. They have a lot to learn about what is entertainment