Anthony Edwards on Past Generations’ Basketball: "I don’t think anybody had skill" | THE ODD COUPLE 

Gary Payton would've locked this clown down

So bc he’s not winning the nba finals every year can’t have an opinion? Why yall get so triggered 🤣

I'm genuinely surprised this came from Anthony/ I honestly thought he had a old school mentality but it's just phony.

​@christopherking4932 what does this even mean 😂

@@alonzojones9626 so being disrespectful is now having a opinion. You can't speak on something before doing some research.

Yup. And Rob, Skip and their generation invented hot-take sports talk, so why should we be surprised when younger ones drop hot takes? It’s a winning formula.

💯

They wouldn't be lying about the traveling and carries

30 years? Right now nba sucks big time, no skills at all...

It’s all good then , don’t complain, let him talk..

Chris Broussard was calling him the next Jordan!😂

BINGO!!!

So because he did an interview he talks to much? 😂 Or is it just bc you don’t agree lol. If he refused to speak to the media or do interviews that would be a problem too lol

Exactly

Right!? Dude ain’t winning no championship in Minnesota 😂

Facts

Great point

You didn't see him play either People old enough to see him play dont stay on youtube comments

This guy is only counting the money he benefits from because of past greats mainly michael jordan but what esle can you expect from this hip hop style generation of players

If this era was so great, then why in the last 10 years have the ratings been the worst since 1978?!?! Because it sucks.

Ikr....Tim Duncan....kobe bryant...kevin garnett.....Tracy McGrady.....Steve nash....dirk....that was my era I graduated in 2006......

This question is actually more about marketing than it is skill. David Stern was a genius when it came to promoting the league and it was a time before the NFL was a juggernaut. Could also argue that having less parity made and no social media made it more interesting for fans to tune it to see the elite players dominate as opposed to now where the league overall is more skilled and balanced out and highlights can be viewed anywhere at anytime making it feel more watered down

@@marklumar2034but is the league really more ‘skilled’? It’s for the most part 3 pointers and pick and roll. I do agree that not having social media back then may have played a part in the popularity of the game growing because it created more anticipation for the games. However the flip to that is that the players still had to play and produce a good product. Now days players have better nutrition, travel accommodations, recovery and still miss games.

@mauricewells7838 yes the league is definitely more skilled now. Its not a slight to former players its just natural progression like i said. The game has grown and like you said players have access to better nutrition, travel, doctors, etc. Theres better training regiments and more demand for players to be able to shoot, dribble etc. I think im 20 years the game will be even more skilled then it is now its just how it goes. But you could also say if older players were around today they'd be much better too and if players now were born 30 years ago they wouldnt be nearly as skilled

@@marklumar2034 i respectfully disagree, however I don’t wholly blame the players. I think the heavy importance of the 3 point shot has taken away from the game. Not to many guys have a mid-range or back to the basket game. Now that could just be a preference thing and I may be in the minority on that. But analytics (heavy emphasis on the 3 ball) along with the relaxing of the rules defensively have made the game more for entertainment than competitive.

@marklumar2034 No way you can tell me that being more lenient on the rules of dribbling and traveling, and more stringent on the defensive rules decreasing handchecking and hard fouls, means that players have developed more skills. It takes more skill to find a way to function at a high level in the tougher environment than to function at a high level in the easier environment.

The old players disrespect the current era.

​​@@realspitter2727the older players have always disrespected current eras but current era ballers always empathized with the struggle of those who opened those doors 4 them to be here....this current era now seems a lil ungrateful...

​@@jay07261986that is lie old generation dismiss Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem

he’s no longer with Klutch he’s with WME

Rent free my goodness

😂😂 this had nothing to do with Lebron. You reaching longer than Jordan on space jam 😂

He isn’t with klutch 😂

When Klutch Sports was formed, there was fear that it would give LeBron an advantage in the league. And that's exactly what ended up happening. He's got his people all over the league singing his praises.

I said it's basically and1 now and and1 players wasn't good enough for the NBA

Magic, Barkley, Jordan, Stockton, Hardaway carried the hell out of the ball in the 90s so why cry now 😂😂😂

​@VinceStephen no they didn't lol

@@nicksekura6398 People lie, footage don’t 🤣 So why are u still in denial. Y’all been lying forever

@@VinceStephenthat’s is HELLA 🧢…you really just made this 💩 up how pathetic 🤣🤣

There are many guys who can both shoot and dribble better than all of them in the league right now

Allan Houston, Clyde, Terry Cummings, Mark Price, Joe Dumars, Nick Van Exel and the list goes on

Nobody forgot

@@kefkapalazzo1false.

@@mauricewells7838 You can cry about it all you want but it’s the truth 😂😂😂

Or have cgi (can shoot 3s)

Well that actually do means it's better. Revenue business is about money/ buys not quality.

​@@damianpresha9833 smh you seriously think this?? 😂 ok cool... well by your logic Ben simmons is better than Ja Morant, OG annunoby, Jamal Murray, Bam adebayo, and Shai Gilgeous Alexander.... because he makes more money than them lol

@@YourconnexxMedia Ben Simmons got paid before he was chronically hurt what you talking about ?

@@damianpresha9833 ben simmons was chronically hurt when he blew an easy dunk against atlanta, came back to training camp with a pocket phone, forced a trade to brooklyn, then pretended to be hurt for the last 2 years?? The point is that quality DOES NOT equal money. Taco Bell is not better than an authentic mexican restaurant just because taco bell makes more money smh.

Exactly

😂😂😂😂😂😂

George Gervin and Bob McAdoo. McAdoo was 6’9” shooting 20 footers

And he had a drug problem. Still gave 2 LEAGUES W-2s(WORK)

George gervin was gervin stop with the dumb comparisons

Also, I'm waiting for one of these players to send a tweet without grammatical errors everywhere. Just one.

@@soda8736 yawn.

@uncleb7821 Black kids are the worst in math and writing in this country, and all their heros speak and write in horrible english. You may think it's nothing, but it has a trickle-down effect .

Ant is special needs. Look at him.

He's a kid he don't know much about the past anyways. He needed to be educated on it, that's all.

None are better than the 2017 warriors 🥱

​@VSOPFilms in previous era rules, not a chance. In today's game, probably

The greatest teams were led by magic, Jordan and Steph curry. Those are the mt Rushmore. Lebron is something else. Lots of hype and help from sponsors and league, but not affect winning and as fun to watch as those other guys. Not as dominant a scorer unless you count flopping and freethrows.

@@AR-rn8oktim duncans teams could smoke a lot of current nba teams. Especially the 14” team

Absolutely,every sport,every team,music,movies etc but it's ok it's normal to be young and stupid..

Lmao non sequitur

Lol what

Ant a kid he don't know much about the past anyways. He needed to be educated on it, that's all. He started playing basketball at 14, 15 years old. He's no historian of the game yet.

Get that hate out ya blood

Lmao no it didn't old heads been hating

What are you talking about?? Amazing to me how someone always finds a way to bring LeBron into situations as if he's some supervillain behind the scenes pulling all the strings. He's not even a part of this conversation

​@@real_Hamiltonevery time

They? Lol

@@juanstepbehind another dumbass who laughs at his own comment.

Lebron is GOAT

That Because None Of Those Other Leagues Had A Clown Like LeBron James Make A Mockery Of The Game And Competition

@@EGHawk7683exactly !! It all started with him and his cult

They do that all the time in the mlb. Oh babe Ruth sucked he faced against plumbers without giving context that they didn’t the training, technology, and diet that we had to day. If you time traveled people back in time without all that stuff they would look the same

Exactly

Exactly, he was too young to see Magic but he basically did the same thing Ant did. Magic has led the league in free throw shooting percentage, of course he could shoot.

Lmao stop it 😂 dude couldn’t shoot to save his life.

@@VinceStephen Wow, Magic shot over 90% from the free throw line some seasons. If he can’t shoot what does that make Lebron? I swear you guys get your basketball info from TikTok and 2K.

@@Taj_RahineLeBron is 8th all-time in 3s made and yes, he could shoot now 😂 You can’t refute facts

😂😂😂😂

@@obynoomere1280lebron controls the world to you? You are Lemedia smh always bringing bron up

Le 🐐

​@Ran_Ryaz you mean lechoke blames

Y’all need help dawg

Wtf lebron gotta do with this

Lebron? Yall blame him for everything 😂. He got nothing to do with this lol

Bronsexuals to the rescue 😂😂😂

Lebron’s fault 🤣🤣🤡🤡

Dude talks about Lebron brainwashing people and he’s been brainwashed by simpletons who can’t stop bringing up Lebron in everything lol!!! The irony.

Naw dude. It’s not they don’t like him. It was that he was an inferior copy of Jordan. Nothing original and did nothing better than Jordan. Plus Jordan eventually learned to pass and win. Kobe stayed a me first ball hog his whole career and retired alone with no one wanting to play with him.

@@AR-rn8ok read what u just said. He wasn't liked because HE CRAFTED HIS GAME BY THE GREATEST PLAYER EVER AND HIS PERSONAL FAVORITE AS A CHILD. That sounds like a personal problem, not anything warranted for hate. He did everything better than every Laker that ever played and any shooting guard not named Michael Jordan. How would the most skilled player after Jordan be inferior, do u understand how dumb that sounds?

@@keysersoze6506 the problem isn’t who he copied. It’s that he was an inferior copy. Jordan won dpoy and scoring titles and mvp all in the same years. Kobe could score but how many bricks did it take to get that basket? Kobe didn’t lead in scoring and defense. No one had Kobe as the goat during his career. In Jordan’s era he became the consensus goat over Magic. Kobe came into LA and Shaq was the main guy in LA for a few chips, and Kobe pushed him out. Another bad move. Imagine if Jordan pushed out Rodman…. Shaq then went on to win with Wade while the lakers stunk it up.He eventually won another title with a lot of help but his career mistakes were disappointing and the ending was sad.

Hakeem Olajuwon too

That doesn’t change the fact that he’s young and having a great career

​​@@realspitter2727Antman is not Jordan he's not close. Jordan averaged 38ppg in his 3rd year with hand checking rules.

@@SaySpawn when tf did I mention Jordan

@@realspitter2727at least make an allnba 1st team before dudes start talkin crazy… I like Ant but he’s buggin out…

Jez. Why generalize everything? Ant said it. And it is clearly BS. There are many kids out there, who know better. Why you guys over there are so black or white..

Don’t put it on a whole gen. It’s just the one segment of them that are Lebron fans. Almost feels like Lebron and clutch sports just spend all this money to put down past eras and even other contemporaries like Steph and KD, and prop himself up.

Nah they getting what they put out you don’t respect the youth they won’t respect you

⁠@@AR-rn8oknah yall hate klutch because it’s ran by a black man lebron and rich have always given flowers to the older generation the old generation never give the new generation respect so they tired of it and bringing back the film and facts and yall don’t like it lol

@@AR-rn8ok LeBron and Klutch Sports sports is also part of the problem but Ja Morant saying he's better than MJ. Look how they treat the all-star game now. Lack of respect. Even if you think you're better that's something you're supposed to keep to yourself out of respect not be some 2-3 year player who hasn't won anything talking trash and not even know what you're talking about.

Curry ain't never said a thing. Don't put him in tht

​@DennisB-is4mj I agree, I've never heard Steph diss anybody tbf 😂😂.. Maybe it's because his pops played in that era 🤷🏾‍♂️

​@@DennisB-is4mj Curry so called "change" the 3 point game he definitely is it it. Like it or not.

NO. It's LeBron. Full stop! Don't try to lump those other two guys in that. Go watch Jay William's interview with KD and see how glowingly he talks about MJ.

@@cyber6sapien Ant talks about MJ the same way but it's not only MJ. It's the other legends that don't get enough credit etc everyone knows MJ, Kobe was great but it's the others who need to be praised also.

Russlle didn't avarage 20 points, hard to be the goat

You see this when they tweet

And you need to stop crying over facts 😂😂😂

Exactly. What Ant said was dumb but this started bc the previous generation and those who covered it loved to discredit current greats.

Exactly

I don’t like Ant Man’s comments, but I agree with this comment. Respect is a two way street. Older gens need to respect newer gens also.

Thats the problem. The old guys werent discrediting they were critisizing. I agree a little too much but it was only specific things. Then the young guys started chirping back. Dont forget the Bron Bron MJ debate thats when it got wild and went over the top. Its sad because i bet behind closed doors they dont think like that.

The NBA has a PR problem: how to remember the past without being held prisoner by it. There are too many podcasts and sports shows with old heads like me talking negatively about today's players. The 40-and-under fan is tired of hearing about 30 years ago every time a player from today does something great. The NBA is a business, and it needs its new era to have its own legends and mystique without us old-schoolers tearing it down.

He compared MLK to this lol .. this whole topic is laughable

I wish they'd get defensive... Like in literal terms. Play defense and this conversation would change completely. We all respected Kobe as he came up, not at first but he was really the last hope of dedicated hard work and playing both sides of the court. Since then I lost any interest in the 3 point contest they have going on now

Exactly how i feel but they don't want to hear that because it makes too much sense

Facts. I think Ant is wrong, but they’re acting like this isn’t a response and players just woke up one day and said let’s diss the greats.

I respect your point and I appreciate the fact that you’re older and have your viewpoint. Im 27 so I’m closer to the younger generation I started watching bball in the early 2000s but was put on game by my father and I also loved bball so much that I enjoyed the history of the game as well and used to watch nba tv back when they actually showed the history of the game with nba hardwood classics and the other documentaries that had. I understand the point that your making but my counter to that point is all of the criticism that this new era gets is 100% deserved and all of the critiques I hear about the modern day era is just simply true. To your Kobe point it is known that Kobe wanted to be a Michael Jordan clone is it not? He definitely did an incredible job of doing that but people have eyes and can tell while he’s the closet thing we’ve seen to Mike he doesn’t have the freaky athleticism that Mike had and that was the difference not to mention the efficiency. LeBron came in literally with the goal to erase MJ’s legacy it was being talked about recently by former players how LBJ literally said his goal is to make ppl,forget about number 23 and his actions have reflected that 100%. wearing number 23 alone and trying to remake space jam are 2 obvious examples of that goal. Also what lebron is doing at this age dosent matter for his goat case because longevity has never been the golden standard in how we rank athletes Kareem had the scoring title for all of these years and most ppl had Jordan ranked above him and we never even heard the scoring title used in goat arguments because it was always understood to be a longevity stat. This is the only time we’ve cared about a player playing at 40 and it’s clearly because lbj and his supporters know he cannot pass MJ based on accolades so they have to move the goalpost to longevity. Jordan is the golden standard of basketball so of course his name is going to be mentioned when trying to elevate players to his status that have not accomplished even half of what he has done. Another problem this era has is morals the older generation critiques how players today have the Luxury of team hopping that the athletes of the past did not. It was unheard of for a prime all star/ HOF player to up and leave the team that drafted them in the middle of their prime and go stack the deck with other elite talents in order to stack the odds in their favor against the league so of course older player and fans bring that up because it matters. Could you imagine if Jordan gave up after losing to the Pistons those 2-3 years and went and teamed up with Hakeem or Barkley or Magic etc. it would’ve broken the league, now image he did that and LOST the first finals appearance after stacking the deck and the reason he lost is because HE preformed badly. The point I’m maki g is the criticism is valid and I’m not a 90s era fan but I know the history of the game and can clearly see today’s game is a watered down product. Would love to get your thoughts on my points as I think this is a very interesting topic.

@@AdanBean feel me,all of them didn't do anything but praise the players before them,after 12 to 15yrs of hearing comparisons about our day i would be tired of hearing the same sht too,and I'm not going to kiss your as_ and all you do is talk sht about me

@@mikelinder8976 constructive criticism is always valid, my point was when you're constantly presenting a whole different as the gold standard without faults to put down a current era & you've been doing it for well over a decade, pushback & resentment is going to be inevitable. Rob brought up JJ Redick's comment about Jordan facing plumbers & janitors but failed to mention why he said that. Redick, like most players of the last 10-15 got tired of hearing how tough the old school was & basically saying the modern road to titles is easy in comparison. He didn't say that out of spite for that generation. Was he wrong? Sure, but not totally. Michael Jordan's Championship competition gets more embellished as the years go on. There were HOF players on those roads for sure, but their teams were nothing special & that isn't an opinion of someone trying to prop up today's NBA, his Bulls were the betting favorite in all 6 Finals. Yet I heard them propped up to be something they never were when people would talk about the competition LeBron faced including 2 dynasties in the Warriors & Spurs. Out of his 10 Finals his team were the betting favorites only 3 times. Even Kobe had to tend with a Spurs Dynasty & The Celtics Big 3. This isn't me downplaying Jordan's 6 championships in any way, but propping up his competition making them something they weren't is weak. Not only Jordan's competition but his own teammates get downplayed to prop up this debate. The biggest Scottie Pippen detractors out there are Hardcore Michael Jordan fans lol. To hear them tell it Michael Jordan took 11 G-Leaguers to 6 Rings & act as if the Bulls are a Lottery team without him when the 93-94 Bulls prove thats bullshit. That was the team a year after Jordan's first retirement that sent 3 players to the All-Star Game (Pippen, Horace Grant, BJ Armstrong), won only 2 less regular season games than the previous team & made it to game 7 of the second round in the playoffs where they pretty much got robbed vs The Knicks. Lastly, me being alive & watching all this, I can tell you for a fact that it was the 90s that started the softening of the NBA. The real rough & tumble NBA was the 80s. David Stern took a lot of the teeth out of hard-nosed defense at the start of the decade & the technical foul started weeding out hard fouls too. Funny enough, some said it was to give the star of the league at the time Michael Jordan, who had yet to win a championship, an advantage over the current back to back NBA Champion Bad Boy Pistons, who Stern really didn't care for being the face of the league because he felt they couldn't grow the game like The Showtime Lakers or Bird's Celtics of the 80s did. No they weren't saying it was rigged like dumb fans today like to say so often, but the rule changes helped the Bulls no doubt & I believe put a quicker end to the Pistons as viable championships contenders.

Real defense is called a foul now. Completely unwatchable. Olympics with fiba rules were so much better.

Ant a kid he don't know much about the past anyways. He needs to be educated on it, that's all. He started playing basketball at 14, 15 years old. He's no historian of the game yet.

I didn’t think it was insecure. I thought it was pure ego that leads to discrediting his contemporaries and predecessors through his online troll army.

Only guy that’s really amazing to watch still is Steph curry. Maybe wemby because he’s just so different but wemby needs to keep leveling up to get our attention.doesn’t have all the skills needed yet.

No they didn’t. We debated magic vs Jordan. We didn’t say the past players were weak. This is an attribute of the Lebron fanboys and his org aization that try and talk down Jordan with media campaigns like “we’re done with the 90’s”

Who’s ever called lebron the most skilled player?

​@@YangoBordthe entire Gen z thinks he is the goat. Lmao

@@johnrickles3378 and what does that have to do with being the most skilled?

@@YangoBord if you can only play one side of the court you don't have half the skilks

@@johnrickles3378 who only plays one side of the court?

First of all, what you wrote made zero sense. Second of all, there is a difference between criticizing how the game is played and the rule changes, versus claiming the players today suck. Nobody said the latter. The players today have been criticized because of things like load management and not wanting to compete during the All Star game, etc. But that's different than claiming that they are not skilled. Nobody made that claim.

Right ppl blame LeBron for everything....why don't they go ahead and throw steph curry kd giannis.... kawhi....embid Tatum name out there while they at it.......

@@eddiecampbell9663 well I think it’s because those other players don’t do all the extra stuff bron does, like have a back room meeting with David silver to suspend Draymond in the finals. Or trying to change rules to help himself and his style of play. Now no one can even play d and it’s a glorified freethrow contest. Or owning clutch sports even though it’s a conflict of interest, and using your influence to try to diminish Jordan’s legacy so you can call yourself the goat for the past decade when u not even close on offense or defense. Hell you not even better than Steph curry in your own era. You’re just the longevity goat.

@@AR-rn8ok I agree with everything except the part where LeBron trying to diminish jordan legacy....because most of us know MJ is the Goat

@@AR-rn8okdo you have evidence of the things your saying? This is why people look at you Lebron haters as conspiracy theorist, you don’t actually have evidence of anything you accuse Lebron of.

@@jaydot4956 Bron admitted to talking to the commissioner during the 2016 finals and lobbying within the two of them to suspend Draymond. The commissioner also admitted it. No other proof needed.

You ever think about something logically? How about when you've watched or played a sport for 30 years wouldn't you say you've seen a lot and are better equipped to judge talent and ability? I'd say you're young and immature if you think in you're extremely limited experience that you know more then seasoned NBA vets of all previous eras who all put MJ as the greatest ever and the 80-early 2000s as the best and toughest era of basketball played because of the focus on both sides of the court. If I could turn on a game now, which obviously I won't and see people being dedicated to there craft on both sides of the court, dribbling the ball for once, playing hard ass defense, being physical, driving the lane contested by a few big dudes , I'd tune in every game but today's basketball is not that. The ratings prove no one wants to watch this 3 pt contest with half court Carries and no defense. You can say whatever you want but I'm telling you out of experience that people are not interested in the soft, lack of skill play of this era. It takes skill to play both sides of the court, this era does not have it and the people have obviously spoken. The ratings tell all. No one cares about any of these new players. Maybe it's not there fault because they can't change the rules back to the way they were but basketball peaked and steadily declined after the early 2000s.

Guys sat up there and criticized players for exercising free agency as if we didn't see Shaq ring chasing on the Suns, Cavs, and Celtics.

Know your facts. DrJ had his top 5 team etched in stone.

Bro everybody now just chucks up 3s wtf are you tlkin about?

But if you saw both play in their prime and you think Jordan was better that’s not downplaying Lebron. Ppl get caught up in listening to nonsensical fans ,who don’t really know what their talking about

Honestly, the old heads criticism was aimed toward the style of play, rule changes, and player empowerment more than the present players specifically. Take the common critique of “the game is soft”; that is to say the game is less physical and officiated much more subjectively than other eras of ball. In short, it’s more so a critique of the product than the players

If we can watch games from the past and games now because of technology it’s pretty clear players today are so much better

Then how did get all defensive accolades during his career??

@@anthonytaylor7928 Because of what I just said he was able to roam and go get steals. Scottie & Dennis usually guarded the best player. He was able to get so many steals due to what i said. I’m not disrespecting Mj at all it’s on the film.

@@Taj_Rahine Nah you just talking my guy. Jordan never guarded the best player I’ve watched enough hardwood classics to know that. The fact you saying that shows me you biased as hell. I wasn’t even hating on Mj I’ve watched plenty of games.

Bill Russell is laughing at u guys. U guys did the same thing to Wilt,Russell,,,,,etc. That's the problems they hinting at yourboy MJ Era. That always get a rise from the MJ lover.

So Jordan didn't guard drexler, Reggie miller, Mitch Richmond, gp? Stop it 5

Yep Nick and Chris are paid to tear down the older generations of players to prop up LeBron.

​@@blaketindle4703Chris doesn't do that only Nick

@@soda8736neither does Nick

Chris certainly is being paid to remove Kobe from history

False equivalence

They never diss their skill level. They complain about the style of play. Like shooting excessive threes.

It’s not. Nobody is exaggerating that they change the rules, and the game is less physical than the past 3 decades. Not to mention you allowed to carry the ball, and travel blatantly.

There’s a reason that ratings are at all-time low

They’ve been doing it for over 20 years now. But people who actually watched the games know better. No one lies more than that generation, we have the tapes though and can fraud check their lies.

Wilt wasn't assaulted on the court. He's just pissed MJ surpassed him despite the violent assaults in the paint.

So how john Stockton the all time leader in assist and steals......that record still haven't been broken.....no guard in this era won't break it

If they couldn't shoot a lick then why did Kareem all time scoring held up for Soo many years?

@@anthonytaylor7928You said “they” and u could only mention one player 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@@anthonytaylor7928 all time greats are all time greats, we talking about the average player Jordan Poole who is considered a low IQ player today is waaay better than Kenny Anderson, an allstar 30 year ago

Nobody said they we'rent good. They said the league - that is the rule changes, have made THE GAME soft! Y'all just hear what y'all wann hear.

@@cyber6sapien they call the players soft, if electronic timing didn't exist and you had to judge things by eye y'all would say Carl Lewis is faster than Usain bolt because Usain bolt is always smiling and laughing

Let’s keep it 100. Of the contemporaries, mostly They only talk down Steph curry because they hate him for beating Lebron and being more dominant than him. They always overhype Lebron beyond his skill level but to be fair bron overhyped himself and fans get annoyed because they can see he never reached MJ level. Even in his own era he wasn’t better than Steph.

Naw kid. They just laughing at kids like u that have zero context and think bron is even close to MJ when he not even better than Steph curry.

The funny part is nobody is mad he is ranked no.2 all time except for the Jordan cult😂😂

*crickets*

@@uncleb7821 crickets would be awesome basketball players.

Skill is a function of time? You guys will say anything to keep telling yourselves this era is the best.

@@Taj_Rahine Skill is a function of time as skill is honed and the techniques used to hone those skills are measured more accurately due to the modernization. Data flows freely in modern times. More video is watched, more coaches train, more money in general is poured into to the athlete. It's not a narrative it's just reality.

​@@chrismartino3519 All you're doing is committing a logical fallacy, and making a lot of false assumptions. Many NBA players and coaches report practicing less than players of previous eras, not more. And from what I know today's teams scrimmage less even when they do practice. You're making assumptions about modern players watching more videos and ignoring things like modern players spending less time in college. What you described is certainly a narrative, it's an illogical narrative to support your bias about modern players being better.

No, only one destroying him is drexler on your list, I don’t think the others can outscore him, nor can keep him from getting his season averages. Don’t meant those guys not skilled but u said destroy. Ant man the second best 2 way wing in the nba let’s give him a lil respect

@@justispickens520 He gets no respect because he has not earned respect. I stand on everyone mentioned destroying the 25 year old who got tired and worn out in the wcf.