The NBA Is SOFT As Charmin 

The biggest problem I see in the NBA is that most players, especially the stars, are more concerned about trying to draw the foul than they are about playing the game.

Ppl act like the players made the league soft. The nba made the league soft at first with the rules and techs which made the players play that way

Ive been watching NBA since the 90s and i feel like the BIG change of the nba came after Malice at the Palace. After that brawl with fans it seems like the nba really cracked down on player aggression. The league and rules changed more and more after that incident imo.

The league made the league soft, not the players. Players are gonna play the way it's being called.

Using Embiid image when talking about soft is very accurate lol

The past was more athleticism and few techniques(players decided to develop a particular skill, such as Ray Allen...) today's is more techniques(every NBA players plays identically) and less athleticism.

“Soft shell taco, mild sauce!” True Wayne fans know that’s a Wayne bar!!!

I do not have the numbers in front of me, but I'm going to assume that the jump in injuries are largely because of non-contact injuries. The softer rules allow drivers to have more success weaving through traffic, and therefore there are more people possibly planting their feet at awkward angles. Plus, modern medicine allows those whose career would normally be cut short due to injuries stick around in the league longer. And those types of guys seem to be the ones who continually get injured.

If I ever was preparing for the NBA I would have Gil as my trainer...I could only imagine I would hate the training but I would the most prepared

It’s the same way the NFL has catered its rules to the offense. The NBA wants players like Steph Curry to light up the scoreboard; they did the same thing in the 90’s to accommodate Michael Jordan.

The owners made it soft.... They want more flash and razzle dazzle type of basketball with less to no contact on players instead of solid defense basketball...Plus for players safety ...they want their multi millionaire star players on the floor instead of sidelined from rough hard contact which could lead to injury

It's not a physical softness that I see in the players but it's a mental Fragility that they have now

Idk if I’m tripping but Miko’s body language is different when Kenyon sits next to her 😂

Another aspect I have heard for more injuries in the league could be the amount of players who played AAU and specifically heavy minutes. Young bodies need time to grow and heal but if you play basketball competitively all year round, thats a lot of wear and tear on a young body

Rules became soft and the players just took advantage and capitalized..

The more fights the better. Bring back Meta!

It’s not the players fault. It’s the rules and how they are calling the game. The NBA wants more scoring to increase fan’s participation and growing the game.

Wonder if the lack of “alpha” players is due to players playing with other NBA prospects earlier in life. A lot of guys have NBA prospect teammates at the AAU and high school levels.

I literally don’t remember McCants in the league.

I agree about the weight training. Michael Jordan's trainer was also saying that modern players don't lift as much as they need to, and that's why injuries are sky high.

total cop-out. people want extremely good offense, but they want to know the players are earning it. not that the rules force it to be given. It's why most think Jordan would average 40 today.

We need McCants underdog picks posted b4 this game

Kenyon and Gil acting like they played in the 80s.. Like todays physicality is so much different then 2010 when these guys were hooping

The rise in injuries is due to SPECIALIZATION. "Back in the day... " Kids played multiple sports growing up and played outside often so their body was used to and better adapted to a larger variety of movements. This helps with injury prevention.

I have to say I am enjoying Kimo, Kenyon and Brandon and Rashard. Their takes provide diverse talking points. I also appreciate Gil, while I understand much of what he has said was to draw “views” and clicks. He is smart and knowledgeable about offense. Very entertaining perspectives. Salute Gil. Keep it going

I remember people saying the league was soft during the late 90s and early 2000s. Every generation feels the next is soft. Wilt talked about Shaq not being able to be as effective during his era. Magic took shots at the soft calls MJ received.

Shorty is trying to actively listen a little too much shes interrupting what they saying.

At the same times injuries are up, guys are hitting their wall older than ever. We can hypothesize why but it’s definitely something to note.

How Gil talks one would think he was a hall of fame player😂😂😂😂😂

Another main reason for the injuries is kids are coming into the league a couple years out of high school. In the day they spent at least 3 yrs developing your game and your body before coming into the league. Unless they were already unique physically or they came off the bench early on like Kobe. Like K Mart said their bodies are ready for the true grind. And that’s where load management comes in.

The game is soft..defensively it just switch automatically. No1 trys to fight over a screen. Just switch, die on the screen. No help side rotations. Guys barely box out consistently. Regular seasons is almost unwatchable. 120+ both teams

Every player used to come in relatively thin because they're young but through the years they'd lift weights. We could expect and see the growth in their size and expect and see a raise in their competitiveness and game from it. Now most stay about the same size as they got drafted. The "Curry" effect also doesn't help but I digress. The best "time capsule" example is you'll see LeBron doing a physical offensive play and the entire opposing team and crowd immediately complain, it almost looks dirty but in reality it's all legal, not his fault the others don't lift now, it just looks strange to the rest.

Yea but you see heres my thing: it doesnt seem that players as a whole have any problem with these rule changes, being that on a large level it must allow them some type of tangible benefit. If guys can score more then the league becomes more attractive to viewers thus players get more money. Players only seemingly push back whenever theyre called soft because of these changes. So id argue, yup, players are softer now. Not in physique but in mentality.

Players became soft but more skillful. And the Association wanted it that way for the TV audiences for bigger fatter contract.

Because the referees are inconsistent with calls. Sometimes its sensitive, but most of the time you need to act/flop to get calls. Take note that they don't want them flopping. But the game require them flopping. Lebron, Rose and Shaq was the victim of this calls until 2012-13 that Lebron is trying to flop. I say trying because he still don't know how to flop😂. But D. Rose is still not getting the calls like the others because he doesn't flop.

With the “attractive to sports fans” ideal. In my opinion I don’t think fans as a whole want to see scoring. Fans want to see a good game. I’ve heard plenty people complain about how sports are to offense heavy. Seems like it’s the execs who want scoring not the fans.

As a Wizards fan who witnessed Gil miss two free throws against Lebron it’s ironic listening to Gil speak on toughness idk how y’all do it.

Joel embiid is the worst. He literally falls 20 times a game. I play basketball but a lot of tall dudes, rarely do people fall for an actual reason. And I don't care is excuse that it reduces injuries, he's always injured!

Not sure why I thought Mccants was 10 year veteran. He only played 4 years, crazy. His name was so popular back then, I’m assuming because he played for UNC.

It all starts with Adam Silver pampering NBA players. NBA really went from fining dudes for flopping to rewarding them with FTs and people calling it a "smart play". Dudes cant play back to backs AND wanna shorten the season 🤣🤣 Adam Silver said load management isnt a problem either. Tell that to the fans paying to watch star players and then realizing they not even suiting up, or better yet, a ref deciding to eject them out the game on some weak ish.

I think the players adapt to the league, not the other way around. Look at a guy like lebron. A lot of old heads look at him as one of the poster boys of the floppers and call him soft “he wouldn’t survive in the 80s or 90s”. But when he was playing the pistons of the mid 2000s with the Wallace’s and tayshaun he lit them on fire, you can’t tell me he couldn’t have handled a more physical league

The soul of the game was created on the playground the concrete it hardens you strengthen your body and mind now the last 15 years the players are born on AAU courts they are missing the physical toughness and the mental strength and mental strategy also the playground was a killing field it was predator vs prey and you would be eaten alive if you do not fight to survive and this is every day. Every day you have to go out and kill or be killed or you wont be picked to play

People won't really accept that these rule changes are business decisions to aid in longevity, watchability, and predictable performance. AAU and the greater mileage these players have entering the league combined with the fast pace game (only can be quick because of freedom of movement) means if it can either be physical or fast, but not both.

Players will cater to the rules in all sports. The NHL started having problems with flopping/diving. So you know what they did? They changed the rules. It’s really not that complicated. They added “embellishments” as penalties, AND more importantly, they actually started handing them out regularly. Players switched up REAL QUICK once they were hurting their team and getting embarrassed/ruining their reputation. It literally took like 1 season to fix the issue. All you have to do is just commit to actually calling it league wide. It’s not that complicated.

all that physicality led to malice at the palace, thats when the nba really changed. If you wanna blame anyone, blame yourselves.

Thumbnail is crazy😭😂

That thumbnail is hilarious.

I hate the complaining after plays along with the flops… it’s ridiculous. They cry to the ref. almost after every damn play make AND miss!

1:48 Bull crap! I want to see great defenses.

Blame the malice in the palace for these changes. Blame Ben Wallace for being a dummy. Blame the Detroit fan for throwing a drink at a manic like Artest. Blame the source of where all these crack Down started to happen.

Mccants quoting Wayne talking bout he call it 😂

Fantasy made them focus on offense simple and plain.

Injury cost the NBA Owners/Players and Rules Protection Of Money

I miss the days of no easy layups

Literally watch any film from even as late as the 90s and early 2000s, dudes were still learning how the play the game we know today. Comparing across eras is stupid.

Ty for putting Embiid as the picture, he needs to see this!

The rules where changed to give foreign players a chance. Steve Nash, Dirk, etc couldn't play with the hand checking and tough defense. With the rules today Shawn Bradley would've dominant.

Soft shell tacos, mild sauce - Wayne

im a fan of UNC McCants because Im a die hard UNC basketball fan but he dont have any NBA credibility to talk the shit he was talkin in this video, never was he ever even on a gilbert arenas level

Facts 💯💪🏼✊🏼soft generation

Its a simple answer yes 100% the league is softer we live in a futuristic nba with social media we as humans have never been closer but farther away athe same time this society is soft and that affects the league aswell alot of players are soft because of society its too hard for the nba to change that. And yes i know there talking about the physical game and how its softer but players are softer emotionaly aswell

I wish Miko would just let somebody finish a thought.

They miss games for injury, before they get injured.

NBA just needs to fine these players for flopping. Taking the fun out of the game. Nobody wants to play physical and the ones that do get into bs foul trouble.

Free throws should be from 3 point line now lol Thatd be awesome

No NBA player is "soft".. they're just using the rulebook to maximise their win rate. It's very smart of the players but it's also pathetic

Not soft, the refs just call TOOO many fouls, and money has built a toxic league because 1 season dudes are set for life. Before guys had to actually play for something

The speed and letting players fly due to no touching policy is what gets players injured.

Man the video of embidd flopping by someones finger to funny lol

The game is less physical but... they really overstate it. Guys in the 70s said the 80s was soft, guys in the 80s said the 90s were soft. Theres an interview of Wilt on youtube where he says the Jordan era was so soft he would average 70 a game. Now guys who came into their primes in the mid to late 2000s are saying they were the tough era, but when they played the 80s guys said they were soft. Its just oldhead behaviour to think that you had it tougher and better and that music, sports, society, etc is always getting worse.

Bruh hes still wearin the crown? Idk why this video made me realize how weird it is hes still wearing it. Considering its super lame the first few times

Well the stats show the number of fouls called is at an all-time low right now so we can throw that "so soft can't even breathe without it being a foul" argument out of the window and anyone that actually watched the games from the 80s and 90s knows the game felt like it was constantly being stopped due to whistles. I honestly don't know what these old heads are talking about at all. It's like they have selective memory. Another issue is, these kids are being put on these crazy advanced workout programs from when they're 11-12yrs old before their body has even had a chance to develop they're already lifting weights, putting weights on their ankle, using equipment that restricts them during workouts so that they can be more explosive when it finally comes off. Does it work? Absolutely but at what price? A lot of wear and tear and strain on the body from a very young age so by the time they hit their 20s notice how a lot of these guys miss huge chunks of their careers. That needs to be looked at a lot more because these workouts clearly have huge effects and also having these kids playing full seasons like they're in the NBA or College is unacceptable combined with these weird workouts.

All of Rashad's analogies involve food... _soft shell tacos with the mild sauce_ 😂😂😂 he look like he slings weights, so he probably stay ready to eat. I do too😂

Used to be take it til you make it. Now it’s fake it til you make it.

i blame stearn n silver guys like jokic morris brothers pat bev pj tucker smart beef stew, could play in the good eras w elbows n shit but to much effort is frowned upon even tho sports require contact

Man yaw need to watch the 2010 game 7 Lakers vs Celtics in LA. The way they officiated that game is how all games need to be officiated. Good tough grown man basketball

McCants was a scrub when he played

Old heads swear the game is soft now, it’s not soft. The rule changes that the NBA has implemented MADE them have to play that way, they’re just adapting to the rule changes that they HAVE TO PLAY IN NOW🤦🏽‍♂️

McCants playing that “I Can’t Feel My Face” Lil Wayne Bars 💯” these Negas air, soft, soft shell taco mild sauce. You really ain’t prepared dog choppers split your ass in half now they can share y’all.”

People blaming players for being soft when all the rules now are geared toward shooting, freeflowing offence and high scoring games. The players will adapt if the rules promoted tough defense.

Lol that thumbnail 😂

Shout out that Lil Wayne quote 😂 Drought 3

Why they always make it seem like it’s tough like boxing. Y’all really just putting a ball through a hoop

Aye whoever did that thumbnail you did your thing brodie

Basically anyone buying into the whole stat chasing, ring chasing bs is a easily manipulated fool by the league’s marketing

The game is too watered down. I’m very close to no watching anymore

I need more of this

My man hasn’t gave up that Burger King crown since his 8th birthday

What is blud doing on the laptop ?

Can somebody tell me who this woman is? She’s in the vids all the time and I assume she played, but I have no clue. She’s awesome though and I love her takes!

I've been watching since the 90s, and flopping used to be considered a smart move or just standard gamesmanship. It changed when the Spurs went crazy with it lol

The players in the league not soft, the rules are soft so players adapted. I hate when they have to slow motion replay to see where the foul happened and have to use different angles to find the foul….if you have to do all that NO FOUL OCCURRED. The NBA is soft, not the players

Society overall is in freefall decline…

Throwing Elbows and shoving people isn’t physical defense it’s lazy. Stand up in front of your man and guard him.

McCants wit the Lil Wayne dedication 2 barz 😆💯🔥

I don't even watch the NBA til the playoffs but I use to watch all season. It's so watered down now. Also I don't pay attention to today's scoring stats because there's no defense

Lol how could you still want fouls to be called but still be able to grab and pull guys when they run through the lane?

Ol girl needs to stop putting words in their mouths

Why am i getting videos i already saw in my feed….

There's just more flopping now. You can go back and watch videos of guys in the 80s, 90s, 00s flopping. There are entire video montages of MJ and Kobe flopping made in response to the previous generations of players saying there was no flopping back then.