The plumber argument is so wack when the guy that swept the "King" last year can barely make a dunk and has trouble jumping over a stack of newspapers, lol.
It's such an irony that today's tiktok generation criticize jordans era dribbling. While today's basketball era players are allowed to carry and travel. 😎✍️🏻
This. Any player from the '80s or '90s would love to play in an era where you can't handcheck an offensive player, are allowed to constantly palm the ball and get an extra step or two 75% of the time. Lol.
@@stiiizy07 Yeah, I guess he could be mode talented on dribbling honestly, but Jordan is actually a hell of a lot more talented and the superior player overall.
That's why all the international players think defense is a joke when back in the 90s it was tough for them to adjust. Get that shit out of here.@nicolasfierro2143
@@theflyingkaramazovbrothers6 there were like 6 international players in the whole league it was hard for them to adjust because the mba didn’t bring in any of them that’s such a rediculous argument shows your lack of ball knowledge
@@elijahhutchings7947Yes, you compare the present to the past to criticize the current state of the game and how it’s changed. What have we seen? The game of the 80s-2010s was superior to the current iteration.
@@kman9884 that’s my point I don’t think an iteration is better that’s y’all. It’s just basketball. Be a fan of whatever tf u want to be but keep quiet about the other side. If you time was so good why you focused on the youngins?? You just wanna be heard. I like older cars but ion diss modern ones.
Michael Jordan played five seasons without Scottie Pippen 84-85 38-44..First round exit 85-86. 30-52..First round exit 86-87. 40-42...First round exit 01-02. 37-45..out of playoffs 02-03. 37-45..out of playoffs Lebron james has won more playoff Series' than any player in NBA HISTORY Lebron james has been to 10 nba finals. Only Bill Russell and Sam Jones (in a mostly nine team league) have made more nba finals appearances LeBron james carried an absolutely horrific 2007 Cleveland Cavaliers team to the nba finals In the modern NBA era (post 1960) only nine NBA top 75 players have won a championship without another top 75 player as a teammate Rick Barry (1975) Bill Walton (1977) Hakeem Olajuwon (1994) Tim Duncan (2005) (2007) Kobe Bryant (2009) (2010) Steph Curry (2015) (2022) LeBron james (2016) Kawhi Leonard (2019) Giannis Antetokounmpo (2021) As you can see, LeBron James is on the list and Michael Jordan isnt Lebron james has won 17 playoff series, without an nba top 75 teammate. Michael Jordan won ZERO In the year before Michael Jordan and LeBron James joined their team and the year after they left their team, their records were 83-84 bulls 27-55 84-85 bulls. 38-44 92-93 bulls 57-25 93-94 bulls 55-27 98-99 bulls 13-37 without Scottie Pippen 00-01 wizards 19-63 01-02 wizards. 37-45 02-03 wizards 37-45 03-04 wizards 25-57 02-03 cavaliers 17-65 03-04 cavaliers 35-47 09-10 cavaliers 61-21 10-11 cavaliers 19-63 09-10 heat. 47-35 10-11 heat 58-24 14-15 heat 37-45 2013-14 cavaliers 33-49 2014-15 cavaliers 53-29 2017- 18 cavaliers 50-32 2018-19 cavaliers 19-63 2017-18 lakers. 35-47 2018-19 lakers were 20-14 when LeBron James got injured on Christmas day. As you can see When LeBron James joins a team, the team improves more than Michael Jordan and when LeBron James leaves a team, the team always goes into the tank. Michael Jordan, excluding the 94-97 seasons, when the NBA moved the three point line to 22 feet, was a career 28% three point shooter. LeBron James is a career 34% three point shooter Michael Jordan was a great defensive player, in an Era where you could handcheck. Playing defense is much easier when you can handcheck. For nearly 6'9 250 LeBron James' entire career he wasn't afforded the opportunity to handcheck. THE EVIDENCE IS CLEAR..LEBRON JAMES IS THE GOAT!!!!! I have added a Postscript So many have replied, that LeBron james didn't make the playoffs his first two years and Jordan did. What they fail to say is, in 1985, 16 of 23 teams made the playoffs. In 2004, 16 of 29 teams made the playoffs. It was MUCH EASIER to make the playoffs in 1985, as opposed to 2004. Perfect example is, the 1985 86 bulls went 30-52 and made the playoffs and the 2004 05 cavaliers went 42-40 and did not make the playoffs. Also, I don't know, possibly, maybe, Jordan had a HUGE ADVANTAGE considering he played three years of college basketball and LeBron James was 19 years old, and straight out of high school
The fact that dinosaur floor Jordan averaged 26 ppg as a Wizard before injuring his knee tells you that he would absolutely fkn destroy this Charmin ass league today.
uh dude. check his efficiency. check the wins and losses. he was putting up empty stats on bad efficiency on a bad team stop fantasizing about the past and appreciate the greatness we're seeing today.
@@Jeremy-ot6pb Don’t forget that he was out of the league for 3 “full” seasons with not much practice time because Artest broke his ribs. His training got pushed back. It took awhile but the team started winning more and had a winning record at the All Star break. MJ was a leading candidate for MVP at the time. Injuries killed all of that though. We saw how he played when he first back to the Bulls after the first retirement. He wasn’t as efficient as he had normally been prior.
Nah, time to go back and watch entire game films then come back to us. Defense was SO physical in the 80s and 90s plus rules were different as well@JackFlash06240
The defense wasn’t any better brother certain rules made defense better at the time hand check not being one of them it was often called a foul in the 90s. But the league was much less skilled overall back then making defense by default better
What's crazy about Jordan is that he was so manically competitive, I'm positive if he'd heard the whole "can't go left" argument back then, he'd try to only go left and probably even just shoot with his left hand for an entire game just to embarrass people
@@lmoral222Lol…true. And look at the All Star game comparison. It’s absolutely horrible now. We need to bring back that 90s mindset where guys compete for real.
Got the numbers right here. Including both Mike and lebron's first and last finals appearances plus the NFL as comp for those thinking streaming has anything to do with it. Television Viewership (nba series avg vs NFL for a trend view) NBA NFL 1991. 23.9M. 79.5M 1998. 29.0M. 90.0M 2007. 9.2M. 93.2M 2020. 7.5M. 101.3M 2023. 11.6M. 114.2M
Today’s basketball is better? Yet, the best players will miss at least 20+ games every year with weak ass injuries like a sprained cuticles and hurt feelings. These folks ain’t even durable 😂
@@simplysimple7628 Instead of arguing wit youngins on the internet how bout you go slurp your soup in your retirement home unc, you'll live longer that way
@@kweli05And possibly his best move ever against the Nets was going left. They messed up big time with saying he could “never” go left at any point in his career.
Social media started all of this. It's easy to look like something you really aren't on social media apps. It's also easy to make someone look bad on social media with hot takes. Good post Uncut Hoops!
Here’s a little secret. The guy who started the “Done with the 80’s and 90’s” actually played basketball in the 90’s. He was good enough to make it to a small time college but never made any noise there and certainly didn’t make it to the NBA. His name is Mike Peek. If you go to his RU-vid there are old clips of him shooting hoops recently but also like 10 years ago. The reality is he would get cooked at any point in his life by the guys he makes videos about. If not, he would have made it to a big D1 school and the NBA. But he is and was more trash than the guys he spreads lies about on the internet. But hey, anything for clout these days. Anything to sell his silly merch. 😂
So basically he was a bust that couldnt make it in the NBA and now 25 yrs later he sits online talking shxt about players that were clearly better than him? 😂
@@Sf75178 Soft. Phony. They score too much. No defense. The history books are gonna be shattered. Basic players look like superstars now. 20ppg used to mean something.. Now everyone averages 20
@@J0SHDG0AT69 🙄 Please. It's devolved. Your generation is in denial. Adam Silver is a disgrace. You've got no right to shit on every prior generation & prop this one up
Why would anybody listen to somebody whose analysis begins with what I've seen on tiktok. What he needs to see is a mirror cuz that mustache looks absolutely ridiculous on him
@@Refreshment01 Iverson'n was borderline and not at all times. Watch also the take off to a lay up or jump shot of today's players vs before, itis all traveling today.
@@rap3208 Iverson violation of rules was so frequent at one point the nba had to draw a line in the sand & just stop calling it. Remember this distinctly because it was a common topic of the commentators during televised games at the beginning of his career.
If it were true that he couldn’t go left he wouldn’t be ‘a bucket’. Especially in play-off basketball, players with absolutely no off-hand get locked in a 7 game series vs good teams.
No No we're not going to let you guys get away with that. We have heard for years how Michael Jordan didn't have any weaknesses on the court. This Mythological character. Now we're actually going back and watch the games and we're seeing glaring deficiency in the 90s and the 80s. Most players couldn't shot and they couldn't use their left hand if their life depend on it.
@@simplecleaning4296 Weakness is exploitable. If he had any real weaknesses, he would have been punished. Also, be honest here. Do you really watch games or clips of in-game mistakes? Because Jordan absolutely could go left.
@manwerama No I have watched so many 90s and 80s games in recent years including his 63 points game against the Boston Celtics, his 55 points against the Suns, his game 6s against Utah, his game against the Knicks in the playoffs. So you're talking to the wrong person. This hand checking lies , he didn't use his left that much. Countless times he hung in the air on his left side and used his right hand. There were games were he didn't use his left hand at all. He took tons of bad shots. He would mostly dribble with his right hand on his left side. I'm a LeBron James fan and I still believe Michael Jordan is the greatest player at this moment. But he couldn't shot 3pointer consistently and his left when he used in latter part of his career was okay. Mostly throughout his career his left hand was weak at best. In fact the only player I seen using his left hand consistently to dribble was Isiah Thomas.
@@Robertedwinhouse38 maybe but that doesn’t take away the status of older players just wait 20 years and watch all ur favorite players be called trash and plumbers also new players aren’t better they just play differently if Jordan would have to play now do you honestly think he wouldn’t be a better 3pt shooter or wouldn’t adapt that’s what being great means it means u would be great in any era
It's literally just the Lebron fans who are as insecure and fragile as the slef proclaimed best ever. The only way they can convincingly make that claim is by discrediting the era where the ACTUAL greatest player to ever play dominated.
can't wait for these ppl to make a surprised pikachu face when the next generations says they are done with the 2020's because there was no 4 point line or something like that.
The difference between you jordan nutguzzlers and fans of today is that we won’t be spamming “this generation is to soft” everywhere to even provoke this kind of trend from the new generation. We’re not insecure
Nick Wright said it best, to paraphrase. "This idea that the nba in the 80's and 90's was like the Roman gladiators in the coliseum is idiotic. Nba in the 80's and 90's was slightly more physical with much worse athletes"
@@vicepresidentmikepence889hahah why are you so obsessed with spamming and being wrong. You’re very uneducated to basketball I’ve seen your funny little copy and pasted crap, but you don’t have the balls or knowledge to ever debate, but you’ll defend a loser who is 4-6 in the finals with 7 HOF players to help him in bad conference with no defense, can’t even shoot a mid range or free throw.
@@vicepresidentmikepence889 Dominique Wilkins, Kenny skywalker, SHAQ, michael jordan, darryl dawkins, gerald wilkins, charles barkley, Dr. J, shawn kemp, xavier mcdaniles, hakeem, tom chambers, clyde drexler, james worthy, david thompson, larry nance, orlando woolbridge, david robinson, patrick ewing, scottie pippen... all much worse athletes that definitely wouldnt stand out today right? 😆😆😆😆
These guys want to use Kenny smith quotes to bolster their arguments but I’d bet they’d hate to find out that he said superstars of the 2010’s would be average players in the 80’s.
It's the opposite. Most of them dudes back then was terrible lol they wouldn't make the NBA this era . The proof is out there it's no need to speculate
@@riotordiet9154dude what are you talking about? lebron is shooting over 40% from 3 this season LOL he's worked on his game for decades and developed a shot compare his shooting form now to his rookie year and you'll see.
@@chuckEdopemoves Players today would look like bums if they got called for all the traveling and carrying they do. Leagues full of shot chuckers, anyone with hands can throw the ball up.
@@Sldumas1983yall Michael Jordan cheer spree the worst smh yall act like Jordan was a holy man he gambled and even got suspended for it and it cost him his dad and his teammates hated him
LeBron, to me, has obviously been taking PEDs for years. His defenders keep saying there’s no proof, but there is all kinds of proof. Maybe not on paper, but it’s in the eye test. KD has been doing it, too, and many others.i think it’s so common in the league, they just look the other way.
I’m a Lebron fan but i hate this trend. People today just can’t formulate their own opinion and listen to what’s a trend. People that say this all have no ball knowledge. Rare W from you
It’s the problem with this generation. They don’t do their homework anymore. They think you only have to yell « we done with the 90s » for it to be true. It’s very weird. They sometimes don’t even understand how sport works. - Basketballs players don’t play in only one decade for the bests. - Comparisons are for the most part against your pairs…lebron vs Steph AD and others. MJ vs Isaiah, Barkley, and others. - The next generation is ALWAYS the most skilled generation to date. It’s normal. In 2045 this 2024 generation will feel wack AF.
But this generation isn't the best. They don't have fundamentals cause they are skipping college and skipping years of development years in college too
@@wastanley734 they are. Nutrition programs, recovery and everything around sport medecine is way ahead now. You can play longer and for more years now. They are better.
Thank you making this. Those videos on instagram are incredibly frustrating. I mean, how do you argue with people who are this stupid and ignorant on the game of basketball
It’s how y’all do for the current era guys to me it’s payback and shows we can do that for anyone. We should appreciate everyone and stop tryna shit on folks but yall love to hate too much to do dat
@@elijahhutchings7947 This all started with Lebron James. Klutch Sports literally orchestrated an entire media campaign designed to diminish and discredit Jordan along with an entire era of NBA Basketball! Why? In a desperate and delusional attempt to elevate James to Jordan's level because the gap between them is so vast in this so called 'GOAT Debate'. Most true basketball fans do not 'hate' the current NBA, people are just so sick and tired of all these ridiculous and untrue narratives being pushed daily. If you have to tear down an icon like MJ, along with an entire Era of Basketball, simply to elevate your favourite player in a debate, then your favourite player does not belong in that debate.
Saying we're done with the 90's is like saying we're done with NBA history & has to be one of the most ignorant arguments to try to lift a player up past another. Constantly attacking the character & history of the game diminishes & undermines any value in its records & legacy. Also they're setting an ignorant precedent where anyone in the future can discredit anything by saying "well we're done with x era."
@@lynnytanny8838 you were probably born in 2008 0r 2009 I was born in 1992 so I remember the late 90s more it was great decade. But I wasn’t alive in 80s but I enjoy music from 80s & 90s internet was just starting in mid 90s
Vince Carter and Tracy Mcgraddy both played in the 90s all the way to the 2010s and they said that it was harder to score when they were young and in their prime than by the end of their careers.
I love to hate this era of basketball. Everyone is soft, boring, and fake tough guys. These guys are a disgrace to the game of basketball for flopping. I hate most players of this era. I respect players from the 80s, 90s, 00s, and early 10s. I have no respect for most of the divas today.
ANT 🐜 has an 80s and 90s mindset! He wants to win and is very competitive! He doesn’t take games off and plays great defense! He is the closest player we have to 80s and 90s era and its refreshing to see!
dont watch this era then, yall old heads stuck in the past and refuse to believe players can and do evolve from generation to generation, sorry the game doesn't stay stagnant and actually changes whether you like it or not 😂
I love how we discredit Jordan for playing in the 90s but shaq doesn’t get slack at all because he’s a fan favorite even though he played in more than half of the 90s
@@Jeremy-ot6pb then you would have to consider the 2000s weak as well but y’all don’t want to do that because lebron played in the 2000s but so did Jordan. Also the difference between 1998 and 2000 is one fucking season so you’re telling me that the nba all of a sudden got good the moment Jordan left? Lol
@@rest4rt000what? when did i mention lebron? when did i call the 2000s weak? when did i say the nba got better when jordan left? the strawmanning is wild you're arguing with an imaginary argument that you created yourself
As if Michael Jordan didn't score 41 points per game in his first finals against those Lakers 😂 Also James Worthy was a small forward in what universe is a small Forward a big?
@@seagull2175 James Worthy was good, but when he played there were a plethora of 7 + footers. If you're talking about Michael Jordan being that good, then agreed.
@@roscoeorginal lol all star games in 80s-90s were entertaining because players actually gave a damn and wanted to compete which bled over into regular games. The lack of effort in todays era is reflected in its all star game. You new "fans" are clueless 😂
As a man who played basketball for 40 years,now in my seventies and who has watched basketball since the early 60’s I’m shocked. The 80’s and 90’s were the best basketball ever. Basketball has changed so much. No defense, can carry the ball, can’t even breathe on someone or it’s a foul. I can’t even watch it anymore. Lebron isn’t even in my top ten. He would never have scored all the points he did if he played in the 80’s or 90’s.
Jason Whitlock: “Should we be suspicious of the longevity of LeBron’s career?” Victor Conte: “YES, there’s reason for suspicion, ok.” HGH, TESTOSTERONE, EPO 👀 WHAT??? Yes, Bronny James plays for USC, however “HIS DAD ON THAT BALCO, THAT NEW JUICE.” - Kevin Garnett
I totally agree. In today's Era he'll I every time I decide to watch a game the player I'm wanting to watch is in street clothes load managing. I'm Done With The 20's!!!!!!!
We’re done with everything in the 2020’s, not just basketball but movies and video games too. The 2020 shills will try their hardest to gaslight you into believing that you are bias for your favorite era or players/movies/video games when in fact actual fact, most of those things in the past within our time either in the 80’s, 90’s or 2000’s was just more better and felt like actual human passion was put into everything back then. Not to mention it felt like everyone actually got along with each other back then too.
“MJ couldn’t handle the rock in college” Proceeds to win an NCAA player of the year award and came up clutch to win a national title as a freshmen…pretty damn impressive for someone who couldn’t dribble 😂 There was no defender who could stay in front of MJ in his younger years…why would a player not go to their dominant hand more often than not if he’s not being stopped? He’s not gonna go left just to prove he can go left.
1990s are in my opinion still more competitive than today’s NBA. Hand-checking was “banned” in 1979, but it was greatly enforced in 1995. Once again, the NBA wanted more offense because there were some incredible offensive players at the time. Michael Jordan was dominating the league and bringing viewers from all over the world, so removing the punishment he took was key to getting more points on the board. The same treatment was bestowed on other great offensive players, but the 3-point line started becoming more prominent as well. The arc was shortened, allowing for guys like Reggie Miller a chance to dominant the game as slender athletes with a shooter’s gift. Guys started shooting better, and the NBA started becoming more attractive to watch. In 2005, hand-checking was strictly forbidden, which gave the offensive players the space to bring the offense back into the game.
No one who grew up in the 80's and 90's thinks that they were perfect. They weren't. But they were FAR BETTER than today. The fact that they have to cherry pick clips to make their point while we can show entire games where they play poorly speaks volumes...
Cherry picked? It's the NBA finals of the "Best team" (72-10) vs Sonics. Showed first 5 mins of game 1 and compared it to last 5 mins of game 7 of 2016. Now that's cherry picking. LOL Game 1 has no pressure, refreshed players, 0-0 standing and nothing more on their heads while playing and yet still bricks. Also the trend pointed the overrated defense in the 90's that old heads insist and comparing it to today's games. If you are guarding a player from the 3 point line since the first quarter, you'll be flushed on the second half. That's why the game evolve into a 3 point shootouts. And that requires tremendous skills. Don't believe me? Ask Larry Bird
As someone born in the 90’s who grew up on 2000’s basketball and respects all eras for what they were/are, it’s only a matter of time before somebody starts doing the same thing to 2000’s and 2010’s basketball. But then there will be a slew of excuses lol
We're talking about the same generation going on social media saying Osama Bin Laden was a freedom fighter 😂 these kids missed too much school during the lockdowns
i bet that kid with puberty hair for a mustache cant even walk fast let alone dribble the ball. thnx to internet everyone became an expert on everything and they have feel like they know and should about them without anyy real knowledge or experience. such a cringe era we live in.
The modern NBA is a lame ass patty cake league that doesn't play defense. Hard to respect the players of today when you know the history of the league...
A lot of modern fans are disrespecting the talent back in the 90s which is sad to see. But man this comment section is not doing the 90s justice 😭. Why can’t all basketball fans respect great players from each generation. No generation is factually the best they’re just different. Feel nostalgic, but don’t try bring another thing down.
@@itsjustspevler6914Same way Lebron went 0-8 without All star help. MJ in his rookie and sophomore seasons played teams with 5 HoFers that Lebron fans cry about Lebron facing in his prime with Kyrie and love.
It’s crazy the lack of respect Gen z has for the past. I grew up in the 80s to magic and bird, but still had so much respect for the guys who came before them. Wilt, Russell, Pistol Pete, Doc, Kareem, etc. These guys were all legends. Nobody of my generation tried to discredit them I love today’s game too. What Steph has done on a nightly basis is jaw dropping to watch. Joker may be the most skilled big man of all time. And seeing guys like Ant and Ja get up is mind blowing. I wish young folk would just appreciate the greatness of today without disrespecting the past
Thank you! Great video as someone from this generation the 80s & 90s basketball wasn’t bad mf are confusing playstyle with “bad basketball”. Basketball in general will always have missed shots, bad plays, defensive lapses no matter what era you watch that is universal. However just because that erases style was different doesn’t mean its bad basketball. the 80s & 90s focused on playing inside-out where the big man was the biggest offensive weapon. Now the style is different they play outside in and shoot more 3s it was just different
well put. and with anything, the extremes are the issue. no one wants to watch a guy back down the defender in the post for 15 seconds, just like no one wants to watch a guy iso at the top of the key for 15 seconds and then jack up a three. both are bad basketball.
The national TV ratings have declined at least 45% within the past 10 years. Meaning the NBA is only for kids n young ignorant adults now and they are the ones who watch the games now.
@GG-fy2bm What difference will that make if I score 55 points from 2 and hit all the important buckets that cause us to win the game? See how slow that sounds?
Imagine losing the goat “debate” so hard that you just try to throw your competition’s entire career down the memory hole and pretend it doesn’t count. They don’t realize how transparently they’re conceding defeat with this. It’s embarrassing and laughable in one sense but also truly sad how little respect current fans show for the sport they claim to love. No other sports league behaves this way.
I mean, they can’t prop up their goat using facts by saying he has more rings, mvps, a dpoy or better analytics. So they have no choice but to tear down the achievements of the competition with vague arguments, like that’ll somehow make up for a whole hall of fame career gap of accolades. Between them.
I think the reason why these kids are doing this is because they’ve been watching warmups videos of LeBron shooting with his left hand. Do they see him doing any of that in his actual games? I think not. Larry Bird was famous for being ambidextrous and routinely shooting with his offhand in actual games. Do they think he’s greater than MJ now because of that?
I had a great right hand shot when I played. I eventually worked on developing a good left handed jumper for fun/a challenge. I could go and play in almost any gym as a left hander and be one of the better shooters. I guess this means I am the GOAT now. Sorry MJ.
As a football ⚽ fan i never hear people saying that players like r9 Maradona maldini were trash or saying that this player was better than that never its only in basketball
Anybody under 40 has no say regarding the Jordan vs Lebron debate. Going on RU-vid watching highlights doesn't capture the essence of just what kind of social icon Jordon was.
First things we should know 1. The zone defense used in the NBA is not the same zone defense used in the NCAA. 2. The zone defense in the NBA was implemented with the defensive 3 seconds rule in 2001-2002 season. 3. The hand-checking rule was enforced in the 2004-2005 season to give offensive players to score more easy, especially for players in the swingman position. 4. The Gather Step was implemented in the 2009-2010 season so that LeBron's crab dribble is legally recognized. And based on the above, we can evaluate the strength of the defense as follows Defensive Strength Rankings since the 90s : 2 > 1 ≥ 3 > 4 >>> 5 1. 90s : illegal defense + no defensive 3seconds + 90s hand-checking rules + no gather step 2. early 00s : Zone defense + defensive 3 seconds + still 90s hand-checking rules + no gather step 3. Mid-00s : Zone Defense + Defensive 3 Seconds + Enforced hand-checking rules + no gather step 4. Late 00s to mid 10s : Zone Defense + Defensive 3 Seconds + enforced hand-checking rules + Gather step implemented 5. Late 10s ~ now : Zone Defense + Defensive 3 Seconds + enforced hand-checking rules + Gather step + 3-point shooting era + no Traveling + no Carrying + no offensive fouls
@@itsjustspevler6914 I’d say we’re mad mainly bc like he said, you’re cherry-picking lowlights and somehow conflating that to an entire era, which again proves his point. It’s disingenuous, and even if you prefer the modern era and have LBJ as your guy, go ahead, more power to you. But just because different basketball fans have different opinions and preferences in terms of era and who their GOAT is, doesn’t mean you have to completely shit on them. We’re just sick of the fake narratives narrow mindedness, and blatant degradation of the sport.
This is what you get when you water down NBA basketball to cater to casuals. Commissioner Silver is dumbing down the NBA and that's why ratings are low.
