Why I am afraid for the NBA and Basketball 

I'm 27 years old, and I agree with you. Sometimes, it feels like a 3-point shootout. The offense is favored so heavily that the game isn't balanced anymore. Certain fundamentals aren't being taught.

They call it evolution i call it de-evolution and loss of fundamentals of basketball.

As soon as you watch back a game from 90s, you just realize the different vibe .....a regular season game back then was more electrifying than a today's playoff game

As a 37 year old, who grew up with basketball +(ex player), especially 90's NBA and early 2000's I agree with every word you said. The NBA game is unrecognizable today, however in Europe, we still play old-school with a modern touch to it, so I think this is the right way forward.

100% agree. Being a fan of the sport since the 80s and playing it from 7 to 21 years old, I also stopped watching the game for over 15 years because I couldn't stand how players keep asking for a lot of money without even playing a single game first. They started asking for attention and respect without letting their actions speak for themselves. How the game started allowing plays that were so illegal and enforced back then, that made the NBA a whole different level. This took away so much from the elite level that the NBA was known for. Just because you were good at a pick-up game didn't mean you could be an NBA player. It used to take lots of discipline and understanding of the fundamentals and RULES of the game to earn a team position. There was pride in each position back then. 1,2,3,4,5. Oh, you knew who was what how good they were. Only then the comparisons made sense. They basically allow the game to become a pickup game where standard game rules are not enforced. That alone makes you lose respect for the game. Competition, rivalry, team loyalty, defense, big man, midrange, fundamentals, and player maturity are extremely important for sports. We tend to go for trends and what works at the moment and the NBA has gone that route. How are you going to build a dynasty if you are constantly moving players around and not building a team with a strong system that works? I don't even have favorite team now days just favorite players. SMH...

Progressivism is not necessarily synonym of progress, you can apply this to Basketball.

The change in the NBA is why I got into college basketball. It’s still traditional for the most part. Still have a big man that plays down low, mid range shots, passing, defense and most importantly…they give 100%

I'm an oldhead. I watched the 90's Bulls and that was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in sports. There is a reason why we still talk about the 90s ball and why these players are still icons to this day and age. Remember Scottie Pippen dunk hard on Patrick Ewing and tell Spike Lee to "take a seat"? Or when Rodman guarded Shaq in the post, or when Piippen completely erased Magic the entire game? John Stockton diming up the Mailmain, Jason Williams with his unique style? Mutombo "not in my house" monsterblocks, Kobe killing it midrange... man so many great moments. Yeah, there's reasons we still remember and we still talk about these moments. Good times we had and it was spectecular to watch. Modern basketball with this slowmotion "dance around, please don't touch me, halfcourt threes... " is all just boring. Great moments? None.. :(

That game a few years ago between Golden State and Houston where Houston missed twenty some three pointers in row and just kept hoisting them up is what pretty much killed my interest in the modern NBA.

I agree with you100%! Basketball was exciting back in the 80's and 90's, people took pride in their defensive skills. It's been around 15 years or so since have been able to make myself watch an entire game. In the 80's & 90's I was glued to watching those games! I can't even turn on the games anymore, it's a different sport now and the entertainment value is LESS than half of what it was.

Thanks for articulating what I, and may others, are feeling. I was an NBA obsessed teen in the 90s and couldn’t get enough, reading every article, magazine, collecting tapes, and the like. My interest waned a bit in the early 2000s but I still appreciated the game. But nowadays I find the game to be unwatchable (too many threes and no defense) and the league an atrocious shadow of its former self (load management, soap opera like drama, no loyalty). For this feeling I am mocked and decried as a closed minded “old head” who hates change, but like you said evolution is not necessarily better and the product has been downgraded.

I'm 31, and I know exactly what you mean. I'm in Cleveland, and I couldn't get my nephews to go with me to the Cavs/Lakers game tomorrow night. I tried to explain to them about Jordan & LeBron, and what a historic experience it will be to see LeBron before he retires... they just couldn't care less. They're not sports fans, but it still makes me feel like Basketball doesn't have the same magnetism it did when I fell in love with it. It used to be the coolest of the cool, and larger than life. Now... Idk.

My dad did a good job coaching his youth league team with old school fundamentals. Didn't just let the kids play iso or settle for 3s every possession. They didn't have the most talent, yet were pretty dominant for a few years. My dad was very proud of that.

The problems started in 2005 when the NBA decided to take out hand checking. Steph curry didn't change the game he adapted to the rules, and the new rules negate flow in the beautiful game of basketball.

To be fair to the Curry impact argument, Michael Jordan (and Kobe later on) had the exact same effect for kids. A lot of young hoopers took incredibly bad mid range shots and thought shooting like crazy was the way to win. It made basketball gross to watch for years. We saw this in the NBA as well, don't forget the years when Iverson took almost 30 shots a game when his teammates struggled to make it to 10. Only difference to today is that we didn't see kids from around the world play horrendous basketball daily because we didn't have social media at the time.

I agree completely. Thank God we've still got players like Nikola Jokic and Luka Doncic who use strategy and ball movement and are both still very much attuned to the lost art of passing. It's not a coincidence that they're also both foreign players. I miss the halcyon days of Bird, Magic and Jordan.

I'm an old geezer in my 70's who has been watching basketball since the days of Russell and Chamberlain. Your observations about the game are solid for the era of your experience. In earlier days, ball movement, good defense, finding the open man and post play made the game much more fun to watch. Today there is way too much standing around while the superstar does his thing. The 3-point shot, which began in the old ABA, didn't change things a whole lot until fairly recently, when it began to be a substantial part of the offense. Also, the economics of the NBA means too many players want to make the highlight show, which kills teamwork. The big money also means that the game is more about the players' wallets than the enjoyment of the fans. The best of the NBA is in the finals, where you can still see a few flashes of the game as it really should be played.

Very well said! There are no rivalries in today's NBA. The post up game has practically vanished. And the defense is inferior to 80's and 90's NBA

One cannot deny that shooting has become steadily more efficient over the years. I believe that part of the reason why we are seeing this is that they don't or very rarely call traveling, moving screens, or offensive fouls on the offense side anymore. Couple that with further hamstringing defenders, such as the removal of hand checking, and we have a shoot the three or bull rush your way to the basket type of league. A tweak to the balance would make watching that much more interesting, at least for me.

You're absolutely right my brother. The other day i watched the Jazz playing against the Lakers. Every moment the Jazz broke out in transition they would jack up a three-point shot. In the first quarter i saw them attempt more than ten such shots and making only one! It was so disgusting to watch. That's how they lost that game 😮😮

I went to a high school game recently. First time watching the game at that level in probably ten years. I was stunned. I watched an entire game and did not see a single screen. Every last kid was playing iso and the coaches just stood there and watched. I immediately came home and sent a text back to my buddies in Indiana asking if kids were playing that way back home. Sadly it seems like its everywhere.

I had this conversation with my nephew last night. We used to be big-time NBA fans. The progression of time does not equal superiority. My nephew equated today's NBA to WWE. It's all about entertainment, dazzling the fans like Sean said with deep shots along with super athletic drives to the hoop. But pretty much everybody carries the ball when they dribble now, sound fundamentals are replaced with sheer athleticism and although today's players are competitive, they don't play with the same heart and pride that players had around the mid-2000's on back.

A big part of this is the relaxation of travelling rules. Travelling was really enforced back in the day cause it gave a huge advantage to the dribbler. Now there are moves that are are allowed that are basically unguardable and you just have to hope the shooter misses. It really killed the ability of defenses to dictate the game. There’s no good defense to watch any more it’s just hoping the other team misses their shots basically and whoever shoots better wins.

As an old head I agree. Remember when there were sharp shooters like Horry, Kerr, Person, Miller? They were rare indeed but were integrated into a TEAM game. Integration of a low post player, a defensive stopper, great rebounder, mid-range assassin, and passing wizard. Look at the 80s great teams and they all had this combination of fundamentally sound players on their rosters. Ainge, DJ, Bird, McHale, Parrish. Magic, Scott, Worthy, Cooper, Green, Abdul-Jabbar. Isiah, Microwave, Dumars, Rodman, Lambier, Sally. Who has defensive GUARDS like DJ, Cooper, and Dumars? Plus Moncrief, Jordan, Robertson?

I stopped watching basketball for probably 15 years and got back into it a few years ago. It's definitely a different game. I'm with you - although I'm still enjoying it to some extent, I'm concerned moving into the future, I just won't care anymore. For me, I dislike the frequent foul calls (like T'ing up people over silly stuff) plus the "almost" travels. I know there's some euro step, burro step, hero step, gather step, roman step, walmart shuffle, hamburger crawl, etc. But my god, it looks like they aren't required to dribble. They'll show these "awesome" replays that just look like a dude tucking a football and going for a touchdown. =\

For me, basketball started to decline when Shaq left the game. I’ve always been a fan of low post, center-oriented basketball. It’s so much more strategic in nature than the hoisting of threes that we have today.

One of the main problems is how much rest the players get now. The moment fatigue starts they get subbed out because everyone plays the same position. It used to be that each position only really had one sub each and that included injury. Now everyone is so fresh all the time and it gives the perception of "more athletic"

I'm 40...definitely agree with you man...grew up watching Isiah, Jordan, Dominique, Hakeem, Magic, Price, Barkley, Petrovic, Drexler, etc... I'm actually even more of a fan of the 50's and 60's basketball like Elgin Baylor, Wilt, Russell, Cousy, Sam Jones, etc...some of my all time favorites right there

Lack of defense, post up, pick and roll, and back screens are missing from today’s game.

I just recently watched a youtube post of a bulls/spurs game from Duncan’s rookie year. Wasn’t a playoff game, regular season BATTLE between Jordan Rodman Robinson and Duncan. The intensity was unbelievable. Growing up in the Jordan era, I forgot how the games looked back then.

Man I loved this video. Someone from my age range, someone with my thoughts putting them out perfectly on a video that I know will get attention. Well done dude.

I feel the same way brother. I grew up watching the NBA in the 90s and 2000s. The game is not what it use to be. That is why I value the game and legends from back in the day so much more. I feel that those players would dominate in today's era where teams dart a bunch 3s and where no one plays real defense. I see you have some 90s basketball wax, right on brother! I am also a 90s basketball card collector myself, especially Jordan cards.

You hit all the right notes with this one bro. Just wanted to add, almost every team (at least good team) in the league in the 80s-90s had its own unique style. Yes it was centered around the star more often than not but even then that could be a super scorer like Jordan/Kobe/Iverson. A do-it-all forward like Bird/Barkley/Dunkan/Kemp. A shooter like Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf/Reggie Miller/Ray Allen. The centers that reigned supreme, Jabbar/Hakeem/Robinson/Ewing. Teams had identities like the Run TMC (Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond, Chris Mullin) or the Bad Boys. The Knicks had Pat but were known for their defense and physicality. The Sonics were the original Lob City. Everything had character and soul. Now you draft the talent of the decade, a 7.4 feet monster with the fluidity and plasticity of a guy a foot shorter and you have him pulling up 3s under pressure as if he’s Damien Lillard. So yeah, rant’s over. Hope it gets better somehow.

The biggest isssue in todays NBA is the lack of defensive minded teams. It is all about the offense. I used to love clutch blocks and other hustle plays but the teams in the NBA don't care about so we have results like 142-139 which sucks.

I completely agree with you. I remember coming to this realization back in 2019. Chucking up 3s the whole game is boring.

Euroleague games are 100 times more interesting than any actual NBA games.

I agree with Sean, I’ve been thinking about everything he said for the past 4 years or so. I grew up on 00s basketball and miss centers and power forwards getting there shots down in the low post and point guards dishing the rock and every team not falling in love with 3s

I hear you on the evolution of the game - after awhile threes get boring. I think my biggest issue is with load management. We got all these players in the league who love getting paid more than actually playing basketball.

One simple solution might be to simply move the 3 point line back a few feet. Then the arithmetic of shooting more 3s even though you shoot at a lower percentage won't be in your favor because you'll be missing a lot more frequently, thus discouraging them. The elite shooters like Steph Curry won't be affected too much, but you won't have centers chucking up 3s like now.

The weird thing is that US still produces the best talents, but it's not tailored for traditional basketball that's played all over the world. Nowadays, it's more tailored to marketability rather than traditionally.

Bro i'm from Brazil and great basketball fã as you, 43 years old, unfortunatelly i lost my excitement to watch NBA today cuz every team looks like the same team, and i can say the same thing about the players too, it's just a "rain" of three points and thats it, thank you for the great vídeo!!! All the best brother!

I have to agree with you. I was a lifelong fan of basketball. I grew up loving the showtime Lakers . As I grew older, I didn’t become a loyal Laker fan but a fan of the style of play. I despised the rough defense of the bad boy Pistons that became the trend so I gravitated towards the Bulls triangle offense and fell in love with the free flow Princeton offense of the Webber era Kings and the Nash era suns. Fast forward to today and we now miss the tough defense and the post game of the 90s and 2000s. Games then were hard fought. Today, the offense skill set crazy and it’s at video game levels. I really don’t know how good this will be in the long run but the game is losing old school fans. Time for an NBA rule change. Bring back the hand check. Penalize players for flopping.

Good vid. As an old head that grew up on showtime lakers in the late 70’s and early 80’s, i agree. I also miss defense, the ability to hand check, and a dominant center. The game has drastically changed. And, I haven’t watched the NBA in years. I only stay up on it through RU-vid, watching content creators like yourself and Jimmy. I loved old school basketball. All that said, I do acknowledge the object is to score as many points as possible with the objective of scoring more than your opponent on any given day. Position-less basketball is here. Ball movement to the most open shooter with a 35% 3pt average has become the statistical advantage. That’s the only strategy that exists it seems, and, statistically they aren’t wrong. The object is to win the game and math has taken over. They don’t care about me, and what I like, they just want to win. They will do so with or without old heads, they don’t care. There is still some hope though. Giannis and Jokic are fun to watch.

Agreed 100% NBA has been heading in the wrong direction for a dozen years, it's worth adding to what you said about rule changes and refereeing, whistling every minimal contact between players. Give us back the basketball of the 90s!

I think you got the point, spot on. Everything started with GSW, their incredible shooting and small ball lineups that were unguardable using typical 90's lineups. Teams were, in some way, forced to do it. The league embraced it. The teams and coaches and their staff saw 3pt as the "holly grail" of basketball. The league loved "the bigger the better" philosophy. More points than ever, more pace than ever... What do we, basketball connoisseurs ,got from all of this? Basketball inflation. Insane scoreboards, 3 pt shootouts, little to no defence in the season games...40 pts game today is a 20 points game back in the 90's. Just like the inflation of the dollar. Now basketball entered the "Unicorn" era. Everyone in the league is searching for extremely tall ,athletic, universal player to build roster around. We had Bol Bol, Porzingis, Holmgren, Wenbanyama... But there is a guy that broke the modern NBA matrix...at least for some time. Nikola Jokic. I can only hope that we will see players like him in the future... One more thing. Most disgusting trend nowdays is forming instant "super teams". Loyalty is out of the NBA, the players act like divas changing teams like socks...It is pathetic to watch.

Agreed. When a team is down by 1 with seconds left and they go for the 3 is sad to watch

Couldn’t agree more. I switched to european basketball. Hard defense and tactics are still there. Love for the game.

It’s not about the beauty of the game anymore. It’s just about putting up high numbers and selling tickets. It all boils down to making money and how much you can get with the occasional highlight. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Totally agreed! I think the lack of defence coaching is the reason it's all happening. Back in my days nobody could just dribble to the hoop and dunk. The defensive players would "slaughter" him before it happens. Now - it's like open door invitation.

I can’t think of a more beautiful play than a mid range fadeaway (see Jordan) or back to the basket post move that ends up with a layup (see Olajuwon). Thinking that we will never see those kind of players again, makes me sad.

Growing up, I was a big kid who loved basketball. I was always heavier than most players, but I modeled my game after Shaq and Ben Wallace. (I’m only 6’4.) I noticed that basketball started shifting when in high school, I couldn’t keep up with the perimeter style of our offense. ( I was the only one who even tried to rebound.) I’ve never been a fan of small ball and to me that’s when the game started dying. Now, there’s no teamwork whatsoever. The reason why teams like the 2000s Spurs were so successful was because everyone could contribute in different ways. No one man highlight reels, just everyone playing together to win and not to just look good individually.

One thing many people don't pay attention to when it comes to guys like Steph Curry is his off-ball movement. Everyone looks at his shooting and tries to emulate that, but they don't look at his movement, running off screens and positioning himself for a nice open shot or a shot where the contest comes just a tad too late. They want to shoot like Curry, but not do the rest of the work Curry does.

I always hear about how there is more athleticism in today's NBA, and I think that the point always lacks context. If there is more athleticism, it's only because the current game is based on finesse and not power like it used to be. The big, physical power forwards like Charles Oakley and Otis Thorpe are gone now, where back in prior eras they were essential. The soft, finesse game that we have today has allowed for more "athleticism" because of the rule changes. It wasn't that you couldn't find just as many athletic players back then.

Great video! I stopped watching the NBA years back. It's sad what the game has devolved into

As a kid in elementary school there was nothing more fun that literally running home from school to catch the afternoon playoff games of the Chicago Bulls in the 90s on NBC.

Bro that low post move with the reverse lay up. It looked smooth as hell

You have valid concerns, Sean. I agree with them all.

Love your content, love your perspectives, love your character! Keep rockin this channel!

The base skill level today is so much higher than the past. We never seen so many big men with point guard skills or guards who can shoot from half court every game.

I grew up a Larry Bird fan, and stopped watching not too long after the Dream Team. The game seemed more cynical in the 90s, guys were more concerned with their shoe contracts than winning titles. Everybody wanted to be Jordan, but nobody had his fire. I started watching again for Kobe and Duncan, but the superteams turned me off again. I can enjoy the modern game, but it's not "my" game, and I don't think I'll ever regain the love that I once had for it.

This is why Nikola Jokic is dominating he has the fundamentals that he can shoot outside, pound you in the inside, and still have the mid range game, plus he can read the defense, and pass good as well.

Wonderfully said, so many excellent points. The beauty of team sports is how distinct individuals, with distinct talents, and distinct personalities, can come together to create beauty/excellence. Often times, these people would not have anything in common, but for the fact they are playing together on a team - think Rodman, Pippin, Kerr and Jordan. I too worry that we are losing that aspect...

You’re speaking the minds of a lot of people, Sean. All progress is change, but not all change is progress and that definitely applies to the state of the NBA

When MJ took his last shot of the 98' season, I'll never forget the words that came out of my mouth..."It's over."😟

Football has changed as well. Yeah I miss the old NBA, 80s 90s for me.❤

You took the words right out of my mouth. Great commentary. 🏀😎

I’m with you 100%. I’m 74 and have loved all sports-college and pros-since I was very young. My favorite basketball by far was the 80s. It was about TEAMS rather than stars; playing in the paint rather than jacking threes; ball handling/passing; players staying with a team their entire careers. I could go on, but you get it. It was basketball, not a circus. I miss Bird and Magic, Dr. J, Dominique, rivalries, very physical play(no flagrant foul, but not dirty players vs. today’s floppers). I just don’t feel the same about today’s NBA and it’s not about being a hater. It’s my preference and it was exciting. I don’t feel that today and I make no apologies.

Glad you said this as the NBA use to have multiple ways to win, and not just shooting.

It seriously might be time to consider going back to playing without a 3 point line again.

the game reached its apex in the 90s- and its been sliding ever since. but dont be sad that its over. smile that it happened

It all ended with one the most beautiful exhibitions of basketball ever: the 2014 San Antonio Spurs vs Miami Heat finals. A bunch of old guys (and Kawhi Leonard) completely outplayed and ripped apart any attempt at defense by two-time champions Heat, lead by two of of the most atlhetic superstars of all time and Chris Bosh who was a non-factor vs a 37 year old Duncan. When you thougt the Spurs would "finally" take a shot they did another extra pass to a player who was even more wide open. Passing into layups, mid range twos, and threes. One of the modt impressive things I've ever seen. The next year it was Golden State winning the finals. And I liked them, Curry was able to play that way, plus had a beatiful dribble and crazy layup/floater package high of the glass etc. But his shooting made him able to attack the paint like that. He got his shot off in 0.3 seconds, it takes a professional a tiny bit more to even start reacting. Buy why the entire Nba decided it was a good idea to copy the Warriors style of play I have no idea, especially since the reason it worked was because they also had another all time great shooter in Klay Thompson. So basically it's like if they'd put Reggie Miller and Petrovic on same team back in 92.. Now I managed to keep watching unntil the ugliest/most stupid moment I've seen on a basketball court. 2018. Western Conference Finals. Rockets vs Warriors. You remember.. Seewhen they went cold from downtown, but still just kept chucking up threes. No one attacked the basket, no one attempted mid range twos, they just kept on clanking threes, like any other shot was illegal, like they weren't allowed to do anything else, or had never practiced anything but a three point shot. I had never seen anything like it! Now I had zero problems with Houston losing, Harden is the most horrible superstar with the ugliest game ever, but this was one of the games that made me lose interest in the NBA completely. The warriors was able to play this way but should teams in 1993 forced all their players to play like Michael Jordan? And their bigs to play like Olajuwon, and expect the same results? It's like you say, there's no difference between players anymore, there's no proper pg making beautiful passes, no inside post moves, no player constantly attacking the basket for a dunk or draw a foul. I mean, Gobert is a perennial DPOY contender!? Guys like Blake Griffin or Dwight Howard joined at the worst possible moment for players with their skills.The only difference now is "this guy is a great 3pt shooter, that guys shooting is just average. Idk, Kawhi Leonard showed that you can still win with a mid range as your main weapon, Giannis showed you don't even need a three shot. But after a decade of analytics and "3s over 2s" I'm afraid the NBA game will stay this way for a long long time😔

I'm a NBA Fan from Germany since early 90s when the first NBA Game comes to the cable TV . I loved the game so much but todays 3PT Shooting Contest the most time >>> I watching more Soccer then NBA Games. The new architype of NBA Players such Wemby, Chet, Joel long and skinny are good but then they more injured then play what brings it to your franchise>>> nothing.

I think a lot of old Nba fans will watch Euroleague as it closer format to what Nba used to be. I got same problem as a new/ish fan of basketball feels like nearly every game is a 3 point contest and when I watched documentaries about MJ,Bird,Magic,AI,Shaq and seen footages of those times I was like "woah! I wished I played basketball instead of soccer in my younger days." Basketball to me became like a drug since during lockdown I had lots of spare time and from day 1 fallen in love with the sport. Thats why even though my favourite teams are Chicago due to MJ and Lakers because of Shaq/Kobe I always root for players like Giannis/Kawhi which play like old school players did.

It's crazy how much more drawn to games I am from earlier eras compared to today (I'm 29, grew up watching the NBA a lot in the mid 00s). During COVID I would watch old regular season games like Hakeem dueling David Robinson and those games felt electrifying compared to today. I went to watch an NBA Finals game with a friend at a sports bar this spring and we were some of the only people there. I don't even think we watched the full game to be honest. I hope things change though, I loved growing up around Chicago seeing the passion Derrick Rose's Bulls brought to the game

Dude, you're right, I have the same feelings towards today's NBA way of play as you... I'm 50 yold and I grew up and got interested in basketball by watching 80's basketball (the first NBA game I watched, was Lakers, vs Detroit) and it really amazed me the type of basketball those team played back then. And then, Jordan and the Bulls started to shine, conquering the 90's, and then, in the mid 2000's, Lakers dominated and after 2010, the NBA totally got lost because it started to arrive those Lebrons (yuck), Curry's, Donci's, etc, etc (you know what I mean) where as you mentioned, the whole NBA became almost only about 3 point shooting and eliminating some rules for the $ake of making the game of basketball more 'entertaining' by scoring a tons of point, decimating the physicality and interior game in the paint. So yes, NBA today in my opinion is kind of bore because teams use 3 point shooting as a system (I grab the ball, and I shoot from way behind the 3-point arc line, no matter if the shoot clock is is just starting) to elapse rather than as an option and coaches are agreed with that; also you can see that change and 'evolution' in the many of today's players and positions: there are no more center players sizing more than 7'0 (and those few ones, also like to shoot 3 points) and are not so strong or bulkier like Malone, Wallace, Shaq, etc. So yeah, NBA today sucks but, unfortunately things will never be the same and we have us, as NBA fans, to live in the present and adapt to what it's today.

Totally agree Shawn the Splash Syndrome has killed the enjoyment of watching the NBA today, theres no one who can shoot it like Klay and Steph, luckily we have The Joker who plays like a old school hooper, love your vids man, keep on doing what you do.

I honestly believe that adding the 3-pointer to the game is what led to today. It's became a game of horse or just a 3 point competition which is very boring. If they remove the 3 pointer today's NBA players would not even know what to do out there they will be completely lost.

Great videos my guy

Love this video, I said the same thing(s) the other day on a social media post... I miss teams having different offenses and defenses, the majority is just pick and roll over and again...

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Lets talk about Jokic, thats pure basketball imo 😊

I totally agree with everything you said. I love basketball just like you describe. It’s just a love for the game. I try to watch today and there are some amazing talented players but the foul calls are sickening. Keep up the great work.

Watching Michael Jordan and the Bulls actually inspired me to get up and go play some ball. Can’t say the same for today’s NBA.

The NBA we loved died in the US awhile ago… It’s become style over substance. It’s more important to look good and pad stats, than it is to win. There are some bright spots in Europe where they still play that kind of ball, and not coincidentally those players are currently dominating the league.

Dear Sean, in addition to the points mentioned by you, the tendency to eliminate tough defense and Rodmanesque, physical aspects in todays bb hurts me the most. For example resulting in players shying away from blocking dunking attempts to avoid getting posterised or fouls getting called so quickly, that some players made a living of flopping. All this gives todays bb an air of just striving to be a clean-shaven product instead aspiring to be the sweat-dripping and sometimes bad-boy sport I loved like you did. Btw: Where did you play in Germany?

Jxmmi Highroller’s recent video on the how players aren getting taller but the average height is spreading throughout the positions and is actually even more average with less outliers because now bigs are shooting more and its not because they couldnt before but the coaches restricted their roles, now they are able to play the 1 through 5 so players are actually sharing the same skillset regardless of position.

I feel you I grew up in the bird magic era. Literally every day I would play from sunup until it was too dark to see. Every single day for years. Every day. Rain or shine. I feel you. I love the game.

I totally agree. The last team I really enjoyed watching (from the perspective of being a basketball player of the 80s and 90s) were the Clippers with Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan. They could create some inside magic from time to time, although it wasn't that long ago, with the assistance of CP3 and a couple of other guys.

It's very hard for me to watch basketball now. It's just not interesting to see guys run up and down the court, shooting 3's. Not playing defense. Traveling and carrying or over dribbling every possession. I just watch during the playoffs. For now.

As a guy who grew up watching Kobe, it’s sad that the game is gone. I agree with your opinion 100%. While Curry is talented, it’s a shame that the game is changing to this catch and shoot from wherever. I loved how you mentioned strategy. This is why I think the Euro players may dominate the league. Love Luka, Jokic, Sengun.

Totally agree. That's why I like Jokic, Luka and other players who stand out by having a range of moves

I agree 100% with you on this, we are both geared in 90's basketball aka the best era. I like to look at Centers playing in the paint, not shooting from mars.

I agree hugely, Sean. Also really liked the personal videos edited in, made me extremely nostalgic of my own basketball adventures from the age of 6 to 40. I am from the UK where basketball in the 90s to around 2015 was massive, and now has tailed off considerably. Like you I was consumed by NBA and NCAA basketball, I would be keeping an eye on SLAM and HOOP magazines to know when the next FOX VHS tape was being released... and the only way I could get some of the best games was through PONTEL Europe, which I subscribed to receive a VHS video through the post with several games featured each month (cost lots of $$$), as there was only EUROSPORT and C4 which were showing a small amount of games. Now, sadly, I just can't watch it. Any of it. I stick to collecting the highest res versions of 90's NBA. Even games where my favorite teams LOSE, as its better than watching anything from today. This is of course my own journey and my own thoughts, but most of my friends which are American, Creation and Ukrainian feel the same way. So much talent these days, but I just so against how its being coached and managed. Sean, love your channel, you do a great job mate. Cheers Lee

I remember (fairly recently) when I saw that teams were taking 30-40-50 3-point shots in one game. Absolutely insane. It’s time to get rid of the 3.

I’m with you. Watching games today. It just isn’t the same as it was in the 90s not even close to the level of quality.

I'm the same age as you and yes I find basketball to be boring. Back when I was growing up every team had a good big man and sg

Chuck more 3s ≠ more skill More skill = More skill Those skills are being lost because guys only practice shooting from half court. (Footwork? Not important bc there's no travels anymore. That's just one...)

You are so spot on with your whole take! I couldn’t agree more. And, Like you, this comes from a place of love for the game and the NBA of my youth

The game is still beautiful and is steadily evolving..Today’s game is fashioned in the way that Pat Riley and others envisioned it would be. They called it positionless basketball. That’s what we have today in the league. You have starting fives where the players are interchangeable and can guard multiple positions. The players today are more skilled than ever.

Make the 90's great again.