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Things I hate about today’s NBA

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Did you see Carmelo’s ejection? Wtf? I hate the refs, terribly inconsistent and mostly without feel for the game. Most of them feel the need to show off, do we really need the on court? I am pro video refs (all 3), they would have better angles and could actually maybe do less damage to the game.
 
Agreed on how soft the NBA is right now. I hate his ass, but guys like Draymond Green are the exception anymore instead of the norm like it was back in the 90s. Every team in the 80s/90s had at least 3-4 guys that would fuck you up for like no reason.

Ever since guys like Garnett, Kobe, and Artest have retired, I feel like there is a real lack of any heat in the league.

Keep in mind.....they can't do anything about it without getting the highlight immediately in slow mo on every media and social media outlet with suspensions to follow.

In the 80's you had had knock down fights with punches thrown, jerseys torn, and faces scratched with out suspensions. Sometimes without ejections. Guys didn't get ejected or suspended for coming off the bench either. There wasn't a in game review on every potential flagrant foul. They've been neutered by the league to an extent to help make the game palatable to the widest possible audience. And that feeds the enormous TV deals and contracts, so it's never going back

So I don't know, I feel like if the dudes playing today were doing it with the 80's rules and the lack of the 24/7 media, we'd see way more physical basketball.
 
Yes. There's going to be a Detroit Pistons 2005 era type team thats going to be hardnosed defense and just dominate the league. Teams will follow and we will go back to under 100 point scoring again.

Already happened. That team was Memphis, and they gave up when San Antonio and Golden State bombed threes on them to knock them out of the playoffs.
 
The whole "superteam" / "Big-3" mentality really pisses me off...even when we are one of them.
- Creates a have/have-not environment. Outside of GS/CLE/HOU/BOS and maybe a few others, is there really much hope to compete?
- Players would rather take the easy route and collude to join forces than compete against each other each night. It's easier to have three or four contending opponents than 29.
- Makes the regular season a complete joke with only a few marquee match-ups during the regular season as opposed to a good game or match-up most nights.

Basically, the players have said "hey, we can team up on four teams, coast during the regular season, complain about how much we have to play, only try during the playoffs, still compete for a championship, and get paid $40 million a year in the process".
 
The game is constantly evolving. While there is a heavy emphasis on three point shooting now, and small-ball, we are already seeing the beginnings of the resurgence of the Big Man.

Cousins, Davis, Embiid. Teams that have copied GSW's small-ball approach are finding out that they are nearly defenseless against the new generation of centers.

The 3PT era is producing smarter, better centers that can shoot the three if needed, can score in the post, have range and can pass as well as they defend the rim. The more of these guys come into the league, the less viable the GSW blueprint will get.

If Cousins ended up on the Cavs (please, please NO have a 15 game losing streak) the Warriors would be obliterated.
 
The 3PT era is producing smarter, better centers that can shoot the three if needed, can score in the post, have range and can pass as well as they defend the rim. The more of these guys come into the league, the less viable the GSW blueprint will get.

I think this era is a great forcing function to actually ensuring big men develop shooting skills. Euros have been doing it for ages, and it always confused me that no one cared to teach it in the United States. Why shouldn't a big man be able to shoot from the outside?

In my mind Anthony Davis represents table stakes for big mean 10 years down the road. You can't be big a man and not shoot from the outside. Look at how useless Jah Okafor is? As you said, with the big men that can shoot outside in the game right now (a small set), you see how those teams CAN play an inside game. When you get a league full of skilled big men, then all the sudden the inside game re-emerges.

Anyway, basically I'm saying I agree with you and just wanted to complain about how big men where never expected to shoot from the outside back in the day, and there never seemed to be a good reason for it.
 
I hate that there is not enough respect and understanding of the impact of coaches (by players, fans, owners) on their teams and that the NBA can be such a players' league. watching well coached teams is so much more fun IMO. I wish players state of mind coming in to a team would be just like when you have been accepted in a new company - and can't tell your boss instantly that he is wrong and you are right. some humility first.
 
I hate that there is not enough respect and understanding of the impact of coaches (by players, fans, owners) on their teams and that the NBA can be such a players' league. watching well coached teams is so much more fun IMO. I wish players state of mind coming in to a team would be just like when you have been accepted in a new company - and can't tell your boss instantly that he is wrong and you are right. some humility first.

So many factors go into that though.

Nature of the game, 1 man can have so much more of an impact than any of the other major team sports. Don't know how you can coach a player like Lebron when his talent basically is the system.

Too many games. If you are not playing you are traveling, little time available for coaching outside of the basics. Cut the season in half and suddenly every game is a higher level of intensity, game-planning has an impact, strategy matters. I like having games available to watch every night though, quantity over quality rather often. Blatt struggled with that, he was used to having time with his players, doing quality work outside of game time. Pre season and to a lesser extent the playoffs is the only opportunity for a coach to get his teeth into the job.

Players coming into the league already stars and known personalities. Ties into the first one somewhat. In a system like European soccer where every club develops their own players from very early on the coaches get so much time to mould the players as they feel best. Generally in a well run club they will attempt to play in a similar fashion at the levels under the first team, especially in the reserves and the higher ends of the youth teams. Might also be a club wide philosophy on the type of player they want, you see that especially with Barcelona.
 
I hate that there is not enough respect and understanding of the impact of coaches (by players, fans, owners) on their teams and that the NBA can be such a players' league. watching well coached teams is so much more fun IMO. I wish players state of mind coming in to a team would be just like when you have been accepted in a new company - and can't tell your boss instantly that he is wrong and you are right. some humility first.

This is how it works in the real world too, the manager just has more power/clout.
 

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