Baron Davis: There's a huge disconnect between NBA Generations

[75 Others]

why not???

You asking too much man. They idolize and emulate who they grew up watching and I can't be mad at that

 

[Drip Bayless]

Do ya'll just choose to ignore MJ bigging up Bron and Kobe? Hell Chuck and Shaq was giving Draymond mad props for being a good player. Magic Johnson said Bron might be the GOAT. Like stop with the fake news.

Yeah old heads stay giving the younger generation props in the NBA. MJ was bigging up lesser players like Westbrook, and Oscar Robertson was saluting Westbrook too

 

[I.AM.PIFF]

Old cats: "Loy Vaught would give Anthony Davis the bizzness"

 

[Remote]

Pee Wee Kirkland > Steph Curry





I'm not that old tho.
I just wanted to make some brehs mad.



@I.AM.PIFF

 

[Colin X]

just think to yourself...
can you IMAGINE being e-bullied?

and my posting this isnt to downplay the shyt
that shyts like a death sentence for these kids!
gettin my ass kicked>>>>>>>having some embarrassing ass shyt posted online for the whole school to see

Not just the school breh

City, shyt STATE.

I know a girl who had some shyt said and posted about her on twitter, she went to live with her family about 4 hours away and it still followed her

 

[mbewane]

It's always been like that. Dudes like Oscar and Wilt openly stated and thought their era was better than the era of Bird/Magic and the 80's guys thought their era was better than the 90's, Jordan era.

I'm wondering though breh, I have the feeling that the generation directly after the MJ/Ewing/Olajuwon/Robinson one...the Shaq/Penny/Webber/Mourning, even stretch it to Kobe/Iverson/Garnett seemed to respect the previous generation...Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't remember any of those players saying anything but praises for the older players. Even when Iverson said he said he wans't afraid of MJ it wasn't on some "I'm better than him"...maybe those two generations were somehow more "connected"...

I feel like if you were born in the 80's at any point(maybe up until 90), you have a different view of life by this point than say a millenial.

You've seen more stuff in this world than someone who was in diapers when 9/11 happened or wasnt even born during the OJ trial.

So by the same token, if you missed most of JOrdans career and even early Kobe, then you're opinion on the NBA is just different. You also missed the big man era.

You came in post-Malice in the Palace and it's just not the same nba

Great point. It's almost a different sport now tbh.

What does Baron Davis expect? For the new generation to watch footage of wilt, russell, magic, Kareem, MJ, shaq, Duncan, Kobe?

Why not? As a pro why not study the game? shyt as a fan I go watch highlights of older players.

 

[75 Others]

1157"] Why not? As a pro why not study the game? shyt as a fan I go watch highlights of older players.[/QUOTE]

For what purpose, to learn how to hand check?? For big men to learn how to post up and dominate the paint? Alot of the older eras ways are washed in today's day and age. Sorry but Alot of the stuff of past cannot be emulated in today's era

 

[The War Report]

Not every old head is a fukking hater and not every young person is a self absorbed a$$hole who doesn't pay homage to people who came before them.

 

[jadillac]

I'm
Great point. It's almost a different sport now tbh.



Why not? As a pro why not study the game? shyt as a fan I go watch highlights of older players.

I was talking to this 21 yr old dude a few days ago and he told me he was a big NBA fan.

Nothing out of the norm so far.

But then he started going into detail about how he 1st started watching the NBA when Kevin garnett and Paul pierce were on the Celtics.

And to myself I was like "Damn, so u just started watching bball in 2008" But he's only 21 so that means he was like 10-11 when that happened. So it's about right.

But still if you have no knowledge of the NBA pre 2008, you missed out on some major stuff

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

unless you're gen x (or the one breh with a grandkid who posts here - shout out to baby boomers knowing how to use the internet )...yall need to stop with the "they" talk when discussing millennials cuz everyone ~20-35 who posts here falls in that category

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

I'm 33. I dont have a fukkin clue what I am

You're right on the edge of millennial...I think still technically Gen X

 

[mastermind]

I'm wondering though breh, I have the feeling that the generation directly after the MJ/Ewing/Olajuwon/Robinson one...the Shaq/Penny/Webber/Mourning, even stretch it to Kobe/Iverson/Garnett seemed to respect the previous generation...Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't remember any of those players saying anything but praises for the older players. Even when Iverson said he said he wans't afraid of MJ it wasn't on some "I'm better than him"...maybe those two generations were somehow more "connected"...

I think you were a kid back then. Older generation in the NBA always shyt on the next generation.

Thats what Durant talked about in that interview he had with Bill Simmons when.

I feel like if you were born in the 80's at any point(maybe up until 90), you have a different view of life by this point than say a millenial.

people born from 83-99 are millenials.

 

[The_Third_Man]

He makes a great point. Alot of the newer generation doesn't respect the older legends as much as they should
They paved the way for what the NBA has become

Thats a great point?

Older "legends" are the ones who keep shytting on the new generation every chance they get. From Barkley, to Zeke, to Oscar, and the list goes on. be respectful to be respected. Old players or new players, it don't matter.

The Barkley/Draymond comparison is stupid anyway.

 

[David_TheMan]

I'm 33. I dont have a fukkin clue what I am

They used to call us generation y, now we got grouped in with melenials.

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Thats a great point?

Older "legends" are the ones who keep shytting on the new generation every chance they get. From Barkley, to Zeke, to Oscar, and the list goes on. be respectful to be respected. Old players or new players, it don't matter.

The Barkley/Draymond comparison is stupid anyway.

Oscar Robertson called Russ the new triple double king. Magic and Zeke went on TV and said Bron might be the goat. Even Kobe gave props to Harden, Russ and others when prompted and said the new generations should be trying tl do better than him.

What old players are really out here constantly shytting on the new kids like that? :jagfan: Lol at you putting "legends" in quotations, fukk outta here with that goofiness