Charles Barkley does have a point. The NBA is going through a transition phase

[jadillac]

the NBA isn't the worst it's ever been. The worst it's ever been, was about 12-15 years ago in the early 00's when the Lakers were winning.

But it is pretty bad now. Mainly because all these new players are so young and don't seem very fundamentally sound

 

[Ironman]

*edit

 

[UpAndComing]

Yet left the gawd Kristaps out

Nah Porzingis is up there

 

[Fctftl]

Aint a super team fan but the league stacked with talent so i wouldnt call it bad

 

[Hersh]

top to bottom the NBA today >>>>>

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the issue is these dudes r too talented so they get complacent and settle for bad plays..

 

[Ironman]

Nah Porzingis is up there

Caught myself it's New Years I can mess up

 

[FTBS]

The league was balanced from the 80s til around 2010..

How are you defining balance?

A league were 2 teams are in the Finals every year for a decade and combine for 8 chips in 9 years is balanced to you? 2 teams winning 8 straight chips is balanced?

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

The league was balanced from the 80s til around 2010..

Four teams won 24 out of 31 titles and you call that balance. Boston made 7 finals, San Antonio made 4, Chicago made 6, and Los Angeles made 16 trips to the finals and that's balance

 

[UpAndComing]

I like how you snuck Julius Randle in there

 

[BaggerofTea]

The NBA was hot garbage during the late 90s early 00s

 

[havoc]

His biggest gripe that I agree with is the over-emphasis on analytics. People like to bring up point totals/averages and shooting percentages when that shyt is for the most part a product of the way today's game is officiated.

Of course teams are gonna score more when you can't handcheck jump shooters or be the least bit physical when someone waltzes into the paint. Bragging about that is like bragging about current NFL passing numbers.

Have you ever watch any games from the 80s' in Youtube or NBA TV ? If you did, you would know that handcheck wasn't a frequent method to hinder offensive players from scoring. Old heads love to bring up handcheck in the past like it was best defensive tactic. The truth is the past players didn't use handcheck frequently in the defensive end.

 

[Houston911]

Have you ever watch any games from the 80s' in Youtube or NBA TV ? If you did, you would know that handcheck wasn't a frequent method to hinder offensive players from scoring. Old heads love to bring up handcheck in the past like it was best defensive tactic. The truth is the past players didn't use handcheck frequently in the defensive end.

This post is completely false breh

Handcheck was usd very frequently


It’s impxt may be exaggerated, but it was absolutely used

Why would you NOT handcheck if it’s legal

 

[Smoking With Cigarettes]

Ill glady take back my Randle slander once I see this version of him on a playoff team

 

[The_Third_Man]

This post is completely false breh

Handcheck was usd very frequently


It’s impxt may be exaggerated, but it was absolutely used

Why would you NOT handcheck if it’s legal

it depends what you mean by hand check because the hand check rules have changed 3 times in the NBA.

1978-79
Clarification added to prohibit hand-checking through “rigid enforcement” of rule allowing a defensive player to retain contact with his opponent so long as he does not impede his opponent’s progress.

so the defender back then had limited legal use of his hands