Adam Silver HAS DESTROYED THE NBA

[@johnsepulvedacruz6428]

Call travels, carrys, Take out 3 second rule paint, put hand checking, stop giving techs to players for showing emotions, stop calling soft fouls, fine who ever flops. Do all this and every team will have to change their game style.

[@whitebelt2905]

100%

[@leedurham3144]

Silver will never do the obvious. Doing this will get all the 35-up back watching basketball again that just so happens to be like 80% of the population. If this was happening to the nfl they would undo every last rule change until those older ppl started watching again. Because they know that’s who sits down and watch a full game and have the money to pay to support the league. Young ppl are gonna either watch highlights or find an illegal stream. They can’t sit still to even watch a full game. It’s common sense

[@mramisuzuki6962]

Finally we can cut Embiid with no issues.

[@johnsepulvedacruz6428]

@@leedurham3144 its not 35 + its the people who analyze the game of basketball. Im 24 years old and I did my research on older eras and these things i said need to be in the league.

[@pander9436]

That and reward players that actually play good defense instead of giving cheap fouls to bail out the offensive player

[@kingpin785510]

This NBA has no soul. You could probably see more competitive play and passion at a pick up game at the YMCA. Who wants to tune in to watch a bunch of rich guys jack up 3s and not be bothered to play a little bit of defense. I've been an NBA fan my whole life and I don't even keep up anymore.

[@JeTseTJaMiZon]

@kingpin The Wnba pLays Like iTz The 80'$/90'$ pLayoff sTyLe

[@willwon8962]

Every team plays with no soul. The Boston Celtics are emblematic of that. Their offensive game is a soul-less robotic algorithm. Drive then swing the ball side to side. Whoever's open, heave from three. Boring like an AI algorithm.

[@Zachhatesyoutube]

@JeTseTJaMiZon Yeah but nobody wants to watch a bunch of short women play a tall man's game. Lower the wnba hoops at least a foot for it to be entertaining... even then i wonder why they aren't in a kitchen somewhere fulfilling their duty

[@ShermanHouston-g9u]

You got that f..kin' right.

[@MONGO77859]

@JeTseTJaMiZon zero interest in the WNBA, like the vast majority of the world.

[@lilbrother45]

Bulls/Hornets last Friday night: Both teams combined to take 97 3 point shots. NINETY SEVEN!! 75 of those 97 shots were misses. Now that’s entertainment!!!

[@Interstice1994]

Bruh.

[@gwkiv1458]

Then the thunder doing what they did

[@Peakfreud]

Wow 😮

[@juliuscaesar6994]

But the league is sooooooo much more talented than ever before!!!

[@Juice558]

And yet there’s no accountability from the coaches for all these jacked up 3 pointers.

[@Bat-manwholaughs]

Every former great player has made a quote about leaving the game in a better place when they retire… I know one who won’t be able to say that !!!

[@Zett76]

Believe me: he'll say it. Lebron never let himself get stopped by facts.

[@anthonyhernandez2111]

LeInsecure craves and loves the attention, he will dam sure say it

[@lagodifuoco313]

LeBum James is the Diaper Donny tRump of the NBA.

[@TheDailyBugle616]

Oh he’s gonna say it alright, then afterwards his media will imply the league was at it’s peak when he was playing

[@Way.ne.00]

@@Bat-manwholaughs Lebron James left the NBA so great its boring

[@jordanjenkins1671]

If you are changing the All-Star game format for the 3rd time, you need to wake up and realize you're ignorant or in denial of what the real problem is. He's putting a bandaid on a headache.

[@ThatsBarbaric]

So true

[@IRanOutOfPhrases]

The NHL, NBA, and NFL are all constantly trying to revamp their all-star game. The MLB also just recently came from am era of having it have implications on the regular season. Being upset that a league is constantly tinkering at the ASG format is kind of funny to see. Its a game literally meant to appease kids. Its always been bad. There's nothing anyone can do to make it competitive (and that shouldnt even be our intent anyway.) Tinkering with the format/rules is just a marketing distraction to get people to watch to see how it works this time.

[@ETS212]

@@IRanOutOfPhrases shhhhhh. don't mention the event meant to excite kids is meant for kids and that the people acting like this was so much better when they were younger are just nostalgic and that the games have always sucked outside of that five minutes they took it serious.

[@doomguy4945]

Adam Silver doesn't like to solve actual problems

[@IRanOutOfPhrases]

@@ETS212 lol, my bad, my bad. But yeah, its always strange to see people get heated about it. I alwaysbwanna ask these people: Well, what WOULD 'fix' it?? Everyone complaining about problems like the solutions are obvious. But no one has solutions. One of the top threads here is a guy wanting to get rid of 3 in the key and add hand checking back in. Because making it even harder to get to the basket will surely cause three pointers to decline somehow, rofl

[@mphase7575]

This really is the copycat era. I miss when everyone had their own style and approach to the game.

[@ThatsBarbaric]

Yeah everyone is copying Giannis or curry

[@ethanschulze2226]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@ThatsBarbarichow giannis?

[@make-outseries831]

​@@ethanschulze2226 Fr 😂😂

[@GABRIELA-ACEVEDO.]

We went from "The Golden era" in the 90's and early 2000's to the literally horrible "Silver era" today.

[@GenghisClaus]

Don't forget about LeBronze

[@TheWhiteBelt]

Bronze era, maybe even stone era

[@tonyt3197]

The 80s era is actually better than the 90s and 2000s. Pace of play was faster and more physicality was allowed as compared to the slow paced hero ball era of the 90s-00s

[@ArtMagik]

For most people the Golden Era of NBA were the 80's and 90's, not the 00's.

[@eldritch0golem698]

Golden era was the 80's silver era was the 90's now we got into the plastic era

[@jolli4116]

ADAM SILVERstone destroyed the game by cuddling Lefraud. NBAs not calling Lefraud’s traveling, offensive fouls, technical fouls against game officials, flopping and helping him jackup his stats. This commissioner is CLUELESS.

[@joshuaiowa2190]

Everything wrong with the league falls on Lebron´s shoulders sounds absolutely idiotic..

[@alejandrobarrionuevo9957]

BECAUSE OF 'what U said', the rest of the NBA thinks its okay to do the same

[@davismichaud507]

@@joshuaiowa2190your dumb. See this is why he ain’t the goat. If you the best in the world. It does fall in your shoulder. But that’s what Lbj fans have in common. They are spineless losers. Never winners.

[@wuhanclan]

The word you are looking for is "coddling" although I wouldn't be shocked if cuddling was also involved.

[@boydriceisawesome2520]

That's more on refs but yeah he's a doormat basically everyone can walk over him...

[@KommieKaze]

It’s crazy that he destroyed the NBA in a third of the time that it took Stern to build it. Although, I don’t like all the decisions he made, Stern still was a better commissioner than the lizard person that took defense, physicality, passing and quality shot selection out of the NBA.

[@ShawnFX]

I mean Stern is a 'small hat' lizard like Silver lol but yea NBA was better under Stern

[@stevonwhite8933]

@@ShawnFX Just being blatant about it, huh?

[@aaaa.7897]

@@stevonwhite8933 About time, pattern recognition is perfectly normal.

[@fantasyEXX]

​@@stevonwhite8933what is wrong with noticing the obvious?

[@niccotalbert4378]

Stern actually took out physical play. 3 second rule, not hand check, flagrant fouls, and allowing zone defense. Silver is being too kind to players, has exacerbated the issues that started bubbling up in the 2010s.

[@TheKrazyk2010]

Todays NBA is so bad i forgave david stern for being part of the sonics leaving seattle Friends of mine from other NBA cities are telling me im not missing much

[@vaulthuntershawn260]

Facts

[@scarx9151]

lol, yes we took Stern for granted

[@fantasyEXX]

The NBA is a joke of a league. I'd rather watch the Olympics because those refs have a spine

[@TheEndoKenzo]

They let computer algorithms tell them how to play. It’s so boring and robotic.

[@josephsmith2417]

Welcome to sports in 2024… been like this for a solid 5 years.

[@zack3031]

@@josephsmith2417 I’ve noticed this too. Every sport seems dead except for college sports

[@leptonparticle238]

The main problem is the softness of the league. Physicality and defense are not allowed, yelling and trash talking or getting excited will result in a technical foul. They are killing the intensity and the true rivalries, when teams want to prove points, players want to prove something when facing each other. The league is trying to force the intensity out of the league and try to promote many stars with great statlines and records. The numbers look cool but they don't generate intetest.

[@josephsmith2417]

Dude… that’s cause these guys in 2024 will start actual fist fights every single game cause most of them have zero mental toughness. And everyone knows NBA players are completely uncontrollable. You would need to employ 100 extra police officers every single game if they allowed them to play like they used to. Imagine one of these monsters punching that guy on the Spurs. That is like 7 feet tall and looks like he weighs 130 pounds.

[@Zett76]

If you ever feel stupid, just remember there are people out there who actually believe Lebron James is the greatest basketball player ever, playing in the greatest nba era ever.

[@Crypto_prod35]

Lol true

[@jemeeladams]

Facts

[@joshuaiowa2190]

we dont think we know he is...

[@ThurstonWatt]

@@joshuaiowa2190 happy 17th birthday

[@nathanlawson313]

Don't remind me 🤮

[@LetsTalkAbout1125]

David Stern catered to the fans Adam Silver caters to the players

[@benjamindavid6089]

Good point 🤔

[@LakishaBrooksMS]

bingo!

[@Flyerman777]

So true

[@NebraskaPoliceDepartment]

He’s not masculine enough

[@AnHebrewChild]

"Look at the way Bob Cousy & John Stockton dribbled. Lulz!" Yeah, because they weren't allowed to PALM & CARRY the ball.

[@beesong2450]

Yes sir

[@TheRealMichaelP]

Silver the worst commissioner in pro sports history he won’t even do USA Vs the World for the ASG cause he’s scared the Americans will lose and he’ll never be able to prop one up as an American star

[@allensansone6537]

Just keep it West vs east

[@joewalker36]

No one would care if they lost because no one cares about the all star game

[@jtsholtod.79]

I think Gary Bettman is the worst commissioner. At least Silver has a minimum viable product (that he's destroying), with nearly all teams relatively stable in their markets and generally competitive over several years.

[@mrshanny82]

​@jtsholtod.79 The NHL has the best all-star game, and I don't even watch hockey. The NBA and NFL games are sad, but at least the NFL is improving. The NHL uses the skills competition to fall back on. Nobody cares about competing in the dunk contest, and I see enough 3s in the game, so I definitely don't want to watch the 3pt competition

[@mrshanny82]

The USA vs the world would be interesting, but the NBA is just like boxing. Everyone is afraid to lose because they are trying to main a perfect image, so nobody fights or competes anymore

[@apexroots]

Force Lebron into retirement, that would solve a lot

[@benjamindavid6089]

Facts

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

I thought he did retire to become the French maid for Sean Combs? 😂

[@davidpa9266]

Wasn't he going to flee the country because of the Diddy files?

[@josephsmith2417]

It won’t solve a thing… you will all just start complaining about the Celtics cause they are stacked.

[@fenixchief7]

​​@@josephsmith2417not really. They been stacked and failed like 5 years in a row before their chip. Thats what happens when your real star is forced to play second fiddle to a LeBron star. Brown is Jordan, Tatum is Pippen, yet we pretend it's the other way around. Kinda like LeBrons whole career. He was Pippen to Wade, Kyrie and Ad's Jordan's.

[@awesomereviews1561]

For sure. He should have been fired around 2018.

[@bogartpif]

They ruined the Nba in favor of one player LeBalco🤣🤣

[@fantasyEXX]

Everyone knows LePEDs is juicing

[@whitebelt2905]

Start by allowing hand checking and eliminating the 3 second violation. Players will no longer have an easy path to the basket so they can dish to an open 3 point shooter. Big men will go back to playing in the paint. STOP calling everything a flagrant foul.

[@Mirror_of_the_Soul00]

Those changes are needed. But players are so lazy they won't play defense anyway

[@jtsholtod.79]

I agree. Get rid of defensive 3 seconds in the key. And if offensive players continue to be allowed to "create space" by bodying for position, basic hand-checking should also be allowed again.

[@harp1288]

The post covid NBA product has been getting its ASS kicked by CBB in terms of excitement, Adam should be embarrassed

[@THEOne-zx3fe]

Don't look now but CBB is get bad now too. The transfer portal and the one-and-dones are killing CBB. Just look at Dook. Every one of their so called "top recruits" bite dust. They only carry their high school game into the NBA b/c Dook doesn't develop their players. Ok, maybe 1 out of 10 players from Dook that was a 5 star recruit may actually develop their game in the NBA. Maybe 1 out of 15. None of the players from Dook, for the past 15 years, were drafted based on how they played while at Dook. They were all drafted based on how they played in high school.

[@harp1288]

@@THEOne-zx3fe bro I’ve been watching both consistently for a while, cbb is much better, and it’s literally improving viewership wise

[@harp1288]

@@THEOne-zx3fe your understanding is a bit twisted cause maybe you aren’t into cbb as much as I am

[@dalton7726]

NBA fans went from done with the 90s to done with the league all together real quick

[@justap7164]

Just shows how much better that era was than now. Nowadays it’s too many 3s and little to no defense, refs are stupid and the rules suck, higher price tickets for games, league constantly delaying expansion teams, national tv broadcasting the same 4-5 teams over and over again, and everyone ditching cable and illegally streaming online games. Least when David Stern was around he was making it watchable and more entertaining, but now it’s easy to lose interest in games fast

[@matemarijan3795]

missed three pointer should be counted as -1

[@Peakfreud]

That's actually brilliant.. I wish you could patent this Idea Because I think its feasible we will see this in the distant future.

[@Peakfreud]

Warriors 75 Grizzlies -40 Would be a wild score .

[@willwon8962]

Brilliant idea!!!

[@jokersinurface]

This is the biggest problem with today's NBA. The amount of threes shot is nauseating. If you do something too many times it gets boring, it's not special anymore. Imaging a baseball game where every hit is a home run. It would get boring pretty fast.

[@HenryLopes772]

It's just 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 pointers. Everytime.

[@chrischreative2245]

78 threes shot per game or more

[@deondavis9220]

The ratings are down because the product is bad … it’s really that simple

[@fenixchief7]

WHY is the product bad. The conversation around it is that simple.

[@DezaltOfTheDreg]

No shit, now people want to know why is it.

[@RalphKetchum]

THE PLAYERS destroyed the league. Silver is just a puppet yielding to the players desires. The minute that Lebron James, Duane Wade and Chris Bosh were allowed to construct their own team by colluding together the die was cast. Players should not be in charge of personnel decisions EVER. Funny thing is Cleveland capitulated to every demand that James had and he still left for Miami. When teams allowed him to be the decision maker and face of the league the viewership fell off a cliff The definition of a "generational talent" is that they grow the league not that they put the league in STEEP DECLINE. Anyone who gets away from their emotions and looks at it objectively will see James and players being given too much power sank this league NOT SILVER. He was installed to obey the players. Any manager who fears their employees cannot manage.

[@JamesExcell-InterJex]

Bring back defense. Bring back trash talk.

[@jonz23m]

Imagine working in your craft a these years just to adopt the playstyle of middle school teams.

[@hvaleos666]

They need to change the rules about carrying and get rid of the “gather” step bullshit

[@dongreenwood3924]

Dude I just want to say thank you for all the work you do on these videos being the voice of the fans. I really hope someone in the Association sees these.

[@roycependers]

The Nuggets are one of the only teams worth watching now. They shoot the least amount of 3's in the league by a lot. They don't just huck up threes all game, they work and move to get good shots on every possession. They play a lot from the post with Jokic and their offense has so much movement. They also play a lot of high and low with Jokic and MPJ/AG. It isn't just 5 guys standing behind the three point line and then a flair screen for an open 3 like pretty much every other team. And when they have a fast break, they usually go to the rim, they don't pass it out for a three.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

I think it's possible that the league told most of the best free agents to not go to Denver. Who would not want to play with Jokic?!!

[@thelastflop]

The commissioner needs to be someone with a high basketball iq, either a former player or coach. Silver is a nerd that is way out of his league. He has no clue what he's doing. Fire him asap or the nba won't even exist in 10 years.

[@HoangNguyen-kr8nb]

As long as former players aren't bias like Gilbert Arenas etc... I'll be happy with James worthy because his takes are color blind and calls it like it is.

[@TheLmoney420]

All of Adam Silver’s changes have sucked…save the 65 game rule that makes guys play at least 65 games. BUT the fact you need that rule at all speaks to the level of softness and the entitlement of the players in the league. They don’t play physical, they settle for deep 3’s damn near every possession. They flop around the court when barely touched - if at all, and travel almost every time down the court. None of the players care, they’re so rich it doesn’t matter if they win championship or not. They can’t even be bothered to play at least 65 games a year - which is why that rule was set 🤦🏼‍♂️. Basketball is dying and the glory days of the 80’s-90’s is looooooong gone.

[@Arod87_]

Bringing back Physicality is the obvious one but If the League cracked down on Moving Screens & Travels that would help a lot.

[@GXprogamer]

Fact that maybe most of yall dont know of: Lebron got bailed out in 2012 by the NBA having an agenda to benefit the Heat, in that specific year Miami as a city was HUGE when it came to sports, so much so that the WWE Wrestlemania 28 show at that year was in Miami, and its statistically the greatest Wrestlemania show ever because of the Rock vs John Cena main event, the NBA took notice of this and realized that so many things would go wrong if they didnt help the Heat win the championship, #1: Face of the NBA would have a 0-3 Finals record #2: The Heat as a superteam failing to win a championship in 2 seasons wouldve been the biggest disaster ever #3: the loyal fans that come to the games would literally give up on the team for failing twice in a row, making the ticket revenues go down

[@TheBest0704]

LOL there was no agenda to benefit the Heat. The NBA has always hated the Heat and has went out of their way to hurt Pat Riley. Riley did it in spite of the NBA

[@theraVen27]

@@TheBest0704🤡

[@ruzgar1372]

Can you make a tinfoil hat for me as well.

[@dsafadsddfca]

Imagine upvoting this nonsense

[@GXprogamer]

@@ruzgar1372 feel so sorry for you if you think that the NBA was always a real sport

[@23ofSeptember]

I just finished playing a teachers vs students game. The students (grade 11's and 12s) mostly shot 3's, while us teachers shot in the paint. The students were like 4-20 from the arc, but they still managed to stay close with us teachers because we shot poorly too and the students were in better shape and could get a lot of fast break layups. I realized that a team can still stay competitive if they can dominate the paint and rarely miss near the rim. I don't believe that teams need 3's to win. Its just that every team is doing it and there are very few effective big men that can dominate in the paint.

[@JimBrave-ri1oc]

I used to do that too when I was about 35 years old and I had a post game like like David Robinson or Moses Malone. I'd beat guys on the high school team 20 to 10 every time basically by myself and the only time I would ever pass was the 94 ft pass where I would tell a guy to run out cuz I knew the other team was going to miss the three and I was going to get the rebound. I'm 6'2 With Every Move. They had nothing. I shoot 80% and follow up with a tip jam everthing

[@23ofSeptember]

@@JimBrave-ri1ocSweet. I'm 45 and 6'2. Still can ball. I weigh 240 though so my stamina is what slows me down. Trying to get back to 200. Would love to be able to dunk again. Can still touch the rim of course, but no tip jams thats for sure.

[@fantasyEXX]

They shoot 3s because they don't risk injury as much. When they created this landing zone nonsense it gave the shooters a huge advantage

[@Lucky_frosting]

Something that can't be understated yet. Somehow people don't talk about it is just how less physical of a game it is now with three points being shot so often. There's no banging down low. There's no being as physically tired just from body contact. It's just a conditioning piece of running back and forth. That's attributing to why people can play longer in their careers of just sitting back and shooting and uncontested shot

[@Skip2LOU]

I said it once i will always say it. When Adam publicly said KD to GSW was “good basketball”.. i knew he didn’t know sht about what he was doing.

[@KROMO29]

i will never forgive adam silver for forcing teams to shoot 40 threes a game

[@masp809]

They whole idea behind the play-in tournament was so that teams have an incentive not to tank. The best solution imo would be to give the 9th place team better draft odds instead of the last place team. And go back to a 8 team per conference playoff format

[@GoodFightofFaithClub]

Take away the 3-point line -- why not? Let's see what happens for a year --

[@bGzzzzz]

It is VERY easy to fix this problem - STOP PAYING PLAYERS THESE CONTRACTS! Pay them min wage ie 1mil per season and they have to EARN the rest in KPIs EVERY SEASON ie being named 1st team, MVP, league leader, making the playoff, FMVP etc etc Then you will see how badly these guys will want it - there certainly wont be any slacking off.

[@fantasyEXX]

The players Union would never agree to that. What you would need to do is boycott the league first and get ticket prices to come down. If all NBA fans agreed to these boycotts it would definitely work. LA Galaxy fans boycotted the team for a full season, then management fired everyone and Galaxy win the championship the very next season

[@bGzzzzz]

@ - player unions don’t get a choice..if they don’t want it, there is ALWAYS someone else in the world willing to take their spot …. I haven’t watched a game since 2014 - I don’t understand why people would pay for it because some of the games are worse than watching guys play at your local court.

[@fantasyEXX]

@@bGzzzzz I don't think you understand how unions and collective bargaining work

[@bGzzzzz]

@ - I don’t think you understand who they work….unions and CBA are only in place IF the NBA allow for it to be in place….. CBA negotiate on behalf of players, if the NBA disagree then players go on strike, if players want to go on strike, then the NBA as EMPLOYERS can EMPLOY new players to join the league under new agreements not under CBA. 🤦‍♂️ Does that make sense for you now? EMPLOYERS have not the power, the league is bigger than the individual- there are thousands of players willing to take their positions of these over paid players who want to load manage, work in their socials etc….

[@jasonebi7308]

3s didn't destroy the nba. Flopping did. 3s easily fixed when math is fixed. Flopping is more problematic but the first thing to do is to fire the king of flopping.

[@mauricejohnson1068]

Adam silver is like that parent who just says yes to everything , it sounds great . But you realize they really just running a mess , letting the kids do whatever they want , whenever they want

[@chiligribble8431]

Hey Adam silver should we move the three point line back to encourage a better game? No let’s just change the court color and put a trash lakers team in PrimeTime half their games

[@Zachhatesyoutube]

They should take away the 3 line until they learn to behave without one, like a little kid.

[@fantasyEXX]

As a diehard Lakers fan I agree stop putting my loser team in all the TV slots we don't deserve it

[@ogilow3291]

They will also scrutinize players that don’t have a 3 point shot like Rudy Gobert and call them a liability because they “lack floor spacing” look at the Westbrook hate. They just call him useless because he’s not hitting over 35 percent of his threes. It depends on who you listen to of course but yeah it definitely sucks… they got sabonis and vusevic shooting threes regularly even when it’s not the best way they should be used. Players don’t want to drive to the rim because the refs are garbage too. They either get bailed out with a foul call or they don’t get a call at all half the time. You almost see more fouls on the perimeter now than you do in the actual paint. Watch luka twerk on the defender behind him and then shoot a mid range flopping his butt into the defender. It’s just not ethical hoops man.

[@anthonyhernandez2111]

A play-in tournament to make the playoffs was horrendous enough for a league that already had 16 teams make the playoffs.. then Silve ADDED an embarassing NBA Cup and now all star game shenanigans to a bunch of modern NBA players who are entitled crybabies. NBA is a crap show

[@theredon2]

What is make it worst is that I see kids just shooting 3s the fundamentals are gone is sad 😢

[@theartofpqh]

when I watch the game it feels like there is NO defense. I wanna see defense have a lot more options, and less fouls. Id also be down for defense outside the 3 point line being increased too. if you wanna jack up all those 3's at least give the defense options to stop that.

[@HermannTheGreat]

The NBA will never be as good as it was watching from the 70's through the 90's, it just can't be matched with the modern era of over-paid soft stars, non-strategy 3 point ball, no-calls, and Coaches that are more player-life coahces than actual coaches. At least we got to experience how great it was with the Jordan era, watching TNT/TBS/USA and just enjoying every minute.. lol imagine that, enjoying even 20 minutes solid of a modern NBA game.

[@RayanButler-h2m]

The 70s is considered to be the worst era of nba basketball.

[@jeremiahhardin4453]

3 pointers don't mean shit if they don't go in. But too many of today's players are too stupid to realize that.

[@sanjin8867]

Who appreciates basketball as a sport watches Euroleague. Who wants circus and populism watches NBA...sad but true

[@Shock_Mike_Hawke]

Agreed

[@josephsmith2417]

If you had a party, I’d bring you store brand Oreos and say “it’s the same thing” and demand you eat them.

[@THEOne-zx3fe]

Silver is the worst. He is a "kiss @$$" commissioner. David Stern led the NBA. Silver is there to suck up to the players and let the players run the league.

[@patrickmcphee770]

You do a great Job with these videos man. I don’t even watch basketball anymore. But I watch your video’s. 👍🏽

[@JordanHowlett]

Players like Jordan and Kobe wanted to win every game. This meant trying to play in every game. This meant trying to compete in every game. This meant trying to figure out each opponent every game to find a way to win. They didn't care about stats. They weren't trying to cheat their way to win. They wanted to beat you into submission. That was compelling basketball. I would much rather return to the 'dead ball' era than continue on this trend of mindless, stale, uncompetitive and repetitive basketball.

[@John6-40]

I miss the balance of the 90's and 00's. We had defense, inside scoring. Mid range. 3pt. Post game. Etc. Different style offenses. The last 3peat Bulls took between 17.1 and 11.7 3's per game in each season. That's a perfect amount for balance. Refs also called travels and offensive fouls.

[@willwon8962]

indeed, every game is a dog fight pitting one coaching strategy against another, which makes very compelling and organic storylines. Today's storylines are manufactured narratives; .e.g., everything about Lebron James including his bum-ass son Bronny who has no business playing professional sports. He should be a professional video gamer.

[@dangreene3895]

I think there should be a limit on the number of three point shots,think this would lead to teams saving their three points shots until the end of the game which could make the three pointer exciting because it would mean more.

[@HenryLopes772]

👍

[@Lucky13777]

100% support this. 1 more thing Silver did: he made the NBA a league of Superstars, instead of teams. And now we see all these entitles, non-hungry players, who already earned their money.

[@peterlois1086]

3:58 watch the bench players, lol, the first handful of shots they stand waiting for it to go in, after miss after miss they stop standing with each shot lol. even they're getting bored

[@ivokalchev1031]

That's not basketball. You can call it shooting hoops if you like. Steph Curry was the beginning of the end with his half court shooting grumble grumble.

[@DopeBoyTerror]

The should pay the players less money and give a million dollars to each player and coach on the winning all star team

[@dreamzzzooentertainment]

Great video. Time well invested on my behalf.

[@joelvaldez5577]

Crazy take here: First team to reach 100 every game wins the game. Each quarter 25 pts. if you chalk up 3 to make it 27, its ok. This will make every team clamp on defense. 🤔😅

[@fantasyEXX]

I see you didn't grow up in SoCal. That's Lawler's Law

[@GtheGreat1]

Today's nba is unwatchable

[@Ballwithrich]

4:43 those stats show it all

[@clipcorleone_7thdayfamilia]

He is goated for putting those numbers in front of a pic of Ben Simmons shooting 😂

[@chitownkidd33]

I wonder what the game from the 90s was

[@BucketNekkid]

Giannis has been kickin' it old school and man has it been fun to watch. Zion is exciting to watch when he actually plays, so hopefully he can get in shape and go on a run.

[@sincityquinn]

Instead of making a 4 point line the NBA needs to move the 3 point line back.

[@anthonyhernandez2111]

They need to just get rid of the 3 point line..which would make taking far away shots irrelevant..the next generation of kids will learn to play down low again and be strong and have post moves Grit and Grind is whats missing in todays game! buncha finesse players now

[@imdbtruth]

They would have to make the court bigger... there's no room on the baseline to push it back farther without extending the dimensions of the court... but it still might be worth it.... I think they probably will be forced to do this eventually because the analytics have proven the current offensive style to be most efficient. But then, making the court bigger also brings in a whole new set of challenges for a defense to overcome that didn't exist in the past.

[@THEOne-zx3fe]

No, they need to eliminate the 3 point FG altogether. Take the incentive out of the equation.

[@sincityquinn]

@ That’s not going to happen.

[@sincityquinn]

@ Or they could just remove the baseline three. Then move the Arch back.

[@dmar82]

Sad thing about all this is it's about to get WORST especially with this upcoming All Star game.

[@manimal9871]

I've been saying this, he needs to be FIRED. Dude is a marketer and knows nothing about the game/nor does he care.

[@arthurreyes2632]

The NBA owners need to lockout the players. No more games, no more pay. Call traveling, carrying and tighten up the calls on defense like moving screens. And stop giving max contracts to everyone.

[@mpoydras95]

Edwards don't watch past film so he doesn't actually know he played better last year than now.

[@gentlemanghost5993]

Officiating is horrendous. I could understand why teams opt to take a 3 instead of driving to the hoop and get fouled and it not being called. Inconsistent also when players get called for nothing at all. My suggestion is to try to fix the officiating

[@beaniemac]

I don't really care for the in season tournament personally. It's meaningless to me

[@cappy2282]

Wemby shooting 3's looks so dumb.. even if it goes in, its just bad 😔

[@porterwake3898]

Victor W would get eaten alive in the 80s and 90s.

[@thelastflop]

@porterwake3898 his body would break the 1st possession guarding the 90s centers. I saw him try to post up luka and he literally just fell over at the slightest tough like a leaf in the wind.

[@THEOne-zx3fe]

They literally would have broken him in half. Snapped like a twig.

[@Peakfreud]

Quite Possibly would have morphed into Marcus Camby.

[@Peakfreud]

Quite possibly would have turned into Marcus Camby

[@OTB2002]

@@thelastflopso there wasn't no skinny 7 footers in the 90s or 80s bro

[@johnnyfelipe8260]

Adam silver is a walking ALien Human

[@AyeAyeRon11]

I wonder what Kobe would have to say about LeBum, the Lakers, and how trash the league is…

[@user-pk8uf3er7v]

I said it once and all say it again, if I was the NBA commissioner I’d put a limit on how many 3s teams are allowed to shoot. For example maybe a team can only shoot 20 3s per game, or maybe like 5 3s every quarter. This would not only make the shot more valuable, but now teams would be forced to play in the paint and take mid rangers. teams that play small ball would be punished, and big men shooting 3s would be punished aswell.

[@AdamFitzgerald911Investigator]

Basketball was a very big part of my life, during the late 80's-early 90's, the NBA was not to miss. Strategy, Rivalry and Honor were all that mattered. Today the NBA is something quite foreign to me, there is no life, no strategy, no honor. The players are a monster made by management and the system, and they are grossly overpaid to put in very little effort. This had to happen of course because from the ashes, a rebirth will come to life.

[@kevcolli6678]

The Europeans and (Boston or crazy Mazzula) are making a mockery out of the league literally by being the only players and team that care. The Europeans are winning most of the awards, defensive player, MVP, championships or playing in them. Them giving a minimum effort is putting them atop of the whole NBA. Kyrie Irving is the most skilled American player, he plays second fiddle to a European player who isn’t even the best European player. Yes that’s partially Kyries fault, He had many of opportunities to prove he cares and wants to be a leader before then, he ruined them all, Luka saved his career. It’s a joke, how can you not care and expect people to care, that concept is brain dead.

[@KGeezy99]

NBA=No Bron Anymore.

[@Levibossmanthe7th]

The ruined the game for views and click bait then ONTOP of that started to promote gambling to help and try to hook people smh

[@kliklis]

Teams now taking atleast 2x more 3s than ft.

[@uasakura]

Sin e Kobe retired, I watched a yr of NBA game, then watch highlights for a free yrs, now I completely stopped, only watch the TNT crew.

[@dimkovskigoce]

Cut players salaries by 50% and in no time they will change to entertain the public

[@ninocrown3247]

If the coaches want them to shoot 3s, that’s what will happen. The only reason to cut player’s salaries, is to allow more games aired on free TV like the 80s & 90s.

[@TruckCompany53]

I was literally telling my friends yesterday how its crazy that the NBA decline statistically started in 2014... Adam Silvers first year as commissioner. Is this all his fault, no but would anyone else in any other position been fired 10x over? Absolutely. Hell if the NBA were a public company, the shareholders would've forced him out after year 3 of straight decline

[@heywella]

Adam 'Nosferatu' Silver and LeBALCO James have ruined this league!

[@higher1441]

I love basketball but I’m embarrassed to say I watch the nba whenever I talk sports. I always wished somebody could create a new league that would rival the nba. A league that values the way the game should be played

[@tmoney360]

KG's part in the beginning reminds me of something I said in a previous video of yours. The rules got loosened so much that scoring is so out of hand that we can have games where two dudes each score 35, two more score 20 and two more score 12 and that team still loses by 15 without overtime. In the same week we had the record for threes made in a game AND threes missed in a game.

[@chrisg2214]

Every game I’ve turned on this year has Had a 20 point lead. Nobody wants to watch a blowout. They’ve ruined the NBA. They need to extend out the three-point line and take away corner threes

[@chilidrummer8333]

Today’s criteria to make you an NBA player: Take a lot of three pointers Take a lot of three pointers Take a lot of three pointers Be athletic enough to dunk Take a lot of three pointers

[@justarandomguybro]

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[@PanchoVillasTortilla]

they fallen this far, just put a cap on 3s. Only 20 attempts allowed, made or missed that will count for 3. After that all shots are 2 pts. Wanna shoot half court? 2pts. It’s dystopic, but it’s already unwatchable. Let see how quick they start rationing the 3 ball.

[@joechrisman4661]

I stopped watching after Golden State and Cleavland 4 years in a row

[@HBG313]

Ratings were good then

[@TrillaScrilla74Bound]

Damn those bricks were hitting hard in the video😂. But everyone is right about how wack the NBA is right now.

[@birdman423]

LeFlop Queen James

[@ronque23]

2:55 Why does it make more sense to”mathematically” to shoot the three if you’re shooing it at below 20% efficiency, then giving the other team the chance to rebound for their own possession. What’s this guy talking about???

[@kman9884]

I’d suggest doing even a little bit of research. Because the math does work out that way. Just like in football, it’s technically, mathematically better to never punt.

[@burrdaddy]

The solution is simple. Make the players play the game as they should. Enforce the rules to ensure the integrity of the game. Make calls against stars the same way you do against support players. The skill separates, not the rules. Watching Lebron run over people is terrible basketball. Coaches need to bench players that don't give the effort. Entitled players are ruining the game. This is the laziest error of basketball ever presented. Watching millionaires be "too good" to care if they lose is a waste of time. That's why Bird, Magic, Jordan and others will always be better than any hack playing today. They cared. Had pride. Left it all on the court.

[@Olorin884]

I love it, been saying he's TERRIBLE for years, grew up watching the NBA but I honestly haven't watched a game in almost a decade.

[@richmanz447]

Adam Silver & LeBron have teamed up to destroy the NBA empire that David Stern and Michael Jordan built.

[@23ofSeptember]

Skill has caught up to the game. Its the same in baseball, hockey. The skill levels of the greatest athletes of the 80s and 90s is now the norm. In basketball, its the 3 point shot and insane handles. In baseball, its pitchers that can throw 95mph + and in hockey, its overall skating, passing, speed and shooting ability. The NHL is a level playing field and the players have adapted, rules have changed, but in basketball, the 3 point shot has changed the game. So, how to change it? The NBA has its own rules regarding fouls. The entire game doesn't need to change, just change the arc or its shape or get rid of it entirely. I think changing the hoop diameter might be an option.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

Handles aren't "insane". They only look insane because players are allowed to carry and travel.