Charles Barkley vs JJ Redick: Byron Scott & Michael Cooper REACT 😳

[@franklin2846]

I would rather watch inside the nba then an actual game.

[@55cleon]

My Sentiments Exactly 🤷🏿‍♂️!!

[@QUEENSBRIDGE_10TH_ST231]

Sad, but true…

[@FloydWhoElseTV]

That's because you new basketball wives like sports talk shows, and gossip, rather than actual sports. 💅

[@zigwil153]

*_I DO!!!_*

[@kweli05]

Spot on!

[@princellasmith7562]

3:35 Byron Scott is absolutely correct! When basketball is played the right way, it is beautiful. The excessive one person dribbling and dominating the ball while everyone spreads out waiting for a three is an eyesore. It’s the product. It’s not the commentators.

[@determinedmind1609]

Kobe said it best and coined it "accidental basketball". The Spurs and Warriors were the last two beautifully played offenses in this current era. Also the Nuggets and Kings, I might be missing a few, but most teams play iso ball and dribble the shot clock out until they find someone on the 3-point line.

[@CasualGamerPlays]

But how can the game be beautiful, with the way the rules have changed? The basics of the game are missing because the players of today don't have the basics fundamentals down. The product today is shit

[@ninocrown3247]

The play style is abysmal and redundant. But Adam Silver has wh0red the NBA out to all these different steaming companies. I’m in my 40s, so I grew up watching free games on network TV and TNT. As a kid and teen, watching the NBA playoffs and Finals on CBS, NBC & ABC in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s. Now you have to pay all these different streaming services like League Pass to watch them. Many people just don’t have it like that, in this crappy economy. When Byron, Coop, Shaq and Chuck played, you could see the top NBA games for free. Silver’s NBA took the Faustian Bargain. More revenue from these streaming companies, resulting in more money for players, but now they get less eyeballs driving down the popularity of the game. When these streaming contracts are over, I guarantee there will be a major reversal in revenue. Plus young people will just watch highlights and clips of games on their phones, versus sitting for hours at a TV, watching the entire game. I’m sure Adam Silver will retire and disappear right before the Titanic crashes into the glacier. Then as a retired commissioner, he’ll brag about all the massive player contracts he fought for, to deflect any questions about plummeted ratings and the mess he leaves the next commissioner.

[@soulfiftyseven]

and it's also not the players , it's the rules

[@aki2662]

@@determinedmind1609 Yeah the Kings play beautiful basketball they had to fire their head coach and are below 500 in the West. Leave the kitchen and never cook

[@mrc302]

Chuck roasted his ass!😂

[@michaelelliott1212]

And? It's easy for a has been player to talk about coaching than to actually do it.

[@Mike-dn6ur]

@@michaelelliott1212 HOF player. Something JJ will never be.

[@SmallWorld-ur7tl]

@@michaelelliott1212 Barkley is one of the greats bruh you wild. Has been? SMH

[@soloistdeve]

@@michaelelliott1212 When toddlers start taking shots. 😂

[@Gregory-sm9pf]

​@@michaelelliott1212A has been? We're talking about Charles Barkley not Rick Robey

[@Slonge92]

Just seeing Byron and Coop sends me right back to attending games at the Forum back in the 1980s. No better era of basketball, hands down.

[@kmod73]

Everyone knows why JJ got that job but they make excuses for him. SAS called him a basketball savant lol. 1. The NBA product sucks 2. JJ should not have gotten that job 3. JJ comes across like a pompous pr*ck and finally got called out 4. Sir Charles is the only one keeping players honest.

[@lukeliederbach7623]

@kmod73 sir Charles is a national treasure

[@FloydWhoElseTV]

Jj Reddick is doing a darn good job for his first year as a coach, so who cares how he got the job

[@FloydWhoElseTV]

Ya so into ppl disrespecting ppl and sports gossip, it's sad

[@YesYouAreAbsolutelyCorrect]

JJ is Lebron's chickenhead made headcoach.😊

[@michaelelliott1212]

​@@lukeliederbach7623is he?

[@nasmaxfit]

Inside the nba is better than the actual nba

[@FloydWhoElseTV]

You basketball wives are just into talk shows💅💅💅💅

[@BLUEDELUCA]

Blaming Inside The NBA is dumbest thing i ever heard. The game is unwatchable.

[@tubafats100]

Literally nobody blamed inside the NBA but Charles.

[@dougross333]

Barkley is funny as hell, spitting facts, LoL 🤣🤣🤣

[@dougross333]

Lol 🤣

[@knutt81]

😂😅Shaq:"What chu say Chuck, put make-up on a pig!?"😅😂

[@timothymcgraw8404]

Scott careful wit his criticism, still want to work in the NBA. Chuck is right, too many three's no enough D.

[@joshportie]

@@timothymcgraw8404 that and the players. The attitudes. You just cant respect their behavior as a man.

[@timothymcgraw8404]

@@joshportie True, they soft and entitled. Not all, but most.

[@ReginaldScottRoss]

Did you all hear Jerry West talking about JJ. JJ needs to just be quiet. Please Coop check out West's comments about JJ.....

[@rumarspencer7302]

Didn't like the comment on Cousy and his era being the plumber and Jerry West didn't like it and brought up his scoring average, like 12.

[@jonsnipe5484]

JJ thinks because he can talk basketball that he can coach😂😂

[@NC-Mama-Bear]

Of course, viewership is down. I live an hour from Ball Arena. Every stinking "local" game is blacked out for the area's fan base. You can't even watch with an NBA Team pass. I believe the players truly appreciate their fans. I've seen them acknowledge the crowd many times when at a game. The NBA's only loyalty is to profit. How is that the broadcasters' fault? And don't even get me started on jacking 100 threes, that stupid 3-second circle, pinky-brush fouls, no hand checking, and load management. The only reason I still bother is because I truly love the game and presently watching Jokic and Nuggets and the few teams who actually play fundamental basketball. Coop, you're the best, young man. 😉

[@timothyburnett2770]

I live in san diego and several times a year laker and clipper games are blacked out here even games TNT broadcasts .so either pay extra money or too bad

[@NC-Mama-Bear]

@timothyburnett2770 Exactly. Only it's not several times, but the majority of the time here for Denver games. I'm sure we're not the only ones who can't afford to access the games. . Honestly? I think it's time the players spoke out on behalf of the fans about these blackouts, en masse. Loyalty cuts both ways. And fire Adam Silver, whose middle name is "profit."

[@sp4604]

NBA is about a watchable as the View now

[@ter1413]

Well, I never watched the View, so I will take your word for it!

[@FloydWhoElseTV]

Yet inside the nba is closer to the view than the nba. You just exposed yourself as rather watching talk shows then sports

[@kawaiiafangirl]

@@FloydWhoElseTV that's kinda true. Lmao. I love Inside the NBA but The View is women talking while Inside the NBA is just men talking.

[@FloydWhoElseTV]

@@kawaiiafangirl men gossiping and cracking jokes. It's the grumpy old men talk show. I'm sorry, I hoop and watch basketball at all levels. I can't watch nobody give an opinion because I have my own and I understand alot of things that goes on in basketball that the average fan doesn't. Yes you have some teams like the wizards and Charlotte that I can understand people saying they're unwatchable. Yes I get it. UT I can't generalize and say the nba as a whole is unwatchable . I think the other day they had the wizards vs. Raptors as a national TV game. I said I could've told them last year no one wants to watch this game lol

[@truthiscensored]

@@FloydWhoElseTV But the Guys on Inside the NBA are "Average Fans" they are former players who have championships, MVPs, HOF inductees....and many agree with them, many like yourself that hoop and watch basketball on all levels. NBA is trash now and been trash for years...and by my personal standards it's been trash for decades

[@Batanuhtanah]

Only thing Chuck got wrong is him and shaq would be 3 and 4. Theyd be 1 AND 2 on thst team. AD would be in street clothes and Lebron would be too busy slapping Paint on his head

[@prettyridesmedia]

JJ got cooked by a plumber 😂… when the pregame is better than the actual game

[@FloydWhoElseTV]

You gossip queens just like gossip now over sports💅💅💅

[@prettyridesmedia]

@ yea it’s all in our heads the ratings are down 😂 no numbers to prove it

[@deronpresley5486]

Actually everybody tired of watching old ass entitled LeBron playing just to stat chase

[@KAye633]

Entitled*

[@FloydWhoElseTV]

Cornball hating as usual

[@CasualGamerPlays]

Entitled but we all understood what you are saying

[@Mainegirl79]

Coop when are you going to get Larry bird on with you!!! I love your channel. Now that would be fun to watch. ❤ your show and I'm a Celtic fan from back to Dave cowens and hodo days ! This was another good one with Byron Scott

[@NickPearce-v2w]

Why should Bird ? Cooper barely has Bird in his top 10 of all time.

[@Mainegirl79]

@ who did coop have in his hall of fame speech? Bird that's who!They had some great battles and bird said he would take to his grave that coop guarded him better than anyone. They could have some insightful great discussions of their battles. Real basketball talk. That's why I would like to see it.

[@casyatbat]

I can hear Barkley say the same thing and still laugh. He is so good, with Shaq pitching slow pitches! Now back to the women in San Antonio.....

[@mrmartywaring]

😂😂😂

[@blackeddie154]

APRECIATE BOTH OF YOU N ALL THE JOY YOU GUYS BROUGHT TO THE GAME WEN I WAS A KID

[@jvamerica1703]

Adam Silver , Duke Grad, JJ Duke Grad... Make it make sense!

[@markflores6104]

Inside the NBA is more entertaining than NBA. So fpr Chuck and the crew keep what you doing because it was so entertaining and funny 😂😂😂

[@xman9190]

"JJ has gotten the Lakers to play hard." So what? He was hired to get them to play BETTER.

[@andytaylor6781]

Michael Cooper lots of guys don't know how poisonous you were,I grew up watching you.Copper Loop.

[@VigilanteMan32]

Just thinking, La Braun isn't really a Laker. Watching Coop and Scott have a conversation is so cool

[@cantstop-wontstop2138]

@@VigilanteMan32 His checks and his CHIP say he's REALLY a Laker

[@k9entertainment]

If you can’t even spell his name right WTF you even comment!!

[@WalterModel45]

@@cantstop-wontstop2138 he only cares about himself

[@VigilanteMan32]

@@k9entertainment Let's see, La Braun declares he wants to play in Los Angeles (The City) because he wants his kids to have access to a stacked team. Like father, like sons. La Braun then recruited Anthony Davis (Another non-Laker) to play with him cause he needed the help (As usual) The only team La Braun can remotely be connected to would be Cleveland and even that is questionable. La Braun is "on his own" NBA journey because it's always about him and never about team!

[@k9entertainment]

@@VigilanteMan32 write all the paragraphs you like you still sound dumb AF.

[@glynnwhitney4818]

The downfall started when they let people who couldn't play basketball, the analytics, determine how the game should be played. When the suits come in, they always F it up, cuz they think they're smarter than those who can actually do the do.

[@BulletSponge178]

Analysts aren't on the court or coaching. Just admit you fear math and don't let your ignorance make you say things you both can't back up and don't actually understand.

[@tubafats100]

The craziest part is JJ never mentioned Charles nor inside the NBA. He made a general statement about NBA coverage. Charles is just the hit dog that hollered

[@Eujoung]

JJ Reddick being the Coach of the Lakers is a product of how crappy the NBA has gotten. No way that dude would be a Coach with no experience if not for how ridiculous NBA is now.

[@RICO_SUAVE21]

@@Eujoung JJ has never coached anything before the lakers… not even a kids team… the lakers are an absolute joke!!!

[@edwarddeverna577]

I love Coop!!! Nothing but the truth, and great guests!!

[@jonz23m]

Scott literally described LeBrons whole career playstyle. He is the prototype and harden took it to the next level.

[@RICO_SUAVE21]

Harden is nothing like Lebron. Harden if you notice doesn’t take games off to rest. He balls every night, doesn’t make excuses, and make all the players on his team better… heck, harden literally gave Clint Capella his career by making him look so good in Houston, and Harden is doing the same thing for Zubiack in LA now. Lebron on the other hand hand seems to make the players around him worse on the lakers and as soon as s those players go to other teams the automatically improve (Westbrook,Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, and now D Lo who will be much better in Brooklyn)….

[@jonz23m]

@RICO_SUAVE21 they have objectively the same play style on offense so no idea why you brought all the extra stuff.

[@BillyBibit]

The league needs to change some rules, and let players play actual defense. Rules now that cater so much to the offense take the defense away from the game, and we end up with an effin shoot-around. Let the defense get physical on the perimeter and actually call travle on ridiculous step-step backs.

[@DerekLewis-cr1xy]

3 pointers should only count in the 4th quarter

[@FloydWhoElseTV]

Be quiet

[@Paul15.]

3 pointers have ruined the game now that so many are taken in a game

[@christ1988]

I'd like to comment on how great Coop and Byron was. born and raised in L.A since 1965. The Showtime Lakers will always be the greatest team to me and lets not forget how Byron was a breast to the rim on those Magic lead fast breaks. Under rated and not talked about enough. Coop was the 6th man of year always in my book. Now we have to admit as much as we hated on the other teams, i gotta say Barkley we always feared, so Much respect to him back then as a player and now as a entertainer. He's always been the guy who said what alot of us was thinking but did't say it.

[@Mandrahale]

Chuck was speaking the truth. JJ is an enabler to this mess we call the NBA. It’ a 2.5 hour pop a shot competition.😂😂😂

[@CasualGamerPlays]

They should let Barkley go off every segment just like this cause he's 100% correct.

[@ninocrown3247]

30 seconds until another 3 point shooting contest 😂😂😂

[@wa798]

JJ is too old to be saying nonsense like that. He’s over 40 & was a fan the entire 90s era. The decline in the ratings is a direct response to the decline in quality of play. Dude had the nerve to say “deterring casual fans” from watching the game. Ironically casual hoop fans are the only ones who enjoy today’s game because they don’t understand the game enough to understand why the game has fallen off so bad.

[@sherroddinkins7464]

LJ quit on D.Ham so he could get JJ hired.

[@CelticsCLNS]

lol love these old school Lakers

[@Bigreem5471]

I don’t understand all the 3 pointer hate but its amazing when Carlin Clark making them

[@JSUTrumpet]

Because this is the first sign of life for a dying league in the WNBA. The nba has an amazing product that the players and coaches are ruining.

[@danvol3835]

That's half the point. You gotta make them to be amazing. The other half is that the fools will pass up an open lane (90%) to drift out across the 3-point line (30% for the average player).

[@emmanuelcaraballo3012]

That's why the game is water down. "When you have 5 guys playing the same way." Well said Byron Scott!!!

[@josemanuelcaballero1162]

They were very benevolent with JJ Reddick. No harm in calling him names at this point. But in any case, neither Scott nor Cooper added heat, and that s class act. These two are professional stuff.

[@CarlGreen-x8p]

Guys this is not on just the players the Owners and Adam Silver are equally responsible for this. Players are not developing different parts of the game. Mid range, post up, footwork. Everyone is just jacking up these awful 3’s.

[@princellasmith7562]

@@CarlGreen-x8p if they would bring back hand check, I really think a lot of these threes would slow down. It would at least diminish threes by a fourth if not a half.

[@MrBronx61]

Plus, the lack of physicality

[@dougross333]

Jordan 23 and LeBron James debate 🏀 Twenty years no dunk contest 🏀

[@onestopfunstop317]

The Ratings are Down because the League Locks the Fans Out and won't let anyone watch the Games. There's literally no way to watch your team in 95 percent of the Markets in the Country.

[@heinzyketchupy4175]

They are both right. Chuck is saying that the NBA got boring but its not bc of the three, its bc of the entitled and game management culture. But JJ is correct in that there are more talented players. If the NBA some how reverted back to the 80s with low scoring and low post play, it would be boring too

[@louisminati]

@@heinzyketchupy4175 it would be awful if it was 100% one way or another. It's exciting when both are happening. Dudes shot in the 80s! The rules just favored high percentage post play than outside shooters. Like the higher output in NFL offenses, rule changes applied led to a shift to outside shooting. It was a slow transition from post Jordan to Golden state now it's just too extreme that way. We had a game with 95 3 pt attempt's earlier this week 😂 that's way too much. The Cavs are doing a mix of both big post players and outside shooting and look at the success they having.

[@heinzyketchupy4175]

@@louisminati I see it with the rockets too, but imagine if players like Oakley and Ostertag came in todays league and started? It would be boring as hell too

[@louisminati]

​@@heinzyketchupy4175 bro the fundamentals aren't boring why are people today acting like slowing a game down and getting physical is boring. If you ever played the game, that's what it's all about. That's they changed the rules cause every kept saying BORING now we scoring 150 a game every night and it's the worst it's ever been

[@heinzyketchupy4175]

@@louisminati would people ever go back to the fundamentals of the internet dial up? How about a pager? People grew up with what they know and refuse to learn of what’s current. Why do you think Hakeem was exciting to watch, bc no one else in the league could do what could? Now I’m not saying we have Hakeem today, what I’m saying are there are more players that work on their footwork bc of players like Hakeem (hence more players are more skilled and better in todays nba). There’s just too many talking heads talking about the glory days, when in reality, NBA would lose viewership if players like Greg Ostertag, Oakley, Dale Davis, etc etc etc would be starters.

[@PdubU]

Funny how Barkley got smoke for JJ, but Charles Oakley comes for him often and Barkley🦗🦗

[@joewhittle801]

When LBJ and JJ redick started their KZbin show analyzing the game, leading to JJ’s subsequent hiring by the Lakers I wondered if it were possible that he might have something the previous head coaches didn’t. It looks like that’s not the case, which tells me that the IQ of all the head coaches is comparable. The coaching wasn’t the Lakers problem, it’s evident

[@genesis102076]

Luv this 2 dudes. Luv their era. I'm a Laker fan during their time in the NBA

[@Jordan23-G.O.A.T.]

My man Cooper said if J.J.Redick was playing in his days he would've locked his butt down......LOL...Super Facts. J.J. hold this L.

[@dazzle1933]

Boston fans have a chant ready for JJ Reddick

[@alex5333-y6b]

JJ Redick sounds like a non humble know it all

[@soulfiftyseven]

they still not focusing on the CAUSE of the problem, it's the rules that favor the offense

[@Raddy42]

I'm one of those 48% and it hurts and yes I still watch a game here and there. Hey charles barkley is right the today's NBA is a 3 point shooting contest

[@mlkoch5902]

If 19 year olds love the way the game is played, it's because they only watch the game, vs truly play it...and since they don't have the $$, (instead it's those who watch MJ, Bird, Magic, Hakeem, Charles, Clyde and so on play) who have it and they are tired of the product and the soapbox from players, teams and a league who continually fail to value their viewership.

[@sangun123]

JJ was absolutely right though and chuck proved it, they had highlights of 2 great teams playing and spent the entire segment letting chuck shit on the NBA again, the NFL specifically does not have this problem, the NBA media largely is essentially just hot takes meant to go on youtube at this point, it's embarrassing honestly

[@sangun123]

also pretending it's the number of 3's taken and not the NBA and ownerships absolutely brain dead streaming deals that make it practically impossible for the average fan to watch a home game without having like 3 different pacakges?

[@robglobal1]

The NBA has clearly become a joke what are you blind?? It's nothing but chucking up 3s and charging, carrying and traveling whenever they decide to drive! Players flop and complain damn near every other play! It's an embarrassment and mockery!

[@NYSkinsFan82]

Coop and B Scott are phenomenal

[@dwightcoleman4288]

Rating are down with everything. Fans like NBA TNT because they love to hear BLACKS put down other Blacks. People have more things to do than watch ANYONE play anything for 3 hours. It’s a new generation, I’m old but I’m not naive. Fans would rather watch highlights of all sports

[@kenleibrick1390]

B.S. Loving the game has nothing to do with whatever baiting you are spewing.

[@keithjupiter]

Facts they love to see blacks going after blacks

[@jerkygutts8386]

We know how he became head coach of the lakers but think about that….zero coaching experience and you get the head coaching job of one of the most recognized sports franchises in the world. This dude wants to talk about the league was janitors and plumbers before his time…but they got ratings.

[@damonkinney7081]

Honestly, I see him back on first take before the end of the lakers season.

[@jamesrobertson4115]

Mavs won their Championship because of that ball movement.

[@kingjah007]

JJ resume does not match his arrogance

[@veronicamorton9096]

Byron u talking about LEBRONDA dribbling for 20 secs. We watching hockey 🏒 👀

[@CharlesWilliams-s3y]

This priceless watching players who were talented players hustlers to make the teams they played on the best team it could be.

[@IsHeARealOneVadaRealMC]

Charles said nothing about JJ, he just said he thinks JJ will get fired. That’s not a diss so he didn’t light JJ up. Also, JJ didn’t say Inside the NBA + JJ said the same thing when he was a member of the media.

[@russelturner5771]

Who really thought that a medicore player woukd make a medicore ream better. Please!

[@seth3399]

@@russelturner5771 are they worst ?

[@russelturner5771]

@seth3399 They aren't better & that is always the objective.

[@seth3399]

@ have you watched their games ?

[@russelturner5771]

@@seth3399 I've seen enough.

[@dalefleming6356]

PLUS the officiating is extraordinarily bad. Some of the technicals are ridiculous. People get mauled and get no call. Other people brush against a player and get called for a foul.

[@dougross333]

Superstars are entertainment, when you don't give the people your All and they paid their money., You won't sale any gym shoes like Jordan 23 🏆

[@raineg0689]

"JJ did a great job so far" B.Scott c'mon now!

[@50Nobody50]

Seems to me, the league is basically gambling on the fact that once the old school fans age out, the game will be popular again. Quite a gamble, at fifty I don't really care anymore, but it is sad to see the whole situation.

[@FloydWhoElseTV]

The game is still popular, it's just now people have low attention span and all these channels have highlights. More people watch highlights than actual games

[@50Nobody50]

@FloydWhoElseTV there is no doubt that there is alot of truth to that, it it's a major contributor. That said, it isn't happening to football. They make significantly less, they risk significantly more physically, and average shorter careers.....yet the stars of that league would prefer brain damage to the bench. That is a huge part of the problem. There are too high a percentage of the top stars who simply don't want to play, spend their time worrying over I juries they haven't even sustained. They've always made too much money, and that never killed Fandom. Its the disrespect of not seeming to be giving your all and appreciating what you have been given. They should just give in and make it a 60 game season, but nobody who owns a stadium wants that. None of this even touches the slack defense and 3 chucking.

[@50Nobody50]

@@robglobal1 and u didn't say anything at all, so who cares.

[@bixhutch6274]

Chuck didn't say anything factual about JJ himself though. Chuck said Ham was a good coach. Anything you say after that means nothing because you clearly aren't watching. Ham was as a bad a coach I've ever seen. JJ has been hands down a better coach. Our record shows that and if you actually watched the games, it's night and day. I had a hard time watching Ham coach. He was frankly an idiot.

[@kareemabdulwahhab6919]

The problem is around the 5:00 mark, there is no way people actually believe the media is always right with how they approach the game. As far as JJ, he was right with what he said about the media. They don’t ever want you to win, they are always right, that’s their approach. Not to mention, the 6:00 mark. The media is people, and people hold grudges. That’s the point of what JJ is talking about. How can you look at JJ Reddick in his face or get on any platform and act as if what you’re saying is valid, get mad at his pushback in terms of what he’s saying, and then say to end your soliloquy off, that you have to watch out with how you talk to media because the media holds😊 grudges and act like that’s not the example of what the conversation is about?

[@xman9190]

JJ is wrong because he is saying the media influences people more than people's own eyes. NBA ratings are down because people don't like what they're seeing, not because the media says it's bad.

[@kareemabdulwahhab6919]

@ The media does exactly that. It’s what they’ve always done.

[@markbantz9699]

@@kareemabdulwahhab6919how old are you,12?😂😂😂😂

[@kareemabdulwahhab6919]

@@markbantz9699 I could be six and that doesn’t change anything I typed.

[@seth3399]

@@kareemabdulwahhab6919 the problem is they don’t like JJ, and they have that right. But nothing he said was wrong. And he didn’t single TNT out, a hit dog will always holla.

[@benjaminpadilla4857]

You're ratings are good for bashing NBA for the last 20 years .

[@davidintel]

I haven't seen a game since Magic retired, and by the looks of the game today I won't be watching one anytime soon!

[@owolabiaboyadewilliamcopel4824]

"Kids love that now". I was at the arcade and saw a NBA video game. A couple teens were playing. Their game was full of dunks and three point shots. It looked too much like the way the NBA game is played (minus the pick and rolls, we must admit). "He's ON FIRE" LOL

[@dontruter5445]

SHOWTIME GANG !!!

[@SMScott-if3lv]

Some of us fans are tired of watching some of these players

[@865style]

The league is losing viewers for the following reason. 1. Everyone just shoots 3's. No more mid range game. No more post up battles. 2. Barley any defense is played. 3. Players load manage and don't give 2 craps about the fans. Star players play when they feel like it. 4. The league became started to become far too political and insulted it's conservative viewers. 5. Lack of hustle and zero competitive drive. A lot of players and star players nowadays are content with losing. As long as they get paid their happy. 6. LeChina is horrible for the league. He's the biggest reason the nba is arm of the democrat party. 7. Also a lot of viewers don't want to support an openly racist company/league. The amount of hate nikola jokic gets because he's white is insane. The way shaq told jokic he felt SGA should of been the mvp and not him while millions watched was insane and very disrespectful.

[@IknowMoreThanYou]

Any time you guys mention jokic hate and not Giannis hate, you look suspect. We know what you are.

[@NC-Mama-Bear]

Local game blackouts.

[@torrencesmith1725]

Dude stop whining . It has nothing to do with white or black players on the democrats nonsense! The game isn't played as it was intended anymore and has become soft and overly selfish. Golden State and Denver are the only teams that are fun to watch in my opinion. I think the big fella on Denver is great and I'm a " Black " guy. So quit with your nonsense!

[@paintb0x]

You lost me at #4 🤦🏽

[@jamooree]

@paintb0x He's right though.

[@JLU55]

I'll pretty much watch anything Chuck's on.😮😅😂

[@PFunkDee100_]

Who better to talk about the Lakers than you guys.💯

[@tonyh5646]

One guy standing under the basket that’s Bron! 😂😂😂😂

[@SUPERCOUNT100]

I would have to disaggree. I love the NBA I don't watch entire games . The internet has changed everything. I love watching the highlights of the games . Are the ratings down for on TNT AND ESPN ?

[@isaiahgomez6671]

I thought I was just growing up and I was out the loop but the reason is down is because the players are not marketable. They don’t have fan appeal. Every team had a star. The games were competitive

[@JustinWhite-q6l]

I love watching 10 Black guys running up and down the court flinging countless amount of 3s...and also all the TV commercials with tons of Black folks in every scene.

[@GDC-v8p]

I can’t wait for JJ to loose his privilege 👎🏿

[@thesentinelsfootballchanne3212]

"Inside the NBA" is the reason most of us watch the NBA right now! LOL

[@rahmancooper9716]

Most games are basically all star games. A bunch of threes and dunks. All they want to be Steph and or Houston rockets harden. I watch college more than the NBA. Some of those games are unwatchable. Shooting 50 threes a game and making 30% or less. A bunch of iso ball too.

[@gibsonwaka7756]

There are many reasons why the viewership is down in recent years can be attributed to not many people are staying up late the younger generation are busy with their social media and all the games are now on cable channels

[@DeadSezSo]

"Heres a few more old guys to defend other old guys pushing false narratives about how much better their generation was" lol

[@philliprobinson-muhammad2034]

@DeadSezSo so watching men 6'8" and above get a rebound in the paint less than 3ft from the basket kick it back out for another missed 3 instead of going back up strong with the ball for the easy layup is good for the game. Mind you those same individuals can't even make a consistent turnaround or fadeaway jump shot. What's the point of being 7ft and you can't post up when you have to.

[@iworkharvey4103]

JJ Redick is a coach, and he is no longer an NBA commentator. His comments should be focused on his team. He is the only NBA coach to comment on things beyond his own team and that creates distractions

[@bosshova23]

Charles is 100% correct...... The game is trash nowadays. There's no strategy there's no offensive plays being ran It's just chuck up threes all day long

[@dasher920]

“Dead men walking” Every coach that coaches LeBron James is a dead man walking … Any coach in the NBA that coaches LeBron James needs to keep half of their stuff in the U-Haul Because you know you’re not gonna be coaching him for more than two years … with the exception of Eric Spoelstra

[@BwAaS]

Coop shot some 3's, but his defense is why he was an "all timer"! The NBA needs to roll back all the legislative adjustments they made to get defense out of the game. Because what they really did was remove the "soul" of the game! Hell I am a Born and Raised Lakers fan, but even I had great respect for those old Nicks and Pistons teams. because they were great defenders. Something you will never see in this day and age.

[@Gregory-sm9pf]

Is this the same dude that said Bird wasn't a great 3 point shooter?

[@danvol3835]

The media (and media access) is at least half the problem. I don't want to pay for a service to watch a game that may or may not be good, but if I had free, easy-to-find access to games, I'd be watching a lot more. If the game I happen to watch is boring, I'll make the decision to turn the channel. That said, Barkley is correct in pointing out that the game itself is being degraded to the point of unwatchability. If I went to a game where they were putting up almost 100 3-pointers, I'd be bored and turned off. Fire the Commissioner! Silver has no plan--just throw crappy ideas up and see what sticks to the ceiling. Problem is, that's a surefire way to end up covered in 5hit.

[@mj23goat3]

Maybe next time Bryon Scott and _Byron_ Russell can discuss it together.

[@CLNS_Nick]

Good 👀

[@madterps]

Nobody cares about Byron Russell.

[@timothysatcher2768]

WNBA is more interesting than the NBA (to me) Guys are making so much money until they take off whenever they want, which is not fair to the fans..

[@akivalu]

Viewership is down because the players don't care. The real season starts in the playoffs. Shooting 3s has nothing to do with it. If you don't care I won't care. The NFL is do or die each week. I'll take that over the NBA.

[@yokosomike]

It is a great game and I personally don’t like it when it becomes a three point only game but I also think the world has changed. I haven’t owned a television in 10 years and I would rather catch highlights on KZbin than waste my time watching a whole game. When the playoffs come, if my team is in it, I will pay to stream the playoffs only and then get involved in a the series. Player today also make too much money. You got AD aka “streetclothes” and La Bronda floppin and complaining about everything… you still root for the team but by no way are these guys the same caliber as the Laker greats of the past.

[@MichaelAllenZell]

Lakers definitely aren't competing harder than the last few years. Team is way worse defensively and that's all effort.

[@jey4908]

I love Chuck, but JJ never mentioned Inside the NBA.