If The NBA Is Broken, Here's How To Fix It

[@ThinkTwice2222]

"People don't know what they're looking at." - Draymond Green

[@maartenvz]

This is such a weird debate. We have a lot of people who feel nostalgic about the 90s but fail to see how illegal defence preventing actual team defence and made this into a 1 on 1 post up grind fest. I greatly enjoyed watching the bigs go to work but when I now re-watch those games, there is so little movement and offenses were simplistic. To make it worse: over half the teams shot below 40% from mid range on a staggering 30 attempts per game (per team). I don't hate the 90s, there was great stuff, but also clear shortcomings. The 00s without illegal defence saw the rise and evolution of team defence: especially early help and strong side overloads making it a lot harder to post up (remember, before the 00s you could only double if your man was on the strong side, which the post player can easily see coming). Suddenly the paint is packed, and offense needs to evolve to counter this. The easiest solution is to play faster so the defence isnt set yet and space the floor with 3pointers. THe Run and Gun Suns (who would be last in todays game in pace) are one of the earliest teams to lead the way and finally the inefficient long 2s are starting to come down. A benefit of pace and space is that dunks are also on the rise! People complain we see 60 threes every game at 36% but we came from watching 60 long 2s at 39%, how is that better? And did people not watch money ball? Ofcourse teams are gonna copy stuff that works, it would be stupid not to... And everybody understands the playoffs are what matters so preserving players might be boring and annoying for fans but it's a logical thing to do. The only way to prevent this is eliminate the back-to-backs but the NBA will never do that because of the TV deals.

[@rolandquilente9318]

Those are just bitter uncles who are jealous of today’s nba players, because they are stuck with 9-5s and divorces while the NBA players rake in millions by shooting 3s.

[@Hooch_is_crzy]

@maartenvz, well they better hope that fans want to watch that. I want the NBA to clean up the dribbling, there are carries and walks on basically every play, to the point they basically arent playing the same game as years ago. Its easy to create space when you can travel and carry. The bad teams had simplistic offenses in the 90s, btw, the triangle is pretty much going through a resurgence, by stretching it to the 3 point line.

[@ImAviex]

I mean two things can be true. It can be true that it makes sense for everyone to run the same stuff as the league becomes more optimized, but it can also make the viewing experience feel less enjoyable. Like personally I am not tuning into any game that isn't the two teams I give a fuck about and frankly I haven't even been watching full games of those, because there isn't much difference between the games typically since everyone runs the same shit. It's just who hit more threes most games. Teams back in the day shooting long twos WAS better because it was still worth two so while you gained spacing from being good from mid range and could score on teams that packed the paint. It wasn't a numbers game, where it makes sense to jack up 50-60 threes because if you make 10-20 of them its a 30 to 60 point swing. But you dont have to go back to the 90s or 00s, go back just a decade and there was a vast variety between say the rising Warriors, and the Grit and Grind Memphis Grizzlies as an example. I get that it's hard to tell a team to play unoptimally unless they have the absolute perfect personnel for it or terrible personnel to join the copycat league, so I don't know what the fix is, it's not like you can get rid of the three point line. It would be like dragging the game back 30 years, but at the same time teams have gone so far that it's ironically unfun to watch lol. I think the sport might actually just be cooked unless they make another drastic change. I'm not spending multiple hours to watch the best athletes in the world jack up threes, carry on every third dribble and cry and complain anytime there is contact and no whistle call. (Funny enough, I don't blame the players for crying about the calls, it's the refs who only give calls if players try and win an oscar on the court.)

[@vincentvega9747]

I don't mind the 3s things evolve over time but players sitting out is inexcusable you have people working harder jobs who show up everyday if you get hurt that's part of the game and luck factor and how well you prepare yourself to that point you train to play the game

[@blaxson10]

NBA fans "Why are so many teams running the same efficient sets to generate good shots? So unoriginal." I swear the NBA community finds something to complain about every year..

[@dre32pitt]

it's a copy-cat league.. probably more so than the NFL.. muchadoaboutnothing

[@theSafetyCar]

Most fans don't understand the game, so they don't understand what an efficient offence is or what a good shot looks like. A surprising number of fans will still call 3s an inefficient shot.

[@vlada]

​@@theSafetyCarYou whiffed on that one badly. People dont like watching teams hoist 50-60 threes. Actually, people don't mind when good teams do it as part of an organized offence. It's the rest of the simply good, mediocre and bad teams who do it badly and simply chuck tons of shots in hoping tonight is the night the team gets hot. It gives the bad teams a gamblers. And gives horrible basketball. It's like ball control in soccer, it's nice when Barca or Real keep possession obsessively but other less talented teams get to within25yards from opposing goal and end up passing it back and back until they get it to their own GK. The league is in the business of entertaining. That's why they changed so many rules around 2004: so that the Detroit Pistons style defence never again harms their entertainment value. Ironically, this move just pushed the problem to other side.

[@maartenvz]

@@vlada What those people don't realize is that those 3 have replaced long 2s. In the 90s more than half of the teams shot below 40% on mid range shots and took 30 of those per game. 20 of those have now been replaced by 3s and I never understand why people prefer those low efficiency long 2s??

[@benn746]

They should just rename it threeball. It’s cool if that’s what you’re into.

[@TakeaSwigofTheJuice]

I love the fancy graphics. Thank you.

[@Denielgunz]

This is a beauty of a breakdown. What a master piece of a video

[@supune]

It's better than running iso with 4 flat but i think the copy and paste actions are boring to see. I think the cure for all these copy cat stuff is for teams to run more off of misses and makes into 3s and layups so that more creative passers can show off. The NBA always has one guy dribble it up instead of trying to get outlet passes over the top like 33% of the time, especially when they have poor shooting lineups. Could you imagine if teams practiced full court pnr and hand offs off an over the top pass to the middle of half court and ran it to get 5 on 3 or 5 on 4 to shoot 3s with a man advantage to rebound. I think if you have a lineup with an athletic advantage, it could work

[@tnypxl]

I don’t think this is the problem people think it is. That’s like getting mad because NFL teams throw too many passes.

[@clevisbernier8973]

It's more like getting mad because NFL teams throw more passes and every single passing play is a hail mary. That would be ugly football, and this is ugly basketball.

[@coldicey03]

@@clevisbernier8973 what type of comparison is that??? How is what they're doing in today's NBA comparable to throwing hail marrys???

[@clevisbernier8973]

@@coldicey03 because a throw is a shot in this metaphor. If the NFL started an analytics movement similar to the NBA has with three point shooting they may realize that it's better to just throw hail mary passes half the time instead of playing football. Sure it's ugly, and is going to upset the fans, and isn't how the game is supposed to be played, but it equates to more points per possession. This is what has happened to NBA basketball with the fanatic three point shooting today.

[@AlaricXIII]

@@clevisbernier8973 That's a terrible comparison. Shooting 3s is obviously the equivalent of passing. Successful at a lower rate for a bigger payoff. And the equivalent of a hail mary does happen in basketball, it's a full-court heave at the end of the game/quarter.

[@rolandquilente9318]

⁠@@clevisbernier8973so, you are stupid huh? Just because your brain cannot see how the offense works to get good 3 point attempts doesnt mean all of us cant see it.

[@JV-lw6wu]

My only critique is that most of those screens are illegal and the person handing the ball of gets away with excessive grabbing or over extending the body, but if u sneeze on someone going up for a layup its a foul

[@bballbreakdown]

Well, there's gotta be sufficient contact to merit a call. It's not like an offensive lineman who has to be completely still before the snap...

[@JV-lw6wu]

@bballbreakdown I get that coach but still, it's infuriating to watch sometimes, great vid btw. All love from toronto

[@bdcrazy4019]

@@bballbreakdown you work for the NBA. you lying dude.

[@goseeaboutagirl]

I do like how they're calling less fouls

[@Flava_Dave]

Are they though? That one Raptors game had 90 free throws. That's fucking unwatchable

[@chenhaowu4881]

the should fix the moving screen

[@Enwhycee]

I agree with you, but the thing is that players do it so often and are so used to getting away with it, that if the refs start to call it more often it’ll slow the game down significantly

[@jdapaul1351]

What are the boundaries of moving screens? You do know that screeners are entitled to move a little.

[@Hooch_is_crzy]

That and the lack of travel and carry calls, when they happen basically every play.

[@bdcrazy4019]

@@jdapaul1351 no thry are not clown. They. can pivot while screening not move.

[@JakeJohanson12]

Gone are the 2014 spurs days

[@alonheron9156]

The reason steph and steve on the thumbnail js they pioneered this **** in the new era

[@HotdogJuice]

Do a second half switch. Dunks are 3 points, mid arch and layup 2 points. Then, watch basketball get exciting again

[@cptfwiffo]

nah, the thing that's broken is the horrible dribble moves which they allow. Putting your hand under the ball, faking the shot, and if the defender reacts, continue dribbling past him. Or just shoot if he doesn't.

[@clevisbernier8973]

Player like Luka carry the ball every time up the floor. It's pathetic.

[@bdcrazy4019]

The NBA is trash. All they do is carry, moving screen and jack up 3s.

[@X02Overdose]

They gotta abolish the 3pt line now, bring back struggle offenses lol

[@traezaX1]

Should fix the reffs too...and let the players taunt and fight 🥳✨✨✨

[@kakashiklipz4836]

Bruh drop a video on the Mavs

[@tmacnavyseal4789]

nice video

[@samballtalk]

in a different world isaiah hartenstein is healthy and this video is just full of clips of him working with jalen williams and isaiah joe

[@bballbreakdown]

That will happen SOON!!

[@jermaineroane1509]

Your heard JJ Redick said plumbers and janitors played

[@Hooch_is_crzy]

now its podcasters and influencers.

[@bdcrazy4019]

jj reddict was a bum.

[@chrisbanjo7176]

Can ben Simmons do this?

[@TakeaSwigofTheJuice]

Ben invented this action

[@bdcrazy4019]

Oh God don't even mention that guys name. He is the worse After Lesteriod clown James.

[@alexanderdevell7538]

Hello

[@spiritoflifeinchristminist9764]

The bball team awareness is poor. Nets n Pacers were shooting threes in tie ball games with less than 8 seconds to go...

[@bdcrazy4019]

He is pian by the NBA. He is a fool.

[@Pickleman2008]

The warriors have phenomenal shooters ??? they have phenomenal shooter and above avg shooter

[@laxpaint]

Unfortunately, you’re not equipped with any of the facts because you’re not paying attention. It makes you sound like you don’t know what you’re talking about.

[@Pickleman2008]

@laxpaint OK warriors fan name all of the phenomenal shooters on warriors besides Buddy and Curry

[@Jason-or4qy]

all this ball movement is pissing off fans now?

[@David-ii2op]

I don't think the schemes are the problem personally. The problem is players resting and constantly getting injured. Also the lack of defense makes the game feel cheaper. Fiba is a much better product

[@mikatteba225]

Fiba has less games most of the time.

[@UmojaTullBarbarian]

“Since dribbling skills hadn’t didn’t evolve back then” That’s hilarious. You mean, since the dribbling rules were much more strict back then.

[@jesusblanco7657]

Both things can be true. You can clearly see that didn’t even know what a crossover was back when tv was black and white

[@jakeconway9956]

@@jesusblanco7657 Jerry West crossed people over a bunch, so people definitely knew what it was. It just wasn't a go-to move because ball handling was much more careful for reffing reasons

[@bballbreakdown]

I can see how the way the refs called the game would influence how dribbling was taught. But I'm not sold on that notion since I see of ton of dribbling violations and travels NOT called when I watch old games, so I don't think it was as strict as some make it out to be

[@Hooch_is_crzy]

@@bballbreakdown because they dribbled correctly. Look at a guy like Isiah Thomas, he was probably one of the first guys to cross people over quite a bit, and he got called for the carry quite a bit. When its policed, it happens less, now its basically not a rule. But players are lauded for their ballhandling. EVEN AI had that issue with his crossover, now you look at kyrie, and the balls stops as he is handling it quite often. Idk, to me, thats the root of a lot issues. Players arent more skilled now, they are just shooting more. Movement is nice, but its normally the 2man game with the other 3 guys "spacing the floor" ie, standing there. The game just doesnt feel good right now, some of it is on the refs, some of it is on the copycat nature of sports, some of it is on the players being unlikable to an extent. As an avid fan of NBA basketball I do not even have a good idea to fix it. Some of it is how they market players, as opposed to teams. Orlando, a playoff team from a year ago, has 9 nationally televised games. They play good basketball, have good young stars, and basically no one sees it... But we will see ever thing Bronny James, a literal after thought in the NBA, does. Jokic doesnt even get enough exposure, and he is the best player of his generation by a lot. I just do not know who to even watch anymore. I used to love the Pacers Pistons in the early 2000's, the Spurs, DEFENSE mattered, and its not like there was a lack of player movement, Rip was CONSTANTLY moving, Reggie was CONSTANTLY moving, it just seemed like they would defer and take the higher percentage shot at the rim in most cases, and now they will force a contested 3 because that is more efficient, than the backdoor cut, the same action created. Maybe its decision making, maybe everyone is turning into a chucker, but its pretty ugly basketball when you arent watching the better teams in the league.

[@bdcrazy4019]

they did not carry back then ha ha haBBALL BREAK DOWN WORKS FOR THE NBA.

[@lamarpalmer25]

This is a bunch of nonsense

[@Cory-zn5mq]

At least ant got nis own game,shai and a few others i think its more about the way blowouts are now cause of the 3 i know they dont wanna hear it but you gotta make the game more physical

[@marcuscallahan4645]

Everyone copying the kings smh

[@katanayaha]

If NBA limit each team to shoot 30 attempts of 3pt, -Coach will only allow the highest % shooter to shoot the 3(not every single players, even Westbrook) -Team will save some attempts for the 4th quarter(allocation plans) -more inside offense

[@jdapaul1351]

Bad rule. Let's say someone gets hot for a stretch, bringing their team from a blowout loss to a close game down the wire and all of a sudden he's nerfed because of the rule, preventing his team an opportunity to win games. More inside offense = my team sucks at shooting 3's and spacing the floor to generate better looks

[@katanayaha]

@jdapaul1351 then you can use it to fake a 3 but attack inside also 30 attempts = 90 points enough for a game, if you are hot handed

[@joeyyung911]

@@katanayaha Attempts ain't points. 30 attempts DOESN'T equal 90 pts.

[@lukaswimmer885]

@@jdapaul1351 horrible rule. are teams supposed to just not take open threes because they need to save some up for later? And what happens when they do run out of threes? Offense is litterally unplayable. Every defender is just gonna stand in the paint. People who have ideas like this show that they dont know at all how basketball works. The goal of every offense is to get open shots. Its not about quantity, but quality. Teams who HIT 3 more threes than their opponents win 70% of the time. Not teams who shoot 3 more threes. The reason why threes are so important is not just because they are the second most valuable shot (after layups) but also because they are the shot that is the farthest away from the area in which you shoot the other kind of valuable shot (aka the paint). That means that threes are the best way to punish teams who want to take away layups (which every team does because they are the most valuable shots) aka teams that play help defense. Every open shot in basketball is created because a defender nneds to help and has to leave his player. Tecnically if team a blays perfect offence and team b perfectly rotates, then the only open shot team a should get should be threes. Effective basketball is not possible without a large ammount of threes, at least at the pro level. End of disscussion. Get over it. You cannot limmit that effectiveness. Please think before you post such a horrible idea.

[@MCFrutek]

Nba is broken and you can t fix it..

[@theblackphantomhd]

Here is a few things you can do to make the NBA better 1. Remove the 3 second violation so that traditional centers can actually play in games. 2. Make it so that ball handlers can only move one way in pick n rolls, if they try to spam dribble moves going back and forth behind the screener then it will be considered a moving screen. This will stop all the pick n roll offense that all teams use 3. Get rid of the corner 3 and only have top of the key/wing 3's (or make the corner 3 the same distance as the top of the key/wing 3) to decrease the 3-point scoring volume 4. Enforce the carry and double dribble call more strictly 5. Change the gather step rule so that players can't travel. (it is traveling, the NBA is the only basketball league to my knowledge that has this rule) 6. Return the reset shot clock back to 24 seconds rather than 14 seconds. All of these rules will reward grit and grind defensive teams and reward teams that crash offensive boards and stop all of the high scoring teams that run positionless basketball

[@henriquecezarano3079]

Dear god lol

[@aculinnah]

please never talk about basketball ever again

[@josegabrielsanchez793]

You are stupid. FIBA also has the gather step... SMH

[@iiJaRhonNaDeS]

LOL

[@theblackphantomhd]

@@aculinnah Why? Most of these rules were in the NBA in the 1990s and 2000s, the best two decades of basketball...

[@ayoonine]

Positionless basketball is boring, everybody runs and guns. There are no more specialities

[@OfficialTomsSkujinsFanClub]

if you want positions go watch the nfl there’s lots of positions in football

[@clevisbernier8973]

Agreed. They would rather have a player who is a 75 overall who can shoot threes than a player who is a 90 overall who can't.

[@eyemunchained8968]

It's not that dribbling wasn't evolved, more that the rules were strictly enforced.

[@bballbreakdown]

People say that and yet I can spend not even 5 minutes watching a game from the 40s and spot a bunch of travels that were not called... so while u will see some dribbling moves called travels, you'll also see a ton that weren't called

[@pz9mo1221]

only way to fix nba is to make dunks worth 3 points

[@lukaswimmer885]

Tell me you know nothing about basketball

[@pogito2122]

hello