Is it the parent or the children? Sports analysts place blame.

[@sameliopoulos1647]

The NBA will never recover from this era. The damage has been done and it will only get worse.

[@JonasWeather]

Death spiral

[@josebove6876]

Like f1 with big ugly cars, hybrid shitty engines, non stop whining from drivers on radio, button to push to pass on long straight

[@MakaveliCVW]

If it can be fixed it will be a long time cause all these kids coming in have the same mindset shoot from half court, they have to make changes now that will effect the next generation of players 10 years from now

[@peteMickeal33]

Honestly, I disagree. It only takes just one single star, backed by his team, to take the job of being aggresive, ruthless, defensive and overall competitive. Despite fouls. Despite even not winning. Just dont let Lebron do the easy layup. Block him or smack him. Every single time. Be nasty dogs in defense. Shoot the three only when the two doesnt work. If this happens, the entire league will be embarrassed every game they have against that team. Fans will love it. Then, everyone will adapt. Same that happened with the 3s era.

[@hardbap]

They said that about the infusion of black players in the league. Sports Illustrated legitimately wrote about it. They also said it about the drug fueled cocaine era. The league will find a way to endure.

[@phenomenal-fitness]

What I find crazy is channels like ours have been saying these type of things. I said, in a video, the Lakers were celebrating like they won the championship and it would come back to bite them in the ass. I was called a hater by the Bronsexuals 😂😂😂

[@vermontfandialan22]

Say anything against LeBron even if it's factual and you're a hater.

[@gjordan6217]

That’s why the media is in place, they push the narrative they want instead of the reality we see, the fraud queens whole career is a contradiction and lie, but they like to keep the general public worked up, it’s just like politics, they continue to lead ppl astray and the brain dead continue to buy into it

[@vectory674]

​@@vermontfandialan22 that's facts right here

[@JoshuaHopkins-j9o]

@@vermontfandialan22 ... It's a sickness of modern culture... the word "hate" has lost all meaning

[@TonyMontanaMIYAYO]

AOH you seen LeBron popping them pills on the bench in the Kings game????😂😂😂😂

[@vonchriscordova4789]

Yeah i saw that too, thats blatant cheating. That should be investigated and Lebum should be suspended for doping. That Leaddict getting high in the middle of the game. 😂😂😂

[@gjordan6217]

That’s why Stephen A is more television friendly than Rob Parker, because the media knows he’ll sugarcoat things and beat around the bush than keep it authentic and say the reality we all see smh

[@TheodoreBagwell-g5r]

Congratulations to the Bucks. And to Darvin Ham. 2 Cups in a row, and after last year, he understands how little this "title" really means.

[@tylerjennings8242]

Adam Silver is just way too soft. The players have 100% been spoiled for way too long, and I really don’t know if a new commissioner could change anything. Someone would have to come in with the mindset being an absolute disciplinarian. If the players don’t like the new rules you’ve put out, tell them to walk. They don’t have to play professional basketball and get paid boatloads of cash. Someone needs to straight up come in cracking the whip and not be the players’ friend. That would be a great start, but even then, it will still take years and years to recover from the low that the league is currently at.

[@hilriekemp]

Darvin Ham didn't want to celebrate that banner that was Lebron James and Jeanie Buss. They both want to use that as some sort justification of all the nonsense, wasted assets and draft capital that has just been utterly squandered during their partnership smh.

[@malcolmt7883]

We're at about the same point in our Empire, as when Roman Emperor Caligula tried to make his horse a senator.

[@J23LA24]

I instantly heard Kobe's voice in my head both when LeBron cheered with champagne, as well as about this year when Giannis won: "What's there to celebrate?" 😂😂😂

[@detectivemarkseven]

Job finished? I dont think so.

[@feynmanschwingere_mc2270]

Factsss. The NBA died when Kobe died. It was also the last time the all star game meant anything. LeFraud destroyed the NBA

[@hennocent]

Stephen Asskiss Smith

[@birdiebands]

As soon as you hear that Angry Old Hoops G-Funk beat start at the beginning of the video...you know hes about to cook

[@Jasonwilliams21]

So the ufc dqed a fighter for using an inhaler in between rounds. A Lakers player who is suspected of ped use took pill not from ba Tylenol bottle during the game tonight and will not be disciplined and the media won't cover it.

[@GtheGreat1]

Rob Parker is the only mainstream analyst who keeps it real. The rest of those guys are bought and paid for. A new dad with a belt could definitely help to turn the league around over time.

[@MikeBNumba6]

He kept it so real he lost his job. But yea i always liked him for his opinions. It does seem that he rants about every athlete and coach though. Like other than Aaron Rogers, I don't who Rob praises 😂

[@DSPHistoricalSociety]

Damn good coaching- Darvin wasn't the problem with LA...

[@SelahKngdm]

Adam silver was the worst decision from day one.

[@stevejacobson7128]

The NBA "In-Season Tournament" is the equivalent of College "Christmas Tournaments."

[@TheDjsalem]

"I hate to say it !" And then glaze glaze glaze glaze and swallow :P

[@vonchriscordova4789]

Lakers celebrated the in season championship like how Pat Bev celebrated when the Wolves made the playoffs. Thats how goofy the Lakers were when they did it in their in season title.

[@chrisdierdorff2197]

Peak NBA was dirk knocking off the heat, and the crater was blocking the Chris Paul trade about 8 months later.

[@davidthomas81-y9f]

Since AOH is the most baddest ass straight shooting dude on KZbin we can forgive him for saying clap back 😂 keep up the phenomenal work

[@alexzapf6422]

Let’s be honest. Adam Silver has let LeBron set the rules and change the rules to benefit him and all the players are following suit.

[@DSPHistoricalSociety]

This should be nothing new. Everyone clamors for boundaries and rules- shows people actually care

[@jeremyharris7960]

Great Video, AOH!

[@AngryOldHoops]

Thanks!

[@inhop2443]

Part of the problem with current culture/society is we're constantly upping the age of 'kids'. Giannis and Dame are grown ass men.

[@kman9884]

Infantilizing people is a Marxist play, because children are, essentially, non-actors in society and thus the most exploitable. They limit the agency of the individual and focus on the collective guilt of a particular group to twist any adherence of social norms to be oppression; due to the particular institution being inherently discriminatory. 16 year old minority attempts to rob someone and gets killed? “Oh he’s just a little kid!” Meanwhile, 16 year olds for tens of thousands of years of human history have been warriors and treated like adults. It’s all just an attempt to discredit our institutions and supplant Marxist dogma, since they couldn’t get any headway in the economic front, due to their ideology’s complete nonsensical applicability in that sense.

[@edyoung6984]

They should probably make the All-star game USA vs International and play it without a 3 point line. Also, traveling and double dribbling needs to be strictly enforced.. I think the USA would get blown out and humiliated. This would be good for them and maybe they would try harder the next season.

[@Joshwaheazo]

I think you're forgetting what men in there 20's are actually like. I was a child till I was like 34 💁‍♂️, didn't even realise I was until I actually passed that mark. Brought my own place at 25 and thought I was a big boy. Didn't change the way I behaved though.

[@mikemike5223]

I act like a child while I’m inside my house. When I go out into the world I don’t swear and I act like an adult. It’s fun being a kid but not in public.

[@NPC-30]

6:30 WHY ARE WE YELLING!?!

[@weswarden2216]

The game is too far gone, I think the only thing that would work to fix the game is gettin rid of Adam silver, and gettin rid of most of the players. The commissioner and alot of the players would have to be replaced.

[@ESesso-m5c]

A father figure for a sport where no one had a father? That sounds Alien to me... they need an Alien... oh wait... Alien Silver is perfect for these little pretend men

[@kielmaguire5121]

This is the best take I've heard on this.

[@JJ_5289]

I dont like what silver has done but i also think his hands are tied. He should be getting cooperation from each team . like on load management. teams seem to have no problem letting their stars sit out with bumps and bruises. Fines dont seem to work. At some point these individual teams should care about the fans who have paid high ticket prices, and the players should have some pride. I dont see how its on the comissioner to fix that

[@devinpoole4528]

Fines could work if they were an amount that actually mattered. I mean when your a millionaire who cares about losing a few grand. They could literally burn the amount of a standard fine every night in a golden trash can and have it not effect them. Also think players should have to play for a few years before they start to get the big bucks and a lot of it should b based on incentives with another clause based on playing every game unless genuinely injured. Cuz the whole giving them a brinks truck right out the gate thing is definitely a big part of the problem. Cuz any regular person would lose motivation to work hard knowing their already getting the money regardless of performance or if they even show up at all. Not hard to c why the players have become entitled and lazy when they keep getting rewarded for bad behavior.

[@JJ_5289]

@devinpoole4528 i agree 100 percent with your points. I just think its going to be hard to undo whats already been done. The players and the players union has a lot of power. Imagine the pushback from the players union if the league comes out with a new rule saying a player has to play 5 or 6 years before they can get a huge contract. They essentially run the league. Thats why i think the comissioners hands are tied. He is desperately trying to keep the ship afloat while avoiding another strike/lockout season.

[@JumpmanJames]

Steven A is so hysterical, he literally sounds like a crazy woman freaking out every time he opens his mouth. How people can listen to him scream is beyond me.

[@Kashed]

Just like a lot of problems in America most people are well aware of the issues and will sit idly by and watch it happen right in front of their eyes and not say anything until it is too late, or they will just go along with it to spite the opposition, and the NBA is no different. There will always be a small number of people who will speak up hoping to talk sense into everyone but, by the time they are able to get through, the damage is already done. And just like most problems the issue is ego and change won’t occur until it affects the money. So until the spoiled athlete feels the financial stress that dwindling viewership brings, nothing will happen.

[@Hobbyman055]

Once Durant, James, Steph and these old stars leave, and Shai, Giannis, Mitchell, Luka and Jokic start finally becoming the faces of the league is when this will end

[@jerrylattimore9232]

DON'T THINK SO. THE SEEDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN PLANTED & THEY WILL CONTINUE TO GROW. POWER. 😔👎

[@birdiebands]

@7:25 😂😂😂

[@travbrunet6950]

The inmates are running the institution.

[@itsarecession1]

I'm done with this nonsense league.

[@WutTheDeuceGaming]

Silver is a great commissioner AS A SPEAKER. He's horrible in regards to change.

[@hardbap]

Ham's advice wasn't a shot at Lakers and Lebron. Listen, I know this is hard for some of y'all to believe, but not everything that happens in the NBA revolves around Lebron and the Lakers. I know it may be shocking. Sit down if you need to. This was a coach learning from past experience from an event that never happened in the history of the league and applying that experience. Pretty much in the job description for any coach in any capacity.

[@emmanueljohnson1590]

AOH PLEASSSSEEE make a video showing how LeBrenda was literally wired & juiced up last night Vs the Kings! You can literally tell that LeBalco is back,.compare his movements from last night game to the way he moved before his "toenail injury"..lol PLEASE

[@MrKurtykurt]

I also like how this is an example of a coach getting better at coaching through experience and learning from the inevitable mistakes you make when you’re young and have very little experience. Bc I hear all the time from the LeVisionist Historians that Jordan got to play under the greatest coach of all time…..even when he was a first year head coach. Bc Phil Jackson is the only human in history to be the greatest ever at their job from their very first day they started🙄. This is the advantage they have arguing against things that happened 30-40yrs ago and they use this advantage ALL THE TIME. Which is why I think “LeVisionist Historian” is by far the most fitting name for the average Lebron fan. That’s aside from the fact I thought of it, of course->humble brag 😎 I know. Just please disregard that I’ve seen it used by anyone else who isn’t me exactly 0 times. Despite using it countless times…In a ton of comment sections…from a huge variety of different channels😕….well it’s pretty damn clever to me so yeah, consider it a humble brag, got it?…..sorry, I really went off the rails there for second. What were we talking about?

[@kitchen6036]

It’s the fans fault. You’re always labeled a hater if you say today’s game is trash. But it is. I was born and 85. To me that’s the perfect year to objectively look at different eras. And trust me. Since Iverson became one of the faces of the league as a ball dominant PG, this shit ain’t been the same lol

[@James_St._James]

Basketball season for me starts in March and ends in April.

[@T150MPH]

It is in part the players fault, if there is no monetary incentive they just could not be bothered to play hard. Pride, team/colors, city, fans do not matter to most, it is all about their individual brand and what benefits them or their "legacy"... I hate the current NBA. Adam Silver should put his balls on the table and flat out say this is how it is going to be, load management, flopping, foul bating, bad reffing etc. is going to be fined. The more they do it the more they have to pay, simple as that.

[@ska187]

Does team or the city or pride pay the bills?

[@T150MPH]

@@ska187 Maybe not pride, but the team and the city is where the money comes from yes. All these fans paying their hard earned cash to see their team or certain players... YES ABSOLUTELY pay the bills for the league to move forward. Besides that the average annual salary of an NBA player is $11,910,649 more then enough to cover bills if you have a clue on how to manage your money.

[@roblane4858]

Darvin has won every nba early season champ..lol

[@sheezy3962]

Wait, Darvin Ham 2-0 in the cup?? 💀💀

[@sirsir108]

It's good coaching When the ducks were ranked 1st this year dan Lanning said it means nothing we've got another game in a week That's how your supposed to think Like kobe said what's there to happy about is the job finished? Job ain't finished

[@mrshanny82]

It is definitely Adam Silver's fault. The players are not absolved from guilt, but Adam Silver's "discipline" has been laughable. Just look at the way David Stern handled serious matters concerning the league's image. David Stern dealt with "The Malice at the Palace" and Gilbert Arenas, while Adam Silver gave Ja Morant a couple of slaps on the wrist and basically has done nothing to Draymond Green

[@hardbap]

Folks, let's not forget the third party to blame in all of this: the NBAPA. They aren't helping the current situation.

[@theleap2946]

As much as I despised David Stern, you kinda realize he had to be tough on the players. Dress codes, huge fines, unwavering accordance to the rules. He enriched players ten times over from the previous generation and while I think he created this issue with big market preferences in the media, the players at least played. Silver needs to toughen up and play the role of Nosferatu (which he looks a lot like on a topical subject) and start fining people. Third party doctors to see if the load management is real, double or triple the fines and fine refs for not calling the game well. Once you take money away from people, and I mean significant money, people will shape up. It might be good to instill the sideline dress code again. I hate to say all this conservative stuff but I used to religiously watch basketball and now I can’t really drag myself to see it. All this happened when they sold out to the Chinese, which means maybe we should charge them more money and less for Americans….you know, the home nation. Just a crazy rant by a crazy person I guess.

[@mrshanny82]

2:51 that's Rob Parker's partner now? The voice doesn't match the face

[@treewisps4085]

listened and got destroyed 101-124 vs Cavs lol

[@texmexman1]

Everyone is talking about how bad he product is. I'm a NBA lifelong fan but it's horrible right now. NBA cup is worthless. I hate the piece of crap until it has any value at all. I'm all for improving the regular season, but that isn't the solution. It's a pig with lipstick

[@Cheyemos]

The league has dropped off in viewership by 47% even from last year… And some of these KZbinrs get close to diagnosing the problem, they get really close; but at the end of the day, they always glazing LeBum James and pretending like he’s not the reason why the NBA viewership has tanked. He literally ruined the NBA.

[@MaydayAggro]

LeBron's mom definitely nurtured a narcissist. Was that the question?

[@GeeMannn]

Why are they waiting till now to make an uproar? Their wake-up call was 2019 when everyone was making headlines about how low viewership was (and still is) getting. Just because bus rider KD complain then everyone wants to act like they weren't kissing the NBAs cheeks for the last 15 years? Yeah okay

[@TrueMessenger333]

Question.. Are there 24 players currently thats better than Lebum. Reason asking. If you listen to what he said its like he knows he will be an all star even though he doesnt have the numbers to be one.

[@HoopsPlusAnime]

Did you see Lebron caught on camera taking drugs last night 😂😂? Kwame brown posted it and caught him red handed !!

[@MrTmac2023]

just another example how pandering does nothing to help anyone. hard work, dedication, consistency, poise, are things you can builda league around. not pandering. @nba

[@josh.dclxvi]

Can’t tell who fell off harder from their peak. WWE or NBA😂 Both self sabotaged their own organizations.

[@ghostriderx916]

Once lebum retires, it will get better

[@The_Protagonist]

It can be dies. Hr it will be difficult got and must be drastic. There is so much money these players don’t care. One big contract and they set for life. Hard to hold ppl accountable who don’t care.

[@kamandiLives]

Sad how they all are celebrating that cup like it means something. They made the NBA into soccer. Nobody want to watch that. 🤣

[@kennethalmanzor]

Too bad the great Europeans aren't too interested in rallying the other players to shape up. They'f rather save their bandwidth towards winning games and earning money.

[@jaykold11]

Lebron popping pills on the sideline… the league is outta control

[@JoshuaHopkins-j9o]

Great video title... seriously. You can't treat children like adults... and modern NBA players have the emotional maturity of a 13 year old girl... all of them. The comish is ultimately to blame in the same way that a trash parent is ultimately to blame... but still ;-)

[@turkturkleton2671]

Remember when the whole league was on coke and no one watched? Same thing. Fans dont respectsm the players

[@triple_alpha]

👍

[@vectory674]

I think those weak mentalities we currently have as models will eventually be destroyed by players in the future (aside from Jokic who already does despite his team not having as much talent as anyone else's) Giannis was able to do it but you Americans won't follow him because you want an American to do it imo.

[@ska187]

The nba cup is the same as the bmf title in the UFC. WORTHLESS. If it’s not the championship title, who cares?

[@avrivah1101]

If the NBA were to engage the services of a public relations firm, what would they do differently than the mainstream sports media?

[@AngryOldHoops]

Public relations isn’t the problem. They need to send these players to the Marines for a few months so they can get some perspective on how easy their lives are.

[@jeremyharris7960]

@AngryOldHoops As a combat veteran, I agree 100%!

[@Epicentr]

​@@AngryOldHoops Pretty sure that's why foreign NBA players make the game look easy.

[@feynmanschwingere_mc2270]

​@@AngryOldHoops💯💯💯

[@alexzapf6422]

@@AngryOldHoopsbetter yet. Delta force training. That’s even worse. They are the elites.

[@PassDaMethod]

Everything about this current era of basketball is fake and gay. Well, except for Jokic. He's the truth.

[@chill6789]

can't wait for the bucks to play the fakers in the regular season

[@kobechrome138]

2 raw 4 tv video catches lebron taking mysterious pills 💊 on the bench

[@WaseFreeportBulldogs]

Cry for help from Germany🙌The Kids who call themselves Lakers Fans are going crazy over last night😫please make them stop😫now JJ is a Great Coach again and Le……….sorry, cant say the words

[@TwoOfSpears]

"we are not in Europe and we are not playing soccer!" uhm... could he point me out how is soccer cute or the euroleague worse? Is it because there is defense in the euroleague? i guess that's why it's bad. Rob Parker is pathetic as usual

[@sirsir108]

Because soccer is a girls sport and the euro league is full of Europeans duh Or just the rules are soft

[@vladomachar6365]

Ok, I've never been particularly fond of LeBron, even when he was a top player... He hasn't been for a long time, of course. However, I think you've taken him too seriously. LeBron is not the cause of the problem the NBA has gotten into, he is a consequence or symptom of the problem. The essential problem of the NBA is the huge and meaningless competition in the regular season. An individual defeat or victory means nothing at all because there are a huge number of games and they are played every 2 or 3 days. In such a situation, it is normal that defenses do not play at a top level, and that coaches constantly use the same patterns - they do not have time to prepare the team for a specific opponent. Previously, these problems were not so pronounced, but small ball basketball and a huge number of 3-point shots has made the NBA almost completely unwatchable. I occasionally watch Nikola's games, i.e. Denver and that's it... However, if the number of games were halved to about 40 or so in the regular season and if this nonsense with the play-in system was eliminated that made almost all teams qualify for the playoffs at the end of the marathon, I guarantee you that the attitude towards individual games would change. Players would fight a lot more, coaches would prepare tactics for each game, etc. But - then there wouldn't be damned TV broadcasts every day. European clubs play about 30 games until the playoffs and every, every game is important. That's why I always choose the Euroleague over the NBA except for some play-off games (when Denver plays).

[@Ricky-rv7zz]

I stop watching bc of the refs the soft rules the load management also espn “perk an Stephen A especially

[@ohmowens57]

What do we have here??? kzbin.info0aMgwS8eXms?si=VQCx4yOydzmXlSK1

[@AlAl-b5j]

You're sounding like Tucker Carlson at a Georgia rally 😂

[@AngryOldHoops]

God damn man! What!?!?! I guess I’ll take this video down.

[@AlAl-b5j]

@AngryOldHoops aha dont. Its just a joke. 😂

[@YoshiActorEggman]

Sounding like that is better than sounding like KJP in the supreme court.

[@feynmanschwingere_mc2270]

​@AngryOldHoops No. You're fine AOH, I love the video. Tucker Carlson is a terrible human being who lies for clicks. Youre my favorite YTuber. Excellent Video as always. Keep up the awesome work.

[@YoshiActorEggman]

@ TDS.

[@michaeldehorney5989]

Stephen A. works for Disney. I'm not mad about his cheerleading of Adam Silver. We all know the truth. 😒