The NBA is Getting Desperate

[@barbarjinks4247]

Doesn't help that the majority of the next crop of stars are on small market teams which the NBA refuses to promote

[@Nontoxicz]

@@barbarjinks4247 dw. Once the hornets get Lonzo, lavar gonna promote us we won't need the nba

[@CaptainKneegrowMan]

💯💯💯💯💯

[@mikedaflexta]

facts. lift up the small markets because we all know about LA, Boston, NY, and Miami. And bring a team back to Seatle

[@itzeek06gaming49]

banchero is the hope the league is looking for but adam silver just don't understand

[@agirotto1]

Can you imagine what the NBA would do to a small market team almost dominating the league like the Chiefs in the last few years? They would chew it and spit it out.

[@jayppoetry6475]

The real reason the ratings are low is because there's no place you can watch every game without being charged half your soul so people are watching on illegal sites, NBA fans are still watching the NBA the numbers have just been spread out to different venues

[@rixogb6409]

Facts

[@_coasthero]

facts, most of these big youtubers fine with paying 300 a month for everything.

[@matinrose2659]

big facts

[@gerdz101]

Its a part of the decline I agree. You buy league pass but some of the games are blacked out. 😂

[@KenKaniff-dw4jw]

Nah I wouldn't watch if it was free. Product is horrible. Maybe 10 good stars. No real talent

[@Your_Average_Gamer_Fabo]

Defense is more of an issue than 3 pointers. They need to allow hand checking again. Also need to allow off ball contact. The game is all offensive and thats what makes the games boring. Bring back the physicality

[@SENYELI]

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS IN THE WHOLE PRESENTATION

[@seriouslystewarts3537]

F A C T S 💯

[@mervynwinn1852]

would this not result in more threes being taken since there it would be harder to score/more opposition in the paint closer to the rim?

[@seriouslystewarts3537]

@@mervynwinn1852 Teams would be forced to run set plays and take shots closer to the rim …basically 2000s basketball … maybe 30-40 3s a game instead of 100 attempts now💀

[@danielwang3090]

I agree but I also feel like that would encourage more threes

[@brick_james]

Y'all making a science out of it when I can easily tell you why I don't watch NBA anymore. It's not politics or too many 3-pointers. It's the lack of any rivalry or emotion and an abundance of meaningless games. If players and teams don't care about the regular season why should I? Edit: Oh yeah the flopping too.

[@viaripamonti25]

Yea. They should also make a stat of how many whistles do refs make every quarter. Getting ridunculous

[@Lord_Bones]

agreed. All the stars are best friends, leave to play with each other, support each other and want each other to get super Max contracts. rivalries dont exist in the NBA anymore

[@jakethesnake1145]

Watched Dallas stars vs Montreal Canadians few hours ago that was non stop back and fourth action. I think nhl will super pass nba if they can’t figure it out and hockey is part of physicality that makes it fun to watch and it’s most physical demanding sport than basketball and I play both sports hockey is a team game and it’s not possible to do a one man show in that sport

[@MrDwightsimon]

​@@jakethesnake1145The LA Kings getting better ratings than the LA Lakers would be a hilarious dream come true 😂

[@Osei_Bean_8ryant]

And bad referees.

[@ChanseVonColpitts]

I might swerve, bend that corner, woah- woah

[@AdApT3Rx]

Fr😂

[@JAYBO97__]

BIG SWERVEO

[@christianpaul-cp6746]

Gelo will single-handedly save the NBA with that song 🎶

[@Ueberwasserforscher]

If this would be the NBA Theme they would explode again

[@Nontoxicz]

Make it the NBA theme please

[@healthfadsfade]

When teams are shooting 20% from 3 and still launching I turn it off. I’ve been watching the NBA since I was 5

[@donnyg9993]

Exactly. If the players don’t care why should I?

[@Coco-xw3wp]

That's bc they have these untalented bum's like lamelo ball and his brothers that have No personality can't play defense and don't forget about LeBron James and there relentless to make people like him like Micheal Jordan......

[@LulBruhDMV]

You lose reps when u start leaning left, u lose the old Gen when u start playing soft, u lose the hood when u constantly call techs over words, u lose the casuals when u lose the stars, you lose everyone when all u do is Chuck up 3s

[@okimitchell1043]

👏👏👏👍

[@OmnipotentGamingYT]

@@LulBruhDMV I think this is the best way said. Everything I agree 💯 percent

[@DailyNihilism]

This is facts and Adam silver needs to see this

[@majinbobbyhill828]

Agree 100% but I still hate how tribal this country is. Red and blue dont care about anything but $Green$ but they have us really arguing over someone losing their life while being kneeled on? Why is that a political issue? Blm on jerseys in the bubble etc is a whole other beast but I dont see how the NBA has really gone as left as people are saying. The black players are just speaking thier minds more, but what do you do, fine them for it?

[@briancalloway5665]

​@majinbobbyhill828 you literally pointed out what they did with the flooring.. what more of a message do Republicans need? We disagreed vehemently with their unnecessary, damaging, and incorrect messaging, so we left. Simple as that.

[@drewmeyer9679]

League pass is a scam you don’t even get all the games, everyone thinks they’re Curry, no defense, load management, stars joining each other, no rivalries, play in rewards losing teams, allstar sucks etc.

[@MbkBill]

Everyone thinks they can play like curry but they don’t got even half curry’s talent or intangibles 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@Osei_Bean_8ryant]

The play in just isn't good

[@noktin]

17 regular season games vs 82 regular season games, as well as the different pay structures, are pretty important factors in why NFL players don't miss games unless absolutely necessary.

[@a_bloodshotgod]

17 games but they are WAY harder on the body. I can play pickup basketball games all night in a gym and go home sore. Play full contact football for that long and you're rolling home in a wheelchair. The NBA is just full of self-entitled victims and it's being perpetrated by the league.

[@machete6655]

@@a_bloodshotgod that's correct, nfl is way more violent on the body, i am hearing that nba players want the nba to start making the season shorter haha.

[@redhorse6652]

Barkley is right. The NBA should start in December. Play 65 games and the players wouldn't get hurt as often.

[@machete6655]

@@redhorse6652 that's where you are wrong, barkley is not right, you are entitling these players to make millions with less games hahaha. i remember when the nfl made the season one game longer and the players weren't mad at that.

[@noktin]

@@a_bloodshotgod No doubt, however, comparing a 17 game league with an 82 game league is asinine.

[@PetarZorić-k3b]

Media was slandering NBA best player (Joker) refusing to acknowledge his greatness, and dude played the right way, that tells you all you have to know.

[@josefilmspvd]

Dont forget to mention Gambling is also to do with the decline of the NBA

[@pistolpete3199]

Gambling is ruining all sports.. but he gets ads from sports betting companies so he’ll never admit it

[@josefilmspvd]

@ your right

[@juicev828]

@@josefilmspvd don't tell him that. He's sponsored by prizepicks

[@hud1231]

but why not in football....they show gambling ads too

[@josefilmspvd]

@ im sure its the same, but the NBA just more issue, lets be honest its annoying watch a guy like Ben Simmons acting like a total loser getting paid acting like. Privileged Diva. There too many Ben Simmons in the league

[@1.2.1.0.R.I.O]

Don't wanna say it BUT... Guaranteed Contracts. 💀

[@goose4113]

Honestly, the NBA needs to be led like the NFL is. It needs a commissioner who is willing to step on coaches and players toes and do it what is needed to have a good profitable product.

[@Romanus-]

Bingo

[@jakethesnake1145]

Didn’t really know about nfl had good or bad product but nhl will super pass NBA bcuz there’s no flopping in that sport and gotta say nfl and nhl is a physical sport but nba is not that anymore

[@box-and-one]

99% of the problem is watching 100 millionaire's pick and choose which plays, or quarters, or halves, or games to take off. NBA players are the laziest players in professional sports, by far!

[@jessebunnell6442]

Agree. Hockey players refuse to miss games for anything less than broken bones while NBA players miss the game with THE FLU.

[@Oilupyoungbuck23]

Agree and then telling me how bad of a person I am nightly for having different beliefs

[@mryup6100]

Hockey? I forgot about that sport. ​@@jessebunnell6442

[@michaelpaullang4401]

Wathc jokic, Gianni’s, sga, Cavs, Celtics, there bunch guys who don’t take guys off, y’all be mixing up real life injuries with load management

[@box-and-one]

@michaelpaullang4401 I hear you, but the fact that you're naming players that actually work hard proves my point. They are the exception, not the rule.

[@powPow_987]

NFL players live and breathe it. NBA is a circus and I can tell they're not passionate and why it sucks.

[@jakethesnake1145]

Man even nhl have more passion than the nba lot of entitlement in that sport

[@BrutusMcCrunch]

I'm not buying it basically all sports became soft during this last heavily feminist era in the last 20 years. The NHL used to have fights every game now they have fights once every 5 years where people posture like they do at suburban bars, never actually throwing blows. Marty McSorley would never last in today's NHL it's soft as hell. The NFL is the absolute joke compared to how it was even 20 years ago. Lawrence Taylor would be called for penalty on every sack these days. Even baseball you used to be able to go home hard when you're going from third base but now because of the softer beta catchers you have to get out of their way to slide home no more collisions. Even when baseball players celebrate the world series there's no more piles that's illegal you have to just jump up and down like a bunch of morons

[@rodgamwo]

I always say this. NBA is a show business. Regular ppl don’t even go to games. u go get money and take a cute girl to a game as a date and watch the show. They even play music during games.

[@thanos8914]

Blame the refs and lack of defense

[@michaelpaullang4401]

Refs yes lack of defense no

[@TheHouseofGucci]

And ugly ass uniforms lol it's still a visual aspect to this.

[@russellseilhamer4552]

Speaking to the choir. Allow hand checking. Eliminate calling fouls on incidental contact where an offensive man is making an aggressive move towards the defender whom happens to incidentally make contact with the offensive man by virtue of just being in the way. Stop bailing out of control offensive men out with ticky tack fouls

[@lymphomasurvive]

The refs do what the league tells them to do.

[@lordtraxx4217]

It’s 1000% the refs!! Which causes the lack of defense, because if they started playing defense hard the refs will blow the whistle.. the main problem with the NBA ratings is the officiating and the politics

[@cakefete2]

Had this convo with my neighbor. The blackout of local teams and hiding games behind paywalls is definitely the worst problem. The second is probably the change of how the game is played. No one wants to see someone travel into a contested three and watch a player beg for a call when the shot airballs.

[@DSFress]

This. Great comment

[@ickybb]

The refs ruined the ratings imo, they don’t let them play with emotion or intensity. Also the lack of rivalries like back in the 90s, makes the nba feel stale. They’re just there for a paycheck, not a chip

[@a_bloodshotgod]

Silly take. At the very least, the refs only call games according to the current administration's rulebooks. They have such little power. Blaming them is like blaming salt for why the chef made your meal too salty.

[@Romanus-]

Imagine thinking the refs don’t answer to the league

[@goonsquad3660]

Big facts

[@TWJCole]

Thats not true tho, you get up to 8 games in 1 day, the refs aren't ruining them all, hell they're not even ruining a quarter of those games, you guys just see compilations of bad calls or you say one bad call ruined the entire game

[@deonhiggins]

Solutions 1. Allow a 3 second hand check on defense 2. Subtract a timeout for every flop counted as a foul and it can be subtracted in the next game 3. Eliminate the gather step ns

[@strawhatsanji4985]

NBA has reached to a point it feels like I'm watching WWE. Everyone can see a player flop or intentionally go up in a diagonal direction and the ref still call the foul. To the point it got you thinking how can something so obvious the refs don't see it. The NBA seriously need to go back to making a foul an actual foul and not someone touch your hands.

[@pistolpete3199]

People crying about flopping is hilarious. Flopping has been around since the 50’s!!! A Boston Celtics player named Frank Ramsey even wrote a Sports Illustrated cover story with Frank Deford that detailed his flopping technique. But I forget KZbinrs and comment warriors don’t actually know basketball HISTORY. They are just prisoners of the moment.

[@strawhatsanji4985]

@pistolpete3199 SMH, I guess you know it all.

[@user-OS4M4]

Yeah flops = WWE😂goof matter fact if they took a WWE approach they would prosper

[@brentspain4249]

Make hand checking great again

[@strawhatsanji4985]

@user-OS4M4 It's clear you completely missed the point and had to gravitate to name calling just smh.

[@elijah7439]

Back in my day 0:12

[@alexgamez9197]

You know it’s bad when I’d rather play 2k than watch an actual game

[@ani2595]

The main reason why ratings are “down” is because the NBA has made it difficult to watch games. You need 3-4 subscriptions to watch games. One or two aren’t good enough because the NBA puts blackouts on certain games which is annoying to navigate as a fan

[@brettford946]

with the NBA it feels like "when everybody is special, nobody is" 50 point games mean nothing when they happen every other night from someone.

[@jessebunnell6442]

Makes it even worse when those 50+ point scorers LOSE!!! I agree with you 100%. Back in Kobe's day the guy who scores 50 WINS THE GAME! Its a perfect example of your point.

[@GodOfDestructionVegeta27]

Except.... They don't happen every other night 😂. Not even close lol. The NBA sucks right now. But there's no need to use over the top exaggerations to convey that point. You can come up with real reasons for why the product is bad lol.

[@kevinchang7497]

Simple solution, players teams and the league have to feel it in their WALLETS AND POCKETS

[@cishansen4162]

Why would Kawhi care. He has two rings and knows his best years a well behind him at this point. He milked the Clippers just like PG did the 76ers.

[@stasio42]

PG is a nerd

[@okcollege9966]

exactly they both knew they could take Steve Ballmer for a ride

[@AndrewFalberg]

That Steve ker Kamala harris BS speech was so cringe

[@GodOfDestructionVegeta27]

Absolutely cringe!!

[@malone2860]

Let me cook real quick. The play in tournament made us not care about standings nearly as much since anybody has a shot to make the playoffs. Regular szn games don’t matter

[@Romanus-]

That’s deep man….

[@diegochavez6203]

What lol play in made it better and still the same amount of teams make the playoffs

[@malone2860]

@ it makes the end of the season more interesting but the beginning of the season way less because the stakes arent as high.

[@BrutusMcCrunch]

That argument is also a little bit flawed because expanding the playoffs greatly helped baseball and recovered their long-time slide in popularity in recent years. Way more people have a reason to watch deeper into the season now

[@armandosilva4480]

I still say that the cost of being able to watch NBA games is atrocious. When Jordan played, it was all free on Public TV. Go ahead and blame it on the 3, but there is a more serious issue for the fall of ratings.

[@FrankW1029]

when MJ played we could only watch our home town teams and Bulls on WGN. You couldn't watch any other games other than highlights on ESPN or NBA on NBC. ESPN has always been paid cable, so not sure what the hell you talking about.

[@ryckless1]

This is great, I really like the way you put it together. There is no one reason why but all of these going on at once that's driving the downfall.

[@jaygarricktheflash]

Thank you! 24:00 !!! I been complaining about this forever. I can't afford to pay for a thousand services to watch games. All my game knowledge comes from youtube.

[@Zonymash77]

NBA 2k fan base is declining too. It’s everywhere

[@mightyTV94]

2k ruined the game due to pay to win stuff

[@BillyCent50cal]

As it should they should be thrown in jail for their business practices towards kids

[@SimuLord]

Best thing 2K's done in the past 10 years was introducing the "Eras" mode. I started having fun again when I got to play in the '80s.

[@fonz112goss4]

Tell the Men in the NBA to cut their hair. Shave and maintain clean facial hair appearance. Workout to look like athletes. Alot if them look 40 years old and older. Stop wearing them ugly color none matching shoes with uniforms. Worst than the IN Cup colorful floor. Not professional. NBA players use to look better than NFL! Today they look worse and the play isn't consistent, interesting, or challenging! People can't even name the star players today other than James and Steph. Not their fault the others aren't that marketable! Appearance counts! Yes. Allen Iverson(attractive) had braids one of few who made lots of money. The rest short hair look like Men!!

[@mightyTV94]

@@SimuLord might try it, I was a MyTeam player, quit after they got rid of the only fun thing in the game - auction house

[@donaldhausenfluck2200]

Money is the downfall of sports nothing more nothing less

[@simplysimple7628]

It used to be about the best TEAMS. Not PLAYERS. The best TEAMS usually had the best or one of the best PLAYER or PLAYERS on it. But those teams that were on top had amazing team chemistry and were extremely competitive and coachable.

[@kenw2225]

They don't want competition. They all, just want to get 200 million contracts. And even worse, they support their opponents getting 200 million contracts too. It's not cool to have teams and players having love for their opponents. Respect opponents? Great, perfect. Being their friends? Nah

[@NakedTruth-or-WellDressedLie]

It has always been about the best players, at least since 1980. It is just the best players back then were on the best teams that won. Now the "Best Players" are on trash/mediocre teams. They promoted Jordan in the 80's when the Bulls were trash winning 30 games. The NBA markets its players and personalities

[@FrankLee-c4h]

The only caveat is that Steph Curry tends to pull the highest viewership still in the declining views

[@chief6541]

Part of the reason is the players who say they "play the game the right way" do not play the game the right way. The lack of effort in the regular season (esp. defence), the flopping & complaining to referees, and self-centred player empowerment have all drastically reduced the product. It's ironic how much of these player-centred problems can all be summed up in the self-proclaimed GOAT. lol

[@christianpaul-cp6746]

Exactly. But the majority of the sports media ignores this.

[@MarcusStiffarm]

I agree with most of your points but if you’re still complaining about defense and flopping then it’s apparent you haven’t watched a game the past couple seasons

[@chief6541]

@@MarcusStiffarm I do watch the games but the people who don't still have that perception of defence and flopping.

[@BlackSantana]

When people were watching the League....Lebron was still the face.......

[@pasteee3216]

Didnt Lebron say mjs the best player?

[@benso309]

1. Load management players sitting just because of back 2 back games 2. Referrees rigging or wrong calls 3. Super team 4. Nobody plays the better basketball all 3s no ball movement no in and out.. 5. Lebron over drama and favoritism saying doesnt have help 6. Players having too much power over a team.. being a player gm .. player coach.. unlike the natural type of a player you listen and or coordinate with coach not go always against it. Just like some coach win game players get praised and lose coach gets the blame and the player blame the coach as well. 7. Players doesnt really play competitively. They just play chillingly like a pickup game because regardless of playing comeptitively they get big bucks. 8. No more fresh take always going back to comparing lebron to kobe to mj.. 9. They arent being fined or discipline for misconduct or poor behavior 10. No defense type of game. 11. Unbalance trade 12. Players not that serious on getting themselves healthy. Just like kobe said you are responsible to be healthy and to be playing on the competitive level each game.

[@almighty7709]

Kobe got hurt constantly

[@nickbalenzano8339]

@@almighty7709 and the guy played thru them most of the time. Played 82 games 4 times in his career. Michael Jordan 9 times. Lebron James: 1. He played 82 once in his career lol… in a less physical era. If Jordan could go 82 games 9 times in his career, Kobe 4 times in a more physical era and less advanced recovery techniques, then yes it’s on the players. You act like injury is completely random 100% of the time. A lot of the time it has to do with what the player is eating, their daily recovery techniques, how hydrated they are, how much Yoga they do… etc etc. Look at a Zion or Paul George. Do you really think they leave practice and focus on treating their body right for the next game already knowing their injury prone? Hell no lol. Yes Kobe was injured a lot, but he worked like a f*cking dog and still played 82 games 4 seasons which most superstars of the modern era could only dream of. Point in case: Players have a lot more control over their health than you’ve been led to believe. If you ever have played a sport past the highschool level you’d know what I mean. Kareem used to do Yoga. Wilt was in such good shape he averaged more than 48 mins / game (because he played every minute of every game + overtime), Jordan wanted to compete so bad on a broken foot that his coach had to stop him. People can make the argument that players are objectively more “skilled”, which is an understandable take. However, I’m gonna make the point that players today are 10000x softer and more entitled than they’ve ever been. This definitely contributes to how much they play That’s what Kobe meant by “it’s your responsibility”. Obviously its a case by case basis, but clearly the players today don’t make an effort like they used to. Sure the game is “faster paced” which can lead to more injury, but even that’s overblown. 40% of todays shots are 3’s so they’re barely even exhausting themselves just chucking 3’s. There’s also no midrange game anymore. Players are protected the most out of any era.

[@bossattack7105]

You hit it on the head wit PG’s podcast.. I think it’s a bad look to still be an active player but making KZbin content/commentating I find that to expose weakness in war. And like Mike said is causing viewership trouble.. well that’s one of the things not 100% of it

[@Briston21]

nahh, both the st brown podcast and new heights beg to differ

[@tonystarks5811]

Nfl players do not take games off because they don't play as much....17 for the regular season compared to 82 is a big difference.

[@ssjleek2029]

They don’t take plays off because the nfl has a next man up philosophy. If you take a game off your backup may ball out and take your spot or your production may fall off and Gms will start depressing your worth. Whereas in the NBA you can slack off a lot more,

[@t-ray8491]

16:58 the fact that you got to 17 minutes and literally layed out everything in which would have the majority of fans not watching the NBA opposed to NFL and STILL haven’t gotten to the real meat and potatoes of the problem is absolutely ridiculous… Mike i definitely think this has to be one of your best take yet…

[@TheFlightMike]

Thank you bro! I’ve been wanting to make this video for weeks but I wanted to make sure I hit everything 🫡

[@denlightning520]

@@TheFlightMikeWas waiting the whole video for you to mention the huge pirating problem. 🎉If it isn’t fixed it’ll create a whole generation that uses other sites to watch games. They need to have all the games on one subscription. Market it during the playoffs n finals. Then midway of the playoffs take downs as many sites as possible forcing fans to buy the one singular pass!

[@t-ray8491]

@@denlightning520BRO!!! I FORGOT ABOUT THAT!!!! 💯 for sure

[@UTW-Chico]

Everyone sold their souls to gambling companies. Disgusting

[@mitchell774]

Players like Ben Simmons and Kaehi Leonard are the reasons why the NBA is a joke In the early 2000s load management was never a thing

[@Agu_.sports]

Load management was practically banned until around the 2010s when coach pop and the spurs started to just pay the fines that came with sitting starters. I don’t know why the NBA stopped fines on resting players

[@jaerockchalk3216]

King of the North , Why blame Kawhi he was fine in Toronto maybe US teams Medical staff are shit ?

[@stackhat8624]

And injuries ruined players careers. Look at Grant Hill and Penny Hardaway and many more. Injuries have been on the rise in the NBA since the days of Magic and Bird and the influx of money and then Jordan in the 90s. As more money came into the league teams demanded more from their players and tactics became more developed and required more from players. Its ridiculous that theres an 82 game season in a sport that is brutal on the body. MLB can handle 162 since baseball is a much easier on the body same as NHL.

[@mitchell774]

@jaerockchalk3216 it was one year and that was it Don't look at a small sample size like that

[@mitchell774]

@stackhat8624 NHL is a really tough league Cant even compare the toughness of NHL players to NBA

[@DoctorMarshall7]

Longtime NBA fan here, just switched to the NFL. Though watching NBA games in-person is nice, on TV the NFL is 100% a better product. The players actually care

[@realshehrkhan]

two seasons is the best way to move forward. have one early on with NBA cup concluding in mid-late december then reset standings and start again Christmas day. Take out preseason completely because no one cares. This way you have ppl who are interested in early cup games and others who are more interested in the longer season and post season. 19:55 another way would be to make the key a one point zone and everything in mid-range a two. this way people have less on an incentive to sticking with dunks and layups making them expand the same. maybe now the whole game, start it at 5 mins left in the quarter.

[@smileynoreally]

Gambling and LeBron James are the problem, two things you refused to mention. LeBron James being a diva and the league choosing to not pass the torch beyond him will cook the league. Also, gambling is lame and become a rampant issue

[@TheJusDon]

Lol can’t blame Lebron on the entire league

[@haru2966]

@@TheJusDon Load management, flops, lack of defense, chucking threes, nepotism, etc..

[@theonlygoodonehere2259]

because no one was as transcending as lebron from young age like that, it could be luka, but luka is kinda 1 dimensional, so nobody

[@TheTwistifer]

@@haru2966thank you bro u said the biggest NEPOTISM

[@treyhill1137]

NFL you watch for the tension as each play is more valuable,you benefit more watching longer stretches NBA you benefit more from watching highlights as each play doesn’t matter and when teams throw up threes it becomes background noise

[@Epicstivity]

Great summary Mike. 💯. Facts. All facts.

[@chuchin420]

NBA needs to promote small market teams with winning records, instead of having two teams with losing records have the prime time game on Christmas Day, not everyone is a warriors or lakers fan,

[@rexarthur26]

12:44 Mike saying LITERALLY ✅

[@JustMIH]

You are absolutely correct however the best solution is allow hand checking again Refs allow that boom no 3s anymore

[@pistolpete3199]

Hand checking ain’t stopping 3 pointers

[@suspect5218]

@@pistolpete3199 it makes it easier to defend and get in the paint when you can put your hands out. It prevents a lot of injuring's if you dont have to play body to body, rolling ankles and just being able to hold out your hands makes it way easier for you to balance yourself. Oh and WAAY Less foul calls and flopping

[@a_bloodshotgod]

And no more "clear landing" fouls. James Harden will most likely go to hell over a playground game because of how bad he abused this rule.

[@MrJohnnyAOA]

Handchecking is so overrated.

[@aleksandarfrick2656]

@@pistolpete3199 Restrict 3points attempts to 30 .per game .

[@Lord_Bones]

its definitely NOT about the stars, you’re missin the mark with that. NbA has incredible superstars. while it IS a multi layered issue, the NBA screwed themselves by giving the players too much power. they get ridiculous contracts, they go where they wanna go, leave when they wanna leave, dont play when they dont wanna play. the games dont matter, every team plays the same way so positions like a TRUE center dont exist anymore. Offense gets way too many rule exemptions so defense has taken a back seat. Divisions dont matter, nothing matters because HALF the teams make the playoffs anyway with records sometimes below .500. theres no stakes. Adam Silver 100% ruined the NBA

[@RealCrankerSPK]

honestly my opinion is the constant timeouts and bad calls, the game gets good then tweet some stupid call, or timeout

[@LikeLikeLikeLikeLke]

Interesting theory. My brother (who is much smarter than me) and I were discussing this over the weekend. He believes that the reason is the play. He believes that it's too formulaic. That teams are just shooting threes etcetera. Me personally, I'm not so sure. I believe that the main reason is that basketball itself is just not very interesting. I believe that we are all just bored of it in general.

[@RealCrankerSPK]

@ true too

[@TheJusDon]

@@LikeLikeLikeLikeLkenah I don’t think so 😂 these people just aren’t physical anymore. They go for the shooters not the dunkers now

[@LikeLikeLikeLikeLke]

@@TheJusDon yeah that's what my brother thinks. I disagree. I believe that basketball just sucks.

[@CoDLuluser]

The nfl is literally constant add breaks and bad ref calls…. So I don’t think it’s the only issue

[@no40]

Implement a 5 second violation instead of 3 seconds and a 3 second offensive violation outside the 3 point line

[@justinmyles2015]

One of the problems is every team has a green light to shoot. I get shooters shoot but when u go 4 for 42 that's a maybe get to the basket

[@nydibs]

If they’re not shooting 3s then they get exposed for their lack of dribbling, passing and lack of bball iq and fundamentals. Just bc people can shoot 3s does not make them more skilled basketball players

[@justinmyles2015]

But ur just validating why teams should not have a green light to shoot 3 all the time.

[@donloder1]

@@justinmyles2015 maybe, just maybe, he was adding to your points, as in agreeing.

[@markmack2746]

When they started putting blm slogans on the back of jerseys was it for me. The product is bad. But then you wanna lecture me on politics while knowing nothing. Done

[@animepocky7654567]

It's weird because the LeBron dunk last night was a play you used to see in the league every night. A massive Highlight dunk. However it's sadly been done by an aging 40 yr old super star. In recent years the highlights aren't much to talk about. Just flashy passing that leads to a 3 point shot. Blocks get #1 plays of the week because no one is dunking anymore.

[@kenw2225]

Good. Dunking is so lame. It's not impressive that dudes 6'8 and can almost touch rim standing , can jump and reach a ten foot rim. Maybe with a 11'6" rim , it would be impressive. Otherwise it's just not cool. Dunking should be a 1 point play. Free throws are harder than dunks. Check league percentages on free throw attemps vs dunk attempts if you disagree. Weak league, weak mindset. Soft , and non competitive.

[@AbundanceBuild]

Super teams, player entitlement, flopping, and whining for calls killed the NBA - It's 100% LeBron's fault.

[@bossattack7105]

@23:12 them warriors was lethal to only be attempting 31 3s a game sheesh

[@svenlechtenberg8119]

Rudy gobert is our savior 🙏🏾😭

[@danielhuynh9368]

The NBA is basically UFC and tennis. Player oriented sports that overly rely on stars. In in big years, a lot of publicity and notoriety. In lean years, very niche.

[@B.Piercesports]

Where you been for the last 50 years?

[@mattysykes2121]

Except ufc has its fighters on lock

[@AR9Legend]

Nah NBA could get passed up by another league in someother part of the world if big time players get contracts they cant refuse especially from the Saudis. The UFC is already world wide and dominates all other leagues within its sports.

[@LikeLikeLikeLikeLke]

Your level of snobbery is literally a Guinness world record. Tf

[@aztn19]

And both have been lean pickings for me personally in recent years. But MMA & tennis aren’t team sports; brand recognition for your NBA team should carry the league’s fanbases but most fans today aren’t fans of teams, just whomever superstars they like. Knicks games are better to watch now thanks to Brunson and KAT, but I’ll admit to being that minority that was still trying to watch the Knicks during the dark times post-Ewing & throughout the Melo years

[@HEALTHANDWEALTHCHANNEL-h6o]

what happening in the nba is happening in all team sports. Whether NBA or futbol, every team is obsessed with spacing, stretching, pivoting, etc. Everybody is passing the ball sideways and sideways all game. Nobody wants to go hard at the goal/basket anymore

[@cenanation123456]

6:50 NBA needs to be non-partisan, people watch sports to escape from reality

[@NhatzHumbleOpinion]

refs, flopping... this is controversial to some but defense. I am old school maybe, but how could you take that amount of 3 if you had defense like before. I also question load management. Before they changed the defense rule, many players still have a lot of games played, now with all the supposedly advanced medical equipment and technique, and training regiment, the get injured more? Need load management? Also they favor players more even if they did something bad to society, to someone...less accountability, too much protection. This is just my opinion of course.

[@hdeodh]

1. Too many streaming services-- I don't want to pay an extra $15 a month per team to watch games 2. Sports betting mainstream- I am not sure game outcomes are not rigged 3. Ref are out of control..not paying to see them 4. They are jacking up too many 3s. The Boston game the other night had over 100 3s. They are just pulling up from the 3pt line.. no ball movement 5. Aging superstars with no one to replace them... Steph, KD, LBJ 6. Small number of teams have a legit changes of winning the championship. Boston, OKC... maybe Cavs.. final outcome basically pre-determined

[@SimuLord]

There's going to be a match-fixing scandal in a major sport in the next year, maybe 2. It'll be the biggest gambling-related mess since at least the CCNY point-shaving scandal in the 1950s if not the Black Sox scandal in 1919. When that happens, you'll start to see the real backlash against sports gambling from all but the most hardened degenerate gamblers who don't actually like sports, they just like betting.

[@TheJusDon]

Yeah the streaming really killed it for me. I only watch highlights now.

[@kaloyanyotov3236]

amazing video! I love the way you constructed your scenario and dug into the details! Keep up the good work and the format!

[@JJMBanaz]

Let's blame it on the commissioner. HE LEAD ALL THE CHANGES IN THE .eague

[@dnice374]

see my comment below yours - I just did. Worst commish ever

[@Tragedy602]

Man talking about floppers and didn’t even mention the king flooper Luka lol 😂😂😂

[@jonathanblum2994]

Season way too long, way too many games, And the flopping and endless free throws, way worse than the 3s.

[@01ment]

Since ABC is the main broadcaster of the NBA, could it be that decline of the NBA viewership has something to do with the general decline of the legacy media ratings?

[@falsepositive4357]

Man the NFL is once a week,17 games per team. you can watch several nba games nightly.

[@thanos8914]

The fact that the nba shoots so many 3s yet it doesn’t translate to more points per game. Celtics shoot 50 yet they aren’t top 15 all time for scoring per game yet the Cavs are who average the least 3s

[@connergentrytv]

It’s kinda crazy how OKC half of their games they hold teams to under 100 points. Despite tons of 3’s per game still holding opponents to under 100 in this era of the nba is crazy

[@a_bloodshotgod]

The Cavs are 4th in the league for attempted 3s a game (40.3), with many weeks even bumping up to 2nd in the league. I am shocked you said that. Have you ever watched one of their games? Every other shot is a 3.

[@kirkhaskell9179]

the reason ratings are down because of the issue I have been talking about for 30 years and obviously nobody else's.

[@GuallaGangKen]

It’s because the nba need non guaranteed contracts like the nfl

[@joshbusby47]

That's not an option. The NBA would lose all of its players to international leagues.

[@donnyg9993]

@@joshbusby47good. Then the NBA will have real competition and make a better product

[@diegochavez6203]

​@@joshbusby47good than well watch other leagues

[@jarmaineburkett2123]

It’s not the nba players fault that they don’t want to get used like pawns . Unlike the players in the nfl who have the worst cba

[@geoff_not_jeff]

4:37 tf are you even saying? Adopted by America? It was invented in Massachusetts

[@Somebodys-unc]

Dam right..

[@jeong-ilkajokaya3849]

America is America. Yes there are 50 different states but we are Americans.

[@j0hn451]

Some ppl think it was invented in Canada

[@geoff_not_jeff]

@j0hn451 football was invented in Canada and ivy league schools started playing their form of it that became modern football today

[@jeong-ilkajokaya3849]

@@j0hn451 Canadians want to feel special, what has Canadians ever done?

[@qrushfitness]

Fire video, informative and entertaining the whole time. I don’t know how I got here but I’m glad I stayed!

[@Drillbitayler]

It's about the "stars." The "stories." They just aren't likable anymore. They get paid INSANE amounts of money and come across like they are never happy (because they are CONSTANTLY complaining). Worse yet, the bubble year brought politics into the forefront, which further alienated half of viewers. Now, I just don't care about any of these guys. And what's the nail in coffin is the few times I DO care the game I want to watch is either no longer on TV, or the stars are sitting out. Like last night. Both Luka and Kyrie were out for Dallas. And Jokic and AG were out for a Nuggets.

[@TheNonamelove]

Too many 3s, too many stat padding with no defense, too many political BS coachs and players, no desire to play basketball cause of too many salaries, that's why I don't enjoy NBA anymore. Waste of time

[@Kevin.Costner.]

Adam Silvers NBA💔 We need Rodger Goodell

[@connergentrytv]

Yes and the in season tournament is a complete joke.

[@dbox9120]

how to fix this is easy. get rid of the the 5-second back to the basket rule and the three second in the paint rule for both offense and defense. they will fix it 100%

[@SteelShield21]

Bro spoke 100% facts. NBA is soft, left leaning, bad refs. Players can't show any emotion, there are no rivalries like back in the day. Games just aren't that exciting to watch anymore.

[@stackhat8624]

stick to NASCAR then.

[@kenw2225]

I have a feeling Nascar still has its fans watching the events. Unlike the nba. I haven't watched in a decade. Nba is butt. Weak minded prep kids watching europeans dominate them is what the NBA came to. But at least some guys can put up 50 points with basement level rating, right?

[@Romanus-]

@@stackhat8624I’m assuming they still have a fan base unlike the nba

[@whyaskpage]

@@stackhat8624sad part they have a better fan base 😂 nba down bad

[@johnnyfive9815]

Kawi Leonard and Pop killed the league ... Jordan telling Pippen go get your bag during the prime is unfathomable

[@blistoh]

People don't wanna watch 7 apps & tvs it's too much....

[@jeong-ilkajokaya3849]

Streameast.

[@JohnathanLaFey]

feel like so many people watch NFL games because it’s so slow and there’s so much setup that you can put it on in the background. each play is 10-30 seconds tops it really fits in with people’s short attention spans

[@teejaye6226]

you never said nothing about the extreme salaries. Steph Curry makes just over $13K every 60 seconds of every game. Steph Curry makes more in 5 minutes than most Americans makes in a year!

[@dillonmcinerney9104]

Most Americans aren’t crushing logo 3s at the buzzer.

[@teejaye6226]

@@dillonmcinerney9104 i just used steph as example to prove a overall point....thank you for the obvious.

[@Havoc0606]

Allow defensive 3 seconds Allow handchecking If an offensive player initiates contact call no foul or a charge Remove the corner 3 Make the full max only available if the player plays 65 games or more. Remove blackout games on league pass

[@xxfrank12]

Great video. But it was not Steph Curry who is to blame.. It is Daryl Morey and his obsession with statistics. He learned that, statistically speaking, the most advantageous shot is the corner 3. He figured out that the 3 pointer is a higher percentage shot than a mid range and decided his Houston Rockets were just going to shoot more 3 pointers than anyone else. Then other teams caught on and now pretty run the same systems. Also, you didn't mention the officiating even a little bit.. Players getting techs for things like clapping or shouting "BOOM" after a shot or just staring. The refs ruin the momentum of the game and don't officiate consistently.

[@theonlygoodonehere2259]

what statistics from daryl morey? you mean a team that never won? warriors were winning a lot and won rings with 3 point shooting, so teams followed suit, then when they got KD, teams saw there was no choice but to have to jack 3s to be able to contend with warriors

[@diegochavez6203]

And still can't win shit 😂

[@diegochavez6203]

​@@theonlygoodonehere2259true but if teams were smart teams like Shaq and Kobe would destroy the warriors but none care about being different

[@theonlygoodonehere2259]

@@diegochavez6203 yeah thats another problem with modern basketball, laziness to figure out the opponents, just try and outshoot the greatest 3 point shooting team of all time, that surely should work

[@naijarobiwitdadrumkit2553]

You called a sport where the players play 82 games lazy vs a sport where you say they play 18 Games.

[@RedRabbleRouser]

Great points: we need less games, less fouls, more physical defense, a further out 3pt line, fun rivalries, and not so much team-hopping. You can’t build rivalries if stars are hopping teams all the time. The era of player empowerment was good, but has gone too far. They need to be checked now, it’s out of control.

[@MarcSeePhoto]

Agreed

[@a_bloodshotgod]

Good take. I'd say player empowerment is always dangerous. Just like "victim empowerment" will create narcissism. There are better solutions to problems than just giving someone what they want.

[@zachingram7522]

Rules have been adjusted to benefit the offense. They allow carrying and travels constantly making it nearly impossible to guard these guys. Officiating is geared towards offense. People act like defense isn’t exciting but it is more exciting to watch an offense actually have to work hard to score.

[@12ammcnight]

The decline is because of how many ppl are pirating streams. Why does nobody talk about that?

[@jeong-ilkajokaya3849]

Bro, it's like what? 5%-10% at worst?

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

Pirating streams isn't something that popped into existence prior to this season.

[@mbndr6]

for me its load management. players do not have any passion for the game and fans are reacting to it the same way.

[@David-tu1ut]

Under one minute group

[@MentLeee]

13mins.. you got me

[@CBlackEagle]

For me: 1) Lack of physicality from the top 1% of size and athleticism 2) Refs interject themselves way too much and techs for anything literally 3) Star players never play in marquee matchup's!

[@herdogoats]

I stopped watching the NFL entirely over political and activist garbage, realized I was happier having more free time for other stuff, and will NEVER go back. NBA I took 2 years off after the Charlotte All-Star mess which was political mess from both sides. I literally ONLY watch sports as an escape from the "real world" stuff we gotta deal with most of the day. Last thing I'm going to tolerate is being preached at from some sports team, league or player when I'm just trying to watch some guys hoop. I don't know why leagues don't understand that concept.

[@everythingplug257]

the nfl hasn’t pushed anything since 2020 lol the most they’ve done was telling ppl to vote on election day

[@LoCoAde87]

Are you a UFC or NASCAR fan?

[@herdogoats]

@LoCoAde87 No, I don't follow or watch either.

[@darthvader421]

Biggest problem is it’s too expensive to watch games, you have to buy multiple subscriptions and end up not even being able to watch the team you want to watch. I gave up watching games because I just can’t afford it

[@brianjohnson8474]

it’s rigged.. too much sports betting everywhere

[@Wopskinobinladen]

The NBA is no way political, as a product of the NBA you cannot freely take a stand on any controversial politics. Like wtf bro talk about Enes Kanter, or the controversy between the NBA and china and why LeBron didn’t stand up against concentration camps, or how Dwight Howard tweeted free Palestine and the commissioner called him to take it down. If you’re going to make a video and slightly mention politics in the league at least don’t brush things off as if these owners and superstars aren’t sell outs when it comes to politics. The only reason Steve made that comment about trump is because they’re both white.

[@puffontheradio6021]

The Problems: super woke, Adam silver, guaranteed contracts, too many games and they are super softttttt

[@jeong-ilkajokaya3849]

Too few games.

[@CorporalGrievous93]

A big part of it is that nearly every team now has at least some chance at the playoffs now at the end of the year. Watching the regular season is a waste of time when odds are that no matter how bad your team is, they’ll at least likely be hovering around a “play in spot”.

[@Munch4Beats]

Bro It's rigged.. you said everything but that, people know it's rigged at this point. Almost every fan that's old enough and is in a legal state has a betting app on their phone making MILLIONS of people rich everyday off of these sports and Vegas will always make a way to get the money back but i won't go to deep into that part. It's clear to see. It's way too much money being put into the apps/sportsfor it not to be at least somewhat rigged but on top of that NFL & NBA have partnered up with these betting apps and you clearly are sponsored by one on this video 😂 it's only going to get worse if they don't find a way to control it better. Refs are (in my opinion) the second bad reason the rating are down. Lastly, these players do not play defense like the old days (i know rules come into play with that). They only seem to focus on offense and then complain to the refs when they do not get a foul call. Players don't play as much anymore either, they don't take care of theirselves and or are just load managing and telling us they won't play back to backs now 🤦🏾‍♂️😂 Also you didn't bring up that Beyoncé performed on Christmas Day at the Ravens/Texans game at halftime and had all her fans tune into the game just for that.

[@brianjohnson8474]

Mann he skipped right over the gambling part smh forget everything else.. this is a MAJOR MAJOR problem and will def get worse. Prize picks this, fanduel that, draftkings this, bet MGM that. Its these LEAGUES actually messing the SPORTS up by allowing the players to tell us they not playing and the gambling.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

😆 Tell us who exactly is rigging the games? I've noticed all of the "it's rigged" people don't understand how sports betting actually works.

[@Munch4Beats]

@ The Refs are and people higher up that we can't see. I know exactly how sports betting works but forget i even said the word "rigged". It's clear to see that sports betting is ruining alot. There are interviews we're previous referees for NBA games have said the worked together as a union to call certain fouls on certain players, just look it up.

[@purplepill_corey2094]

Not Stephen Curry fault that's crazy to me. The NBA did this , it literally pushed Carmelo Anthony out the league because he wouldnt shoot 3's???