"Players RUN The NBA" - Scottie Pippen Blames SOFT NBA Stars For League's DOWNFALL

[@xiaobao4757]

The players in the 80s and 90s were way tougher and more fun to watch.

[@mikhailabdurrachman2443]

Coz the previous generation were more competitive than the current generation

[@freaky_j2207]

@@xiaobao4757 i remember watching NBA games in the 70s because my dad was a huge fan. Dr J was one of my favorite athletes along with Pete Rose, etc. t

[@Guillermo_Carratero]

​​@@freaky_j2207 They did Peter Rose dirty. Letting him die without inducting him in The Hall of Fame. That's a blight on the MLB's administration

[@freaky_j2207]

@ totally agreed. Baseball did everything they could to memory hole first Pete and then basically an entire generation of the best players of 80s/90s.

[@Coachjohn1971]

Please stop lying to yourself. They were not tougher than today's players and the games were not more exciting the reason I know is because I am old enough to remember the complaints about low scoring games. There is a reason the NBA changed the rules cause white fans were getting offended and Black people on TV were whining about all the fighting. Now they are complaining that the game is not tough enough. As long as the NBA is a Black league people will always find something to hate on them about. Funny how they say that the NBA in is in it's downfall but they just signed a 10 year TV deal and it was reported yesterday that within the next 5 years we will have a player making 100 million dollars a year.

[@edhern4860]

Scottie hit the nail on the head. The players deep down hate the fans. Only explanation for the amount of load management they take. They’ve become Hollywood celebrities who are detached from the costumers

[@justified004]

Im not going to completely blame the players for load management. Owners, teams, and the league started it and pushed it for years. Let's not forget that Coach Pop started it with the Spurs. We saw this year the Sixers unilaterally decided what games to sit Embid before the season even started. The league let the genie out of the bottle and now they want to stuff it back in.

[@masielle1]

@@justified004Coach Pop had an older team and it’s the reason he load managed keep the team fresh. Also you’re ignoring the fact that it was the head coach making the decision not the players as they do now.

[@Kahauenosjr50]

Players don't hate the fans. What world are you living in?

[@edhern4860]

@@Kahauenosjr50 Why do they sit out so many games and get mad when asked?

[@justified004]

@masielle1 you clearly didn't read what I said because I didn't ignore anything. I know Pop is a coach but i said the teams and the league started and pushed it. Who cares about their reasons or if it was an older team. Kareem was playing 80 games a year late in his career, including when he was 40 and hurt. Jordan played 82 every year of the 2nd 3-peat. Not to mention his final year as a Wizard when he was 39. The point is that age never used to matter until Pop did it. As I said, the teams started it and now they want to take it back, except when it's their own guy like the Sixers with Embid. It was only a matter of time before the players started abusing it or using it to their own advantage. A parent can't display bad behavior, then get mad when their kids do the same thing. The league created the problem and never had rules against it.

[@paulkolesar9521]

We used to change our work schedule to watch Jordan and Pippen

[@nothembajozi2862]

That explains why you're a KZbin commenter.

[@xsliquidity]

90s was the golden Era of basketball... ratings don't lie. The hecklers are the hard-core fans... it takes guts to be a good heckler... u gotta love the game. They took out the heckling, smh

[@lebronjames7041]

Less fans back then though. Quadruple the fans now so of course there will be a percentage of criticism that will be heard

[@myronwilborn2060]

Heckling is out of line Nah people are too disrespectful, trying to say the same things they say on the internet in person and that ish don’t work .

[@xsliquidity]

@myronwilborn2060 bro, you're taking all the fun out of sports, lol. I don't know how it is in your business/day job.. but in mine, you have to serve the customer what THEY want... u cannot decide for them... it's hard to make money deciding what other people want. It's like woke Hollywood movies... nobody wants to watch them and they flop... like the NBA

[@myronwilborn2060]

@ how is what I said taking the fun out? to me ,fun is watching your favorite sport with its best players and coaches going at it, anything else is extra . I been watching sports so long I really don’t need any opinions from the talking heads perspective they are who is taking the fun out of it. Telling us over and over what is good and what’s not, I can determine that for myself and I don’t have to constantly compare the current action with the past to enjoy it either. Man sports only needs a play by play guy and a color analyst, once they brought in the talk show formats the fun was over, it’s all drama and negativity now.

[@xsliquidity]

@myronwilborn2060 my personal opinion is not important, the facts are important. And the facts are that the ratings have dropped by 50%. Isn't that what we are talking about? They have alienated the hardcore fans.

[@andrewhill8248]

Luka Doncic is a strange choice for this thumbnail. Guy played through multiple injuries throughout the entire playoffs last year.

[@redred1952]

Probably a lack of defense

[@jnorth5689]

Got to pick a white guy. Can't say anything bad about the soft black man or it's racist

[@TheSands83]

He’s a crybaby and flopper

[@MarcusLeonard307]

Probably because he cries to the refs more than every player except maybe Lebron, King Crybaby.

[@MrYoumitube]

If I was given a dollar for every time Doncic complained or flopped, I would be a trillionaire.

[@dreamcage1801]

90s & 00s was the best years of the NBA

[@RooseveltDarbey]

The NBA should just pay the players after the season. Pay them depending on how many games they played in the regular season. Then make a separate check for the playoffs if they made it.

[@haroldliriano5394]

Thats what nba players for years trying to avoid. Don’t forget players need some form of protection for their safety. If you join and get injured you are screwed

[@acruzro95]

You can't pay them after the season but you for sure can pay them bi weekly and have the full check times the percentage of games played. And a game played gotta be at least 5 minutes for players that are top 10 in minutes for the team.

[@AndreRitter-qp3vm]

Lol what kind of ridiculous suggestion is that? Obviously they need to make a living during the year 😂

[@NotaPizzaGRL]

@@AndreRitter-qp3vm OP probably wouldn't be cool with being paid like that at work but somehow thinks other people should be treated the same way. Probably gets hoed out by his boss and doesn't even realize it. SAD!

[@mikhailabdurrachman2443]

Today's Players would NOT last a season If they played in the 90s

[@freaky_j2207]

@@mikhailabdurrachman2443 sad part is the best athletes among them may have got the message coming into the league that it was time to grow up. We SHOULD have the best product ever. Instead we have a product that’s less entertaining than 40-50 years ago.

[@lloydtaylor8572]

The only one to me that would last is LeBron cuz I think he could adjust to the physicality....and he would be unstoppable off his pure athetisim and size imo

[@NakedTruth-or-WellDressedLie]

@@lloydtaylor8572 He is the King of flopping and this soft era. Lebron would go to the emergency room if Bill Lambeer or Rick McHorn fouled him

[@user-qx7gx9rr2w]

​@@NakedTruth-or-WellDressedLie yes imagine what the Pistons would do to him

[@RudyDicka]

Lebron will demolish them if NBA allowed him to bump everyone. He has football background not baseball. ​@@NakedTruth-or-WellDressedLie

[@Absolute8384]

This issue is Adam Silver. The greatest commission ever was David Stern. If a player under his watched pulled some crap, they were in David’s office getting a talking to. David Stern was connected, running that league like a Mob Boss. Today the players walk all over Adam Silver. You can tell he’s a “nice guy” who’s softer than cinnamon muffins.

[@freddiecopeland6390]

Adam Silver can't even play basketball 🏀 in the first place 😡. Players don't listen to him and it's very sad. He's old enough to be they father 😂😉🪙🥈▶️⏯️🥇👂😭😢🗝️😔.

[@AndreRitter-qp3vm]

Yes but the owners will never fire him because he's making them hella money, financially the NBA is doing better than ever and that is only going to continue.

[@user-q3cIy1mkx9]

You think about Socttie Pippen at Small Forward and Gary Payton at Point Guard and Shawn Kemp at Power Forward. That is a scary Supersonics team right there.

[@capoman1]

5:15 Scottie is a notoriously bad tipper and rude to staff. I was a casino dealer near Chicago and Pippen played there. We called him NO TIPPIN PIPPEN!

[@Mileznmiles]

Lmao

[@Pingaheimer]

@@Mileznmiles 🤣😅😂

[@ceceroxy2227]

I can’t understand how a multimillionaire can be a bad tipper. I would be tipping 100 bucks for great service if I had that kind of money

[@AndreRitter-qp3vm]

@@ceceroxy2227 Yeah yeah, that's what everyone says, until they get rich. Then you just start acting like every other rich person.

[@Homerun_Vince]

Nothing but facts here !!! NBA is cringe!!!!

[@freaky_j2207]

He understood it was their drive to be the best and win that championship is why we used to love even the athletes we hated because they were on the other team.

[@mikhailabdurrachman2443]

No Bullying Allowed 😎

[@TheSands83]

Saying “cringe” is gay like modern nba

[@RaceCarFriends]

Scotty a real one with "My cat got sick" 🤣

[@Achangedmann]

Best interview ever Scotty a truth teller and a genuine person and great player 👌🏿

[@suntzu94]

Genuine person 😂😂😂😂

[@Eric-qv2rz]

Really? Research the history of who he says is the GOAT😂. First was Wilt them MJ then both MJ of his era and LeFlop the GOAT of this era😂😂

[@AndreRitter-qp3vm]

Lol Scottie a real one for not snitching on Jordan at the end 😂

[@AndreRitter-qp3vm]

I mean the fans and media also deserve some blame for it because we've placed so much importance on winning championships or winning in the playoffs. We've essentially told them what they do in the regular season is meaningless, so from their prospective why risk injury in the regular season if ultimately no one cares what they do in those games?

[@Ace-fe8gc]

Have yall forgotten about malice in the palace? That changed everything

[@AthenaSaints]

Detroit Pistons played tough physical defense; and NBA allowed it. It forced Michael Jordan to do a 180 mid-air spin lay-up around Bill Laimbeer. Or the slug fest between Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks in the 1992 and 1993 NBA playoffs. That is why NBA fans loved the 1980~1990's era. To make shots, it was more difficult, so you appreciate all the shots that were made.

[@thepittsburghkid39]

If the NBA still played like the bad boys i’d watch and more fans would too. I get free tickets all the time to go see the Heat, not even interested.

[@chetstevens2004]

Shout out Scottie Pippen Jr for actually earning his spot in the nba

[@powerof9915]

Scottie was my favorite player back in the day...but he never met Satoshi?

[@saltygrandpajoe6375]

Oh snap " my cat is sick " That's my go-to for this year ! 🤣👍🏻

[@vincentbrown1872]

Finally, someone speaks the truth about the NBA. The biggest problem is the outrageous guaranteed contracts that changed players into " Moguls In Short Pants"! Just because the Media has ignored it doesn't mean it is not huge and obvious. Players are human and all are changed by becoming " quarter of a billionaires ". This eliminates motivation, and the desire and need to perform better, care about the team, fans, or City, or even play. This is problem no one!

[@MrGeilly73]

Much appreciation & respect for Scottie Pippen #33. Thank you for all the great moments. Chicago would have never had all the success they had without you. #33 G. O. A. T

[@m.l.4307]

Don't offend the players they are delicate

[@RussellMills1877]

I am glad that Scottie Pippen is calling out these weak ass NBA players that only care about the money and the highlights they see on television or on social media and they don't care about championships just three pointers. And on a side note I have a you tube channel type in Russell Mills May 22, 2017 to find me.

[@kevintuffy2235]

Just an observation, I see people like PBD who say things like “I used to follow the game”. And it’s crazy to me how if I’m being honest, I don’t know a single NBA fan in my life today. Honestly, I can’t think of one person who really loves a team or a player anymore. Who watches on a weekly basis, follows stats, etc. The NBA should commit to going overseas more and more. All of your top guys who will be winning chips for the next decade are international stars. Whether the US fans left basketball, or basketball left the US fans. I think that it’s time to admit the American era of basketball will end when LeBron, KD, and Steph are gone. There are no more American stars beloved after them. MJ birthed the American era of basketball, then Kobe and LeBron were able to ride that coat tail for a little while. But that era isn’t the sport anymore. MJ (American), Kobe(American), Lebron(American), Curry(American) NBA top stars today: Luka( not born in America), Jokic( not born in America, Giannis ( not born in America), Wemby ( not born in America) , Shai ( not born in America)

[@capoman1]

They ruined so many parts of bb. The 3 is now such a safe option and an easy gamble. Everything is a foul in the paint now, so nobody guards in the paint. And they made the rules so much less physical, can't hand check anymore.

[@amaanhussain3094]

good point about the hecklers, throwing people out.

[@EmpireArcadia]

"My cat was sick" was so perfectly TIMED! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@KellyMichaelsTV]

Also, all of the seasons are too long. NBA, MLB, and NFL would be better off if the seasons were shorter, and the NBA and MLB have too many playoff rounds.

[@sawyerleemoore]

Pippen was a stud! One of the best two-way players, best athletes, and winners in NBA history!

[@Julia-MSAM]

OMG! I died when PBD was asking about MJ punching Steve Kerr - “my cat was sick that day” LOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!! If you watched the whole podcast, you get it hahahahahahahahahahahah

[@rsitch1]

My Cat Was Sick..😅😅 I miss the days having Magic and Bird and others . Those boys were hard hitting hard playing and you guys showed Respect. You guys truly earned your money. Thank you for setting the bar …

[@elionrekoy4079]

One thing is criticism, another is insult.

[@MikeJones-pf4wd]

Blame Popovich for load management in the NBA.

[@Happiness791-e2b]

This is such an awesome interview!

[@justified004]

I'm not going to completely blame the players for load management. Owners, teams, and the league started it and pushed it for years. Let's not forget that Coach Pop started it with randomly sitting the Spurs. We saw this year the Sixers unilaterally decided what games to sit Embid before the season even started. How does that meah with the new 65 game rule? The league let the genie out of the bottle. They allowed it teams to get away with it and it wasn't only a matter of time before the players exploited it. If you display poor behavior in front of your kids, then you can't be upset when they display it too.

[@edwardtatum6136]

People forget Ron Artest was drafted and played for Bulls.

[@KD_SWAGGER]

Players definitely run the NBA.

[@bradt.v7140]

I stopped watching nba almost 3 years ago. For this exact reason. Nba is boring now.

[@VincentRich-tb2rw]

That video of Oakley snatching Scottie by the collar and slapping him around says it all.

[@SAFbikes]

😂 I never understood how anyone could watch the NBA when they share the winter season with the NHL 😂 it’s faster, tougher, any they can take a punch and don’t cry over bull 😂

[@alcoholfree6381]

The nba players are WAY OVERPAID!! When I went to college in 1972 in Portland, Oregon I could buy a Student seat for $3 and sat front row in the end zone. I went early and one night I got to hand Kareem a BB actually stepped onto the court! I stopped watching the putrid nba 14 years ago. I loved Scotty Pippin as he was a hard playing Chicago Bull!

[@sasharemez7373]

Scottie pippen is legit man! I had a crush on a guy, he got me to fall in love with basketball. He looks great years later! Thank you for having him on Patrick. Even though you talked too much about Jordan, still I loved listening to Scottie talk.

[@cliffordfernandez3524]

This is great interview Scottie Ur a good man Don’t let other shit blind u

[@irongodduke9821]

Scottie is Amazing!! Dope interview

[@Almoondo]

Of course Pippen loves Cowherd lol. What an absolute tool.

[@Goated23]

0:40 the issue is, the nba thinks they know what’s best for the fans instead of LISTENING to the fans

[@iFearOfFOMO2]

Scottie is Legend. You can tell he’s spent time in Portlandia!!! 😂🎉

[@iFearOfFOMO2]

Portland is a hush hush sanctuary city in between Los Angeles and Seattle. The Sanctuary Cities Empire State baby!! It’s fire. 🔥

[@user-q3cIy1mkx9]

Scottie stood against Patrick, Charles Smith, Oakley and so on. This guy fought the Knicks by himself. Those were the times when Fans, players and organization were absolutely mingling. I love Gary Payton. You have to have maturity to go both ways of giving to the fans and receiving from fans good or bad. Gary and Scottie had it. And many more did.

[@orlandotocano1323]

"pay me for 80 games but I will only play 50" how do you fix that??? 😂😂😂

[@cdgates1]

Ask Patrick Ewing. He played 50 games his rookie year and still won roty

[@ogkacademy6822]

Adult high level basketball needs Promotion and relegation in order to have meritocracy be the driving force of sports. I don’t understand why people don’t get this ? Meritocracy above all !

[@genoinjian7729]

Weak soft players have destroyed the nba & ruined what the old players built. The old nba players tore down the color barrier while the new generation basketball players brought division back

[@steve5515]

Nobody brings up the fact that politics have to do with the downfall. People are fed up with them declining the white house invitation or players telling us who to vote for.

[@jabariigeorge7425]

This is a horrible take 😂😂. What does your orange president have to do with this?

[@NotaPizzaGRL]

@@jabariigeorge7425 He's afraid of "uppity" players but that's nothing new in sports. Look at all the fans who cried about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or whined about "thugs" in the NBA in early 00s. I remember the hate for Allen Iverson from fans like that. They are docile and usually racist so when they see the players getting more independence and control over their careers they get apprehensive and start yearning for the good ol' days of the corrupt David Stern. They'll cry about too many 3s then ignore year after year of long twos, constant bricks, and straight up getting blown by over and over again. The funny part is the same people crying about the "soft" NBA routinely called players like Scottie Pippen soft.

[@jonq8714]

I think a factor in this conversation is the fact that every single team plays the exact same way, physicality has been taken out of the game and literally every team is shooting 40 three's a game.

[@dubdub680]

Luka is not a soft star he constantly plays thru injuries, but of course you have to use the white guys picture

[@jbznc]

One of the best creators on any platform, anywhere. Truly doing America proud 🇺🇸

[@damjanzilavec3077]

Luka is maybe some other things, but he hella isn't soft...

[@BrianDauch]

Once LeBron and Curry retire I prob won’t watch a regular season game for the next few years

[@beautifulnatur5]

The fact that nobody talks about the forbidden book called The Gilded Nexus of Prosperity speaks volumes about how people are stuck in a trance

[@jakesmith-m2h]

I used some techniques from that book to make money, and I can truly say I'm earning more now

[@jlondono7]

Stop promoting your scam

[@INCMarkus]

Gotta do more of these PBD. Tmac, kg

[@caper087]

“I’m gonna get you some numbers because I’ve watch the game so closely” - gets assistant to google stats for nba 🤣 😂 😂

[@reezyking]

What about the fines that they charge players from going back at the fans , that’s a big reason especially after Malice in the Palice

[@kmacksmcdonald6475]

Scottie Pippen has one of the deepest voices I have ever heard.

[@vinnieb4257]

Scottie "No Tippen" Pippen 😂

[@danman1789]

Yeah when PBD made that comment about customer service and tipping, I thought "yeah scottie don't know nothing about that".

[@FitFoodZilla]

Ask PD he got answer for anything

[@HowardonSports]

Not going to work tomorrow; my cat is planning on being sick!

[@payitforwardRescueRewardRanch]

#caitlinclark shes the one right now bringing basketball the only reason im watching these days not latley a fan but how can you not watch her vibe and moves intesity etc you should get her on the show

[@freaky_j2207]

This interview has changed my entire perspective on Pippen as a person. He’s a straight up quality dude. Also he fucking nailed it. The athletes now don’t have the professional mentality literally every generation before it. It’s not just the NBA but I admit they’re the worst.

[@suntzu94]

I met him in person, this is all a show

[@freaky_j2207]

@@suntzu94 if he’s being honest about his opinion on sports and what makes a good pro athlete and a league people went to spend $ on. I still agree with him on that. I guess I went from assuming I didn’t like him personally to thinking “maybe I was wrong”. Truthfully I don’t really care about him on that level. I do agree with his basketball takes.

[@MrYoumitube]

I have been watching the game since the early 80's. The game is softer and the players are spoilt and rewarded with more money for doing less. The All-star game is the icing on the cake. No one wants to play defense. Floppers and complainers are running the show. I'm just glad I can go onto youtube and watch the glory days of 80's and 90's. This era sucks ass!

[@bigsteve8921]

Michael and scottie always played every game and were 1st or 2nd team all defense every year. Not only did they play they always played hard. Heck say what you want about Rodman; he always played hard. Problem with the NBA now. They should have removed playoff teams not expanded the playoffs. If they only 4 teams in each conference made the playoffs you couldn't just coast and rest knowing you'd still make playoffs no matter what. More than half the teams make the playoffs lol Also the three pointer has killed the game at this point. The game isn't physical or fun. Only way to fix that either move the line back or make it so you can only shoot 3s last 3 mins of every quarter or get rid of it completely

[@waynebrady1819]

Hearing Scottie call other players soft is pure irony.

[@seanwallace89]

Ppl seem to take pro sports as granted, and as though they will always be here. Pro sports have been a very short phenomenon on the timescale of human existence, and they will eventually fall out as human interests change.

[@b-gamer340]

Pippen was a great interview. Love his perspective from his point of view but MJ is goat

[@COPCAMACTION-21]

The PLAYERS dont care and now I DON'T care. Let it destroy itself.

[@rogerchang3491]

Exactly… players want to get paid the big bucks but they don’t want to play all 82 games. Or they might not even play hard. Feel sorry for fans who go to games just to find out that the team best players are sitting out. Due to load management or minor injuries. Players don’t care about winning, fans, the team because it is all about money.

[@michaelschmidt6548]

In all sports the media has started defining players character, career, and legacy by playoffs only. Look at the nfl. Win a playoff game and the qb is called a top 5 qb already. Lose a playoff game regardless of how good the regular season was and they are a bum. Players responded by insuring they are healthy come playoff time. Why play through injuries if at the end of the day the context is forgotten and people are only judged by stats and wins/losses.

[@MuellerJake]

AND once the player shift happened the league began to plummet. Me before team does not engage a true fan base. Fans become like players and hop from team to team.

[@Venividivici55555]

But didn't Silver worked under Stern and was an assistant of his for many years? Do i remember that correctly? How TF did Silver then become such a softie and doesn't even mind getting crushed by the players? He bends the knee to everything they want. The in-season cup in complete garbage, the all-star weekend is even worse, players rest whenever TF they want. A fan yells at a player 'Lebron you're soft' and the fan gets ejected. David Stern was a POS yes, but was also the GOAT commisioner that truly run the league perfectly.

[@cliffordfernandez3524]

But what I really don’t like Is the fans r getting really to aggressive I hate the opposing teams But I won’t say anything personal

[@Kig_Ama]

Not load management but the lack of appreciation of defense and constant 3pt shooting is the reason why the NBA doesn't seem attractive anymore

[@georgecoumbos2511]

Scottie Pippen played more defence in this interview then he did the final five years of his career!

[@TurtleMaster-q5m]

It's a sad thing when people have to resort to watching Euroleague and/or FIBA to get a little bit of that 80's 90's game back.

[@Eric-qv2rz]

Pippen loves Cowpoop? That tells you all you need to know about Pippen😂😂

[@fithealth247]

Adam silver making the league requirement of 65 games played to qualify for season awards etc, was one of the worse things he did to so called combat load management. You're telling these cats they can miss 17 games a year and still get rewarded smh. Dude is a joke. Missing 17 games every year is a doggon a lot of games to miss for an NBA season. The league under his watch is the worse in history when it doesn't even have to be this way. He purposely made it this way.

[@kmacksmcdonald6475]

I thought Scottie might be thinking Bill Laimbeer was thought of as tough, but was not.

[@jbznc]

We love you Pippen!

[@RespekfulFungus]

Want to see what the NBA should be like? Watch the Thunder. Okc is killing it Top to bottom Management straight to the fans. And GREAT BASKETBALL.

[@stevenwong-l9r]

The reason the NBA is flopping in my opinion, it’s because it’s boring. It’s too easy to make points. There is no real defense bc the overwhelming emphasis on “player safety” and the fact that players have abused that fouling system. The pendulum has indeed swung too far and it's really frustrating to see people deny that offensive numbers are being juiced. My fear is that the regular season will increasingly come to resemble the low effort joke that the all-star game has become and we'll have to hear that guys are putting up 70 points every other week because it's the most “talented ever era”. 😅

[@MuellerJake]

The fans pay the players in the long run. The players/ organization forgot that.

[@joshredden7743]

Scottie has some CTE it seems

[@ceceroxy2227]

The nba all star game, the fans should boo them until they start playing with effort. It is an absolute disgrace now. Not even watchable it’s so bad.

[@SabWarFare]

Scottie Pippen kinda off and weird... but I like him a lot. He seems very genuine and down to earth.... dudes been thru some bullshit in his life. LEGEND

[@MrSP5400]

The NBA lost its Pipeline. It's a beautiful thing when the public watches a kid get buzz in high school. Go to their favorite college, get drafted in the first round to an NBA franchise and have an amazing career. This is why the NFL ratings are constantly increasing. Now the NBA is too international!

[@freaky_j2207]

@@MrSP5400 also how many of them have known each other and played with each other through AAU since they were 12. It’s like a bro fest of dudes shooting jump shots. Somewhere in the middle of street ball and this would be the sweet spot.

[@denzela5539]

Oh please! International isn't the reason the NBA is down. International makes the NBA better

[@andrem.thomas332]

Pippen done became the Dame Dash of the NBA.

[@Guy_fawks]

Doesn't help when I can't check the scores via Google anymore. I can usually check one game before it shits itself and breaks. Like you don't want viewers

[@johnhanson1st]

There is more competitiveness in politics than the NBA.

[@davidhogenmiller248]

Load management is basically a work stoppage but they somehow still get paid. Turn it off and walk away.

[@franthevan65]

Players make way too much money

[@noz_redna]

Load management and more injuries than ever.

[@vicdiaz5180]

Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen Dennis Rodman when they were all on the same team was a killer team. I mean, there was no team on the NBA. They can touch these guys. We need basketball to go back to that. ☝️