The NBA is pathetic and unwatchable these days

[lefty]

Only Jokic, who is great back to the basket. Embiid just flops and falls down all the time. What other bigs are there?

They actually have a back to the basket game but they are very skilled and don’t ti post up on every possession
acting like not posting up means you are not a “real” center

90s centers

[quentin_compson]

The 3PA has almost perfectly displaced long 2s. The league is generally taking just as many close shots as it always has.

Is watching guys shoot 19 footers instead of 23 footers somehow better?

Exactly! I was about to post something similar. Most of what are now catch and shoot threes used to be catch and shoot midrangers. Do people really find it more appealing to watch players shooting long 2s instead of 3s?

[lebomb]

30/95 3pt shots is the worst basketball one could ever watch. Basically glorified AllStar game where no one cares.

I hate the NBA transformation. It’s unwatchable.

[spurraider21]

30/95 3pt shots is the worst basketball one could ever watch. Basically glorified AllStar game where no one cares.

I hate the NBA transformation. It’s unwatchable.

would you rather watch teams go 5-15 from 3 and then 25-80 from long 2's? is that drastically better?

was it really cool watching KG take 22 footeres but now miserable if the same player takes a 24 foot 3?

to me the more frustrating aspects of the modern NBA are the foul-baiting stuff. the league has clamped down on it some, but its still there. they got better at it 2nd half of last year. basically nba games should be called like playoff games. they also should enforce moving screens a lot more.

i dont think the product is that bad, i just think accessibility is very poor in the post-cable era

[lebomb]

would you rather watch teams go 5-15 from 3 and then 25-80 from long 2's? is that drastically better?

was it really cool watching KG take 22 footeres but now miserable if the same player takes a 24 foot 3?

to me the more frustrating aspects of the modern NBA are the foul-baiting stuff. the league has clamped down on it some, but its still there. they got better at it 2nd half of last year. basically nba games should be called like playoff games. they also should enforce moving screens a lot more.

i dont think the product is that bad, i just think accessibility is very poor in the post-cable era

I would definitely prefere to watch more 2pt shots taken. The percentage of misses will not be nearly as bad since a 3pt shot is more difficult to take. Also, players will not just CHUCK up 3pt shots back and forth all game long. That is so boring to watch. I am not the only one apparently, because the ratings are down a lot in the NBA. They have been going down for awhile with bad shooters chuckin up 3pt shots all game long.

Honestly it doesnt matter to me. I will watch again when the NBA game has been adjusted........if it ever will. *shrugs*

[Pauleta14]

Interesting convo, worth listening.

[Bill_Brasky]

The NBA is the only league where someone will cite a game between like the Bulls and Wizards and be like "look at how many 3s they take, look at how awful this is" and its like yeah man, its 2 ty ass teams. You know you didn't watch that game, you just looked at the box score. Nobody does this with other sports. Nobody in the NFL is like holy did you watch that game between the Saints and Jaguars, it's so awful the game is broken, too many pass attempts. We have to completely change rules because two ty irrelevant teams put out a bad product!

[Pauleta14]

The NBA is the only league where someone will cite a game between like the Bulls and Wizards and be like "look at how many 3s they take, look at how awful this is" and its like yeah man, its 2 ty ass teams. You know you didn't watch that game, you just looked at the box score. Nobody does this with other sports. Nobody in the NFL is like holy did you watch that game between the Saints and Jaguars, it's so awful the game is broken, too many pass attempts. We have to completely change rules because two ty irrelevant teams put out a bad product!

I assume you haven't watched the video.

You should

[tim_duncan_fan]

I gotta confess.

I really, really, really miss having a transformational traditional big. The back-to-back logo three shootout era is....you know how when, if you are a millenial or older, you were 9 years old and you called everything you didn't like "gay?" That's kind of the feeling I get from the main playstyles in today's league.


The game is at its best when it's just unathletic-ass Jokic absolutely destroying mofos with layups and passes he couldn't possibly have seen but saw anyway.