All fingers pointed at Adam Silver

Dejounte Murray got a technical for ignoring the ref's input 😂 get a tech for talking too much and tech for not talking back 🤦🏾‍♂️

The refs ejecting playing over getting insulted is so dumb

A normal foul in the 80s would land a player in jail for attempted murder today.

ejections are the least of the NBA problems. you mentioned the scoring averages of the 2005 finals like it was a bad thing. 2005 Final was the best 2 defenses in League. that series was far superior to the BS played today.

80s/90s nba fans have been saying this for 20 years.

In this title, the word 'getting' is completely unnecessary. 'The NBA is way too soft' can stand on its own.

I'll always bring up the HUGE changes that have happened to dribbling and what is considered traveling or holding the ball, every single play in todays game would be a foul just 10-15 years ago, not to mention 20+. This video doesn't even come close to showcasing how crazy it is. People act like players are just better at ball handling but in reality the vast majority of it is just that the player in possession of the ball can basically do whatever they want with the ball now giving them much more ability to make crazy plays. Its super interesting looking at all the rules changes for dribbling over the years and seeing breakdowns of what used to be called as travel, highly recommend anybody to look into it.

Zone was played all the way back in the 80s. There is very clear cut footage of zone being used to defend Dr J. The Pistons openly talked about using zone on MJ. It was used consistently throughout the 90s.

Watching CP3 get tossed with 6 seconds left is the wildest shit I've ever seen from a ref lmao

David Stern Looking Down Shaking His Head smh

Them Jokic ejections really pushed everyone over the edge

my biggest problem with officiating is that often times both teams arent given the same treatment, if you're gonna call something a foul on one end, do it on the other one, too...

surprised he didn’t bring up how Max Struss got a technical for handing the ball to a ref

Honestly tho the nba NEEDS to add more physical defense because just waving your hands around and having to be 5 inches away from the opponent just makes defending more boring and adding more physical play would help defenders and make the game wayyy more interesting

The LeBron effect! lasting legacy of being SOFT, TRAVELLING AND FLOPPING! it even influence the Refs! 🤣🤣🤣

You missed out on one important factor - the fact that this generation of players grew up entitled, and without a sense of professionalism.

Adam Silver trying his best to help LeBum.

Amazing thumbnail 😂

Where did you get the rodman quote "if you can't beat em beat em" from i can't find it

I AIN'T DONE WITH THE 90s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bring back hand checking. At this point, we already know the players won't compete at the All Star game so get rid of that and just let the players take 3 to 5 days off to rest and relax since that's what their doing regardless. The game can be saved but I honestly don't see Silver being the one to lead it.

15:09 "The NBA is in a good place" 😂😂😂 WHAAAAT???

Remember when Duncan got ejected to laughing on the bench.

The fact that you can get a foul for just the smallest thing is crazy

you remember the bad boys, I miss them.

"Getting" 😂

My issue isn’t the rules. It’s how far the officials have taken it.

brunson and hart went on hot ones versus and brunson actually gave a couple good ideas. the first was that apparently refs get punished but we just dont know about it so he wants to make that public the same way the players punishments are. his 2nd idea that i thought was good was giving them more time off because refs travel more and ref more games than players play each season (some can ref up to 100 games in a season.) i think the time off and hiring more refs is good. i always thought having more of a revolving door of refs is good idea because if they are more likely to be replaced they may ref better (or anxiety would make it so much worse but that depends on the person)

Editing always on point man💯

Rodman unplayable?? Feel like he could start for any and all teams playing today.

Don't wanna go back to the 80 point games but right now every game is a boring three point shooting contest with almost zero defense. Something needs to change.

damn the thumbnail is hard

They prioritize the offense over defense so it’s no wonder the players hardly play defense

Well comprehensive and a good job. Glad you highlighted the carry and travel as those make me feel sick

We need mid-game deathmatches. Refs are fair game.

and the free throw a player has on games increased 😳

You're right... The NBA is soft! The fact that LeBron is literally the Lance Armstrong of the NBA and the NBA doesn't care because they make money shows it!!!

@15:50: ...but it was that era when it was fun to watch NBA games.

Great video!

Adam Silver: 💵💵💵💵

European players: shows Steve Nash a canadian

Dont forget, Get a Tech for smiling on bench🤣

8:29 Dennis Rodman would get ejected for those hand swings today

We need real defense back

These payers would be average in the 90s. And they would have shorter careers and shorter prime if they would this soft

LOVE THE CONTENT MAN

Depending on how technology goes I could imagine some kind of Robot AI as Refs, they would be neutral, have no ego and couldn't be bought.

Not this a Rebound ahh thumbnail

it's the sports betting!!!

Most accurate description of 90's and early 00's era ever.

Damn that thumbnail is wild, I'm sipping some wine & actually thought lebron got booked for something 😂😂😂

Adam silver has been such a push over it’s insane. Obviously not all his fault but I’d say more then half is

Getting? It's been soft ever since The Pistons beat The Lakers in the finals lol The NBA lost alot of money. And that's all they care about. The owners and players are greedy. Players don't play for the fans just themselves. That's why I'm done with pro sports. If its just a business and loyalty respect and the fans dont matter then no reason to watch.

That’s why March has become my favorite month for ball. Beyond just getting to see my alma mater play I just prefer the focus on team play, solid defense, and much better tournament structure from the NCAA than the NBA. The energy at games is also just way better than the pro league so this whole idea that only offense sells tickets is a farce.

10:52 my gf thought I was crazy I just suddenly burst laughing at this clip 🤣🤣

This has always happened. The lakers were not going to three peat if not for the officiating.

Guys is just getting better and better by year they find ways to abuse the rule to their advantage nothing can do about that even role players can score 30 if they are hot. Just enjoy the game.

@14:56 why is my dude Taj Gibson holding a shoe while contesting a shot 😂

Rodman would be "almost unplayable"? He is the most valuable player of all time. He would be even better today, with managers like Morey that can recognize value. In his era, people didn't understand that 3s, layups, free throws, spacing, gravity, and rebounding have immense value in basketball. They thought SCORING was value (many still do). His defense wasn't even elite, it MIGHT have been above average. His rebounding is so freakishly good that he would be an AMAZING add to the GSW of the recent run. Put him instead of the Zaza or instead of Chris Paul or instead of almost any >5th best player on a recent championship GSW team, and they improve. Massively. That's absolutely disgusting! That's what player value is. Making great(est?) teams even better. I'd rather have someone who creates gravity and can shoot and space plus Rodman on my team than two players who hog lots of possessions and score inefficiently and can't play defense and don't rebound.

getting t'd up for hanging on the rim for 1-2 seconds after a dunk is ridiculous

Thumbnail artist is getting paid fat stacks for this one

Nowadays players are less skilled because they have no handles or defense. Being able to travel, double dribble, and carry the ball does not mean you have good handles.🙄

9:55 yup, was about to type this out and you said it. Most frustrating thing to see when watching a game. Ref should just no call that garbage.

Thumbnail is wack

The NBA is a Traveling, Ball Carry, and the offensive player can take his hand wrapped around the defensive player to score, but yet it's a defensive foul... League!

I have noticed this new UKposts basketball genre narrative that the 90’s was slow and overhyped which is bs. You weren’t there to watch it. So unless you go back and watch entire seasons, going off stats only tell half the truth. Also as a person who had a career as a corporate analyst, I know that you can find anything you want, to suit your narrative in stats if you look hard enough.

Another classic and amazing banger. The Consistensy is crazy.

I mean since all star weekend the scores been lowered and less bad foul calls, refs being soft asl for thec's is normal, Rasheed Wallace getting a thec for staring at the ref or Duncan getting one for laughing on the bench were all before this era

Guys, remember the time when Mt. Mutombo was allowed to wag his finger at opponents after blocking their shots? That was fun to watch! Players were allowed to stare people down after dunking on them! It used to be much tougher to score, especially with drives to the basket, because defenders were allowed to hand-check you and bigs were allowed to man the middle! So, we saw some defense! Some resistance! Now the lane opens up like when Moses parted the Red Sea, you can't touch a guy, there's no big manning the middle, and you have shooters all over the place, which is fine, but could you please bring back hand-checking and allow bigs to man the middle? I don't wanna see any more incidents like when Tim Duncan was tossed outta the game just for laughing! Or when Giannis got a technical just for staring someone down after he dunked on him! These things are ridiculous! Plus load management, plus the past few all-star games being a disgrace to the game! Back in the 90s, I remember being impressed when Richard Dumas and Latrell Sprewell averaged 15 points in their rookie seasons! Now, I hear about 50, 60 and 70 points all the time and I wanna throw up, because where's the defense?

Regardless of what you think of the officiating, I hate when players argue with the referees. I have *YET* to see an official change his mind on a call after a player is yelling at him. All it does is piss them off and possibly make them want to make iffy calls go the other way. However, I *HAVE* seen players calmly talk to a ref after a call goes against them and - to be honest, I dont know if it really helps - but it seems when they do that, the ref definitely seems more inclined to listen them. This is rare... Players love to argue or be passive aggressive.

The sad thing is that it’s trickling down to college, high school, jr high, and youth league. It’s like this on every level of basketball and has been for years. The one traveling that gets me is when they catch it and then hop or take two gather steps after you’ve already gathered the ball.

Thats wild thumbnail 😂

the changing pivot foot on the turn around jumper drives me crazy, you have no chance to defend against that.

It’s not just the NBA mates. The authorities soften other sports as well. Why this is happening is beyond me.

In my game I had positioning and the guy ran into me. But I was bigger than him so I didn’t fall back. The ref told me I had to flop to get the call.😑😑😑😑😑😑

I knows it might not be related but can you please upload "How good is/was he" for CP3?

ABSOLUTELY get rid of the 3 second rule

its like when your playing basketball in elementary school amd the teachers ref but they make the worst calls in history and then tell you you’re too competitive when you complain

@Nonstop you said bc of his lack of scoring, Dennis Rodman wouldn’t exist in today’s NBA. But…..Draymond Green?

That no taunting mess is ridiculous too! Can't handle trash talk? Really?

4:52 "The offense was even worse" Or maybe the defense was better. The problem is equating more points with a better product. Same thing the NFL did, which is why many people are frustrated with it. The NBA has become what soccer was when I was a kid- a soft game played by floppers and crybabies.

I loved basketball growing up but I felt this change at a domestic and rep ball level in Australia, flopping is a serious tactic, the key is no longer a bruiser type of place, and there seems to be protection of offensive players by the refs especially if they're small. It took all the joy out of the sport for me and I stopped playing a few years ago. I really want to see flopping get heavily penalized and roughness return to the game, until then I'll stick to more interesting sports.

When Embiid scored 70 points, all the other sixer's players combined scored just 63 points 😂 Insane

lotta Facts. i wish they let hand checking back into the game. d fense would be more prominent

WE DONE WIT' DA 90S!

there was a time where i woke up at 2 in the night (i'm french) just to watch live games... and then, i realized it was more of a 3pt contest and too much whistled. so i quit.

I think the main effect of eliminating hand checking was actually to free up the three point shooters, not the drivers. It just took 10 years to figure that out. You can't consistently hit a three pointer with a guys hand on your hip (and all those step back moves used to be travels). You can, however, if you are good, hit shots from the mid range. If today's league was allowed to play defense like they used to, the number of three point attempts would go down, mid range shots and post ups would go up, and you'd start seeing more defensive and rebounding specialists, such as Rodman, on rosters. If your average offensive player needs a pick to get open, you might as well have a guy like Rodman setting the pick.

I loved the way the 04 Pistons played. To each their own.

this thumbnail is god tier

Don't forget the switching on defense; that was unheard of, that was your man all night, if they lit you up for 40, that was all on you, not the team.🤦🏾‍♂️

Great photoshop work on the thumbnail lol😂

It's no longer a sport. It's entertainment. Get used to it. It's been this way for 50 years.

Technical fouls 😢...

Pace doesn't affect offensive rating. Offensive rating is just PP100P.

I want to see a fight break out in every game

Thanx for covering up what so many people think

Thanks Bron!

How’s Draymond playable but not Rodman lol

That's not A bar fight. That's 6 count them six bar fights. 5:49 Hahaha