The NBA Has A Massive Problem..

A hard discussion on the current state of the NBA and the many problems with how the game is played today.

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[MrFaone]

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

[mikejohn]

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.

[bnsz]

The refs ejecting playing over getting insulted is so dumb

[kingjasko]

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...

[izzy]

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.

[JonNuclear]

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.

[hoodbabymaysin]

David Stern Looking Down Shaking His Head smh

[gouldingsteve]

In this title, the word 'getting' is completely unnecessary.

'The NBA is way too soft' can stand on its own.

[Villey]

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

[TayDays]

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

[andreamicucci]

Them Jokic ejections really pushed everyone over the edge

[StonexRanger]

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

[sammysam]

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.

[NitronuggetShorts]

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

[maoyuu]

Remember when Duncan got ejected to laughing on the bench.

[gugga]

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)

[bluelivesmurder]

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

[multiyapples]

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

[JamesMiller-lbsk]

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

[NeonRazer]

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.