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Posted on 1/9/26 at 4:29 am to Manlaw35
quote:I have doubts that the minstrel narrating that video even knows who this is
Arvydas Sabonis
Posted on 1/9/26 at 5:59 am to Jon Ham
Dumbest thing I've watched in a long time.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 6:26 am to Jon Ham
Klutch propaganda
Posted on 1/9/26 at 6:34 am to Jon Ham
Man, why do yall post these rage bait accounts? They do that stupid nonsense for engagement and you gave them exactly what they wanted. More traffic.
Alot of yall have been around the internet for a while now. It’s been about 20-25 years now that it’s mainstream. Don’t most of you know how trolling works?
Alot of yall have been around the internet for a while now. It’s been about 20-25 years now that it’s mainstream. Don’t most of you know how trolling works?
Posted on 1/9/26 at 7:26 am to MF Doom
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Why are basketball fans so whiney about the different generations of their sport
No shite!
Dream Team 92 GOAT and 96 amazing, too!
Posted on 1/9/26 at 7:51 am to MF Doom
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Why are basketball fans so whiney about the different generations of their sport
There are some NFL fans that do the comparison of eras, as well. (I.e., TB would be brutally mauled in the 70’s - 90’s by lineman / LB’ers)
Posted on 1/9/26 at 9:38 am to MF Doom
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Why are basketball fans so whiney about the different generations of their sport
Basketball has evolved a lot faster than baseball or football, and it has seen incredibly significant rule changes. It's really only had a few generations of professionals come and go. And the old heads are weirdly defensive and make ridiculous arguments about how the league is "soft" these days and "MJ would dominate these kids". But they ignore the fact that MJ got to play and dominate in an era where not only was the average player far, far, far worse than today, but by his own admission, he would not be able to do today what he was able to do in the NBA during his time when the illegal defense rule existed. To oversimplify: that rule forced defenses to either play 1v1 or fully commit to a double-team. Zone defenses were illegal. Further, you couldn't double off the ball, or commit to a double from the weak side.
Watch how the Warriors defend LeBron here:
In Jordan's era, both Curry (30) and Lee (10) would have been called for illegal defense. Curry is not within the required distance to his offensive player and Lee cannot stand in the lane as he is not closely guarding his man. LeBron scores here anyway, but in MJ's era, LeBron either gets a clean 1v1 against Iggy, or Lee has to fully double-team LeBron, leaving his man wide open for a dunk/alley-oop.
Here's another example of the Warriors all collapsing to guard Durant:
In MJ's era, this would've been an immediate whistle - and you could pick from three of the five Warriors defenders who are illegally cheating off their coverage to collapse on Durant if necessary.
By contrast, here is how a defense was forced to legally guard MJ during his era, compared to how LeBron was guarded in his era post the illegal defense rule:
LeBron in MJ's era would have run down the court, forced a switch (or gotten a free drive through an empty lane if the team didn't switch), and dominate the worst defender on every possession with no threat of help defense unless it was a full double (which would leave a teammate wide open for a LeBron pass). In his own era, LeBron has three guys waiting to collapse on him if he beats Kawhi one-on-one. But since the Spurs can float in the zone, switch, and recover, he can't simply throw a pass until he forces them to commit and recover defensively. Only then can LeBron try to find a gap in the defense.
You can all act like this isn't a big deal, but it would be the equivalent of outlawing zone coverages on defense in football and forcing defenders to stay within a certain distance of their own man, or hard commit to double teams on every play. Guys like Megatron would have average 200 yards receiving per game.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 10:30 am to Jon Ham
Don’t you collect shoes like a woman
Posted on 1/9/26 at 10:33 am to Sun God
Walking & cupping is also more prevelant now.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 11:12 am to Paul Allen
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Isiah Thomas and Tim Hardaway should have been on the team instead of Chris Mullin and Clyde Drexler
Terrible take. Clyde was a poor man's MJ and if Isiah wouldve been on the team, you wouldnt have gotten Jordan to play.
Shaq over Laettner was the only thing that wouldve made that team better.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 11:27 am to Jon Ham
The next Olympic team will lose to France
Posted on 1/9/26 at 11:27 am to Jon Ham
Half of today’s players are from other countries.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 11:28 am to MF Doom
Basketball fans are the worst fans in all of sports. I grew up as a basketball fan but have had to morph into something else over time.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 11:29 am to EvrybodysAllAmerican
IT is the most pathetic old man basketball player that ever lived. Glad he wasn’t on that team.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 11:42 am to Jon Ham
Awful link to a screaming troll YouTube vid now passes for discourse on the MSB?
What's next sports takes from TikTok, crying Karens from their car?
What's next sports takes from TikTok, crying Karens from their car?
Posted on 1/9/26 at 11:55 am to beauchristopher
Watching those games was amazing, the only wrong roster choice was Laettner over Shaq but I don't remember anyone considering it controversial at the time. Bird and Magic were washed up but it was amazing watching them all together.
Posted on 1/9/26 at 12:25 pm to Jon Ham
“The 1992 Alabama football team was snubbed, they should’ve represented the US Dream team in basketball in Barcelona.”
Posted on 1/9/26 at 12:49 pm to Jon Ham
Would they really have made a whole series of McDonalds cups honoring a garbage team?
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