re: How can they fix the NBA to be enjoyable again?

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I think as we get older we can't help but notice that basketball is a flawed sport. It's just not as fun to watch once you realize the patterns and the flow of the game, etc.

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This is a much better explanation than the "80s and 90s were better" meme.

Go back and watch games. It was garbage, and the late '90s and early 00s almost literally killed the NBA.

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I think as we get older we can't help but notice that basketball is a flawed sport.

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My Dad once upon a time listened to UCLA and the Lakers on the radio...said later, what a complete waste of time.

This was back in the the 60s, 70s.

We watched Magic and Bird on TV. He stopped watching around then 40 years old. I watched Jordan of course and Kobe and Lebron but quit the NBA at around 30. I haven't watched a full NBA game since the Kings-Lakers 2002 and only watched all of it because I was,curious how the league would push the Lakers to the Finals. Basketball is a total waste of time...just check in with 2 minutes left...that's how it was under Stern.

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think as we get older we can't help but notice that basketball is a flawed sport. It's just not as fun to watch once you realize the patterns and the flow of the game, etc.

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Definitely going to have an old man yells at cloud moment; but they've totally jacked up the flow of the games with the clock and defensive rules.

They incentivized overly fast paced games where there isn't any offensive strategy and have generally just looked to push points and scoring.

When they didn't allow a 24 second clock on an offensive rebound or missed shot and moved it to 14 it pressed the offenses to not bother with any sort of play to develop again.

Folks have talked about the defensive rule changes, not looking for anything from the 90's but they've overly indexed into a scenario of pretty much no defense at all.

Finally actually go through the rule book and call games actually in line with the rules. No more taking 9 steps for a layup. They've loosened the game up so much there's no structure left and it looks just like a pickup game.

As far as a flawed sport, that's 100% correct. I realized years ago that the most exciting and thrilling thing that can happen in a basketball game, will happen about 25 times in the game vs. a game like football where you can have a play happen that won't been seen again all year.