Stan Van Gundy calls into question the softness of todays’ NBA players

Amen brutha - preach! But you are yelling at the clouds Stan, the trend is going in the opposite direction and it ain't ever coming back. Sure, you will have the player here are there that plays through the hangnails, but these will be the exceptions.

Bunch of Pussies. They milk their injuries and lean on load management bullshite. Charge the fans astronomical amounts of money for tickets and sit out when they go on the road. Its bullshite for the common fan that works hard and pays for tickets to take their kid to the game and they sit because they are "tired". The NBA is turning a lot of people off with this shite. Golden State sitting their entire starting 5 both times against us at home is a prime example of a slap in the face to fans who paid good money and in turn have to watch a frickin G League team.

People on here complain about this, but they all support it. They want players to sit out bowls or shut it down as soon as the team is out of contention. Each game should matter and players should be bought in. That is how it used to be..

Uh...there is a reason why Kevin Durant and Lebron James are still close to GOAT mode play into their mid-30s and beyond.

Hell, Durant is doing this after an achilles tear. In the 90s that was an automatic career ender.

Stan Van is part of the problem hard core promoting the woke perpetual victim status for these coddled black multimillionaires. Of course they’re soft.

Look no further than Brandon Ingram this year

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Some have the same theories about pitchers in baseball. Now all of a sudden, you have to come out of the game at 100 pitches. Wasn't the case for 100 years.

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There are theories that are floating around about this.

There has been a significant reduction in pitcher workload over the years in the MLB, but the number of Tommy John surgeries has increased.

All 4 Major Sports have gone soft. Whether hoops, MLB, NFL or NHL.

The simple, obvious reason -- nobody wants to risk all that easy $$$ getting hurt, so the rules have softened to accommodate its "star" cupcakes and princesses.

1990s NBA game defenses used to be a no holds barred grueling, body-banging war (ex: Pistons v Knicks.)

In MLB, Umps have ruled no more backing off batters up and in / high and tight (even though batters wear body armor.) No more catchers blocking the plate, no more runners going in hard on the SS/second basemen to break up DPs.

NO more fighting in the NHL (now they just dance, slap each other with a purse, then get wrestled to the ice by the refs.)

NFL -- Limited / controlled NFL body-hits -- both scope of the sidelines, middle of the field and intensity (esp with respect to Receivers & QBs)

Annnnd... these are reasons why today's 2010s+ pro sports across the board are far inferior play (and a far inferior watch) compared to the 1990s.

Maybe the NBA needs to expand the calendar and eliminate the back to backs
That might help
I still can't believe the Warriors showed up to New Orleans twice and sat their entire starting lineup both times
That's what the NBA should be targeting for fines and lost draft capital