Gilbert Arenas and JJ Reddikk debate the NBAs future after Lebron and Curry retire

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It’s a good question. There isn’t a person for casual fans to give a fukk about yet Jokic, Luka, Embiid, and Giannis (even Wemby eventually) aren’t playing on the most popular teams and honestly aren’t charismatic due to the fact they aren’t native players. Accents and even personalities aren’t easy to promote. Ja messed up his brand, Zion stays fat.

The only way this changes is a player leads their teams to win a few championships and casual fans start wanting to watch excellence. 1 win isn’t enough.

Flipside this could be all part of Silvers goal for parity, he’s been pushing it and maybe team rivalries will become a big draw.
 

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Those two guys are bozos.
Steph is still in the league and has endorsement deals, national commercials, jersey sales, and RINGS. He also singlehandedly changed the way a generation of kids play basketball.
They're bozos because they're discussing the state of the NBA after a 35 and 38 year old eventually retires? You just wrote all that about a 35 year old, not a 25 year old.
 

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Fans don’t like parity. If we are keeping it a buck. They want dominance. People what to feel like they are witnessing something special. That being said, if Denver goes on a run (back to back, three peat or 3 outta 4) league will be ok. But if the current pattern of holds and it’s someone new every year, the league might be in a predicament. Social media weirdly has made it impossible for another Bron or Kob or Jordan or Shaq. Too many distractions. Too much competition for eyes. Plus everyone is averaging 30 now. It’s gonna take legit team dominance imo
 

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Fans don’t like parity. If we are keeping it a buck. They want dominance. People what to feel like they are witnessing something special. That being said, if Denver goes on a run (back to back, three peat or 3 outta 4) league will be ok. But if the current pattern of holds and it’s someone new every year, the league might be in a predicament. Social media weirdly has made it impossible for another Bron or Kob or Jordan or Shaq. Too many distractions. Too much competition for eyes. Plus everyone is averaging 30 now. It’s gonna take legit team dominance imo
good point social media has made it impossible to be such a polarizing figure, this not a diss to the younger generation, but I don't see it.
 
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