Shaq thinks Coaching is overrated. Kenny "I played your teams before Phil Jackson, and you were easy to beat"

[threattonature]

I think part of the problem is that social media amplifies any negative statement and makes that the entirety of NBA coverage. ALL these shows will have segments praising current players and giving props, plenty of former players hype up the current game and all that goes unnoticed. Then as soon as someone says something negative the entirety of NBA coverage is painted as only talking down on the game. It's disingenuous as hell and usually done by people with an agenda against the NBA already. Even in here you have people that constantly hype up the 80s or 90s as the pinnacle of basketball then as soon as someone in NBA media says it they'll label that same media as haters.

 

[threattonature]

The NBA is also the most "get the bag" league of the 4 majors. Its own participants treat the actual game like an afterthought. There's very little passion involved around it - the most passion comes from retired players. You have to drag most football players off the field. Baseball players love their game, even as popularity diminishes, and hockey players go all in for their sport.

So if you have an entire generation that get paid what they do, have the most rights/freedom/authority and still don't love the game, those that played for pennies and would play for free, feel their game is disrespected. And there's enough of the the population in which you can generalize it.

We really don't know who does and doesn't love the game. NBA players often play in pro-am leagues or just gather for pickups in the offseason. The season itself is a grind. Just like most of us can't stand our jobs despite how well we are or are not paid, players are the same. They move love basketball but not the business of basketball.

 

[Dorian Breh]

The NBA is also the most "get the bag" league of the 4 majors. Its own participants treat the actual game like an afterthought. There's very little passion involved around it - the most passion comes from retired players. You have to drag most football players off the field. Baseball players love their game, even as popularity diminishes, and hockey players go all in for their sport.

So if you have an entire generation that get paid what they do, have the most rights/freedom/authority and still don't love the game, those that played for pennies and would play for free, feel their game is disrespected. And there's enough of the the population in which you can generalize it.

Take your pocket watching elsewhere.

 

[Rekkapryde]

Jealousy in regards to the bread

100%

And the fact the older heads don't wanna be forgotten.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Basketball Lord Jamar

 

[Monsanto]

Some of these coaches haven't played the game at the highest level. I don't trust them. I'll take the players, every day.

And as per LeBron, some players can't even flip plays in their mind to enact them on the court. I'm taking the coaches.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

And as per LeBron, some players can't even flip plays in their mind to enact them on the court. I'm taking the coaches.

Players over everything. Even God himself.

 

[UpAndComing]

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[NYC Rebel]

I think part of the problem is that social media amplifies any negative statement and makes that the entirety of NBA coverage. ALL these shows will have segments praising current players and giving props, plenty of former players hype up the current game and all that goes unnoticed. Then as soon as someone says something negative the entirety of NBA coverage is painted as only talking down on the game. It's disingenuous as hell and usually done by people with an agenda against the NBA already. Even in here you have people that constantly hype up the 80s or 90s as the pinnacle of basketball then as soon as someone in NBA media says it they'll label that same media as haters.

Tell NBA media to stop amplifying the negative. No other sport entertains dumb shyt like “does coaching/managing matter in _______” debates on their shows. They leave it to ESPN hack shows to do that.

 

[UpAndComing]