When did players having rings become the reason we watched the NBA?

[BrothaZay]

I swear this shyt only happened just last year

Bacc in the day nikkas watched the NBA to be entertained, watch AI cross a nikka, some VC dunks etc...

When you with your boys yall talk about Kobe dropped 40, a last second shot by wade etc...

Now all you hear when you go out "man i hope durant gets a ring" or "kobe, has 4 more rings than lebron"

Like nikka who tf cares

I swear this is the most annoying "fad" in NBA history, what makes it even worst is the nikkas who dont even watch the NBA who come up with corny ass ring jokes

shyt like this, im not even a melo fan, but this picture is corny af

This shyt needs to die quicc

 

[jadillac]

I swear this shyt only happened just last year

Bacc in the day nikkas watched the NBA to be entertained, watch AI cross a nikka, some VC dunks etc...

When you with your boys yall talk about Kobe dropped 40, a last second shot by wade etc...

Now all you hear when you go out "man i hope durant gets a ring" or "kobe, has 4 more rings than lebron"

Like nikka who tf cares

I swear this is the most annoying "fad" in NBA history, what makes it even worst is the nikkas who dont even watch the NBA who come up with corny ass ring jokes
shyt like this, im not even a melo fan, but this picture is corny af

This shyt needs to die quicc

Aren't you only 17??

What is this "back in the day"?

 

[West Coast Avenger]

Aren't you only 17??

What is this "back in the day"?

exactly what I was going to say....

 

[MAKAVELI25]

Aren't you only 17??

What is this "back in the day"?

 

[BrothaZay]

Aren't you only 17??

What is this "back in the day"?

nikka why df you care? I still remember the NBA bacc when nikkas watched it to be entertained. Now nikkas just watch it to see who gets a ring.(only start watching the NBA when the playoffs start )

nikkas sitting around talking about "so and so deserves a ring this year i hope he gets it"

nikka stfu

 

[ajnapoleon]

I fully agree and I seen Jordan play and some bird and magic age 34 when was it about just rings to the viewer? This is why the players move around no one wants to be the Barkley or Malone of this era! And to those say stay with your team that drafted you and win fukk that the FO might not know what they doing and waste your years.

 

[ExodusNirvana]

Aren't you only 17??

What is this "back in the day"?

Cot damn

 

[Jesus]

This Kobe dikkrider gonna talk about rings?

 

[NYC Rebel]

The thread starter is right.

Do you guys think a ringless player scoring 63 points in a playoff loss would be celebrated today if it led to no rings?

People appreciated the game for what it was a lot more back in the day than they do now with all of thse corny ass artificial bars of success people are creating. That's why it felt good to see Melo get that standing O for raining in three three pointers in a row against ARgentina. People overseas enjoy the moment a lot more than folks over hear stuck on some "but he doesn't have a ring" bullshyt.

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Lol at this little fakkit talkin about "back in the day"

Yall remember wayyyy back in like 2006?

 

[mastermind]

I remember it being discussed in the 1990s with Marino and Elway and those Bills teams. It transfered over to the NBA when people felt sorry for guys like Ewing, Malone/Stockton, Barkley for not winning NBA titles themselves.

 

[BrothaZay]

Lol at this little fakkit talkin about "back in the day"

Yall remember wayyyy back in like 2006?

Right, my memory only stretches bacc to when I was in middle school

 

[jadillac]

Right, my memory only stretches bacc to when I was in middle school

My man, no offense, but you're 17. Which means you were an infant even during the 2nd Jordan run. You probably werent even born during the Rockets run.

You dont remember anything NBA related before even the like '02 or so.

I'm not saying you can't talk NBA at all b/c ur young, I'm just saying chill with all this "back in the day" stuff. I can barely even use that term now.

I do agree with ur point though. But this isnt anything completely new. Just a bigger deal now like everything due to the increase in media

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

 

[L&HH]

Right, my memory only stretches bacc to when I was in middle school

Idc what anybody say but I agree to what the op was saying. Im only 19 as well but it seemed like the NBA back when I was in elem and high school was alot more fun to watch and to watch. The players we used talk about the most were AI, Tmac, Pierce, and VC. It was all about crossing nikkas up, dunking on nikkas and dropping buckets in nikkas faces. When an argument about X vs Y player was brought rings hardly ever entered the discussion.