"Back in the 90's, the game was more tough and physical"

[Showtime80']

The NBA is definitely one of the things that got WAY WORSE over time and like Kobe said, AAU RUINED IT!!!

[RRR3]

The NBA is definitely one of the things that got WAY WORSE over time and like Kobe said, AAU RUINED IT!!!

Explanation points and capital letters don’t equal a good argument.

You just seem like you’re screaming and pounding the keyboard.

[LAmbruh]

charmin soft era

[SomeBlackDude]

charmin soft era

not enough pasty, chubby europeans having a 3 pt shooting contest and scoring 150 pts in regulation.

[sammichoffate]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bM-Y4UoiAY

One game suspension.

[scuzzy]

[SomeBlackDude]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bM-Y4UoiAY

One game suspension.

the mailman's elbow = most underrated weapon in nba history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrzQTm9C788

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgM0Xm4E9UI

https://youtu.be/f0nIHCR--Bg?t=23

woulda been an mma god.

[Bronbron23]

you're welcome.

/thread

This. I refer to these early 90's playoff series all the time. I dare anyone to find me a series this physical in this era.

[egokiller]

stop it. Of course a 90s player would glorify their own era by saying how tough it was back then. Stop exaggerating it, defense was not tough or physical back then like these old heads keep saying it was.

This makes no sense. Why would someone older glorify the past if the present was just as good? There would be no reason to. Obviously everyone would prefer if the current game was just as physical as the past, but it wasn't so we are left with two groups:

1. People who saw it can reflect on it and appreciate it.
2. People who didn't see it can complain, feel insecure, and wonder what it might have been like to see it.

No one in their right fvcking mind would prefer viewing only this era rather than viewing this era and the 90s. The insecurity needs to stop. Be thankful that there are those around you that can describe to you what you missed. Anything else is biting the hand that feeds.

Another one.
Too EZ

[Da_Realist]

[QUOTE=Showtime80']LOL at these isolated clips!!! Go look at ANY clips from the perimeter manufactured stars after the 2005 defensive highjack and you see a red carpet stroll down the lane when the NBA basically neutered defenses.

Here's a clip of Steve Nash, a guy who played from 1997 to 2014 and won two MVP's in 2006 and 07 thanks to the rule changes the NBA put in, breaking it down to a basic level and confirming how people like David Stern, Rob Thorn and Jerry Colangelo to name a few altered all the defensive rules starting from the mid 90's (after the panic of the MJ

[egokiller]

Another one

[Manny98]

[QUOTE=Showtime80']LOL at these isolated clips!!! Go look at ANY clips from the perimeter manufactured stars after the 2005 defensive highjack and you see a red carpet stroll down the lane when the NBA basically neutered defenses.

Here's a clip of Steve Nash, a guy who played from 1997 to 2014 and won two MVP's in 2006 and 07 thanks to the rule changes the NBA put in, breaking it down to a basic level and confirming how people like David Stern, Rob Thorn and Jerry Colangelo to name a few altered all the defensive rules starting from the mid 90's (after the panic of the MJ

[Da_Realist]

This makes no sense. Why would someone older glorify the past if the present was just as good? There would be no reason to. Obviously everyone would prefer if the current game was just as physical as the past, but it wasn't so we are left with two groups:

1. People who saw it can reflect on it and appreciate it.
2. People who didn't see it can complain, feel insecure, and wonder what it might have been like to see it.

ISH especially

[MaxPlayer]

This makes no sense. Why would someone older glorify the past if the present was just as good? There would be no reason to.

Have you ever heard anyone say "when I was a teenager, the music sucked"?

Me neither.

[tontoz]

Dennis Rodman hacking Pippen and tossing him out of bounds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhQyaKWsQy8

Malone destroys Isiah.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0RGcMhGMk4


Knicks defending Jordan multiple plays.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K-qGWkiKvQ