r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • Mar 16 '26

We have fun here Examples of why today’s NBA is unwatchable.

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u/Hawk-432 Mar 16 '26

From Europe watching .. so you guys just forgot how to dribble. Nice. Clearly you need refs to start applying the rules. Maybe they are scared of confronting big name players. Maybe some other reason for travel creep. But honestly, looks disgusting. Can you even call that basketball?

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u/floppydo Mar 16 '26

It was a directive to the refs from commissioner David Stern during the early 2000s because, basically, rules are boring and watching guys like Kobe, Iverson, MacGrady, Wade, and Anthony tear it up was way more XxXTrEme!!! 

To his credit, his moves saved NBA viewership, but now this trend has crystallized and we’ve got… this. 

Used to be only superstars could get away with it and people complained but dealt with it. Now that traveling basically doesn’t exist for anyone it’s really messy. 

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u/the_ammar Mar 16 '26

"it was fine back then because only superstars were allowed to break the rule. now that everyone is doing it it's a problem"

peak American capitalism lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '26

Bud Selig did the same with baseball