WHY THE NBA SUCKS

It was simple when the American players possessed far superior skill and basketball IQ like we were in 92 or even in 96. We could see in '00 that the system was starting to break, although we were still so talented that the international game hadn't caught up to the USA. Now however with the extreme diversity of talent in the NBA from the across the globe, it's impractical to believe that you can assemble guys for 2 weeks and expect them to beat the best teams in the world.

The revamped USA Basketball program is showed us this summer that when we have a full complement of healthy players working together through a training camp they can dominate. As far as USA Basketball internationally we're on the right track and in fact needed those 3 down tournaments to get the system fixed.

As far as the NBA, it's a mixed bag of international players, swingmen and playmakers. The game is played by athletes far superior in their abilities then the players before then and the game that suits the current skill sets is pick and roll. The set allows for penetration and dish, penetrate and pop, or screen and go pass combos which benfit slahers and 3 point shooters. Once upon a time it was about motion, and just like that, the style of play will change over time with the players abilities.

The game caters to the players abilites, the players don't cater to the game and it's one of the rare sports where this happens. The Association bends and alters the rules to conform to the modern player, but doesn't delete old rules from the book allowing for contradiction and game interuption.

I'm tired of people trashing things because they're stuck in the past.

Regurgitation of worn out cliches is more rampant than ever.