2023-07-28 11:50:00
NBA (DR) / Phoenix Suns (DR)
When former players are asked what they think of the current league, they often confide that they are not fans of its evolution. If the game is mainly mentioned and questioned, a legend wanted to talk regarding the behavior of today’s stars…
Ask a former player his thoughts on the league’s gradual transformation, and he’ll probably tell you he’s not the biggest fan. Many former glories are questioned regarding the evolution of the NBA and few are those who approve of these changes. The last notice of this type is also rather recent and comes from Tracy McGradywho admitted to no longer watching matches.
However, these conversations often concern the game itself, and not everything that can revolve around it. The way players and franchises negotiate trades or change cycles quickly is, for example, totally different from what happened a few decades ago. The rumors of this off-season are formal proof of this…
A Sixers legend is destroying the current NBA!
Today, several stars allow themselves to move from one franchise to another with the hope of creating a new superteam. James Harden, who only joined Philadelphia in 2022, already wants a new challenge without giving himself the opportunity to create a dynamic with the 76ers. This lack of fidelity and this desire to perpetually put on another jersey annoy Julius Erving. At the microphone of Joy De’Angela, he admits that he does not like this NBA:
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Today, the prisoners decide everything in the league, and not the jailers. A player can be a real star on a team and say, “Okay, thank you city, thank you for the support, but now I’m going down south. I go to Florida, I go to Los Angeles, I go to Texas or I go somewhere else”. These are business decisions, I understand, but they don’t help the game.
They didn’t help maintain parity in the game because you build superteams. Wherever Damian Lillard goes, he will probably end his career there given his age and the fact that he spent 12-13 years in Portland. He wants to give himself a chance to win a title. But how many 26 or 27 year old guys have just moved? Look at Kevin Durant, how many times has he changed teams?
In short, the quadruple MVP does not like teams that pile up stars, but above all does not like players who refuse to set up a lasting project in a franchise. Kevin Durant is therefore directly targeted since he has known Oklahoma City, the Warriors, the Nets and now Phoenix. In each of these last destinations, he played with one or even two stars and did not stay for the long term.
If the NBA has changed in terms of the game, it has also been affected by a change in mentality. Players are now less patient and don’t hesitate to put fan love aside in favor of big trades. Julius Erving admits to not appreciating at all…
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