those are set up before the season begins right? they can't change them however they want during season?

It's not, they're a small market team that was nowhere near this special last season. If they make a deep playoff run in 2024 only then it would warrant more televised games. Fan bases and team relevance is all supply and demand

Lol for further context...they didn't even make the Play-In last season 😅 and you want them to blindly receive MORE televised games 😅 they're proving their worth this season so next year we can expect more games on tv

​@@g-money3766can't they just move some of there games to national? Or is it set jn stone

@@ZerknessIt's set at the beginning of the season, yes.

The Spacin' Pacers.

Finally the Pacers playing up to their name. It had been a long time

More like Iniana pacers cause they play no d

Literally just thinking this.

@@user-dh7dj3yw1bfunny😂

Also, NBA have to stop giving free throws every single time offensive player initiate a contract...that should be called offensive foul or noncall...for example, embiid gets half of his free throws from grifting like that...stop that...

​​@@realone296This!! It's also ridiculous how much blatant charging gets called as defensive fouls. What's the point of trying to play D and stand your position if it only gets punished if not blatantly flopping?

​@@realone296Exactly, it's really frustrating because today's nba has great potential but rules and officiating make it unwatchable.

True, and i think Lebron isn’t recognized enough for his influence on todays game, because he was really the 1st succesful player to play point-forward in a heliocentric system and be the 1st scoring option and primary ball handler/playmaker on his team. Before Lebron the best players were guys like Shaq, Duncan, KG or Dirk (Scoring+defensive bigs), or guys like Kobe, T-Mac, Gilbert Arenas (Scoring+Defensive wing, with good but not elite playmaking and who played more off ball and iso), or traditional pg like Nash, Kidd or Cp3 (True pass first player, except Cp3 none of them ever averaged 20ppg). But since Lebron, you have guys like Harden, Westbrook, Dame, Jokic, Doncic, Ja Morant, SGA, Trae Young, Halliburton, Lamelo ect who all lead their team in scoring and assists, and Curry can also play like that when he need to (Like against the Lakers last season because of AD defense), so not off ball, but even when he played off ball he was often close to Draymond in assists, and of course he lead them in scoring. KD also improved as a playmaker over the year, and when Booker and Beal, or Kyrie and Harden were out, he could be that guy too, same for Booker, right now he is averaging 30ppg and 9 apg .. Even Embiid average 6.3 assists this season, just 0.5 less than Maxey, and Giannis lead the Bucks in pts and assists many time if im not mistaken. And ANT, Sengun, Zion, Paolo Banchero, Wemby ect will probably all play like that in their prime. So yeah i just think Lebron changed the game, it’s just not as obvious as Steph, the HEAT were even the 1st team to play small ball, it wasn’t mini ball like the Rockets but remember Bosh was a PF, and Lebron a SF, but with the HEAT Bosh played the 5 and Lebron the 4 …

​@@realone296 Tbf it's better now than it was back then. They were shooting 20% more free throws in a 20% slower pace during the 90's, and any superstar screaming a bit at the ref would get easy FTAs. The illegal defense rule was randomly used (generally when it was benifical for a superstar), I'm really glad they got rid of that non-sensical rule. And dont get me wrong, officiating is still pretty bad, but at least we are making progress.

Some of the greatest of players of all time were considered chuckers until their teams started winning.

Chavano Rainer Hield will always be Buddy Buckets

Once upon a time the Kings had Fox, Buddy and Bogdanonvic all on the same team. If they had elite playmaker (drafted Luka / Sabonis, Hali) and coach knows how to utilize screens and movement, they probably already got a chip. That offense would probably be even more deadly than today's Kings, Hawks and Pacers.

​@@ethanliang4186defense would be even worse lol. But yeah that offense would be deadly and maybe good enough to win a ring

@@ethanliang4186yes and no, foxs game wasn’t as developed at the time

that makes a lot of sense but people only see this as a downside to the new generational team development

Exactly. Playoff basketball defense is a more consistent strategy of beating lineups, consistently taking away things a team does on offense, numerous adjustments and having scorers excel in difficult shot making. So often you have one offs of explosive scoring nights in the regular season and in part when teams are still pretty fresh. By the time the 2nd half of the season rolls in, these offense only teams don't have as much gas to have these explosive scoring nights.

It's more that the NBA stopped allowing teams to actually play defense. Ya know, know someone on their ass for daring to enter the lane, hand checking. That sort of thing. The legislated the physicality out of the game. 30 years ago Trey Young's bitch ass would've retired after a month due to the physicality of the the game. We need a league with more Charles Oakley's and Bill Laimbeer's. The NBA sucks.

This is not true, you play in the local league in the weekend and usually there are double match weeks in Euroleague so 3 games a week

This corupt league is forcing this scoring, the money is bigger as more and more people that know nothing of bball see it as fashion. You've seen Haliburtons weaknesses in the World Cup, it's the same player. Here we can see several carry balls, his picks are moving and what irritates the most is the fake euro-step, mostly travel. Don't get me started on Harden in Houston. All to make the game more interesting for fake fans.

Something i asked for this year or last year when he first got to Pacers. Guess it is only now they pay attention to Haliburton.

the basketball gods have reincarnated Steve Nash with a 2023 NBA offensive philosophy and the results are insane

Yup, the rules swung way too far in the other direction, and have stayed the same for so long that teams and players are fully acclimated on how to take advantage of these rules. Silver has no back bone and doesn't care about integrity or long term watchability. He knows kids want scoring and also want to believe their generation is the best ever, and these same kids don't think about rule changes from 20 years ago. They will even make up excuses for the product they see, or chalk it all up to humans "evolving" in only 20 years. 😂 Having common sense and objectivity is tough these days. You also have people who think being objective isn't taking a side, so you have to insult 2 things equally if they're being compared. That's BS. Every era of the NBA had problems, but what we see now is pure negligence that has been growing by the year. Drastic change has needed to happen for a decade, but no one will step up. Largely because the product is successful because kids don't care and even prefer the NBA this way. 💯

@@John6-40 Evolution of the game. Not everybody can develop strong physique to play post up game, and shooting is way efficient, so that's how it is now. Plus, these guys developed great accuracy. And what's ironic is the fact that who revolutionized the game was the same Jordan, his Bulls team wasn't focused on center posting game, but rather on a shooting one with movement and fast pace, as well as fast transitions. Then it evolved to now shooting lights out from 3 range and beyond.

​@@silomonptolomeo3759most inaccurate comment so far

@@silomonptolomeo3759 evolution, just backwards.

Yet in the 80's, scores could easily be 130-120.

The rules bro

@@MindfulAttraction2.0 how much do you actually think handchecking would stop teams from doing this, i promise you its not alot

@@kappakuppa7255Illegal defense

@@MindfulAttraction2.0 The same rules were used in the 2000, the last big changes of rules were in 2004. What's your point ?

@@kappakuppa7255exactly, hand checking does nothing to stop elite shooters. You now have an 8 guy rotation who have the green light to shoot the 3, everyone can damn near handle the ball and the switching/spacing is a nightmare for defences. Hand checking does nothing lol, these guys are all world players.

His him

U all kno who

HALLELUKA

Didn't Booker score something like 72 a couple seasons ago? And I think the majority was in the second half. So yeah, its definitely a possibility.

​@@shotdoctor5869lillard and mitchell did both score 73 last year

Terrible game

Tbf the pacers haven’t played in 5 days, a lil rusty

The 80’s were a higher scoring era than now yk

​@@Weeby_historianExactly. That's how you know man that guy is blinded by nostalgia lol

The 2004 pistons would get blown out every game in this era. I say that as a huge rip hamilton fan.

@@butterflyl3926 All fouled out within 5 minutes of the game. And Rasheed with 8 techs at the tip-off

Seems to be a consensus that a breakdown on the Magic defense should be next. 😊

A month or two.

He's made it a thing now Well get.to enjoy that for a long time

This is why you look at league and rate adjusted stats. Instead of true shooting it's better to look at TS+, which normalizes to league average.

@peacebone8112 you're right but alot of people don't do that

I would but it's hideous, bring back the Defense and I'll watch the basketball again.

D'Antoni

Imagine if Mike had a Tyrese. He can actually finish at the rim himself. And he can do passes from the other side of the court.

It was a lot of shots in transition. Go watch old Bob Cousy clips. Bill Russell was another great outlet passer. Throw the ball ahead, everyone's still running, pass it, somebody takes the jumper, run back.

the NBA is never going to call 6 offensive fouls a game on GIannis, Lebron, Harden, Embiid, guys that use their shoulder and elbows to clear space

Ya! And all those players are HELLA guilty of using unneccessary shoves or of getting uncalled travels. But they're the league's cash cows so... 'cant let them get fouled out right!? Right!'🙄 @@dondahighhh12

I mean, if they started changing the way they called the game, the players would adjust. @@dondahighhh12

I disagree that the 7 seconds or less Suns would be last. Unless you assume D'Antoni, Nash and those other pieces played the same way they did then in 2023 which is a foolish exercise to begin with. Considering D'Antoni had modified his style when he coached Harden and had shooters around him and still got fireworks for results. You give Suns Nash more space to work with and he'll imitate the same shit offenses are doing to get results with more spacing to work with now.

It is just a 3 point contest though, that is an undeniable fact.

​​​​@@lukepatten8308how is it a fact? Most teams shoot about 35 threes and 90 total shots, so 55 are not threes. Plus two of the best teams, Minnesota and Orlando only shoot 30 per game, thats just 4 more than the 7 seconds or less Suns. In 1998 there were multiple teams that shot around 20 threes per game. Its not as bad as it looks from watching just highlights

​@@t4d0Wim talking about pace, not efficiency. The zeroes Suns played very slow compared to todays nba.

Only highlight watchers will say that

I think we will see very different solutions that are adjusted to the talent each team has. If you have two big men and one of them can handle the ball (e.g. Mobley in the Cavs) you punish teams with a pick and roll between the big men. If you have small players that can run fast, dribble and shoot, teams will punish the other team for not having enough speed. I think the NBA is at its best right now. So many styles, so much talent, so many different solutions to find success.

I think the playoffs will be different than regular season basketball.

@@DavidJCO Nah the Knicks showed the solution in the playoffs vs the Cavs last year. Cavs hobbit sized back court was picked apart on mismatches especially when the Cavs tried to hide Garland on a non-shooting wing like Barrett. So he would just drive past him anyway which forced the Cavs bigs to shift positions on defense. This also let Mitchell Robinson to feast inside for rebounds or rim running opportunities against a smaller Jarrett Allen or Mobley if he was the guy at the rim. And of course Jalen Brunson burned whichever wing defender the Cavs tried to throw at him at the perimeter. Overall the Cavs had no perimeter defense to stop the Knicks from doing their thing. Mobley had to be glued on Randle because he can still hit the 3-ball. Overall In last years playoffs most teams with the size advantage on defensive match ups won out. Even when people thought the play-in Lakers were in a disadvantage against the 2nd seeded Grizzlies.

Exactly, and people be glorifying this style of play like its some super out of this world basketball.

Ever since the league decided to allow the gather step it’s not possible to play defense. The ability to jump backwards and travel into a step back three is too powerful

feels unfair to call Zion out in these. Off all the bully ballers he has one of the best, if not the best touch.

@@antoniu9757it is that’s why your not in the league

@@professionalcurrysexual9289 it's not out of this world compared to other eras, even compared to Europe nowadays.

Wildly incorrect, it's ugly to watch these types of offenses

Because he's on a low market team

Small market

Fifth seed.

Spoken like someone who hasn't seen a game sine 1999

One of the reasons, but not "the" reason. Just admit that shooting, passing, reads, spacing, dribbling, athletic development, and finishing is all around better. I'm 90's hoop head. Look back and you'll see no one really guarded three's, most of them where open, and even then folks missed them way too often.

Or someone who's been watching basketball since the early 90's consistently. Ya know, either or. Players also carry the ball every time they touch it now. @@mosstwig3591

Yes, that's fair and obviously all of those things are true and scoring would go up regardless. But the massive leap in scoring is also on purpose within the rule changes. I'm not saying it's a bad thing. 75-77 point games were boring to watch. I do wish they'd call carry like once in a season. That'd be cool since they do it every time they dribble. @@joshb.1118

​@@joshb.1118 some of that is true but the top comment is also right the rules have been changed to focus more on offense it's the exact opposite of the deadball era where defense was given more freedom

I wish my Bulls took their names literally. A bunch of mentally-weak players with no fight in them.

The Raptors making sure the next Jurassic Park ain't just CGI?

Raptors going extinct like their namesake?

chris bosh at every position

These comments 😂😂

No, it's that the NBA stopped allowing teams to play defense

I think you mean a tire fire, it would be ugly and an ecological disaster.