Hall of Famer Rick Barry on today’s NBA: “The athletes of today are incredible, and what they can do is incredible. But they are getting away with ‘murder’, and I blame the officials.”
Hall of Famer Rick Barry on today’s NBA: “The athletes of today are incredible, and what they can do is incredible. But they are getting away with ‘murder’, and I blame the officials.”
He has a point, NBA should change the rules and call them consistently, rather than “reinterpret” the rules or stop enforcing them. They changed the travel rule to match what was being called and no plague or swarms of locusts materialized.
grandmasterfunk
Isn’t this an old clip?
KoalaOnABuilding
Nobody cares what this crotchety piece of shit thinks about anything, thankfully.
OneirionKnight
I like to watch Rico Hines private runs at .25x speed and literally every possession has someone carrying the ball and traveling. I’m not talking about gather step, I’m talking about players shuffling their feet before they even put the ball down
erog84
He is just repeating what a lot of older people think about today’s basketball. When I would listen to country music growing up my dad would say “that’s not country music”. Now I hear today’s country music and think the same thing lol. He is even older and played it, so I can understand why he feels so strongly about today’s ball. That being said, he definitely is a grumpy old man.
Terrible_Shelter_345
It’s not the officials fault, it’s whoever is telling them how to call the game.
Akumetsu33
No, blame the NBA higher-ups. They’re the one who dictate everything. They decide on the rules, not officials. The officials just do what they’re told.
The officials are just the scapegoat here.
CurrentJoke579
Surprised he didn’t even mention foul baiting
StOnEy333
He’s not wrong.
Confident_Comedian82
Those are KD saving the ball Out of Bounds, Jayson Tatum clearly hits the hand of LBJ, James Harden maximizing the flop, and a lot more to mention but these are the memorable ones
Spyk124
I’ll die on the hill the James Harden step back should have been nipped in the bud immediately.
krypto9er
I wonder what it’d be like if there were former player refs? Think a lot of older guys would call players out for stuff like this. They’d also perhaps be less sensitive in terms of handing out techs, can’t imagine they’d t up a guy for clapping lol
OddBank9124
He should become an official, and show em how its done.
UnRollThePlay
I do not mind the game as it is called now..but actually change the rules to reflect how the game is called. It’s gives the refs wayyy to much latitude to all of a sudden remember what the rules are in critical moments
paracoolo
He’s spitting! No lies, that’s what made the Olympics great imho.
Lost-Maximum7643
This is what I’ve been saying years ago.
Also not calling stuff at the end of the game is bullshit. If you started calling fouls at the end of the game players would adjust and we’d see a better product at the end of games
suavaleesko
Preach.
open_world_RPG_fan
100 percent agree. Enough with the carrying and traveling on nearly every play, endless moving screens, and most especially start ejecting players for flopping.
weekndalex
this guy would have had a seizure watching gsw a few years ago
zazerite
What version of the games do yall claim to want? Because I promise it’s not the one where every violation is called and if your hand isn’t directly over the ball it’s a carry.
ClaimEmergency5867
People in this sub will hate me but 2000 up until 2017 were peak basketball.
iguacu
They should focus on when it truly creates a big advantage. Faking a pull-up by putting your hand underneath the ball, then blowing by the defender needs to be called. I do not understand why they virtually gave up on moving screens. Having said that, a lot of the “travels” fans object to are from not understanding the gather step, implying that you count steps from the last time the ball hit the floor, which is simply not the rule, at least not currently.
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Is he cooking
It’s okay Rick you can say “Giannis”
JJ in shambles
never seen this old fart happy
He has a point, NBA should change the rules and call them consistently, rather than “reinterpret” the rules or stop enforcing them. They changed the travel rule to match what was being called and no plague or swarms of locusts materialized.
Isn’t this an old clip?
Nobody cares what this crotchety piece of shit thinks about anything, thankfully.
I like to watch Rico Hines private runs at .25x speed and literally every possession has someone carrying the ball and traveling. I’m not talking about gather step, I’m talking about players shuffling their feet before they even put the ball down
He is just repeating what a lot of older people think about today’s basketball. When I would listen to country music growing up my dad would say “that’s not country music”. Now I hear today’s country music and think the same thing lol. He is even older and played it, so I can understand why he feels so strongly about today’s ball. That being said, he definitely is a grumpy old man.
It’s not the officials fault, it’s whoever is telling them how to call the game.
No, blame the NBA higher-ups. They’re the one who dictate everything. They decide on the rules, not officials. The officials just do what they’re told.
The officials are just the scapegoat here.
Surprised he didn’t even mention foul baiting
He’s not wrong.
Those are KD saving the ball Out of Bounds, Jayson Tatum clearly hits the hand of LBJ, James Harden maximizing the flop, and a lot more to mention but these are the memorable ones
I’ll die on the hill the James Harden step back should have been nipped in the bud immediately.
I wonder what it’d be like if there were former player refs? Think a lot of older guys would call players out for stuff like this. They’d also perhaps be less sensitive in terms of handing out techs, can’t imagine they’d t up a guy for clapping lol
He should become an official, and show em how its done.
I do not mind the game as it is called now..but actually change the rules to reflect how the game is called. It’s gives the refs wayyy to much latitude to all of a sudden remember what the rules are in critical moments
He’s spitting! No lies, that’s what made the Olympics great imho.
This is what I’ve been saying years ago.
Also not calling stuff at the end of the game is bullshit. If you started calling fouls at the end of the game players would adjust and we’d see a better product at the end of games
Preach.
100 percent agree. Enough with the carrying and traveling on nearly every play, endless moving screens, and most especially start ejecting players for flopping.
this guy would have had a seizure watching gsw a few years ago
What version of the games do yall claim to want? Because I promise it’s not the one where every violation is called and if your hand isn’t directly over the ball it’s a carry.
People in this sub will hate me but 2000 up until 2017 were peak basketball.
They should focus on when it truly creates a big advantage. Faking a pull-up by putting your hand underneath the ball, then blowing by the defender needs to be called. I do not understand why they virtually gave up on moving screens. Having said that, a lot of the “travels” fans object to are from not understanding the gather step, implying that you count steps from the last time the ball hit the floor, which is simply not the rule, at least not currently.
Rick is absolutely right.
Just the wrong guy to say it imo.
(Cause he’s an asshole)
He’s so NOT wrong.