Former NBA players haven’t been shy to express their opinion on the “physicality” of the NBA today, comparing it to “the good old days.”
Shaquille O’Neal is the latest of former players saying today’s game is softer than “back in the day.”
“It was actually kind of soft when I played, too. Before I played, that was the real NBA, and I’m sure the guys that played before me would say that’s the real NBA. But before I came in, with Mike playing against Detroit and the Bad Boys that was the real NBA. I kind of played in the soft era, also. And then of course, with me being dominant, everybody crying about the rules, that just made it more so. But now it’s very soft.”
Shaq throwing out the fighting words, for multiple generations. To bad it’s not the 80’s or the “bad boys area” because fighting isn’t allowed anymore.
