Legendary NBA coach Phil Jackson does not like the way that NBA basketball has evolved. Back in 2015, while working as a president of the New York Knicks, the 13-time NBA champion (11 times as a coach, 2 times as a player) he shared his views on the modern NBA and picked superstar LeBron James as an example.
Jackson, who coached the famous Chicago Bulls dynasty to six championships, pointed at how primitive the game has become with four players standing and watching one guy dribble. To him, the game has become way too individualized and separated from ‘the truth’.
Via Howard Beck of Bleacher Report:
“I watch LeBron James, for example. He might [travel] every other time he catches the basketball if he’s off the ball. He catches the ball, moves both his feet. You see it happen all the time. There’s no structure, there’s no discipline, there’s no ‘How do we play this game’ type of attitude. And it goes all the way through the game. To the point where now guys don’t screen — they push guys off with their hands.”
Phil Jackson
