I like old school basketball better. I used to be a diehard Jazz fan and would watch most games. Over the past five years, I have almost completely tuned out for two main reasons:
1) The NBA has turned into layups and a heavy dose of free throws and 3s. It’s so boring. Defense is heavily undervalued (not just by players or team executives but by the NBA itself via all the rules)…I don’t like this b/c I enjoy watching good defense. I liked when it was harder to score. It helped you to really appreciate the truly great players and what they’re able to do (like MJ). Maybe this is why I had a great time watching the Olympics this past summer. It reminded me of how great LeBron, Durant, and Steph Curry are. The current version of the NBA made me forget how good those players are.
2) I don’t like the current generation of NBA players. I’m not trying to judge them b/c I don’t know them, but they come across to me as super entitled, generally selfish, very whiny, not tough but soft, too political, etc. Sadly, I think college players will increasingly become this way b/c of the direction we’re headed w/ NIL, the transfer portal, etc.
It also doesn’t help that the new owner of the Jazz is a diehard BYU fan and actively supports their program.
I think college basketball is a better product than the NBA (but it still suffers from too many free throws and too many 3s). Even though I like football more than basketball, I don’t think any postseason is as good as March Madness (okay, maybe the Super Bowl is more fun, but nothing outside of that).
Utah @ 
Houston .
