At minimum handchecks should be brought back. No air push offs though. Offensive players in todays NBA are too skillful to have this many rules to help them move and score

Gil is a joke.... Defense is lost in today's game... Offense is allowed to push off and travel on step back three attempts

Real hoopers don't want they man to score on them

Gilbert didn't play defence, he avoided defence.

The same way the rules have been changed to benefit offense, the same can happen with defense.

Individual pride DOES matter, cause cats like Kenyon & Pat Bev will do their homework on who they have to guard before EVERY game. It’s pride that makes the prep like that

Gil just sounds like he giving excuses to not play defense at all…

Yes, AI got 30, Kobe got 30, scorers got 30, Wade got 30, etc. But we have known those guys to be tough shot takers. You know why they were tough shots, because they had to do it over good defenders. It's very hard to do it now. You can't even jump straight towards a shooter anymore even if you don't foul them, coz then if you land under them, it's a foul. Remember, that Zaza Pachulia rule? If you're playing honest defense and you have to worry about your landing spot, too, that makes defense even harder.

K Mart and Swoops are 💯% Spot on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The rules in the NBA are designed for offensive players to shine and allow higher scoring games. Players don’t give a damn about defenses, they barely wanna play every night as is.

I dont mind hand checking. It makes crossovers more exciting.

Dude pulled off the kat Williams “jail and prison are not the same”😂😂😂

Players are more skilled in today's game but rules just amplify the offensive players skill set.. when you can't touch a offensive player or have to give him freedom to move around the court it's easier.. if defenders were allowed to get up into players offensive would look way different.. we seen Boston totally shut down the nets a few seasons ago when the refs let them touch KD them

The carrying and traveling makes offense WAY easier before you even start getting into hand checking and defenders.

Yes the offense skill level of this generation is insane 200% better but defense went down 200% too. The game is getting watered down into a shooting game instead of basketball.

even if ppl not that good on defense you can still be effective by knowing how to rotate and hustling

The lady saying challenge your opponent !SIMPLY

Well, a couple things being missed. Realize that offense was still the main way to go during the 80s. Then, the Bad Boy Pistons came up, and they showed you can get away with being extremely physical defensively, because the rules and officiating allowed you to be. More teams began to realize that the rules favored that kind of play rather than an offense based style like the TMC Warriors, so you got more teams being successful playing a grit and grind style with a physical defense, hence why scoring became lower and lower. I mean, if you're going to say the reason for increased scoring is due to evolution and higher level of play, then why is it that scoring was so high in the 80s and then dropped in the 90s and early 2000s? Did basketball suddenly stop evolving and developing with more and more talent coming in for 15 years, and then talented player began to come in again starting in 2005? Obviously not.

I would like to address the fact that the offense might be that much better because the defense isn’t allowed to be played like it once was.. that’s a key factor

Even if you hit the shot.. you gonna work for it!!!