Most of the reason I don't like the NBA anymore is pure and simple. It's the rules and the way games are officiated. The worst thing is this: Kobe Bryant airballs a shot and the ref blows the whistle and the replay shows no one fouled him. Kobe Bryant gets free points and he certainly didn't deserve it. Another problem with the NBA is the way free agents are handled. There should be some sort of minimum contract clause like in the NFL. The thing that MJ brought to the game was an overall talent playing the game in it's purest form. He dominated the competition in every phase of the game and he rarely made mistakes and when he did, he would own up to them, not blame other players or the refs. When Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Dominique Williams and Micheal Jordan left the game, basketball died IMO.
