Thank you for naming off a bunch of guys with questionable reputations. That's exactly what WhiteWizard is talking about. It is because of the presence of the streetballers that the NBA has turned into such a joke of a game. Each year more and more rules get tossed out the window to accommodate the new generation of streetballers and thugs. The NBA missed the point too when they tried to get back some of the former fans of the game by implementing a dress code. It's not what the players wear before and after the game that is the problem. It's the game on the court that drives spectators away. It's letting Lebron James take six or seven steps on his way to the basket and not calling a traveling violation. It's letting Shaq send the defender to the floor before using all two inches of his vertical leap to get up and dunk it. Those are the things that have ruined the game. If you want to go to the playground and check out the streetball, that's fine. But there are people who want to see the game played how it was meant to be played. The NBA is supposed to provide that opportunity. It once did many years ago. Now it is just a playground and the low attendance in most of the arenas throughout the league is an indication of the disgust that a lot of the former fans have.