In this league, there are no referees, no rules, no fouls, and the use of weapons is completely OK. Body checks are common, bombs and ninja stars sometimes appear on the court, and it's basically a free-for-all. You know, kind of like the NBA today.
This is sarcasm, right? These days the NBA is a freaking hugbox that?s part basketball and part acting. MVP candidates like Harden and LBJames have entire compilations on youtube dedicated to their flopping/acting careers. Some of the softest contact is called for fouls these days. If you took the Bad Boys and put them in today?s league, I have no doubts that Mahorn, Laimbeer, Rodman, *and* Thomas would all have been fouled out of the game before the first half ends.
Against the old Pistons, every drive will get you contact for sure. And these days, almost any bit of contact get a foul thanks to the oversensitivity of the refs that act like babysitters on the court. That?s how Harden became a MVP candidate last season. The man draws fouls like nobody else, and when he gets to the line, he doesn?t miss. Yea, Harden?s a good player, but his reliance of fouls is such a necessary part of his career, that I think it?s possible to say that he wouldn?t be as great of a player as he is in the old days, back when refs didn?t act like sensitive pre-school teachers.
No, the NBA is a hug box. I wouldn?t be surprised if next season all of the mascots should be replaced with Disney characters and uniforms add knee pads and helmets so they players don?t get hurt anymore. Especially after Curry?s hard fall in game 4 against the Rockets.