According to former NBA All-Star guard Gilbert Arenas, this was not always the case, as press people during the 80s and 90s did not engage in negative talk about players or speak ill of them. Arenas cited Michael Jordan‘s performance in the Barcelona Olympics as an example. “There was no negativity in the early 80s, 90s. The game was glorified and pushed positive. They didn’t bash Magic/Bird/Kareem for losing in finals…. Imagine USA ’92 team today, and looking at Michael Jordan box scores are talked about today from how he performed. In ’92, nobody knows MJ was struggling in Olympics and shooting that bad against guys who were wearing AAU uniforms… We didn’t hear struggling,”
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