"We have robots running up and down"- 3x NBA champion questions players' 'creativity' amid narratives of 3-pt shot dominating league

Three-time NBA champion BJ Armstrong voiced his thoughts and expressed how he felt about today's league. Armstrong played throughout the '90s and helped Michael Jordan achieve his first three rings with the Chicago Bulls.

BJ Armstrong appeared on "The Hoop Genius Podcast." During one of the segments, Armstrong thoroughly discussed his thoughts on today's NBA. He made it clear that he isn't a fan of the modern-day product and doesn't prefer to watch the league anymore.

Armstrong said that NBA players these days lack the creativity to score a basket. All everyone wants to do these days is stop and pop from beyond the arc.

"When I go watch the game, there's no more creativity, there's no more imagination," Armstrong said. "It's just that we have basically robots running up and down the court. You run to the three-point line, I run to the three-point line. First, I try to get a layup. If I can't get a layup, I try to get fouled."

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BJ Armstrong is not a fan of today's NBA product

Armstrong clarified and pointed out what he particularly didn't like about the league. He noted how players these days have grown to constantly whine about not getting foul calls.

"If I go to another game and someone drives, and you don't call a foul, these players go berserk now as if they have the right of passage to go to the basket and look for a foul," Armstrong said. "They're not even going to the basket to score, they're going to the basket to get fouled."

What baffles the NBA legend the most is that all 30 teams are somehow programmed the same way. Teams nowadays focus on shooting from outside, try to get to the charity stripe as often as possible, and settle for easy shots.

Armstrong acknowledged that the league's style of play won't revert to his era of basketball. Because of this, Armstrong no longer sees himself watching the product.

"I'm just going to watch, I'm just going to observe, and just say, 'This is what it is.' The teachers of the game now have influenced the game so much so that it's more fun for me to watch a pickup game than to watch the NBA right now," he declared. "Here's why I say that. No one plays the exact same way in the pickup game. This guy drives to the basket, this guy has a little shake in his game, this guy loves to post up. It's fun to watch the creativity or at least the imagination of the game."

Given how Armstrong played in the '90s, it's understandable why he isn't a fan of the product. The '90s were some of the most physical eras of the NBA.