When the nation tunes in to watch some (presumably) high-quality NBA action, what they want to see is superstars, regular stars, and fun role-players. What they DON’T want to see is Will Barton being the best player on the god-damn court. Will Barton being the best player on the god-damn court is enjoyable for one person and one-person only: Will Barton himself.
I’m not blaming Barton here, well I kind of am (he could have chosen to stand in the corner and do nothing until he got benched), it’s not his fault that he outplayed Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, Nikola Jokic, and all the other players on both teams that are better than he is. Those other players should be ashamed of how they came out with the whole nation watching and let themselves get booty-whipped by a guy like Barton.
I almost turned this game right off when Barton scored the first 13 points for the Nuggets. The only thing that kept me watching is the fact that I wanted to see another monster Nikola Jokic national TV game (he didn’t really deliver). There was hope inside me still, as Barton stalled at 18 points, that I wouldn’t have to make this vid, but that hope is obviously gone now, because here I am, writing words for this vid that shouldn’t exist.
And they wonder why ratings are down.