Most people that are old enough to remember, all say that the NBA in the late 80’s through the 90’s was the best.  Many people are nostalgic for the old NBA where the rules weren’t “soft”, the players were “tougher” and played harder.  Charles Oakley is from that era and is known as one of those rougher players so of course he isn’t a fan of the NBA today.  Just after he left is when the NBA changed the rules allowing zone defenses and changed the enforcement not allowing hand-checking on the perimeter.  Oakley was in Toronto for Charles Oakley bobblehead night Saturday and said he can barely watch the NBA these days.