Haha. The NBA's not so dirty little not so secret: Nonody wants a fight.
Nor should they. I prefer the NBA sans fighting, to be honest.
If folks want to see punches thrown, they can always tune into that other sport where grown men skate around with sticks and occasionally punch each other in the face.
I think a lot of guys feel that way. I personally do not. I also can spend an entire Sunday watching youtube videos of NBA fights from the 80s. Larry Bird is in a few of them..although I bet he agrees with you now more then me.
Same.
If these guys started throwing punches on a regular basis, it would get ugly for the image of the league. I suspect that there are a lot of folks out there who already think that large, tattooed, black men who earn a lot of money and play basketball for a living are "punks" or "thugs" by nature.
For me, I have no desire to see that stereotype re-enforced by seeing NBA players getting into fist fights. To me, the game of basketball doesn't need that in any way, shape, or form.
Luckily, for you guys, you'll always have your '80s NBA fight compilations on YouTube.