Road trips in NBA are nothing like they used to be.
ESPN's Tom Haberstroh recently took a deep dive into how NBA players' party lives have changed dramatically since the late '70s and '80s, when drinking and drug-using was at an all-time high.
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In today's NBA, players are partying less, sleeping more and using social media apps to score dates.
One anonymous NBA GM billed it the "Tinderization of the NBA."
Wait, what?
"Tin-der-i-za-tion," he repeated to Haberstroh, "like the dating app. No need to go to the clubs all night anymore."
The changing NBA culture has completely altered the home-court advantage. Haberstroh noted that back in the 1987-88 season, home teams won a staggering 67.9 percent of their games, winning by an average of 5.8 points, the highest ever.
By 1996-97, home teams won only 57.5 percent of games, winning by an average of just 2.6 points. After home winning percentage neared 60 percent in the 2000s, it has dropped to an all-time low of 57.4 percent this season.
"It's absolutely true that you get at least two hours more sleep getting laid on the road today versus 15 years ago," said one former All-Star. "No schmoozing. No going out to the club. No having to get something to eat after the club but before the hotel."
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Besides just convenience, Nets GM Sean Marks, an 11-year-old NBA veteran, said players have more consequences now than ever before. It takes just one Snapchat to cost an NBA player millions.
"You don't get away with things anymore," Marks said. "Guys are too into their brand to risk it. Corporate sponsors won't tolerate that."
Haberstroh's entire piece appeared in ESPN The Magazine. Read it in full here.