re: The Lost art of dribbling in basketball

I read this

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The Lost art of dribbling in basketball

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And then think about Julius Randle, Anthony Davis, and some other big guys bringing it up the court like a damn PG. If the guards have lost the art of dribbling, the bigs have seemed to have gained it.

I do think there are some skills that have been lost among some of the top guys coming out of AAU into college. And I'm talking simple stuff like boxing out, passing (James Young damn near gives me an aneurysm sometimes over this), and free throw shooting. But on the flipside I've seen some better shot blocking as a whole and a larger range of guards who can physically take it to the hoop (I think Baloo's comment about the interpretation of traveling probably contributed to this). This season with UK, I've seen one of the better rebounding teams in the country and they do a much better job of tracking the miss then I've seen previous teams do.

It seems to be more a shift in skills than anything on the college level. Some skills are definitely lacking. Some aren't.