re: The biggest rule change in NBA history happened in 2001.. and many don't realize

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Hell no people don't realize it. Some do but are too married to their views to care. This is the second long thread PrimeTime has started about this topic and I've made a very similar thread as well.

Can you imagine what guys like Lebron and KD would do with their length(and Lebron's strength) if they could get ONE guy isolated that close to the basket? My god they'd never stop scoring.

Who the hell would be able to stay in front of Russ if he had that much room with late help?

This is one of the reasons why it's so frustrating to argue with people who think defense is such shite nowadays. Defenses are better and more evolved, while pace is down. I believe Lebron's numbers would be significantly better if he played under these rules.

Oh wait, I forgot about the devastating hand checking Lebron isn't fast or strong enough to deal with that like all those monsters did back then.

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Insert "my man gif".

The handchecking shite is hysterical. Any time someone mentions that when in these "modern basketball is shite" or "imagine what Jordan would have done" discussions I just end the conversation there. It's not worth my time if they have no clue what the game used to be.