re: Modern NBA defenses are so tough

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teams have gotten very good at forcing switches in the modern game. with the old illegal defense rules those switches would result in even higher scoring efficiency when they get the switch the want.

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Funny enough, this is why the "big man" has been leaving the game. People think that it's due to offensive-skill issues, but the primary culprit is defense. The NBA got a wake up call in 2002 when Ben Wallace, Mr. Defense/DPOY was unplayable in the FIBA championships b/c our opposition would just run picks until hew as iso'd away from the goal and he was EMBARASSED.

I imagine the overlap between the people back in those days bitching about our players' lack of skills and "street ball" and the people bitching today opining for a return to "street ball", while calling the modern offense "street ball", is massive.