re: In the NBA’s first 75 years, 6 players scored 70 or more…4 have done it in the last year

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The old illegal defense rule did not prohibit double teams, it prohibited guarding no one

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You do know they had literal zones on the court that defenders were allowed to cross, right?

It made doubling off the ball impossible by design.

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The current rules are very similar, they just put a timer on the old rule where refs could blow the whistle at any time players were floating around

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Holy shite you don't know the new rules at all

Defensive 3 seconds is not about preventing "floating". You can "float" anywhere outside of the lane.