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re: Kobe rips AAU basketball
Posted on 1/4/15 at 2:00 pm to eyeran
Posted on 1/4/15 at 2:00 pm to eyeran
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The elimination of the post game. 7 footers handling the ball and shooting threes. That all came to the NBA from Europe.
I don't know about all from Europe.
Kevin Garnett was a paradigm shift. Chris Webber was a paradigm shift. Neither guy was a 3PT shooter and neither guy was watching Dirk, but they changed what a traditional PF body type could do on the court. If you can handle like a guard, then why not be able to shoot like a guard? How many kids were watching them? Were influenced by them? What's more feasible: emulate Shaq's game or emulate Garnett's game?
Guys like Sam Perkins and Robert Horry were prototype stretch bigs before we even had that term. Charles Barkley took 2 3PA/G over his career. Bigs shooting 3s is not solely a European idea.
And you're right that the NBA has pushed that trend with rules changes. I don't think that's a bad thing- ball movement and spacing for superior athletes are things that weren't common even a decade ago. If anything it's a reaction to the thug ball that Pat Riley created in NY during the 90s and not an accommodation to Euro bigs.
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Posted on 1/4/15 at 2:40 pm to corndeaux
quote:Thats true. And i've heard Webber say he was really influenced by Magic, growing up. Now i'm sure you have really long kids growing up wanting emulate Durant, which might be on par with trying to be Shaq. So yeah, its not all on the Euros.
Kevin Garnett was a paradigm shift. Chris Webber was a paradigm shift. Neither guy was a 3PT shooter and neither guy was watching Dirk, but they changed what a traditional PF body type could do on the court. If you can handle like a guard, then why not be able to shoot like a guard? How many kids were watching them? Were influenced by them? What's more feasible: emulate Shaq's game or emulate Garnett's game?
And yeah I'd like to see more old school back to the basket guys, but I don't have a problem with where the league is going. Almost all of the league's best big men are jumpshooters. And the one's who aren't, are probably working on it. So "blame" the NBA for that not AAU ball or bad HS coaches.
This post was edited on 1/4/15 at 2:42 pm
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