re: Watch this video, and tell me NBA superstars didn't have it easier in the '90's

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But, there was also lots of transition play and motion on offense and the game was a lot more fluid. Guys could shoot from all over the floor so you had to go with them and extend the defense. Sure, man to man defense was required, but you didn't have to stick to your man like glue. You could play off of him quite a bit and then collapse in help defense when someone drove the paint.




So if they could shoot from all over the floor, how could you play off?

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That was the dilemma and partly why offenses would put up 130 points on a given night. It wasn't just because defense was bad. It was because you had so much ground to cover on defense, offenses were moving, and guys could shoot, drive, and distribute the ball.

Again, there are great players today who would have been great back then too. Bigs like Nowitzki, for example (of course, developed in Europe), stretch the floor and play similar to the way that game was played in the past. But, people forget that guys like Bill Lambeer, the seven foot center for the Pistons, would hit 3s regularly too.