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

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And a lot of the guys who are insanely athletic focus on driving to the rim to score. So they may not focus on their shooting technique. I think this is a big reason why we may have the idea that the players are better than ever, because there is so many more athletic players, even if they arent technically sound. These guys probably fall into two groups. A) guys who can hit open shots to go along with their driving buckets and B) guys who cant i.e. great college studs who cant hack it in the league. Think Austin Rivers type. But in general both A and B arent sound shooters when presented with a guarded shot

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This is all a good post and I think that you are right. The insanely athletic guys rely on that and don't develop their game the way they should. What made Jordan so great is that he went from the insanely athletic guy in the 80s who couldn't get out of the first round of the playoffs to the great shooter/team player in the 90s who elevated his overall game to heights we had not seen. He overlapped and did both extremely well.

The reason that he did this is because he wanted to win more than anything. He was obsessed with it and he changed his game to do so. Winning mattered more to him than his individual game.