What's is the obsession with the physicality of the game then? Only a few teams were even physical. One team made a name for themselves (bad boy Pistons). That's it. The Knicks had a few guys who were physical inside, they never won anything though despite their "toughness". Why is that?

How about today where you can shade a guy under and help off of poor shooters? Games are still chippy too.

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Posted by Woopigsooie20

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Posted on 5/25/17 at 10:52 pm to theducks

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What's is the obsession with the physicality of the game then?

It's the go to argument for the "back in my day!" crowd to try and make it seem as if they had a league full of badasses.

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Posted by Tyga Woods

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Posted on 5/25/17 at 10:59 pm to theducks

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What's is the obsession with the physicality of the game then? Only a few teams were even physical. One team made a name for themselves (bad boy Pistons). That's it. The Knicks had a few guys who were physical inside, they never won anything though despite their "toughness". Why is that?

The game was officiated differently then. Go back and watch the games from that era. You could get away with more pushing and hacking. Charging wasn't called as much. Some common fouls back then would get you ejected today. The game wasn't as spread out across the floor...most of the action took place in the paint. It was just a more physical game. Kinda like football. Sure, the guys today are bigger and faster, but the game was officiated differently back then.

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Posted by dcrews

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Posted on 5/26/17 at 9:20 am to theducks

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How about today where you can shade a guy under and help off of poor shooters?

This cannot be overstated. It's why Jordan got to the foul line so many times, you couldn't play help defense, so he was always one on one drawing contact.

Not to say Jordan wasn't a great scorer, he did what he had to do with the rules at the time.

Nostalgia makes people dumb though. Jordan wouldn't have averaged any more points now than he did back then. In fact, he likely wouldn't have gotten to the free throw line as often and could have potentially scored less.

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