re: How is today's NBA style of play different than 20, 25 years ago?

Posted on 6/14/17 at 10:37 am to sjmabry

Posted by ReauxlTide222

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Posted on 6/14/17 at 10:37 am to sjmabry

Because traditional big men aren't good at basketball.

People are still big. I assure you, there are some big people out there. But the game now requires skill. People can dribble and shoot 3s now. Which means you have to defend..and can't just be some big arse ogre.

This is a good time to say that I think Patrick Ewing is the most overrated player of all time.

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Posted by Dire Wolf

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Posted on 6/14/17 at 10:45 am to ReauxlTide222

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Because traditional big men aren't good at basketball.

The Dream, Kareem, Barkley*, and Shaq all had skill sets that would be dominating today. Kareen would still get the skyhook. Hakeem, Barkley, and Shaq would be unstoppable in today PNR's

*I know Barkley is a different build from the rest

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Posted by rebel of fortune

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Posted on 6/14/17 at 10:47 am to ReauxlTide222

Also back then bigs never faced double teams and had a lot of one on one clear outs on the block. Look at how many times Lebron, Durant, and Love got doubled team when posting up. We are talking about almost two different sports with how different the game is played. NBA rules today favor guards and yesterday's NBA favor bigs.

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