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re: Anthony Edwards: Outside of Jordan, nobody in the NBA had any skills until Kobe came along
Posted on 8/21/24 at 9:25 am to therick711
Posted on 8/21/24 at 9:25 am to therick711
Serbia would beat the 96 team in a one game scenario if you dropped both teams into a game
Everyone on 2024 serbia knows what 96 was like. The 96 team would be lost with what Jokic is doing
Everyone on 2024 serbia knows what 96 was like. The 96 team would be lost with what Jokic is doing
This post was edited on 8/21/24 at 9:26 am
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Posted on 8/21/24 at 9:26 am to Madking
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Which is why more than twice as many people watched the NBA back then.
You can say this about literally everything on TV.
Posted on 8/21/24 at 9:27 am to lsupride87
Jokic is great. He's just not enough to deal with three hall of fame centers that can draw fouls on him.
I don't think 24 Serbia beats 96. That is scorching take territory.
I don't think 24 Serbia beats 96. That is scorching take territory.
This post was edited on 8/21/24 at 9:28 am
Posted on 8/21/24 at 9:27 am to mattz1122
This is the equivalent of saying the wing T is a better offense than the modern spread. It’s just dumb. Games and sports evolve and people mimic it because it’s BETTER. If the new concept was actually worse no other teams would have adopted it
If the 96 style of play was better that’s that teams would have stuck with
If the 96 style of play was better that’s that teams would have stuck with
This post was edited on 8/21/24 at 9:29 am
Posted on 8/21/24 at 9:28 am to therick711
The modern game isn’t better it’s just different. It didn’t evolve the changes were manufactured by neutering the defense with rule changes. There’s a reason players like Lebrons numbers have gotten better while his ability has diminished.
Posted on 8/21/24 at 9:29 am to Madking
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neutering the defense with rule changes.
The defense is far less neutered now
Posted on 8/21/24 at 9:31 am to mattz1122
Guess you’ve never heard of the NFL
Posted on 8/21/24 at 9:31 am to lsupride87
Far less? Um no
Posted on 8/21/24 at 9:32 am to Madking
Yes, the lone exception.
Posted on 8/21/24 at 9:33 am to mattz1122
“Everything” doesn’t have exceptions
Posted on 8/21/24 at 9:33 am to Madking
Back to Ant's comments, are we really going to say Reggie Miller a 40% career three point shooter didn't have skill? Same about Mitch Richmond? Hakeem Olajuwon? It's pretty crazy.
Posted on 8/21/24 at 9:35 am to therick711
Of course they did, the game was just played differently. It’s a matter of what players were asked to do not what players couldn’t do.
Posted on 8/21/24 at 9:41 am to Madking
Pace and space play developed, not because you couldn't win with dominant centers, but because David Robinson doesn't grow on a tree.
Posted on 8/21/24 at 9:41 am to therick711
quote:But they wouldn’t play like they do today. They would play 1990’s style.
The modern game is really entertaining. 1996 combines elements of that game with back breaking rebounding and defense. Reggie Miller, Mitch Richmond, and Scottie Pippen could find plenty enough space and three point shooting to field a modern attack.
Posted on 8/21/24 at 9:41 am to Madking
90’s NBA was horrible.
All of the great players of the 80’s were gone by 92 outside of Barkley and Olajuwon.
The young rising stars all went to expansion teams until Kobe in the late 90’s went to the Lakers and Duncan went to the Spurs.
There were a lot of good players but not a lot of great players.
All of the great players of the 80’s were gone by 92 outside of Barkley and Olajuwon.
The young rising stars all went to expansion teams until Kobe in the late 90’s went to the Lakers and Duncan went to the Spurs.
There were a lot of good players but not a lot of great players.
Posted on 8/21/24 at 9:42 am to Madking
Way to intentionally ignore the context that the TV landscape has changed dramatically since the 1990s. Only an ignoramus on your level would think a ratings decline is solely attributable to skill level decline, which itself is hilarious. World Series ratings last year were a third of what they were in the ‘90s. Is that because their skill level dropped off? Cheers’ ratings dwarf the best shows on TV over the last decade. Is it because they don’t make ‘em like Ted Danson anymore?
Posted on 8/21/24 at 9:45 am to therick711
The rule changes were major and now you have more uncontested shots than ever before in the NBA because there are more missed assignments, less communication and way less effort on D.
Posted on 8/21/24 at 9:45 am to Madking
quote:Neutering the defense? Do you even understand how illegal defense rules worked in the 1990’s? It put artificial constraints on defense.
The modern game isn’t better it’s just different. It didn’t evolve the changes were manufactured by neutering the defense with rule changes. There’s a reason players like Lebrons numbers have gotten better while his ability has diminished.
One of the reasons the Olympic and World Championship teams were getting smoked in the early 2000’s is because the U.S. was playing NBA-style basketball and the rest of the world was playing what is now considered “modern” basketball.
The NBA changed their rules and players adapted and now the NBA plays a modern style too and reigns supreme once again.
Posted on 8/21/24 at 9:46 am to lsupride87
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The 96 team would be lost with what Jokic is doing
Just looked at the roster to refresh the memories
Yikes. Not trying to undersell Joker here, but stick to tennis buddy.
Posted on 8/21/24 at 9:46 am to mattz1122
I didn’t say anything about lack of skill, I said it isn’t as popular. Stop moving the goalpost I didn’t make you put your foot in your mouth.
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