AbeVigodaLive wrote:CoolBreeze44 wrote:You want the rules to give defenders less liberties? I've seen enough 140 point games, it's time to allow more contact back into the game. I'm not saying we get back to the hold and grab days of the 90's, but the game has swung too much to the offensive player. Back the 3 point line up and let the guys play D.
No. Only in the post.
Perimeter defense is skewed the other way... which makes post defense officiating downright ridiculous.
[Note: As far as the onslaught of scoring... I'm coming around a bit to players simply being better. The stuff that Jamal Murray and Mitchell are doing is crazy. They're not even playing gimmicks like Harden.
One guy is 31 - 54 on three pointers. (many many step backs off the dribble)
The other guy is 31 - 56 against a myriad of defenders coming at him.
It is really impossible to deny these guys are just better than they used to be. I think players have made huge strides both athletically and in terms of skill.
Jordan was the breakthrough. But who else in that era could do the things guys do regularly today? That's not a knock on Jordan, especially offensively. Defenses were really tough then. But what players in the 90s or even early 2000s could play like guys are playing today offensively?
Shaq was unstoppable for awhile, that's true. And Duncan was stiff and boring, but basically flawless. Iverson and Kobe were great individual scorers, but nobody was pulling up from deep like Lillard, raining 3s like Curry, or
averaging triple doubles like Harden and Westbrook (other than O). There were no 7 footers who could handle and shoot like Durant. There were great passing big men as far back as Walton and Sabonis, but they weren't as good as Jokic. Heck, Towns' three-point shooting would look crazy from a big man in the 90s, although Dirk really started to change that. Obviously Bird and Magic were great, especially for their size, and Wilt was a beast out of time, but there's just so many guys out there today who can just score the ball in ways I can't remember any guys being able to do before the last decade or so. None of this even mentions LeBron, AD, Kahwi, or Giannis or Luka on the way. And the fact that we're talking about Mitchell and Murray, both of whom are arguably the second-best players on their team is a testament to the depth of the league right now. I'm so happy to be able to watch this. The Mitchell-Murray thing is really one to remember. Can't wait for game 7.
EDIT: I mean, send video of that Murray 360 layup or some of those deep Lillard 3 pointers or some of these Harden or Luka boxscores back in time to 1995 and they would melt people's eyes and set their brains on fire. Those would have been viewed as the highlights of the decade. Now, we just wait for the next game to see what else we get.
