Educate me...what has changed in the NBA that scoring is so high?

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

You said the system wouldn't work without Steph. You said they're completely dysfunctional and are horrible without him. Another L for you.

Because it doesn’t. You’re happy off a 4 game streak against bad teams at home. Which I predicted would happen.

You know what still hasn’t changed much? This :

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Please don’t get into nitpicking when we can dissect damn near all of these scoring explosions recently as having horrendous defense. You’re so disingenuous you said the Celtics were playing defense tonight as the Thunder scored 150 without their best player

Reading comprehension is paramount.

I said they were trying. Not a whole lot they could do once OKC got the ball rolling and Boston had no athletic bigs to stop their wings from getting into the paint. And please don't talk about nitpicking as if you don't pick one game out of a 30-game sample size to prove your nonsensical point.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Because it doesn’t. You’re happy off a 4 game streak against bad teams at home. Which I predicted would happen.

You know what still hasn’t changed much? This :

You didn't predict shyt.

You never do.

You lie, bullshyt and hedge and still end up being wrong.

And you keep on referencing his regular season record as if half of those losses weren't from 2020, when I specifically told you was when they had a G-League team (both Steph and Klay didn't play that season), never mind the fact they include games where other players didn't play too. It's not just Steph who didn't play in those games, they're games where multiple starters have been out. There's a reason why you don't do this for any other coach. There's a reason why you say Draymond wouldn't start for any other team and yet somehow this coach who's not coaching shyt has put him in a role where he's been the second-most integral part of a dynasty.

Why don't you reference his playoff record with and without Steph, you know when actual coaching and game-planning is heightened, and not some regular season ass games that don't prove a cotdamn thing -

 

[<<TheStandard>>]

I've commented on this game many a time, but the defense is comically bad.

Defenders getting caught behind offensive players who're not even screening, and allowing MJ to curl into 16fters is something you just don't see today. Any off-ball action that MJ releases himself from was barely even defended back then, and if it was, it was rarely ever the big man coming to help (they were almost always stationed in and around the paint).

Just look at how bad the defenders move laterally; look at how late they are to rotate; look at how bad they are at contesting; look at how often they go under screens.

Big men defending outside the paint during that era was non-existent.

Just look at the possession at 1.57sec - MJ gets a screen at the top, which then forces a switch onto Daugherty, who literally just watches MJ stroll around him, because he's too damn slow in the head and with his feet to do anything. Dudes on this board think fouling hard somehow equates to good defense.

One of my favorite examples of 90s PNR Defense with Hakeem Olajuwon

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

One of my favorite examples of 90s PNR Defense with Hakeem Olajuwon

The back-in-the-day ass nxggas will conveniently ignore this. They don't want the spell of their childhood heroes to be broken.

 

[NatiboyB]

does anyone imagine the nba actually adding in some rules to slow this down or is this just the natural progression in things that they wanted? I’m currently not as big of a fan of the current style of play but I don’t imagine much changing over at least the next decade.

But I also didn’t expect this current game play either.

 

[wire28]

Supreme athletes the likes of which we’ve never seen. That’s why insert career bench player can randomly go off for 30-40, because he’s a supremely skilled athlete who would dominate in the 80s and 90s. Has nothing to do with the complete neutering of defense by the league and the absolute refusal to play any semblance of defense by 90% of players. It’s a time where letting your man blow by you into the lane for the easy layup is preferred because the logic is it gives you more time to get the ball back and go to the other end for a three pointer, rather than trying to make a stop.

1. Rules
2. Refs allowing them to do whatever the fukk they want to on the court.
3. Teams defending like a dru league game

Damn I typed all that shyt when I could have just quoted this.

 

[MJ Truth]

I like the reset to 14. I don't see how that makes it easier to score. Although it does increase the pace of the game it doesn't account for Bam Adebayo begin a 30 point scorer, and all these40+ point games we're getting now from anyone really...it's not even superstars

It doesn’t necessarily make it “easier” to score as much as it simply FORCES you to score more and take opportunities quicker.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

One of my favorite examples of 90s PNR Defense with Hakeem Olajuwon

This post is still being ignored.

What’s the bet someone will make some half-hearted attempt at trying to defend it, saying some shyt like “it’s only one play”, not knowing that bigs back then weren’t accustomed to handling PNR play like that on the perimeter because it wasn’t a staple of offensive play.

 

[CrimsonTider]

This post is still being ignored.

What’s the bet someone will make some half-hearted attempt at trying to defend it, saying some shyt like “it’s only one play”, not knowing that bigs back then weren’t accustomed to handling PNR play like that on the perimeter because it wasn’t a staple of offensive play.

It should be ignored. It’s one play of millions posted to prove a point

We see bad Pnr defense bad players switching for no reason every single game

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

I've commented on this game many a time, but the defense is comically bad.

Defenders getting caught behind offensive players who're not even screening, and allowing MJ to curl into 16fters is something you just don't see today. Any off-ball action that MJ releases himself from was barely even defended back then, and if it was, it was rarely ever the big man coming to help (they were almost always stationed in and around the paint).

Just look at how bad the defenders move laterally; look at how late they are to rotate; look at how bad they are at contesting; look at how often they go under screens.

Big men defending outside the paint during that era was non-existent.

Just look at the possession at 1.57sec - MJ gets a screen at the top, which then forces a switch onto Daugherty, who literally just watches MJ stroll around him, because he's too damn slow in the head and with his feet to do anything. Dudes on this board think fouling hard somehow equates to good defense.

It really becomes obvious that a lot of dudes just don't understand the game. Even many who played it. You did a great job here brother

Elite fukking posting into the new year.

Riding this nikka dikk

Look at how much of a groupie you are @Low quality poster

 

[Noriega]

No they wouldn’t.

This is simple basketball. When you have player movement

You can tell the dudes that don’t watch college ball

Looks like a typical BIG 10 play call

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

It should be ignored. It’s one play of millions posted to prove a point

We see bad Pnr defense bad players switching for no reason every single game

Exactly, literally almost every possession a capable defender intentionally dies on a screen and leaves a slow footed or undersized player to get scored on

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

You can tell the dudes that don’t watch college ball

Looks like a typical BIG 10 play call

Don’t tell that to @Gil Scott-Heroin he thinks Steve Kerr invented off ball screens and backdoor cuts

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

You can tell the dudes that don’t watch college ball

Looks like a typical BIG 10 play call

NBA teams weren't running those plays in the 90s; big men rarely ever had any activity on the perimeter on offense.

I'm not entirely sure what the hell college ball has to do with anything.