THE MACHINE
night owl
Exactly, defenses now are light years better than the 80s. All this while not being able to hand check.
Old Heads Would Call This Good Defence
For anyone that's coming in here saying one game doesn't mean anything, perhaps you'd like to know that the average pace was 103.1 possessions per game in 1982/1983, as opposed to over the last three seasons (2014-2017): 96.5. 95.8 and 93.9.
Have no idea of what you're talking about brehs.you're showing "one" game as an example for a whole era?and i agree Bron wouldn't be effected but with hand checking still being a thing Curry probably would only avg. like 15-18ppg...
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
Drink wolf cola
They went 164 out of 447 from deep that season. Top 5 in makes, top 7 in attempts, and best in shooting percentage from deep (36.7%). That wouldn't cut it today. Simple evolution of the game. The 2010-15 Grizzlies would definitely thrive under the old rules though. Shame they didn't come along sooner. Their style isn't built for titles in this era given the personnel.
5 stars, rep and dap for calling out basketball propaganda. These type of threads will never get old. 
THE MACHINE
night owl
Magic shot .48% from the field in 89-90 and that got him 23ppg...
....but Curry would only average 18 and he shoots .50% even while taking 10 3s per game.
You do realize reality opposes your position of previous eras playing better defense right?You probably think Zaza Pachulia would average 30 back in the day.
Terrible thread.
As if the stars of today could handle taking 25-30 shots per game
You always hear them complain about being tired after they score 50, well besides the mamba
What's worse is that those dudes have absolutely no idea of what they're talking about. Just regurgitating old wives tales.@the nikkas tryna
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
Drink wolf cola
If all his 3's were 2's he still would've averaged 25 last yearMagic shot .48% from the field in 89-90 and that got him 23ppg...
....but Curry would only average 18 and he shoots .50% even while taking 10 3s per game.
. Guy can shoot from 40 feet basically. He'd thrive in any era.
Golden State Warriors at Denver Nuggets Box Score, November 2, 1990 | Basketball-Reference.com
But the 90s had great D huh?
Ok, I'll admit... there was some shytty defense back then, but it was also a more rough era overall compared to today. Free hand checking and knees to the gut
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
Drink wolf cola
I mean they definitely allowed more contact in the paint, but I think that was also a product of so many stars back then being big men as opposed to guards and forwards. If they were as quick to call fouls in the paint then a lot of those stars would've been spending more time in foul trouble and that's never a good thing from a business standpoint. Players actually striking each other like that was very rare though. I don't think they added flagrant fouls until the 90's anyway so guys knew they had more freedom to foul hard. The league didn't make fouling a guy on a 3 a 3 shot foul until 1994 and they didn't add flagrant fouls until 1990-91. It wasn't until fairly recently too that players would get suspensions for technical fouls too. I think it was the year after Rasheed Wallace had 41 of them.
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