Dem313wayz
Superstar
Honestly don't like Paolo game that much. He has alot of Melo in his game and that's not good. He needs a PG to take his game to another level
Remember when 6’10” 250lbs was a center?
- Thread starter HandyWithTheSteel
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The league start moving to stretch bigs.
Everybody wants to be a shooting guard or small forward now and play on the wing and showcase their fancy dribbling skills and ability to shoot low percentage jump shots.
Back to the basket big men like Hakeem, Shaq, David Robinson, Ewing, and K. Malone seem to be a thing of yesteryear.
The only ones of these new generation bigs I’d build around is Jokic and Wemby (even though the jury is still out on him) he has the tools to be a top 10 player ever to lace them up if he puts it all together.
Most of these guys aren’t Jokic or Wemby though. Most of these guys fall into the skill set of KAT, Julius Randle, Myles Turner, Pascal Siakim, etc. Nice players but you won’t win shyt with any of them as your top guy.
Everybody wants to be a shooting guard or small forward now and play on the wing and showcase their fancy dribbling skills and ability to shoot low percentage jump shots.
Back to the basket big men like Hakeem, Shaq, David Robinson, Ewing, and K. Malone seem to be a thing of yesteryear.
The only ones of these new generation bigs I’d build around is Jokic and Wemby (even though the jury is still out on him) he has the tools to be a top 10 player ever to lace them up if he puts it all together.
Most of these guys aren’t Jokic or Wemby though. Most of these guys fall into the skill set of KAT, Julius Randle, Myles Turner, Pascal Siakim, etc. Nice players but you won’t win shyt with any of them as your top guy.
Tbh, we kinda overrate the amount of back-to-the-basket bigs that were worth a damn back in the day. We also overrate the value of that move set. i.e. if you ain’t Shaq or Hakeem, pass the fukking ball with that struggle offense 
Aint no one tryna see Rik Smits back down dribble featured anymore than we want to see Zubac, Vucevic, or Valacunias do that (all back to the basket bigs comparable to Smits). Illegal defense is no longer a thing so teams build a wall on that shyt forcing bigs to catch further from the paint or make quicker decisions before getting trapped
Aint no one tryna see Rik Smits back down dribble featured anymore than we want to see Zubac, Vucevic, or Valacunias do that (all back to the basket bigs comparable to Smits). Illegal defense is no longer a thing so teams build a wall on that shyt forcing bigs to catch further from the paint or make quicker decisions before getting trapped
Marc Spector
the 4'11 Cuban
This.Tbh, we kinda overrate the amount of back-to-the-basket bigs that were worth a damn back in the day. We also overrate the value of that move set. i.e. if you ain’t Shaq or Hakeem, pass the fukking ball with that struggle offense
Aint no one tryna see Rik Smits back down dribble featured anymore than we want to see Zubac, Vucevic, or Valacunias do that (all back to the basket bigs comparable to Smits). Illegal defense is no longer a thing so teams build a wall on that shyt forcing bigs to catch further from the paint or make quicker decisions before getting trapped
Not to mention, the modern 3 ball means a team can generate more points in half the time it takes to get a half court set going. Back to the basket just isnt as formidable nowadays.
desjardins
Veteran
nikkas never saw Andrea Bargnani and it shows 
yseJ
Empire strikes back
I was about to say KD is 6'11 and he been doing this for years with consistency and ease but @Lord Beasley already said this.
it aint like we never seen this before. now if we talkin Wemby....
it aint like we never seen this before. now if we talkin Wemby....
Whats your issue with Melo's game?
Dem313wayz
Superstar
It was iso mid range tough contested jumpers. Doesn't lead to team success. His deepest run in the playoffs is when he had chauncey as his PG