Steph says that today’s NBA is the most skilled era of all time

[lib123]

They're more skilled but lack the situational awareness prior generations were forced to develop from playing more pick up games against grown men when they were growing up in the 70s, 80s, 90s and early 2000s.

 

[VegetasHairline]

An outlier from two of the worst teams in the NBA last season?

Is it an outlier if they did it twice in a season?
Because it happened twice in the same month.

 

[lib123]

We also have to start distinguishing skills and fundamentals.

Facts that's what Kobe was saying in interviews before he passed. Today's generation lacks the fundamentals. Kobe and Pippen were watching and laughing in this Drew League clip from 2018 with a 43 year old Cuttino Mobley schooling dudes in their 20s with fundamentals.

 

[lib123]

Yup. To be honest i feel it all balances out. Sure player movement is advantageous, but do you know how easy it would be for Curry, Luka, SGA, etc to score in an era where (1) they moved the 3point line closer bc nyggas couldn't shoot (2) you weren't allowed to zone, double offball, or crowd an area (illegal defense) and (3) there was no 5-second back-down rule below the freethrowline. i.e. Embiid, Jokic, Giannis, Kawhi, Luka, Butler, etc could get deep post position and back-down dribble 1v1 forever until a predictable hard double comes or an illegal defense is called for a technical freethrow or they're right underneath the basket.

All those guys I mentioned would be averaging 27-30ppg just like Malone, DRob, Shaq, Mike, Hakeem, Dominique, etc., did at different points in the 90s. Maybe not Kawhi and Jimmy, but only bc they don't be trying to score like that in the regular season. Ultimately no matter the era, star players typically level out at 20 shots a game (give or take) and 30ppg (give or take) with the occassional outliers for a year or two like Mike, Kobe, Harden, Luka.

Wrong. It was harder to score back then. KD has said it was harder to score when he came in the league due to less spacing.




This tweet also sums up how much harder it was.

 

[Diondon]

a league with Bronny in it?
man, pipe down