The physicality of the game back in the day
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OfTheCross
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Scoring in the paint was easier back then
King Biko
A King With A Concubine
Mike was with the shyts
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That’s why I fukk with him. The best player in the league was ready to do any and everything
The most physical defense I have ever seen in my entire life. Lebron could not play in this era at all.
dayun
Superstar
If this what helps you sleep better then keep talking that bullshyt, no era is stopping a guy built like Lebron from doing his thing. Magic, who was a laid back dude, nowhere near as dirty as pistons or celtics players, dominated the era like a muthafukka. A cac named tom chambers was averaging 20pts in the 80s, but hey the greatest players of modern era could not survive the 80s
Btw, Bron averaged 20 points in the rookie season where zone defense and hand checking was combined.
Is romanticized. It is largely missing from today's basketball, but it is romanticized. It's been said here before but even if the game was more physical 20-30 years ago it didn't necessarily mean defenses/overall gameplay was better. If it's just a preference thing, to each his own
You don't really have 11th-12th man goons anymore and you don't see more notable players who are looking to throw down like Bill Laimbeer, Rick Mahorn, Xavier McDaniel etc. and you very rarely get (intentional) hard fouls like you see in that video. The NBA has made an effort to present itself in a different way now and rule changes are proof of that. By the mid-2000s the NBA decided they didn't want their league to be about the following:
-Low scoring grindfest games
-Fights and events like Malice at the Palace as a result of physicality getting out of hand
-Teams like the Bad Boy Pistons and Pat Riley's Knicks defining the league's image
Can you blame them?
You don't really have 11th-12th man goons anymore and you don't see more notable players who are looking to throw down like Bill Laimbeer, Rick Mahorn, Xavier McDaniel etc. and you very rarely get (intentional) hard fouls like you see in that video. The NBA has made an effort to present itself in a different way now and rule changes are proof of that. By the mid-2000s the NBA decided they didn't want their league to be about the following:
-Low scoring grindfest games
-Fights and events like Malice at the Palace as a result of physicality getting out of hand
-Teams like the Bad Boy Pistons and Pat Riley's Knicks defining the league's image
Can you blame them?
90% of the league couldn't dribble and/or shoot. Bunch of brut factory workers.
Those talentless bums had no choice but to be physical. And on a game to game basis, they weren't as physical as people suggest.
There was 1000s of games but we see the same 10 fights and hard fouls.
Those talentless bums had no choice but to be physical. And on a game to game basis, they weren't as physical as people suggest.
There was 1000s of games but we see the same 10 fights and hard fouls.
King Harlem
Superstar
People see these highlights and believe this is how things were all the time and that's not true. The 80's were high scoring and the defense played in general wasn't really that great. I recommend going back and watching some of those games and you would be surprised at how bad the defense was at times.