Thinking Basketball: When the solution doesn’t address the problem (the Load Management debate)
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Absolutely.
The important part is also how they tracked what he called “hard plants”.
People need to know that simply looking at games played is ignoring much of the context around the toll these games take on the body.
As it turns out, 82 games in 1986 don’t have the same impact on the body as 82 games in 2026.
It’s not a matter of simply looking at pace. That helps. But it is deeper than that.
KillerPups
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nba need to go away from this star driven system. i feel like the good teams with good coaches and good systems can win with or without their star. Thunder, Celtics, Nuggets, spurs, and Pistons all missed major players and stilll put out a good product this year.
I know we want to see the star shine but ultimately we want our team to win.
I know we want to see the star shine but ultimately we want our team to win.
There will always be stars because there will always be elite/charismatic players.
The problem with the NBA is that fans are obsessed with the past. Literally no other sports league’s fans do this where they call today’s players soft or not as great as MJ/Kobe/whoever from some past era.
Barry Bonds was great. He’s not a topic of conversation in 2026.
Wayne Gretzky was the greatest hockey player maybe ever. Aside from his goals record being broken, nobody is bringing him up to tear down Connor McDavid in 2026.
And in the NFL, nobody is bashing Justin Jefferson for not being Jerry Rice.
NBA fans are miserable today because everyone isn’t standing around while 1 player hogs the ball in isolation for 15 seconds to make a fadeaway. Or because competitive balance makes it nearly impossible to win 6 championships in 8 years. But mostly they’re miserable because they can’t let go of the past.
And this manifests itself in all these tv segments and podcasts and threads where they criticize guys for not playing every game, not holding opponents to 57 points, not dunking over some lanky Shawn Bradley white boy.
Nigerianwonder
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Cac in this video doesn't look like he ever played an organized sport or even picked up a basketball but talking like he know more than hall of fame players. Basketball is much less physical today then in the past. Shooting 3's is easier than driving to the lane.
Bigblackted4
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Take one aspect of the game and avoid others. Even threes have a reaction because players now have to close out 5-8 extra feet which means they run more. There are way more perimeter screens which means more contact. Some of the greatest coaches ever never played at a high level so the notion you need to have played to analyze is nonsense