Vince Carter explaining how the game has changed :wow:

[dh86]

They had to do something to allow Bron to become a superstar and live up to the hype



It gets spooky when you begin to imagine how much guys like Kobe,T Mac,Vince would have scored in this era. Iverson would have been downright scary to try to stop if you couldn't get up on him tight or destroy him once he gets in the lane

He averaged 31 ppg in 2006 dumbass

 

[dh86]

PERCENTAGES WERE LOWER ACROSS THE BOARD WITH HOW MUCH TOUGHER DEFENSES WERE

THATS THE POINT YOUNG’N

Those 125-120 80s games were all a dream and never happened eh?

 

[Da_Eggman]

On 45 shots

 

[Sccit]

Those 125-120 80s games were all a dream and never happened eh?

80S WAS ACTUALLY COMPARABLE TO NOWADAYS AS FAR AS POTENT OFFENSES GO

IM TALKIN 90S AND 00S, THE ERAS OF D

 

[The_Third_Man]

They had to do something to allow Bron to become a superstar and live up to the hype



It gets spooky when you begin to imagine how much guys like Kobe,T Mac,Vince would have scored in this era. Iverson would have been downright scary to try to stop if you couldn't get up on him tight or destroy him once he gets in the lane

the first change in the hand check rules were before Lebron was born, you know that right?

 

[Trece]

Kobe averaged 36 points a game in 2006. Imagine what we would do in today's soft ass league not to even mention Mike..

 

[kingdarius]

He said the game is more skilled. I think the top players from Vince's era were more skilled than he top players from this era. He also said that today's players couldn't play in his era.

he probably means in terms of shooters in every position. Something like forwards and centers being 3pt shooters was a rarity back then and nowadays its what teams draft for

 

[InstantKlassik]

Kobe averaged 36 points a game in 2006. Imagine what we would do in today's soft ass league not to even mention Mike..

And A.I. averaged 33 points a game in 06'

 

[mastermind]

There was a thread on this last week. Same video and same discussion.

 

[THE MACHINE]

KOBE 45 PPG

IVERSON 41 PPG

TMAC 40 PPG

VINSANITY 38 PPG

THIS IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION

Yes it is

 

[Auger]

This is all by design, it's no wonder that viewership continues to increase and the flow of the game is much faster and not such a slog to watch.

Kudos to Silver (and maybe Stern)

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Those 125-120 80s games were all a dream and never happened eh?

Early 1990s Blazers had hardly any outside shooting, no post presence, only 2-3 really usable guys off the bench, and yet averaged 115ppg.

I think a lot of the people complaining now are young guys who know literally nothing of the previous eras, or old heads just stuck on "These damn kids!"

 

[Mars]

Yes it is

Some of these coli posters are delusional.Even tf you raised the fg% of Iverson,Carter,etc...by 5%,they would averaged 2-3 more points at the most.The only way these guys would avg 40 ppg is if they were taking 30 fg's per game.

 

[dh86]

80S WAS ACTUALLY COMPARABLE TO NOWADAYS AS FAR AS POTENT OFFENSES GO

IM TALKIN 90S AND 00S, THE ERAS OF D

Meanwhile when we were actually in the mid 90s, the NBA were considered shyt and watered down by expansion. Now in 2018 it’s the glory days. All star Tyrone Hill. Lol.

 

[THE MACHINE]

Meanwhile when we were actually in the mid 90s, the NBA were considered shyt and watered down by expansion. Now in 2018 it’s the glory days. All star Tyrone Hill. Lol.

@Mars
Right, ain't nobody averaging no damn 40-45ppg today

In 2006, which was a crazy scoring year where 3 players averaged over 31ppg (when was the last time that happened?) it helped that 9 players were playing 40+ minutes per night. LeBron averaged 31.4ppg and this year is at 27ish. He should be averaging 35-40 according to them right?

This year no player averages 38 mpg. It's a new league. Nobody is gonna score 40ppg