Re: How good is Kobe?
And in my opinion, defense was MUCH tougher back in the 80's and 90's. The Bad Boy Pistons and the Knicks used to beat the **** out of Jordan night in and night out. They would knock him on his [censored] and laugh when he would get up and no foul was called. Nowadays, hand checks are constantly called. The fact remains that the NBA purposely has decreased their foul leniency to increase scores because teams are consistently shooting under 40% from the field. In the 80's and 90's, open players HIT open shots. Consistently! Teams shot 47% from the field regularly. Today, that's a great game. It's not because of the defense. It's because the league is filled with college-quality players who never learned the fundamentals of hitting jumpers and wanna make Sportscenter every night. Today's defense doesn't compare to the D's of yesteryear. Fellas, rent some old games and you will see what I mean.
And in my opinion, defense was MUCH tougher back in the 80's and 90's. The Bad Boy Pistons and the Knicks used to beat the **** out of Jordan night in and night out. They would knock him on his [censored] and laugh when he would get up and no foul was called. Nowadays, hand checks are constantly called. The fact remains that the NBA purposely has decreased their foul leniency to increase scores because teams are consistently shooting under 40% from the field. In the 80's and 90's, open players HIT open shots. Consistently! Teams shot 47% from the field regularly. Today, that's a great game. It's not because of the defense. It's because the league is filled with college-quality players who never learned the fundamentals of hitting jumpers and wanna make Sportscenter every night. Today's defense doesn't compare to the D's of yesteryear. Fellas, rent some old games and you will see what I mean.
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