Bruh Nique and Jordan wouldn't even be top dunkers in today's league, that's my point. You got bums like Gerald Green and Terrence Ross doing stuff we've never seen before.
jordan and nique not top dunkers in todays game
I never said MJ wouldn't be great so please don't misconstrue what I'm saying: I'm saying the talent of today's league is better than it has ever been. Would Magic, MJ, etc be high level players in today's league? Sure, they were transcendent talents. But the same can be said about Durant, LeBron, CP3, Curry, etc.
jordan and nique not top dunkers in todays gameyou do know the rim was also 10ft tall back then right?
steph curry is a pg, reggie is a sg. their roles are very different, apart from 3pt shooting you cant really compare them as players and its not like reggie was sniffing MVP votes either.
there are outliers like KD in every generation. when has there ever been a sf/pf sized PG that dominated the league like magic? or a guy as big and skilled as shaq? or wilt? KD is just this generations athletic freak combined with a lot of basketball talent.
kobe dominated the modern era, so how can you even begin to say MJ wouldnt be great in todays game?
the game changes and in every era there are all time greats that would be great in any era. the starting 5s of recent finals are nothing special compared to the great teams in nba history.
bruh....I never said MJ wouldn't be great so please don't misconstrue what I'm saying: I'm saying the talent of today's league is better than it has ever been. Would Magic, MJ, etc be high level players in today's league? Sure, they were transcendent talents. But the same can be said about Durant, LeBron, CP3, Curry, etc.
jordan and nique not top dunkers in todays gameyou do know the rim was also 10ft tall back then right?
steph curry is a pg, reggie is a sg. their roles are very different, apart from 3pt shooting you cant really compare them as players and its not like reggie was sniffing MVP votes either.
there are outliers like KD in every generation. when has there ever been a sf/pf sized PG that dominated the league like magic? or a guy as big and skilled as shaq? or wilt? KD is just this generations athletic freak combined with a lot of basketball talent.
kobe dominated the modern era, so how can you even begin to say MJ wouldnt be great in todays game?
the game changes and in every era there are all time greats that would be great in any era. the starting 5s of recent finals are nothing special compared to the great teams in nba history.
Your Curry point is semantics. Ray Allen was better than Reggie Miller ever was and Curry is on the way to breaking all of Ray Ray's records, in an era of hyper-athletic wing players and point guards. Curry being a PG and being able to get 'off' in the golden era of point guards proves my point completely. Meanwhile, you had Reggie playing in an era of watered down guard play (LOL @ John Starks / Ehlo / etc).
With regards to you naming the 3 most freakish athletes of all time: LeBron > Magic skill-wise, see how quick that was? The fact that you had to name 1 player from every genre and I have a trump card of LeBron AND Durant (CP3, Kevin Love, Harden, etc also say hello) in the same era just adds fuel to my rant fire. When did 7 footers start shooting 3s? Who shot 3s at a Bosh, Love, etc rate back then...Sam Perkins? LOL.
Am I saying that Shaq would be a Dwight in today's league? No, Shaq would be Shaq. But the fact that the converse is argued (that today's players couldn't compete in previous eras) is what really makes no sense. Like every single sport has evolved, but somehow the NBA gets the worst rap in terms of that.
Just look at high school mixtapes...you got kids with more bounce and dunks than Nique AND Jordan. So please **** with that rim is still 10 feet crap. The rim is still 10 feet so show me anyone from the 80s, 90s, even 2000s that was 7 feet and dunking like DeAndre does today.
Again, my point isn't that yesterday's era was terrible (I'll save that argument for another day), my point is that today's era is undeniably great and talented.
You're serious aren't you....
The NBA is about to have one of the best draft classes in a decade, and people *****ing about needing to improve fundamentals and teamwork.
One draft clase...One. Surrounded by many years of crap and dissapointment.
The NBA is about to have one of the best draft classes in a decade, and people *****ing about needing to improve fundamentals and teamwork.
One draft clase...One. Surrounded by many years of crap and dissapointment.
Durant
Love
Davis
Cousins
Westbrook
Curry
Griffin
Harden
Drummond
George
Kyrie
Wall
Lillard
All 25 years old or younger. The league is not exactly lacking great young players, in fact this is probably the best group of young guys we've had in at least 20 years.
I agree with him, to an extent. Players are relying more and more on athleticism.You're serious aren't you....
not a ******* chance
