Gino-Step
08-15-2018, 11:45 PM
It's been 4/5 years since I made my comments about all length lineups and the then upcoming devaluation of traditional PG's and C's.
Have been following the NBA closely these years but have spent most of my time building startups.
The NBA is going to have an identity crisis soon. The way they have designed the league, it is becoming less diversified despite the game becoming more global. How many Chinese players have entered since Yao? When you run a rule set that encourages 6'7 players with 7'3 wingspans, you will have monolithic athlete types where Tony Snell gets drafted just because he looks like Kawhi and Giannis' brothers get a chance because they are tall and long also.
As advanced stats practitioners like Hinkie and Morey have caught up to this thought process and begun executing the plan, you've seen a homogeneity developing in the NBA that if left unchanged will ruin this sport in the years to come. Carmelo for as much flack as we give him, is forced to play basketball like a 24 year old 3 and D player because quite frankly all 5 positions must now play 3 and D. That will get boring real fast.
This is why Greg Popovich hates the three pointer. It's not because he's old school. It's because he is a visionary and sees the crisis coming.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/gregg-popovich-on-the-3-pointer-i-still-hate-it-ill-never-embrace-it/
The solution to this is not moving the three point line back or putting in a 4 pointer. That would make it worse. It would further require longer wingspan players as they'd have to cover an even further apart surface area (near the rim, and even farther beyond the line). Football, Hockey, Soccer, have broad appeal because they designed their ruleset to encourage the offence to attack the defence. A goal is a goal no matter where you score from and a touchdown is a touchdown no matter where you throw from. This encourages concentrated action near the goal line / goal which sparks physical competition instead of this 3 ball dart throwing which is more similar to penalty kicks and field goals. Gimmicks. Without the 3 point line, we would see a greater genetic diversity of players like before with Wilt / Russell / Kareem / Yao contrasting to Bob Cousy, John Stockton, Isiah Thomas, Pete Maravich.
The entire surface area of around 30 feet from the hoop would be in play as all shots count the same rather than just at the rim and just around this made up 22-23 foot line. This would inspire a renaissance in creativity with floaters, fades, cuts, picks, and passes.
I am hopeful either the NBA adopts this change or we will see a new challenger that goes retro on the rule set.
Have been following the NBA closely these years but have spent most of my time building startups.
The NBA is going to have an identity crisis soon. The way they have designed the league, it is becoming less diversified despite the game becoming more global. How many Chinese players have entered since Yao? When you run a rule set that encourages 6'7 players with 7'3 wingspans, you will have monolithic athlete types where Tony Snell gets drafted just because he looks like Kawhi and Giannis' brothers get a chance because they are tall and long also.
As advanced stats practitioners like Hinkie and Morey have caught up to this thought process and begun executing the plan, you've seen a homogeneity developing in the NBA that if left unchanged will ruin this sport in the years to come. Carmelo for as much flack as we give him, is forced to play basketball like a 24 year old 3 and D player because quite frankly all 5 positions must now play 3 and D. That will get boring real fast.
This is why Greg Popovich hates the three pointer. It's not because he's old school. It's because he is a visionary and sees the crisis coming.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/gregg-popovich-on-the-3-pointer-i-still-hate-it-ill-never-embrace-it/
The solution to this is not moving the three point line back or putting in a 4 pointer. That would make it worse. It would further require longer wingspan players as they'd have to cover an even further apart surface area (near the rim, and even farther beyond the line). Football, Hockey, Soccer, have broad appeal because they designed their ruleset to encourage the offence to attack the defence. A goal is a goal no matter where you score from and a touchdown is a touchdown no matter where you throw from. This encourages concentrated action near the goal line / goal which sparks physical competition instead of this 3 ball dart throwing which is more similar to penalty kicks and field goals. Gimmicks. Without the 3 point line, we would see a greater genetic diversity of players like before with Wilt / Russell / Kareem / Yao contrasting to Bob Cousy, John Stockton, Isiah Thomas, Pete Maravich.
The entire surface area of around 30 feet from the hoop would be in play as all shots count the same rather than just at the rim and just around this made up 22-23 foot line. This would inspire a renaissance in creativity with floaters, fades, cuts, picks, and passes.
I am hopeful either the NBA adopts this change or we will see a new challenger that goes retro on the rule set.