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DA would bite on every whitey pump fakelol no. He needs special rules just to stay on the court intoday's NBA
DA would bite on every whitey pump fakelol no. He needs special rules just to stay on the court in
Despite the lack of athleticism and lack of cutting edge individual skillsets in that era, that's solid basketball and how it should (theoretically) be played. Notice how the ball rarely sticks and how play doesn't devolve to a lot of iso situations?
The Spurs employ it in 2014 and it's a "revolution."
David Stern transformed the league but at first had to destroy it. You can't blame him though, one player have a great disproportionate effect in a game with only 5 men on a team. Teamwork thrilled purists but globally, Sterns plans of selling stars over teams was a brilliant marketing move.Despite the lack of athleticism and lack of cutting edge individual skillsets in that era, that's solid basketball and how it should (theoretically) be played. Notice how the ball rarely sticks and how play doesn't devolve to a lot of iso situations?
The Spurs employ it in 2014 and it's a "revolution."
If Dwight Howard had learned to shoot a hook shot like those guys, he might have been actually great.
It would take more than a hook shot IMO.
Meh, they don't seem to be setting many screens and the ones they set look really lazy. I'm not seeing guys coming off double screens, no elevator plays, the offense often looks pretty aimless and they get terrible shots out of it (Mikan shot 38% that season). Just throwing the ball around doesn't get good shots if there aren't good screens to force bad mismatches and/or the defense to collapse.Despite the lack of athleticism and lack of cutting edge individual skillsets in that era, that's solid basketball and how it should (theoretically) be played. Notice how the ball rarely sticks and how play doesn't devolve to a lot of iso situations?
The Spurs employ it in 2014 and it's a "revolution."
Oh, I know. I'm not suggesting basketball stagnated from the 60's until the Spurs "revived" team passing. Team basketball continued to evolve, especially the college and Euro game, and the 80's NBA featured some of the best team basketball in NBA history.
But then Jordan happened, Stern's marketing machine went into overdrive, and "hero ball" was born. For all the credit the Triangle gets as a sophisticated system, Big Chief didn't even run it that much and/or Jordan would often say the Triangle and just iso. Same with the 3 peat Lakers. Force feed Shaq, have Kobe play off of him as a cutting threat, while Fisher, Fox, Shaw, etc stand around at the 3 point line waiting for secondary action.
4 Down was also iso-heavy.
Where's the 3 point line?
- Klay Thompson
-Kobe's lawyer to Kobe
Today's conference semis are basically the Finals for those years of the Lakers. You have 8 teams. So if you made it to the conference finals, you're basically an early Lakers level champion.
I'm surprised at some of the range. Many of them are Modern day 3 pt shots.
I'm a Howard hater, so I tend to agree with you - but you'd be surprised the difference a reliable hook shot would make. Look at Kareem, who lived off a hook shot for 20 years and used it to score more points than everyone else in history. It's a great shot for big men because it's very difficult to block, as the shooter's body is between the ball and defender. It takes finesse, but if a 6'10 guy can hit it reliably, he can dominate with it.
They were selling your .
^ They were selling Kobe's ..
They were selling your .^ They were selling Kobe's ..
No one named Whitey now. Wonder why?
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