Ya, I agree with that..they were discussing this on a podcast with JJ Re the other day IIRC..

The reason you're getting all these new bigs with versatility that had never been seen in the past(Towns, Porzingis, Jokic, etc) is because they adapted to handling the ball, shooting 3s, etc due to the AAU PGs constantly ignoring them in the post..nobody even looks to make entry passes, etc..the new era of young, promising bigs that play a different game spawned from the death of the C position in the 2000s(where it was just Shaq + flashes of Yao Ming for years) IMO..

Part of it is rule changes in the NBA, though..Jordan's influence changed the league..