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Message: [QUOTE="Lefty2one, post: 3556001, member: 1001"] It's not bigger. The data shows that. There are larger players doing more guard/perimeter things though. I except the league to grow smaller in the next decade but we'll see. The NBA has been the same size since the 70s, which is pretty cool to think about but also makes sense: you can do all sorts of things to improve your strength, flexibility, diet, etc. but there's nothing you can do to make players taller. I don't think it's stronger either because strength isn't as important as skill is now. There aren't any enforcer PFs anymore, guys whose top attribute was raw human strength. Same with some of the big, lumbering, strong centers. You take away a slew of players who were out there because they were big and strong and I think it brings down the strength across the board. Not a bad thing, just different. The average weight for SF, PF, and C has decreased in the last decade. Players are quicker now, more agile/mobile, players are better ballhandlers now, players are better shooters now, in general I'd say they're better leapers but not by a huge margin. The overall skill level is higher now across the board. Back to those enforcers, most of those guys wouldn't have a prayer of making it in today's league. Charles Oakley is not playing in today's NBA. You don't want to be a big hulking guy in today's league. [/QUOTE]