It once seemed like this nba record might never be broken.

[TheChamps990411]

He’d be Serge Ibaka today

Youre out of youre mind. You put Wilt at his peak in the NBA today and he averages at least 20-12-3

 

[Lefty2one]

Not sure how a difference in opinion is “ignorant.” You’re a hostage to nostalgia.

Jordan was Jordan and I’m glad I watched him in his prime but overall the talent and competition were not great compared to recent years. I referred to a long period so obviously some years were better than others but I don’t miss the iso offense.

The NBA was wildly popular in the 90s. It's a fact, not an opinion.

 

[nomar]

The NBA was wildly popular in the 90s. It's a fact, not an opinion.

Nobody said otherwise. nicolascageface.png

It’s my OPINION that the recent Warriors teams, for example, would have been super fun to watch for those of us watching NBA on NBC back in the 90s.

And it’s a FACT that virtually everything on TV in the 90s — including, say, sitcoms — had much better ratings back then than they do now.

Which style of play was more fun, and which era had more overall talent, are subject to OPINION.

 

[nomar]

Julius Randle just became the sixth player in NBA history to average 24/10/6 .... just shows you how easy to it is to get stats in today’s game.

Really thought you made a point there, huh? One might say it seems pretty freaking rare.

Also, the notion that points per game are crazy high is factually wrong.

NBA League Averages - Per Game | Basketball-Reference.com

NBA League Averages - Per Game

www.basketball-reference.com

Teams were scoring virtually the same in the 80s, then the average went down all the way to 91.6 in 1998-99. Gross.

 

[Tampahusky]

Really thought you made a point there, huh? One might say it seems pretty freaking rare.

Also, the notion that points per game are crazy high is factually wrong.

NBA League Averages - Per Game | Basketball-Reference.com

NBA League Averages - Per Game

www.basketball-reference.com

Teams were scoring virtually the same in the 80s, then the average went down all the way to 91.6 in 1998-99. Gross.

Sounds like you’re a know it all and putting everyone in their place ... so how’s this for facts! Steph Curry has changed the game for better or worse. Last season 27+ teams attempted more than 30+ threes a game , 2004 there were no teams attempting more than 23 attempts. Game has changed where you have role players attempting 10 threes game. Easy stats where everyone allergic to Defense ....go watch some games Bro

 

[nomar]

Sounds like you’re a know it all and putting everyone in their place ... so how’s this for facts! Steph Curry has changed the game for better or worse. Last season 27+ teams attempted more than 30+ threes a game , 2004 there were no teams attempting more than 23 attempts. Game has changed where you have role players attempting 10 threes game. Easy stats where everyone allergic to Defense ....go watch some games Bro

 

[nomar]

Steph Curry has changed the game and people are making a lot of 3s; but when people are making step-back 28-footers on the regular it's hard to say that's because players are allergic to defense, as opposed to it being due to an improvement in 3-point shooting range and accuracy. As they say, good offense beats good defense. See, e.g., Bazz 2014.