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[QUOTE="MuchoDogYears, post: 4933830, member: 5395"]
All right, I’m getting smoked here.  Feeling like Stetson vs UConn.  Pressing on…

I have no issue with today’s centers being able to shoot the 3.

However, Shaq couldn’t shoot outside the paint, nor could Olajawan, or Parish, or any of those players.  In fact, none did or could.  Yet their teams won.  From what I’m hearing here, none of these players with the skill set that they had, would be drafted high or even be starters.

IMO, something along the way got skewed that created this.  Which resulted in a superstar college center like Edey being an afterthought in the upcoming draft.

Yes I acknowledge that teams still draft based on who they believe will be able to help their team win, not on marketing.

The NBA front office though only cares about marketing.  If bending the on-court rules helps players score more, they’re all in.  Especially for any player they consider a star.  The game isn’t reffed according to the rule book, it’s reffed according to whom has the ball.

Showtime first, competition second.
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