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Message: [QUOTE="EricLA, post: 5311149, member: 26"] Tina said the league is softer now. She specifically mentioned a ton of post players and power forwards from her "era" as big powerful players you had to bang against night in and night out. I kept trying to "read between the lines" from what she was saying, but couldn't really find anything. She was pretty clear. The league has gotten softer. Remember back when Lambier was the coach of Detroit? Cheryl Ford? She was a beast playing for a coach who loved being overly physical in the NBA. The entire Shock team was brutal. People keep talking about the physicality of defenders, but 2 players come to mind regarding physicality on offense - Reese and Boston - both of them will often get the ball far-ish away from the basket, slam the defender repeatedly to get closer to the basket, then whine when no foul is called on the defender. But overall I tend to agree with Tina. [/QUOTE]