this is an interesting convo.
I think at the time, the triangle was probably the most complex offense in the nba b/c it was based on movement and reads vs a lot of offenses that just passed it into the big man, let him power dribble while backing down and throw a pass for the occasional 3
the nba today gets a lot of movements and sets from overseas which is why you see a lot of action start as soon as the ball crosses half court.
It's not that defense isnt being played, its that coached have valued the 3 more than the 2 as a more valuable shot vs back in the 90s, anything outside the paint was blasphemy.
Also, if you complain about no defense today, then you forget that getting rid of hand checking aided in this b/c back then, you could literally put your hand on a dude hip in the backcourt and keep it there the whole time until he crossed half court.
emphasis on freedom of movement is why you dont have "defense" like you did in the day. Look no further than this documentary and see how motherfuckas was getting clobbered and refs either didnt blow the whistle, or when they did blow it, it was a common foul and not a flagrant
Defense is played more one on one these days b/c of some players tendencies to play iso ball.
this is why you can have a defensive compilation video of dudes like Jrue holiday b/c he's not asked to play help side defense like they did in the 90s. He guards the other teams best player the majority of the time. Perimeter, off screens, in the post, etc...
ya'll niggas do not, and i repeat DO NOT HOOP!!!
I think at the time, the triangle was probably the most complex offense in the nba b/c it was based on movement and reads vs a lot of offenses that just passed it into the big man, let him power dribble while backing down and throw a pass for the occasional 3
the nba today gets a lot of movements and sets from overseas which is why you see a lot of action start as soon as the ball crosses half court.
It's not that defense isnt being played, its that coached have valued the 3 more than the 2 as a more valuable shot vs back in the 90s, anything outside the paint was blasphemy.
Also, if you complain about no defense today, then you forget that getting rid of hand checking aided in this b/c back then, you could literally put your hand on a dude hip in the backcourt and keep it there the whole time until he crossed half court.
emphasis on freedom of movement is why you dont have "defense" like you did in the day. Look no further than this documentary and see how motherfuckas was getting clobbered and refs either didnt blow the whistle, or when they did blow it, it was a common foul and not a flagrant
Defense is played more one on one these days b/c of some players tendencies to play iso ball.
this is why you can have a defensive compilation video of dudes like Jrue holiday b/c he's not asked to play help side defense like they did in the 90s. He guards the other teams best player the majority of the time. Perimeter, off screens, in the post, etc...
ya'll niggas do not, and i repeat DO NOT HOOP!!!
