If he works on this for the next five years…..

[Kblaze8855]

….. is there even a point in jumping to contest?

[Wardell Curry]

You don't have to block the shot. The most effective defense is crowding their space to the point that it breaks their natural-many-times-practiced motion. Jumping is largely irrelevant.

But yes that would be almost impossible to block.

[Kblaze8855]

Well sure you have to try to defend it. I’m just not sure the natural inclination to go up for it would be useful.

[FultzNationRISE]

This is why you have to eye test. I told people a couple months ago when he was in a shooting slump that he was playing fine. They insisted he was broken and a liability and his game wasnt working and all this stuff, just because the shooting percentage was depressed. Exact same was happening with Josh Giddey in fact. Now theyre out of the shooting slumps and voila, nobody has any complaints.

Its all about the eye test yall.

Well, it’s also all about the benjamins, word to puff daddy. But it’s also ALSO all about the eye test!

[FultzNationRISE]

You don't have to block the shot. The most effective defense is crowding their space to the point that it breaks their natural-many-times-practiced motion. Jumping is largely irrelevant.

But yes that would be almost impossible to block.

This is now illegal unfortunately

[Wardell Curry]

This is now illegal unfortunately

You can still crowd their space you just can't put your feet underneath theirs. It's difficult but doable.

The NBA just wants to ramp scoring up because that's what people want. But you can still play defense.

It's essentially impossible to compare players across eras now though. It's really really pointless.

[Im Still Ballin]

Prime Dwight Howard could've gotten it.

[FultzNationRISE]

Prime Dwight Howard could've gotten it.

Blocking a 6’3 Frenchman =/= blocking a 7’3 Frenchman

[Kblaze8855]

I’m not sure wilt Couldn’t get it.

[Phoenix]

Did anyone other than Wilt block Kareem's skyhook?

[Im Still Ballin]

Nate Thurmond. He didn't jump nearly as high as Wilt but his wingspan and standing reach were several inches longer.

[Phoenix]

[dankok8]

^ Except Wilt who blocked the shot near its apex, all the other blocks were with the ball still in Kareem's hands or just out of his hands. Oh and Artis blocked it at its apex but that looked like goaltending.

[BlackMamba8]

This is now illegal unfortunately

Nobody takes you seriously, get the **** out of here boy

[FKAri]

You can still crowd their space you just can't put your feet underneath theirs. It's difficult but doable.

The NBA just wants to ramp scoring up because that's what people want. But you can still play defense.

It's essentially impossible to compare players across eras now though. It's really really pointless.

Why are you ignoring the ways you could score before that are banned now? Kicking your leg out to draw the foul, sweep thru, putting your man in jail when you blow by him then coming to a stop and letting him run into you to get a blocking foul, etc.