Quote Originally Posted by GIF REACTION
The game has never been as 5 man orientated as it is now

Team offenses are the best they've ever been

As are team defenses

You can't judge the quality of either separately to older eras without mentioning both the offense and the defense. Stats are biased and need to be taken into context

Isolation, simple offenses don't amount to team success like it used to. You cannot afford to have 2-3 players who aren't viable scoring threats on the court anymore like you could in the 80's and 90's. The team defenses are too good now. You need multiple players who can shoot, defend, rebound and pass.

Thus, individual star player stats have suffered. The talent pool didn't magically disappear. Things just changed. Methods and offenses evolved as did the defenses. Scoring 30PPG no longer brought success like it used to. This doesn't mean players can't and don't have the ability to put up amazing stats. Take Westbrook for example. Just that it doesn't bring the team success it used to.

Holy shit. Crazy good post.