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Blazers Roy said:
You are forgetting one small thing: Adam Silver wants the league to be about a million 3-point shots every game. He doesn't REALLY like basketball so he finds defense and post play boring.

The league itself is shaping the gameplay and not the other way around. The league is allowing endless moving screens for shooters, whistles for every touch beyond the arc and nothing in the paint. God forbid someone tries to touch James Harden or Curry on the perimeter! defense is not allowed.
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I myself miss the post-up days. The 80s and early 90s was the best era of basketball by far. It doesn't seem that many american kids are working on their post skills. Most of the big men you see from america are all athletes or tall guys that can shoot.

The touch fouls are ridiculous too, what is more boring than watching a guy shoot FTS?
 
Not sure about the Adam Silver bit though. The NBA teams started jacking up a hell of a lot more 3s the year the NBA experimented with moving the 3pt line to the college mark. A lot more players started practicing their shooting, and they never looked back. I think a lot of players like it, because why drive hard and risk getting injured when you can launch up a 3? And if you can hit around 33% of them, that's a really decent percentage.

The 3 pt shot is here to stay, but I'd still like to see better post play.
 
TBpup said:
^^^ That is ridiculous! And yet out on the perimeter, if you breathe on Curry, Harden, Durant, etc, there is an immediate whistle.
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Hook? Nothing
Elbow? Nothing
Full on WWE shove? Nothing

I love me some Jeff Van Gundy. He doesn't care one bit if he shouldn't say something like that. Reminds me of Snapper
 
TBpup said:
^^^ That is ridiculous! And yet out on the perimeter, if you breathe on Curry, Harden, Durant, etc, there is an immediate whistle.
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There was another play like it in the finals and JVG ranted again on this whole subject.
He said something along the lines of: "players are not trying to score using post up moves because the league is not rewarding them with foul calls and they risk getting the ball stolen from them. you only get rewarded in this league for three point shots ".

I'm sorry that i couldn't find that clip :-(
 
Blazers Roy said:
There was another play like it in the finals and JVG ranted again on this whole subject.
He said something along the lines of: "players are not trying to score using post up moves because the league is not rewarding them with foul calls and they risk getting the ball stolen from them. you only get rewarded in this league for three point shots ".

I'm sorry that i couldn't find that clip :-(
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It's the David vs. Goliath syndrome. I'm too lazy to look up the exact quote, but Wilt commented on it back in the 1960s. He said (paraphrasing) the common fan will always view the big man as the villain (Goliath) and cheer for the smaller hero (David). They do not self-identify with the 7' giant and consider him a freak of nature.

All the recent rule changes and the current officiating favor the smaller player more than at any time in NBA history. The league wants this because the average fan self-identifies more with 6'3" point guards than 7' centers.

BNM
 
Blazers Roy said:
There was another play like it in the finals and JVG ranted again on this whole subject.
He said something along the lines of: "players are not trying to score using post up moves because the league is not rewarding them with foul calls and they risk getting the ball stolen from them. you only get rewarded in this league for three point shots ".

I'm sorry that i couldn't find that clip :-(
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It's the exact same reason why flopping is rampant in the NBA and not at any other level. Flops are rewarded with a whistle.
 
dviss1 said:
For those who don't think his shot blocking will transfer, that SAVAGE ASS block was on the #1 draft pick Markelle Fultz.
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I think the ref called a "foul" on that block haha
 
What do you guys think a successful rookie season for Collins would be statistically?

I'd be estatic if he jumped into the starting lineup due to his play and averaged something like:

26 MPG/ 10 PPG / 7 RPG / 2 APG / 1.5 BPG
 
Even the ESPN broadcasters had an issue with that call. Completely clean.
 
BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94 said:
What do you guys think a successful rookie season for Collins would be statistically?

I'd be estatic if he jumped into the starting lineup due to his play and averaged something like:

26 MPG/ 10 PPG / 7 RPG / 2 APG / 1.5 BPG
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If you look at Serge Ibaka's first four years in the league, that would be a great career trajectory for Collins. After his first four years, Ibaka's defense took a dump, but his first four seasons were great. I would be happy if Collins put up a similar arc.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/i/ibakase01.html

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