Paris907 wrote:The game and the league are changing at such a pace that the issue of how will the front court players play against a team that poses speed and size and 3 point mastery. I.e. GSW. Billy can get his body fat down to 5% but how will he matchup against PF if KP plays stretch 5? Our SF needs To be a 2 way superior athlete with a stroke.
The Game DON'T change .. the NBA Game has evolve into so many types of winning systems.
The NBA had a lot of speedy uptempo teams back in the 60's 70's and 80's, the winning teams back then (Magic n Bird) had two dynamic systems in their rotation uptempo and half-court system.
Plus in 1976 offseason when the uptempo ABA league joined the NBA, the majority of the ABA teams were speedy SSOL teams.
A lot of new NBA fans never seen real speed on the court until they get a old video of a 6.9 PG Magic Johnson leading a fast-break, or watching Magic grab a defensive-rebound and throw a direct lob-pass to Cooper or Worthy to score within 3 second later, or watching Magic long legs dribble the ball down court having great passing-skills so the Lakers could score within six seconds.
What enlighten so many fans were 40 yr old Kareem Abdul Jabbar were still shooting 80% on his hook shot, plus blocking/intimidating opponents shots 15 ft from basket, plus 40 yr old Kareem never had to run back on defense or offense having Magic leadership dictating teammates performance.
MJ tried everything to be like Magic n Bird all-around high IQ 5 position performance .. MJ couldn't do it! So MJ hooked-up with Pippin to become the best all-around same-page tandem to hit the court of basketball.
MJ n Pippin could repeat any teams system an opponent came up with plus do it better.
All the talk about a Triangle-offense were to hype up Phil Jackson coaching, when MJ n Pippin creative athletic talent as a tandem did the impossible game after game or series after series changing tactics like they change sneakers.
