Kevin Durant "It's Way Easier To Score In Today's NBA"

[Controversy]

For the past few yrs, I've echoed the same sentiments

Rim resistance is at an all time low...SFs parading around as PFs...6'9 to 6'10 Centers...1-4 jacking up threes in bunches

And you get the easiest era to ever score in if you are a scorer

No doubt in my mind, guys like Mac, AI, Kobe, MJ, etc would feast in this era

 

[Ozymandeas]

Word. I miss when Tony Delk used to run the league and be one of the best points guards of his time.

List of National Basketball Association single-game scoring leaders - Wikipedia

There are very few 90s and 2000s players on this list. Just Jordan, Kobe, LeBron and Shaq. There's tons of 2010s/2020s players though

Ask yourself does Kemba Walker, Karl Anthony Towns and Bradley Beal belong on any list with Jordan, Wilt and Kobe?

 

[MoneyTron]

List of National Basketball Association single-game scoring leaders - Wikipedia

There are very few 90s and 2000s players on this list. Just Jordan, Kobe, LeBron and Shaq. There's tons of 2010s/2020s players though

Ask yourself does Kemba Walker, Karl Anthony Towns and Bradley Beal belong on any list with Jordan, Wilt and Kobe?

15 of the 80 60+ point games were added in the past 6 seasons.

 

[ISO]

For the past few yrs, I've echoed the same sentiments

Rim resistance is at an all time low...SFs parading around as PFs...6'9 to 6'10 Centers...1-4 jacking up threes in bunches

And you get the easiest era to ever score in if you are a scorer

No doubt in my mind, guys like Mac, AI, Kobe, MJ, etc would feast in this era

Who questions this? Nobody y’all make narratives up for no reason.

MJ himself averaged 37 points per game in one of the most offensive eras in NBA history, really only second to the modern era.

Points per game is tied to shot volume anyway I don’t understand the obsession. Yes, if Michael Jordan or Kobe shoot 27-30 times in this era they could possibly average close to 40 points per game.

 

[Controversy]

Who questions this? Nobody y’all make narratives up for no reason.

MJ himself averaged 37 points per game in one of the most offensive eras in NBA history, really only second to the modern era.

Points per game is tied to shot volume anyway I don’t understand the obsession. Yes, if Michael Jordan or Kobe shoot 27-30 times in this era they could possibly average close to 40 points per game.

Getting 25+ shots a night from all over the court is not easy to do night in & night out

 

[DoubleClutch]

Obi toppin scored 40 today. Yea Durant comments looking prophetic

 

[Premeditated]

role players are better today/better shooters. which help the superstars up their scoring

but superstars today are not necessarily better than superstars 15-10 years ago

 

[ISO]

Getting 25+ shots a night from all over the court is not easy to do night in & night out

I’m telling you in Michael and Kobe 35+ point per game seasons they was shooting 27-30 times a game.

If they chose to do that in this era they could average 35-40. They could have done that year in and year out barring injuries throughout their prime but it wasn’t required seasons like that are products of one man offenses and poor supporting casts.

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

If you look at the league scoring ave for every season, teams are scoring about as much as they did in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.


The 90’s and early 2000’s was just bad basketball. Not a lot of elite scorers period. A lot of subpar teams.


You can point to lack of defense but in his era, more players are settling for jumpers and low percentage shots. Scoring is up because the overall talent and skill level is better.

 

[kornholio]

That's mainly a product of the offensive talent forcing defenses to no longer play slow footed 7 footers whose main talent was protecting the rim. Since offenses can hunt those guys and shoot wide open threes if they don't move away from the basket, teams can't play them many minutes which leads to it being easier to finish at the rim.

Exactly. People acting like they didn't see Gobert get played off the court in the playoffs.

 

[Damnshow]

Scoring is easier in today's NBA. I remember 2003 when zone defense and hand checking elements were both combined. That was brutal + many coaches having no real strategy just abusing ISO.

With that said, don't be surprised seeing role players put up 40 points. We are in the era where franchise players are on a minutes restriction or they sit out games. Obviously someone has to step up and score if they want to win games. Monk just scored 41 on 25 shot attempts, someone had to lol. Role players in todays era are better than 90s role players, etc. back then the amount of international players was minimal + your main few guys were the scoring options playing 30+ minutes each game and you did not need to surround your bench with bunch of scorers. Just give them more defense and a 7 footer to clog the lane and add one more or two scorers just in case.

Look at the 97 Knicks who looked like a legit threat to the championship Bulls. Outside of their starting 5 the 6th man was Starks and the rest of the roster were Charlie Ward's and John Wallace's of the league. Miami Heat who beat them had PJ fukking Brown as their 6th best player lol

 

[Listen]

People always love to disrespect Pierce, but this is exactly what KD was talking about. You had to drive into the paint against 2 bigs, have a sophisticated mid range game and still be able to make a 3 to be an upper echelon wing player.

I mean, just look at the Celtics Big 3 in 2008. They had to add a elite big and an elite Guard around Pierce to complete the squad, and they played distinct roles, just like the Lakers of the same time period. Think of how many big shots in those two finals that KG or Pierce or Kobe or Pau had to hit 12-15 ft from the basket???

it’s just different now.

 

[DoubleClutch]

People always love to disrespect Pierce, but this is exactly what KD was talking about. You had to drive into the paint against 2 bigs, breh have a sophisticated mid range game and still be able to make a 3 to be an upper echelon wing player.

I mean, just look at the Celtics Big 3 in 2008. They had to add a elite big and an elite Guard around Pierce to complete the squad, and they played distinct roles, just like the Lakers of the same time period. Think of how many big shots in those two finals that KG or Pierce or Kobe or Pau had to hit 12-15 ft from the basket???

it’s just different now.

that’s why Luka is excelling in the league right now. He’s like a pierce type scorer. Euros have that skill set.

 

[Greenhornet]

this is old news
you cant even really play defense anymore ... its a shooting gallery and they let people travel, carry and take steps more and more

fun to watch sometimes but not as grindy as before

on a mismatch now you are just completely fukked. You rarely can just get into someones body and force them one direction ... just gotta wait for them to shoot right over you

which is made even worse because offensive players abuse all the other rules and swing through and force you to contact them anyways
when Lebron played defense with his hands behind his back, that was a perfect example showing how the NBA is bullshyt he's right he should be able to body you up without reaching and have you not just walk to the lane freely
you have dudes at the gym doing that shyt now and crying the past 5-10 years... they charge in and then call foul and get upset when they create the contact... nobody reaches... they just expect a lane to open and not get contested

 

[nyknick]

Glen Rice in today's league