You’re not wrong. But I’m hoping for a solid series so we can un-crown the OKC playing style from dominating the NBA conversations the next couple years.
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This sh*t is so bad. NBA players today are completely inept at playing in the low post and finishing at the rim. I've tried getting back into it but watching four 6'10 dudes scattered around the 3 pt line with one guy setting picks on the perimeter and not a single offensive player setting up within 15 feet of the rim is just so lame and boring.
Back to the basket post play just isn’t as efficient as 35-40% 3PT shooting.
Plus all the space it creates having 5 out. I actually enjoy basketball today over late 90s early 2000s when most dominant front courts reigned and games ended at 89 to 85
This is a little exaggerated when the Spurs are playing too. Not much action at the rim when you have a 7’4” dude lurking in the paint. On the other end he’s playing point center and shooting 35 percent from beyond the arc.
They wouldn't be able to play this hard right now if the games were this frantic for 6 month seasons.
It's always been that way.
It makes for big runs. This game in NY isn’t over because the knicks could go on a 15-0 run in just 2-3 minutes.
But he rarely seems to lurk in the paint. He's always on the outside. Crazy unique talented guy, but I've never seen a smaller 7'4 dude. Patrick Ewing at 6'11 would've worn him out.
Basically it creates real 'positionless' basketball and doesn't feel like there's a lot of variety even though the skill sets are far beyond the old days.
I catch very little NBA games and it's not my cup of tea but the skills really are a different level especially vs. college.
Just the passing alone blows college out of the water (granted college ball feels like more organized AAU any more).
Reminds me a lot of Ralph Sampson or even more so Sam Bowie hope his body can take the beating of the NBA schedule.
He is a rim protector.
Ewing would not have been able to guard him on the perimeter. Between pick and roll, pick and pop, and iso, Wemby would average 1.5 points per possession against Ewing. Compare that to Ewing's 1.2 ppp against Wemby.
NBA playoff BB is easily the most interesting the talent and effort are off the charts.
