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Old men Jordan fans...you know the types...make the following claims.
The NBA was better in the 80s and 90s! Its just a free throw contest now. Or they don't play defense now. All they do is miss shots because they take so many threes.
Now facts.
1) FT Attempts per game have gone down each decade since the 60s. You mean to tell me you LIKED watching them shoot 30 & 35 FTs vs now of around 22? Thats what I find riveting basketball. Watching them shoot uncontested FTs without jumping!
2) In the 1980s nobody played defense. They just fouled. They used to put the little unathletic white guy on Jordan or Magic because he was gritty and tried hard or the overly physical bruiser because he had no fkn footspeed to defend.
3) Dunks have INCREASED and fast break exciting plays have INCREASED since the 90s. That isn't exciting? Do you know what I like watching? Middle school kids with 12 inch verts doing the Mikan drill. Now thats basketball!
4) FG % is the highest it ever has been since the 80s. Despite shooting more longer shots! Let that sink in. FG% is even higher than the 70s...and they didn't even have a 3 point shot back then! The only reason the 80s FG % was higher is because people DIDNT play defense. They just ****ing fouled so much.
Clown world.
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