Reg00 wrote:Rapcity_11 wrote:Reg00 wrote:If Jordan can score in the high 20's and 30's in that hand checking, old school environment I don't see how it was that a detriment to perimeter players. This for me is one of the reasons why Jordan will be always the greatest as compared against the modern era guys.
Jordan also played against less sophisticated defenses and defenses that were limited by the old illegal defense rule. So it goes both ways.
Zone defenses were brought in to stop the slower big man oriented approach more than that quicker guys like Jordan. Post play got harder as soon as you could double your man before the catch. Jordan would relish the free flowing offense of today. The triangle that Tex ran in Chicago would do very well in the NBA today, and I am pretty sure Kerr borrowed a lot of the fundamentals of it (lots of passing, multiple shot creators, lots of length) for his GSW team.
Teams couldn't overload the strong side in the past due to illegal defense. That's what I was referring to. Not actual zone defenses.
Furthermore, wing scoring efficiency has stayed relatively flat over the years and there's been a noticeable drop in volume scorers (for example 20+ PPG scorers).