Nuntius wrote:The Corey's wrote:Nuntius wrote:
You are allowed to have your opinion, no matter how inaccurate that opinion may be. The opinion isn't the issue here. The issue is the "if points are up, defense is down" claim.
That claim is absolutely nonsensical. It presupposes that the quality of offense and quality of defense are on some sort of equilibrium where an increase in the former is going to bring about a corresponding decrease in the latter and vice versa.
And that just isn't how any of it works.
I can't walk every one of you through this. So let this serve as the end of it.
https://fadeawayworld.net/paul-george-explains-why-defense-is-bad-in-todays-nba
https://www.deseret.com/sports/2024/03/04/nba-binge-scoring-not-good-for-game-opinion/
https://www.studlife.com/sports/2024/01/16/the-nbas-defense-problem-is-too-big-to-ignore-how-can-it-be-fixed
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/feb/03/nba-offensive-revolution-scoring-defense
My take is not isolated to me and shared by NBA players alike.
It's a struggle to get these players to play 82 games a year and you're all out here trying to convince me that they're giving they're defensive best. I don't think so.
If you re-read the two posts I've directed at you, you'll see that I didn't try to debate your point about whether defense in today's NBA is good or not. As I said in my first post, you have the right to your opinion. I'm not here to debate that opinion.
The reason why I replied to your posts in the first place was to address the "If points are up, defense is down" claim. This claim right here:The Corey's wrote:If points are up, defense is down. That's how it works.
Do you still stand by this claim?
I believe that if the defense is at the NBA's best ever as no less than 3 users told me it was that it wouldn't make sense and doesn't make sense that the league would also be at its highest points per game avg ever.
It doesn't compute. It can't be both. Because effort on the defensive side isn't the same thing as quality. If the defense is at its all time best then no, the offense wouldn't also be at its all time best.
How can teams be scoring at the highest rate in NBA history while also playing the best defense? Do the results not matter?