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    Man, there are some great intelligent discussions that take place in these forums, even popping up now and then during the dog days of August. Everyone's right, nobody's wrong!

    For whatever it's worth, my opinion is that Russell is dead right about the game fluctuating around adjustments to the once in a generation type players that come along. When they dominate, like LeBron is now, like MJ did, and like Wilt did, it's natural that teams/coaches try everything to answer that, but those guys are rare. As this game, like all others, evolves over time, there are always other factors as well. More prolific 3P shooters is certainly having it's affect in the evolution, as are the analytics that tell you how effective that corner 3 is. The recent influx of high quality PGs is having it's affect currently. Point being is that there's quite a number of things affecting the constant evolution of the game, and it shall go on like that forever.

    Unless you have one of those transcendent athletes (LeBron's a freak that you may not see another like him for decades), coaches have to try and put together a team, and both offensive and defensive schemes, that can adjust, not only to whatever current trends are, but to a different style of team every night. Just ask Popovich. Depending on match-ups, if you can only score and defend inside, or only score and defend outside, some teams are going to kill you every night. Again, short of having a LeBron, you need both, a la the Spurs who are built to be able to adjust at both ends, to whatever opponent they face. It was easier in Wilt's time to dominate with one strong suit, but not anymore. As there are so many great athletes, at various positions, It's all about balance now,,,,,, and containing the odd LeBron talent that are so rare. Even KD, as great as he is, OKC went nowhere without Westbrook. You need a variety of weapons, and need to be able to defend a variety as well.
    Last edited by p00ka; Mon Aug 26, 2013, 10:54 AM.

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      p00ka wrote: View Post
      Man, there are some great intelligent discussions that take place in these forums, even popping up now and then during the dog days of August. Everyone's right, nobody's wrong!

      For whatever it's worth, my opinion is that Russell is dead right about the game fluctuating around adjustments to the once in a generation type players that come along. When they dominate, like LeBron is now, like MJ did, and like Wilt did, it's natural that teams/coaches try everything to answer that, but those guys are rare. As this game, like all others, evolves over time, there are always other factors as well. More prolific 3P shooters is certainly having it's affect in the evolution, as are the analytics that tell you how effective that corner 3 is. The recent influx of high quality PGs is having it's affect currently. Point being is that there's quite a number of things affecting the constant evolution of the game, and it shall go on like that forever.

      Unless you have one of those transcendent athletes (LeBron's a freak that you may not see another like him for decades), coaches have to try and put together a team, and both offensive and defensive schemes, that can adjust, not only to whatever current trends are, but to a different style of team every night. Just ask Popovich. Depending on match-ups, if you can only score and defend inside, or only score and defend outside, some teams are going to kill you every night. Again, short of having a LeBron, you need both, a la the Spurs who are built to be able to adjust at both ends, to whatever opponent they face. It was easier in Wilt's time to dominate with one strong suit, but not anymore. As there are so many great athletes, at various positions, It's all about balance now,,,,,, and containing the odd LeBron talent that are so rare. Even KD, as great as he is, OKC went nowhere without Westbrook. You need a variety of weapons, and need to be able to defend a variety as well.
      Agreed, both sides have valid points.

      On the whole, I think it is easier to find players that can hit the 3 than it is to find two-way talented bigs. That likely has as much to do with the trend as the mathematics of scoring. When you think of roster construction, you see that a guy like Martell Webster makes $5.1M-$5.8M over the next 4 years compared to JaVale McGee $10M-$12M over the next 3. Who would you honestly rather have? If you can build a team with 2 Webster's for every McGee then you'll have a more versatile team for half the price (even with 2 Websters per McGee, you can only have so many players per team, so 15 Websters will cost half of 15 McGee's).

      When you combine the supply of 3 pt shooters vs bigs, and the statistically benefits of the corner 3, to me, it really pushes home the idea that the league will continue down this trend until something drastic comes to change the landscape.
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