On September 21, Beijing time, former NBA player Ken Young Martin talked about today's NBA when he was a guest on a program hosted by Arenas, and he also, like many old-school players, believes that most players can't play in "his time" now!
When asked by the host which players could play and succeed in his generation, it was certain that Young Martin only said three names: "LeBron could have played in my time, and Embiid, when he focused on playing, he would play very well." Another guy,I think Curry can play in any era, everybody's talking about projection, but he plays the right way, passes when it's time to pass, shoot when it's time to shoot, and I love watching him play with Clay. ”
At the same time, like many players, he thinks that when he first entered the league, the league encouraged physical confrontation, many fouls would not blow, and in this era, many fouls that just blocked the opponent's basket would be escalated into malicious fouls, indicating that he could not play in the current league, so he thought that players who were accustomed to basketball in this era could not play in the early 21st century.
Every era has different rules of basketball, and many celebrities such as Rodman, Lambier, Larry Bird, Dr. J and others have discussed that the way the league plays now is different from before, and many players can't play in the 80s and 90s! O'Neill bluntly said, "The current way of basketball does not prove that the sport is improving, but it makes people look boring, I can't give advice to the players of this era, because I don't like the way they play now, no one goes to the inside to fight, they all shoot three points on the outside."
O'Neill said such a thing that no one refuted, because he won the honor, experienced the basketball of the 90s, and it was true that physical confrontation was more encouraged at that time, but is Ken Jan Martin qualified to be the ancient blower? He was a 2000 champion, but his career honors were limited, he only made an All-Star once, and the age of his playing was not far from now, the rules changed not as much as expected, and there are still some players who are almost contemporaries with him!
For example, James Anthony of the 03 generation, Howard in 2004, Iguodala, Haslem and so on. In the first few years of the early 21st century, there may not have been as many three-point shots as now, and the phenomenon of teaming up is not so frequent, but it is really much stronger to say that the confrontation is so strong that most players can't adapt to that era now it is a bit excessive! The top ten or even the top twenty players in the active league have their own skills, and it is unlikely that they will not be able to adapt to the game at that time by pushing forward for more than ten years.