these "more skilled" players can barely score 80 points with old rules

[Bronbron23]

Must be a tough pill to swallow for all these guys saying this era is way better. Let defenses hand check, body, fight through screens and contest without fear of a cheap call and the game is way different. You can see guys having to work way harder to get looks.

And i'm not saying previous era's were better but they clearly weren't worse. The nba rules have everything to do with how easy players score now.

[And1AllDay]

imagine forgetting nba teams build chemistry and disregarding it for a sh1tty thread

next

[tpols]

and contest without fear of a cheap call

Major point. I feel bad for NBA defenders that have to contest jumpers. If you come within a foot of them You're liable to have them flop fall and get calls which wildly swings momentum and nueters the defense going forward. Scam shit.

[3ba11]

This is why Curry is nowhere near say, Maravich

Just like Curry grew up shooting threes, Maravich grew up shooting contested two's while getting bumped as a standard.. Today's players only know how to set up the neat little jumpers that today's spacing and hands-off defense provides.. If you took away the spacing or hands-off defense, today's NBA players are lost, as we saw today

[Stephonit]

This is why Curry is nowhere near say, Maravich

Just like Curry grew up shooting threes, Maravich grew up shooting contested two's while getting bumped as a standard.. Today's players only know how to set up the neat little jumpers that today's spacing and hands-off defense provides.. If you took away the spacing or hands-off defense, today's NBA players are lost, as we saw today

Is Curry playing at the Olympics? He's not even playing and he's getting blamed for the poor performance of all these inferior players!

[Bronbron23]

imagine forgetting nba teams build chemistry and disregarding it for a sh1tty thread

next

Imagine being so dumb to forget that there's been usa olympic teams every 4 years and those teams have rarely not scored 100 points or more let alone 80. Good try though chief

[8Ball]

These players are trying to replicate Jordan Ball.

Chuck chuck chuck

[And1AllDay]

Imagine being so dumb to forget that there's been usa olympic teams every 4 years and those teams have rarely not scored 100 points or more let alone 80. Good try though chief

imagine not knowing 90% of these players did not play in olympics, all are new and did not play together except like 3 guys you thinks this is the same roster from 4 yrs ago?

imagine comparing nba teams that play5 years together to brand new olympic teams that played 5 practice games together

maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan

[tpols]

Is Curry playing at the Olympics? He's not even playing and he's getting blamed for the poor performance of all these inferior players!

Half of 3balls takes are retarded. You shouldn't be surprised.

[And1AllDay]

Half of 3balls takes are retarded. You shouldn't be surprised.

true

but thurston why did you never tell us what t pols means?

[3ba11]

Is Curry playing at the Olympics? He's not even playing and he's getting blamed for the poor performance of all these inferior players!

Curry is responsible for taking the basketball out of basketball and making it a 3-point contest where any talent-less country (basketball-wise) can win by winning the 3-point contest that the game has become.. Talent and skill don't matter anymore because it's a 3-point contest

[Bronbron23]

imagine not knowing 90% of these players did not play in olympics, all are new and did not play together except like 3 guys you thinks this is the same roster from 4 yrs ago?

imagine comparing nba teams that play5 years together to brand new olympic teams that played 5 practice games together

maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan

Wow your dumb. The last usa olympic team had 2 returning players which is the same as this year. Once again good try chief

[hold this L]

Is Curry playing at the Olympics? He's not even playing and he's getting blamed for the poor performance of all these inferior players!

2ball doesn't watch basketball. It's his words. He hasn't watched for like 7 years yet this idiot seems to have a lot to say about current players.

2ball is mentally challenged.

[tpols]

Curry is responsible for taking the basketball out of basketball and making it a 3-point contest where any talent-less country (basketball-wise) can win by winning the 3-point contest that the game has become.. Talent and skill don't matter anymore because it's a 3-point contest

They aren't winning because of 3s. France shot 8-27 on 3s today. They sucked from 3. They shot like Scottie Pippen from 3.

They're winning because they play as a team and soft manufactured NBA superstars don't get the same calls outside the WWE.

[Stephonit]

Curry is responsible for taking the basketball out of basketball and making it a 3-point contest where any talent-less country (basketball-wise) can win by winning the 3-point contest that the game has become.. Talent and skill don't matter anymore because it's a 3-point contest

No the ones responsible for that is the league which loosened things up for other players so that they could look like Curry without being Curry. Case in point: Lillard. Always inferior numbers to Curry until recently where he finally matched Curry's worst year in terms of efficiency. Or consider Harden and his miraculous ability to draw fouls. Curry on the other hand is the high-volume scorer least reliant on free throws in NBA history. If it wasn't for these modifications by the league to help his peers Curry would stick out even further as the greatest player in the game.