L take. The ball has never been shot the way Steph shoots. No 7 footers were as skilled as KD, as athletic as Giannis, and many more. No player was scoring 25 per in there 30's. No player was as crafty as Kyrie and Luka. Let's not even talk about Ja, Rose, Westbrook. The facts are harder for older fans to accept. Everything evolves, that includes people, training, and ability.

I’d argue that the skill level HASN’T improved. Today’s players are simply allowed to do a lot of stuff that was illegal in previous eras, and they’ve added moves to their bags that take advantage of that freedom.

Maybe if you change it to team level you might be wright. Individually the skill level is way higher today than it was 20/30 years ago. Just look at the amount of really good (not superstars) players in the league - it’s crazy that porzingis is the 4th option for the Celtics. Bro is a damn baller

So you’re wrong on this. Because all anybody does is talk about the athleticism, the skill level, the handles and all of that. Which is true. All of that is probably better, and likely because basketball is less of a team game now. But what you all fail to understand is that argument has very little to do with skill. If I had to summarize the argument, it would be “ok cool, you can dribble a lot and past people, you jump real high, you can shoot from far. But.