But the issue is whether the game is better now, not whether old players would be better if they were playing today.
And the game is better now. GOAT doesn’t watch the NBA, but he wants you to listen to his view on it.
The game is better now than it was. The players are more athletic; international talent is all over; players are faster and more explosive. The article shows the last two.
Replies to: "That’s a good point. About the players, not the paywall."
- Old School Basketball Exhibit End of Discussion [LINK]
- Hensou - 2:00pm 3/30/25
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- Have someone read this to you [NT]
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- Chris94 - 5:54pm 3/30/25
- The Atlantic? Use your eyes man. Crap D is Crap D. - Hensou - 6:08pm 3/30/25
- Paywalled links are worthless - Cheg80 - 6:04pm 3/30/25
- That’s a good point. About the players, not the paywall. - Chris94 - 9:08am 3/31/25
- Wrong on several points. - Hensou - 10:59am 3/31/25
- Exactly but if you don’t think todays NBA is the best ever, you’re a MAGA idiot, - TampaIrish - 6:34pm 3/30/25
- Paywall or not, still worthless. [NT]
- Hensou - 6:09pm 3/30/25
- Read my edit [NT]
- Cheg80 - 6:19pm 3/30/25
- Agree. [NT] - Hensou - 6:30pm 3/30/25
- Read my edit [NT]
- Cheg80 - 6:19pm 3/30/25
- That’s a good point. About the players, not the paywall. - Chris94 - 9:08am 3/31/25
- A freaked of an athlete in multiple sports [NT]
- LanceManion - 3:53pm 3/30/25
- Still angry that he double-crossed Conan. [NT]
- jakers - 9:41am 3/31/25
- Bros before hos. [NT] - LanceManion - 11:55am 3/31/25
- Quite possibly the greatest athlete ever - Cheg80 - 6:25pm 3/30/25
- Fortunately for his rivals, he was mostly a gentle giant on the court. - MAS - 6:52pm 3/30/25
- Bill Russell supposedly told a story about that - Cheg80 - 8:21pm 3/30/25
- 100%. They were trying to get him to come back to the NBA into his 40s - LanceManion - 6:48pm 3/30/25
- Nolan Ryan could still throw 80+mph in his late fifties. [NT]
- MAS - 6:53pm 3/30/25
- Nolan Ryan is the older bull on the hill. - conorlarkin - 8:14pm 3/30/25
- Nolan Ryan could still throw 80+mph in his late fifties. [NT]
- MAS - 6:53pm 3/30/25
- Fortunately for his rivals, he was mostly a gentle giant on the court. - MAS - 6:52pm 3/30/25
- Still angry that he double-crossed Conan. [NT]
- jakers - 9:41am 3/31/25
- Love how Wilt defended Jabbar. - MAS - 3:26pm 3/30/25
- Very close to goal tending but it wasn't...timed perfectly. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 5:36pm 3/30/25
- Have someone read this to you [NT]
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- Chris94 - 5:54pm 3/30/25