pull down to refresh
105 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 18h \ on: Why does the NBA look so different now? Stacker_Sports
Idk. I played in the late 80s. This is different. All the slalom shit it's like are you guys skiing or what? Also it feels like the way dribbles are done today would be carry back then.
Even as kids we got called for carry all the time. Maybe don't call it, just penalize off the screen. 1 carry -> pay 1 BTC fine.
I'm glad they relaxed the carry interpretations enough that we get cool ballhandling.
The best ballhandlers, from Isiah Thomas to Kyrie Irving, don't need to carry to do cool things, but in the early days of the NBA it was basically impossible to do any fancy dribbling.
They just need to call the actual carry violations, which is anytime the hand is under the ball while dribbling.