It is a fair point that when we think of the past we often think of the outliers rather than the average but that being said I definitely think more physicality was allowed to occur in the past. I guess it is more of an issue with the way the game is called now rather than the way it is played.

I do agree that recently we are seeing some variance in the way teams play. I think the big man and play in the paint is re-emerging but that is definitely a recent phenomenon. Hopefully it continues.