[Skywalk]

The 70s? LOL whe nthe league almost folded because thuggery and cokeheads had taken it over?

You don't know squat about basketball and obviously didn't watch Phoenix and LA tonight or Utah-Miami.

The NBA wasn't exposed in the Olympics. The players were younger, Larry Brown refused to play the best guys for the style they needed to play and the way Duncan was officiated was a joke.

You don't even know that scouting, defense, more controlled offensive sets and the like are responsible for the decrease in scoring. Defense and athletes are just better now.

[self_evident]

The NBA wasn't exposed in the Olympics.

Most people don't want to look at it analytically, but that's the truth. Shaq, Robinson, Bryant, Kidd, Carter would have blown everyone out as badly as the original dream team. What is different, is that America's fifth string NBA team is no longer good enough to get the job done, because everyone else has gotten so much better.

[Barlowmaker]

You don't even know that scouting, defense, more controlled offensive sets and the like are responsible for the decrease in scoring. Defense and athletes are just better now.

As teams threw up more three pointers, scoring went down. You can see the trend slowly emerging from 84-now.

Although, this year the scoring and shooting has been stellar.