Non sequitur.
These cats just can't shoot the rock anymore.
Today's players may be better athletes than their forebears, but they are not forced to learn and maintain the fundamentals.
A hearty "Amen" to that, kind sir!
And it's going to get worse. Now we have high schoolers entering the league with no refinement in their game whatsoever. College kids will continue to depart school after one, maybe two years.
This reminds me of a $1,000 bet I had with my cousin. I told him that he could pick any five neighborhood street-ballers and I would put five of my high school's B-team (JV) against them and that they would be white players (I went to a Catholic school in the Diocese of Cleveland). He said that my team would get crushed.
I said, "Bet."
A reffed game, of course. Final score? My team 89, his team 66.
Fundamentals, ball-rotation, blocking out, rebounding, pick-and-rolls. That's all they did. No slam dunks, either. His team was easily frustrated by these so-called "slow" white boys who couldn't jump! ;-) But they could set and come open off a screen and singe the nets.
A disciplined, fundamental approach trumps showmanship every single time.
And, no, I didn't share my winnings, either.