Thinking Basketball showing examples of how 90s illegal defense rules made help defense impossible

Ben Taylor of Thinking Basketball questions why the NBA has stopped calling offensive fouls when players charge into someone or use their off-arm showing clips from just a decade ago where those moves were illegal and the players didn't even argue the calls when they happened

Michael Jordan defensive highlights in the 1996 NBA Finals

Thinking Basketball Ben Taylor Manu Ginobili I think is the most underrated defender ever probably And I think Manu Ginobili might be a better defender than Bruce Bowen but not as an isolation defender on the perimeter

Replays Boris Diaw lockdown defense against LeBron James in the 1st half of Game 6 - 2013 NBA Finals - 6182013Keeping LeBron 39 from the field

Kevin Garnett Tim Hardaway and Alonzo Mourning fronted Nike's 1998 Fun Police campaign built around players policing boring basketball The lockout started that same July and chopped the next season down to 50 games 1998

How ball handling has gotten 'better' over the years