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Kyrie Hater
The biggest change in hoops from a gameplay standpoint is the inability to iso a big. That was where Shaq thrived as teams still didn't adjust to the rule changes until later in the 2000s.
And also why the 2000s was one of the worst eras of NBA basketball.
Lots of ugly games. Teams hadn’t yet figured out how to be efficient offensively.
Too many today mistake great offense for bad defense. There is a lot of high level offensive basketball going on today. The 2000s was a lot of bad offense.