The 2024-2025 NBA Basketball Season

[thunderc]

There will be another private meeting with the press next week stressing defebse

 

[thunderc]

Let me put this nicely, Jason Kidds glasses are less than manly.

 

[tlance]

Maybe

Maybe not

Anthony Mason wouldn't be in the league today. A ton of examples like that.

It is a lock.

He was a 2 time All American. Would have been a first round pick back then. Probably would have played a similar role.

Highly skilled 6’7” players make NBA rosters in any era.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Maybe

Maybe not

Anthony Mason wouldn't be in the league today. A ton of examples like that.

Seriously?

Dillon Brooks is in the League.....but Mason wouldn't be? LOL.

 

[logic]

Maybe

Maybe not

Anthony Mason wouldn't be in the league today. A ton of examples like that.

Wait, you root for the Pistons with Isaiah Stewart.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Seriously?

Dillon Brooks is in the League.....but Mason wouldn't be? LOL.

They have completely different skill sets?

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Wait, you root for the Pistons with Isaiah Stewart.

Isiah Stewart is one of the best rim protectors in the league. Anthony Mason couldnt block a plant.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Point is yes there are guys in the league today that wouldnt have been in the league 25 30 years ago. And there are plenty of guys in the league 25 30 years ago that wouldn't be in todays league. A guy like Edey would have been a multiple time all star in the 90s. Today he is a JAG.

 

[DJ Fieri]

They have completely different skill sets?

He's a fake tough guy. Mason was the real deal.

 

[thunderc]

He's a fake tough guy. Mason was the real deal.

Get to work

 

[DJ Fieri]

Isiah Stewart is one of the best rim protectors in the league. Anthony Mason couldnt block a plant.

So blocks are the main way to determine defense?

Mason was a very good defender back in the day.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Get to work

I'm here.

 

[thunderc]

I'm here.

That’s not working

 

[DJ Fieri]

Wait, you root for the Pistons with Isaiah Stewart.

Beat me to it....

 

[DJ Fieri]

It is a lock.

He was a 2 time All American. Would have been a first round pick back then. Probably would have played a similar role.

Highly skilled 6’7” players make NBA rosters in any era.

Mason was a good passer as well....rebound and play defense. And score too.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

So blocks are the main way to determine defense?

Mason was a very good defender back in the day.

Back in the day a big body who could bang in the paint was a premium need. Today it is not as much. You need quick feet and ability to rotate and rim protect.

He was a decent free throw shooter. I will give him that.

This isnt as much about Anthony Mason though as it is about the difference in needs in both eras.

There are guys who wouldnt fit in one era or the other

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Mason was a good passer as well....rebound and play defense. And score too.

He is talking about Niang.

We forget Niang was an exceptional college player. Mason played at Tennesee State lol.

 

[DJ Fieri]

He is talking about Niang.

We forget Niang was an exceptional college player. Mason played at Tennesee State lol.

He played at Tennessee State and was still a damn good NBA player in any era.

 

[tlance]

L

Mason was a good passer as well....rebound and play defense. And score too.

I agree that he probably finds a roster for a little while. He wasn’t unskilled.

But he would have been a bad defender today. He relied on strength and physicality to defend. Unless he drastically changed his body, he wouldn’t be able to move his feet well enough to be a plus defender today.

That probably leaves him on the outside looking in or as a fringe G league type today.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

He played at Tennessee State and was still a damn good NBA player in any era.

And again i wasnt harping on Mason himself but that the skillset requirements today push guys from the 90s out of todays league also.