How LeBron, Luka, Giannis, and Harden Are Dominating the NBA This Season | The Ringer

This is the best basketball breakdown I have ever seen

gotta get any Luka content I can during his injury

Arvydas Sabonis is the biggest 'what-if,' IMO. As a basketball fan it kills me that by the time he got to the NBA his knees and ankles were already wrecked from overtraining with the Soviet team.

Funny how when I was in high school as the tallest person on my team everyone including my coach expected me to play with my back towards the basket, now playmaking bigs are “normal”

Ben Simmons: Am I a joke to you? Yes. Yes you are.

Death, Taxes, and Amazing Basketball Breakdowns from J. Kyle Mann. The only guarantees in life.

Goosebumps thinking about Bird in today’s NBA

“Lack of respect from defence all has vanished” Rockets vs GSW Russel westbrook: crying inside

Congratulations to the first American to ever pronounce Dončić correctly!!! Great video also!

Two years later and Jokic is the unicorn standard to what a big playmaker is all about. Even when it comes to firing passes from different angles and timings that the rest of the players on the court didn't account for. Its kind of had a ripple effect as other teams have hung on to their established ones (Heat, Wolves, Kings via a trade) but other teams have started their own projects to develop theirs (Rockets, Thunder).

That guy got dropped at 1:29

Just like the 3 ball, dual threat wings as the best primary arent going anywhere. You can trace it back to rule changes(and somewhat analytics, tho analytics by nature are reactionary. Spotting a fact rather than setting it). Wings by nature are just giants with extreme skill and athletic ability, already a good option to build around. But post 04 with zone being allowed(no illegal defense) Lebron and co. style was perfect to drive and kick. In this time you see the rise of scoring point guards as well(1. They saw Lebron. 2. They still were far and away more skilled than your average wing). Then the freedom of movement rule combined with Curry's success and Houston analytical approach encouraged the increase and skill of 3pt shooting(that particular skillset at that, since league 3pt shooting % increased dramatically without FT shooting doing the same). You add the Thunders campaign for Russ boxing out to get your playmaker the ball as soon as possible the rise of triple doubles increased even moreso than with Lebron(which was dramatic in itself). You end with a league whose best option is a scoring/passing wing who is kicking out to role players that are valuing their low attempts with a shot worth more. The next step is the big whose adept at passing when coming off a roll/pop(essentially an Amare/Malone who can hit the corner or through a lob at the free throw line besides hitting that shot or xscoring at the rim. Can you imagine a rolling hard Joker passing to a cutter or a pindown if the threat of his scoring was greater?). Tho i could see a widening of the court making the corners as long as the rest bringing back big back to the basket play, without illegal defense the corner defender is immediately up on the post. Fascinating game. A slight change in rules or a innovative player can change it completely from what you knew just yesterday.

I missed you Kyle. Please never leave us for more then a week sincerly every NBA fan.

Some of those dimes, though! This might be a blueprint for superstars, but the bar is crazy high for imitators. You need to have world class scoring, size, handles, playmaking, and passing. The real miracle is that we have 4+ players who are pulling it off. Oh yeah, ideally you should play D as well. That is one reason why I respect Giannis so much as a player: he is arguably the best in the league on offense and arguably the best in the league on defense. There are players that can just about match his O or his D, but nobody can match him on both. Kawhi is the closest, but he definitely falls short.

Yet “aLl HaRdEn dOEs Is ShOoT” is what casuals got to say about him like he isn’t one of the best playmakers in the league.

This video is insanely useful for guys who think that today's NBA is regressed, people don't play defense, people are soft etc. The game has evolved instead. The basketball from 80-90s is no longer viable for today's game. It's so much harder to play defense now, cause you have 5 people spacing the floor, instead of like 4 people in the paint as in the past.

Best content on YouTube! Would love a break down of Anthony Edwards soon.

I'm all for offense but I wish the league would go back to letting perimeter defenders play defense...

J. Kyle Mann makes the flat out best Ringer video content. Keep up the good work.

It’s weird to see Luka and Harden here until you remember Luka is 6’7” and Harden is 6’6”.