BTW here are some facts of what actually happened.
'91-'92 Bulls DRTG: 104.5
'92-'93 Bulls DRTG: 106.1
'93-'94 Bulls DRTG: 102.7
You can say what you want about how good the '93-'94 Bulls were, but they were undoubtedly the best defense Chicago had since Jordan was drafted. Except Jordan didn't play a game. And Scottie Pippen was carrying a bigger load on offense. Are we gonna say that's Tonu Kukoc and Steve Kerr as well? Meanwhile..
'12-'13 Heat DRTG: 103.7
'13-'14 Heat DRTG: 105.8
'14'-'15 Heat DRTG: 106.7
Keep in mind that despite losing LeBron (and Battier/Allen), the Heat replaced him with 29 year old Luol Deng- a guy who has seen as an elite wing defender- and 74 games of Dragic/Whiteside, one considered one of the top guard defenders in the league the other one of the elite rim protectors. And yet they still got worse.
These things aren't perfect, but the Bulls getting better defensively while the Heat got worse (despite acquisitions that
should have helped) and the fact that LeBron is clearly more physically suited to being a better defender is a lot more meaningful than stocks and what some old media guys thought. Oh yea and scoring titles.
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Originally Posted by fidstar-poker
That link didn't show much (the one you gave was actually broken, but I think I worked out where you were trying to send me). Maybe I'm missing something (or I'm in the wrong place), but I'm not learning much from a 400 word article.
Yes, both offensive and defensive schemes have changed considerably over the years.
The point is to show how much more goes in to being a defender. The constant switching and rotating. The fact that most teams have multiple guys who are constant threats to shoot the 3 (as opposed to the late 80s where you maybe had 1, and the 90s where you were lucky to have 2). It's night and day. And LeBron is so good at always making the right decision that he he was better than the machine designated to tracking these movements and creating optimal ones.