Kirk Goldsberry

And some people said, yeah, that's really what this is, too.

But they've tightened it up and in favor of the offense, in favor of three point shooters and in favor of driving players.

So I think that explains it.

It's both like a tactical adjustment league wide, but also the league with these new points of emphasis.

Yeah, and I'm thinking about in terms of San Antonio, the two new guards when we were doing our Ringer 100 rankings, they say, okay, where's Dylan Harper go?

He's on here now.

Where's Stephen Castle?

He's jumping up way up here.

And both of those guys...

put a lot of pressure on the defense as driving players.

I think these younger players are playing more like Shea, who also needs to be mentioned.

He's a very hard player to defend legally without fouling.

And he knows that.

And he gets his way to the free throw line.

So I think it's just, it's a trend that has a lot of explanations, but it sort of leads into the second trend I wanted to bring you.

And stylistically, they're really unique too.

And I think that's the most underrated part about how, how the league changes over time is like, we're talking about Chris Paul retiring this week.

Well, he's taken the elbow jumper with him.

He's taken the pull up with them.

Right.