Kirk Goldsberry

And I think that's one of the coolest ways to think about this too, whether it's your little four year package of drafts or whatever, like these, these generations change the game with style too.

Yeah.

Well, it's related.

It's the rise of the full court press.

So I think if you're watching the NBA this year, you're seeing everybody act like Rick Carlisle and you're seeing everybody pick up on the defensive backcourt.

And the numbers really bear this out too, Bill.

We're seeing over 40 possessions in an average game when teams are picking up

ball handlers behind that mid-court stripe.

That's up from 33 last season.

That's up from 26 two years ago.

And this stat has more than doubled in the 2020s.

So what we're seeing, you know, last year was maybe, or last decade was really about like a shot selection revolution.

Here we're starting to see defensive responses to some of this.

And that's one of the biggest trends I'm seeing sort of in the 2020s is like, we're going to pick up your dude

as soon as you inbound the ball and make it hard for you to get across and sort of initiate early offense.

Yeah, it's annoying.

And I think it tires these guys out, too.

It's like...

If you watch Harden, he takes his breaks, like bringing the ball up.

He's like, all right, let me catch my breath.