Kirk Goldsberry

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.

You're talking about DeMar.

He's taken that pull up with them too.

Now it's all floaters and drives and guys finishing at the rack and pulling up for three and step backs.

Like

The older guys take stuff out when they leave with them and the young guys import new stuff.

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.