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Buttholes literally changed the rules so the Lakers couldn't keep winning with Shaq and Kobe. Ruined the game for short term nonsense. Ratings down ever since. Don't matter how many Euro pansies you get going, won't match Celtics vs Lakers 1980s and Kobe/Shaq early 2000s.

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Someone asked what ruled changed. Until that time in NBA history, you had to play man v man defense. You could double the ball, but you couldn't play zone or cheat off the ball on defense. No double until the man actually had the ball. Still no zone then. Adopted Euro pansy rules after that. It has sucked bad ever since.

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Rule change killed post play and mid range game. Idiots now think you should only shoot threes and layups. That's why it's not worth watching anymore. Nothing but contested layups and 30 foot jumpers. 

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Genius of Jerry West made that rule change happen. He acquired the best one on one post player (Shaq) and the best one on one perimeter player (Kobe) in history. Put them in the triangle offense which could isolate three guys at once. 

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Kobe was the ultimate weapon in that deal because he could post any backcourt player in the world on the weak side. He could drive past any perimeter defender in the world. Shaq was stronger than any post player in the world. When you couldn't double them until they had the ball, it was over. Pass out of the double to the open shooter or play one on one against some chump. In Kobe's case, he would drive against the double and dunk on Duncan and Robinson.

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