How LeBron James Is BREAKING Basketball

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[@poonking3628]

The reason that number was so low was 1999 was the lockout shortened season. I mean it’s insane how little 40 point games there were but still there was a reason behind it.

[@Terror832]

Allen Iverson led the league in scoring that year with 26.8 PPG That would rank 16th this season.

[@SwaggyMayo-EM]

you think that's the only lockout season ever? lmao, you a clown

[@YungLanxx]

@@Terror832 the next season was Shaq with 29.7 ppg and the season prior was Jordan with 28.7 ppg both would be 8th and 9th respectively this season. Something was clearly off in the 1999 season brother lol

[@poonking3628]

@@Terror832 yeah from what I remember about that season was it was 50 games starting like after the new year or right before, and the entire season was compressed. I’m assuming there were wayyyy more back to backs probably a lot more exhausted players, and injuries which could’ve lessened the overall scoring of that year which would be my estimation.

[@bigfudge3223]

@@poonking3628 like 2021

[@hugovazquez7533]

Personally I blame Evan Turner for the huge scoring spike of the 2010’s/2020’s

[@anikinfernandez5990]

people can’t forget the waves jimmer fredette was making in his prime-modern nba changed forever

[@LiltaefrmdaBlokk]

Or Wesley johnson

[@GigaGorilla348]

But what we’re not considering is how Tiago Splitter completely revolutionized the way we see scoring in the NBA.

[@anikinfernandez5990]

@@GigaGorilla348 he’s so underrated, only cuz of the greatness of the original mr. triple double, michael carter-williams

[@GigaGorilla348]

@@anikinfernandez5990 I disagree,sure MCW had nice triple doubles but I believe that the first REAL mr.triple-double was Shake Milton.

[@SHAKE-S-PIERRE]

I don’t understand how the scoring boom isn’t being attributed to Hardens success as a volume scorer. Offenses were not running that offense until the Rockets did. Now almost every team is running a variation of that offense.

[@ASG_lenn]

I give the rockets credit for being able to run an offense that let harden shine. It was almost a perfect offense but they didnt have any real reliable centers. They had harden doing the fucking jump ball. There offense isn't made for multiple super stars. It's made for 1 amazing scorer and a bunch of role guys but they couldn't get the right role guys

[@BayAreaHoops415]

Imo, I think it's just how fast pace the offense is, how many 3s are taken and most importantly the league just has more players capable of scoring 40. You got random role players getting 40 on elite efficiency all the time now and when you watch the highlights of these games, it's not like the defense is bad, these guys are just making ridiculous shots

[@Anthonydu01630]

Harden is just the extreme exemple of an heliocentric player with an extremely high usage rate and who controlled almost every possession in the game in his prime, but imo it started with Magic and Bird, then MJ took it to another level but it was mostly with his scoring even tough he was an underated playmaker, and then guys like Iverson or Gilbert Arenas but they weren’t successful, and then you have Lebron who imo has the perfect balance between scoring and playmaking, and who can do pretty much everything on offense because of his size and athleticism, so Lebron really was the player who started this revolution of heliocentric offense, position less basketball and score first point guard type of player, after Lebron you had guys like D.Rose, Westbrook, Harden, Dame, Giannis, Jokic, Doncic, Ja, Trae Young or even KD, Curry, Sabonis, Mitchell, Lamelo, Garland, Zion or Sengun to a lesser degree… All these players can control an offense by themselves, they bring the ball up, they control trafic and they make the decision in almost every possession, they can score like a scorer and facilitate like a pure pass first point guard, and their size don’t matter anymore if youcan shoot you shoot, if you can pass you pass, Lebron is 6’9 260+, and a lot of these players are big, tall and athletic like him, that’s position less basketball and before Lebron these type of players were rare, now almost every team has a guy like that so Lebron is one of the biggest reason for this revolution/evolution.

[@DragonoftheDarknessFlame]

The LeBron System has been a thing far longer than Harden

[@757bigj]

Facts

[@quadavis4]

Can y’all please do a reaction off of “thinking basketball”? He did a video on how the rules changed in favor of the offense and I haven’t seen anyone debate on that yet. I truly believe with the way dribbling has changed and how many steps you can take affected scoring averages in a major way

[@TheMissiIe]

The league knew Kevin Huerter was coming do they had to increase the overall ppg before he got drafted, they didn't want him winning 11 straight scoring titles

[@Hendrixxx9427]

As a Hawks fan, I miss Kevin dearly 😢

[@Sitback]

light the beam 🔦

[@TheMissiIe]

@@Hendrixxx9427 same.. give me Red Velvet over John Collins

[@youngorochi]

@@Hendrixxx9427 traded him for a bag of chips. Rough

[@Hendrixxx9427]

@@youngorochi smh pain

[@Alex-nh1hb]

I agree with y’all in terms of the direction the league is headed in the next 10 years, I’d been thinking about that. The Magic’s entire team is just versatile 6’10 dudes who can all play pg

[@Nolant23]

It's always good to watch some LegendofKroger.

[@tj2nasty4ya83]

THE DR J DUNK: He rocked it twice then windmilled it come on now they wasn't doing shit like that back then

[@kima5485]

Modern day nobody in the league does this Dr. J is really like that

[@tj2nasty4ya83]

@@kima5485 exactly they to young to understand the magnitude of that dunk

[@mixedpleasure4324]

That dunk they gave a 5 and a 6 thats insane its at least and 8 but imo its a 9

[@mixedpleasure4324]

@nKosi Ama Kosi right its insane but to them old School players are trash and these new age players are waaaaaaay better 😅

[@tj2nasty4ya83]

@nKosi Ama Kosi they ain't old enough lol

[@l1ll4rd48]

Nah Solz I’ve watched my 60s footage, I’ve seen three point skyhooks and 1 legged granny shot free throws 😂

[@goldenstatewarriors9418]

That really low drop in 1999 was the lockout year where they only played 50 games.

[@braxton9192]

Even still for it to be that low is crazy... We had a lockout season last decade and it was never that low

[@goldenstatewarriors9418]

@@braxton9192 Mote games were played in that lockout.

[@mixedpleasure4324]

@@goldenstatewarriors9418 Exactly 22 more games where played

[@darrellgainer6966]

The league is going to be a bunch of victors at each position.... everyone's turning into a 2k demigod.

[@cd3herbfam717]

R.I.P kobe bryant

[@RJScott-mt1jx]

basketball was broken the second curry’s offense became his defense

[@nellofficialmusicpage6244]

NGL that Dr J dunk was amazing idk what y'all on

[@mixedpleasure4324]

It so high in difficulty that you wont see players do that dunk now but now they reduced it to a 5 come on now that hell of disrespect

[@bezllama3325]

Demar actually was a 35.7 percent 3 pt shooter (I think I'm remembering that number right) on 1.9 AT/G last szn, so even he's making it more

[@phillycezaarr9963]

Yea part has to do with the rules being alil more catered towards offense making defense alil harder, also the amount off players we have in the league that are elite is very high right now. I love how well the league has progressed, every year players take what they can from players before and build on it. Which is why I appreciate all decades the same, it’s what got us to where we are.

[@KingHoborg]

Nah Wilt was real, he was just a time traveller from modern times. He was mad that he didn't get drafted one year and decided to take his talent to the 1950s. It all fits perfectly.

[@lucidstudious750]

Yep I also have the theory that everyone's gonna be big in the future league. Also small guards will not only need to shoot like curry but also defend like GP2 to have a chance I do think it's a cycle tho. Game will go big players who can handle and shoot --) close shot being more effient --) big man led league --) role players being more advantageous --) smaller players leading position less basketball again Kinda backed up by history when you look at the history of the league.

[@homomagii]

Facts

[@brownkashgaming2377]

In 15 yrs, players shorter than 6’5 are gonna be more obsolete. Especially with how well some of these bigger players handle and pass the rock

[@lucidstudious750]

@@brownkashgaming2377 I think it'll turn into a cycle Game will go stretch 4 with everyone being big, handling the ball well and shooting well --) defenses spread out and defenses hone in on shooting --) closer shots become more valuable and efficient since defenses will focus more on shooting from mid-3pt --) with the game focused on bigs some team will find a smaller player that's like 6'2-3 that shoots SO WELL that his size becomes irrelevant. Then we'll back to roles because when everyone focuses on everything it becomes average meaning focusing on one thing leads to better players in their roles. BOOM WERE BACK TO ROLE PLAYERS"

[@alod247]

And in that future their will be a young person who thinks everyone was a bum because 6’3” Steph Curry and Kyrie Irving and Ja Morant were some of the best players just like people think about past generations now for various reasons.

[@lucidstudious750]

@@alod247 yepppp a d we'll be the crazy old heads telling them they're wrong

[@noamyair]

Tim Duncan making the case please can y'all react day 16

[@christianjohnson2918]

They should react to ALL 8 making the case vids!

[@DarthJacobi]

Tim Duncan deserves more respect

[@leftnrighthandofgod]

Duncan the god

[@TheFreshCoconut33]

This has happened before in the NBA previously and the solution was to expand the league to spread out the talent there is a lot of nba quality talent in the g league rn that cannot make the transition simply due to lack of spots expect an expansion soon

[@Harry-hf5hv]

I agree, I think the future of the NBA is going to be lineups like Toronto played this year Banton - 6'7" Barnes : 6'7" Siakam: 6'8" Achiuwa: 6'8" Boucher: 6'9"

[@mulafugga]

The reason is based in marketing, every big business is in the business of positive reaction of product. We're watching an all male cast of a soap opera.

[@JohnnySensei7]

The players of today are the best offensive players ever. They practice with the intention of being contested and difficult shots since everybody grew up watching Kobe make those shots. So people think defense is worse but nah, these niggas are just literally unstoppable lol

[@TheNamesDitto]

Kids like Luka see defenses and just go HAM. League is just too talented

[@quadavis4]

When you can travel and carry every possession it’s easier to score.

[@TheDreRock]

we all know it was actually three-peat god Patrick Mccaw

[@anikinfernandez5990]

patrick mccaw lord of the rings

[@kima5485]

Bsolz as a dunker you don’t realize how crazy that is that man’s Julius I believe was a menace a full sprint, full windmill from 9 feet out on a guy that’s tough you are tripping Bsolz

[@MAKi0zz]

Straight facts these dudes got to be wilding.

[@DGreen_18]

14:51 Sage should’ve made a callback to the NBA Draft stream after that one 😭

[@sunsetsavisama1711]

That dr j dunk is the only ever windmill on the run that was just perfect everybody else gotta go off 2

[@sunsetsavisama1711]

And he rocked the cradle and stared dude in the face y’all def hatin on that dunk

[@k.rick_9993]

Russell Westbrook broke basketball when he averaged a triple double

[@Bibins_]

Crqzy that 10 hours after you posted this video, Damian Lillard dropped 60. this season is crazy

[@sdotscheckmeout]

An Offensive rebound giving you a 14 second shot clock is trash to me.

[@actioninmyphannypack]

We went from small ball to big man primary ball handler in like 4-5 years

[@James-9999]

I mean small ball is kinda centered around skilled big men so it makes sense that the next step up

[@aaronmcintosh4805]

Does anybody else get messages from a potentially fake Solz and sage account saying you won a prize? I've never heard of them giving prizes like that out.

[@chrissullivan6572]

60s ball is crazy to watch. The sweeping 14 footers from your point guards was wild

[@johnjacobs6862]

Black dude sound so much like bomani Jones 🤣🤣😂🤣 omg!

[@darrellbarnes2096]

No defense, all 3 pointers

[@swagbandit]

The lock out was at that time in ‘98

[@DivineDa_OG]

All time debates are just yapping And should be based on skill not accomplishments

[@crisomii]

14:12 yeah YOU DO IT SOLZ

[@duckduckduckpig]

I can't see big man taking over cause they always seem to be stopped by injuries.. which sucks

[@jj10176]

This is era and the 60s is the same they just count 3s now because dudes were taking 3s in the 60 they just were counted as long 2s old school players would love to play in this era. We can bring up physicality as much as ppl want too just remember mugsey bouges had a good career and he played in a physical era and he was 5’3 it comes down to you either could play or not

[@itsevan1355]

Offense has gotten so good that curry’s offense IS his defense

[@dejuanwallace6198]

Palming the ball and carrying it is severely difficult Rock the cradle is at least a 9 that's why you never see it replicated

[@DetachedG]

They gotta react to a 1960s game highlights now 😂😂

[@MetaphysicalShaMan]

I'ma tell u why niccas avg 30 pts a game... No one wants to play defense because no one wants to get embarrassed with a cross up or dunk with social media or get called for a shooting foul giving away and 1s. So when u have a handful of ppl playing def is when you start having point guards flying from the foul cuz they aren't afraid to catch an elbow or get dropped. Lillard Morant and Westbrook thrive because no one wants to look bad or take the call and these days get ejected and fined for playing def. These companies think all we wanna see is offense

[@saint198]

That’s not why. Players are just better these days. With the addition of them being smarter and taking 3 pointers

[@m.j.w.2876]

@@saint198 players aren't better, rule changes allow for already great basketball players to be even better

[@greekyoungbuck]

@@m.j.w.2876 you really think players aren't better? Really???

[@OffTopicKamah]

I think the NBA needs to start lessening up on defensive rule’s because highlights are becoming way less because you’re much more likely to see one every night.. it’s reaching hoop mixtape levels when you watch best plays of the week

[@fjmontana3724]

Blame has to land on westbrooks midrange

[@chidiebereiwe4680]

7:42 already did. Shit was nasty 🤣🤣🤣 18:51 that's already happened. Every position aside from point guard has gotten relatively shorter

[@OffTopicKamah]

Y’all couldn’t do that dr j dunk on a 7ft goal if someone’s guarding you.. Id bet 100 on it

[@jamespratt529]

That Dr. J dunk is 🔥 idc

[@hornetsxo4694]

Nah as a hornets fan THROW THEM STRAYS AT TERRY ROZIER PLEASE

[@DiegoGonzalez-hl1sw]

I’ve watched all you’re videos like 6 times! I love when you guys upload.

[@austinwilke7578]

Funny how right after this video Dame dropped the highest efficiency 60 point game in nba history lol

[@GoldMoufP]

Allen Iverson walked so literally every guard today could run I stand on that statement

[@thebartertownconglomerate]

There will always be a place for Ja Morant Type players .. Super Athletic 6'1/2 guards .. Makes the game more exciting

[@flash980]

Solz is thick 😂🤣

[@brandonmyers6]

Players in todays NBA are better 1-450 than ever before. It’s that simple.

[@siredward333]

CRAZY ish smith stray in the last few mins wtf lol

[@devontyrell1969]

Bruh I watch a Hardwood classic from the 60's Lakers and they would run and gun like no other like it's a pickup game in 2K

[@PerryCali]

"Wilt not Real...... Did yu actually SEE him?" no one ever saw no one ever spoke about just happened like the ninja parade

[@topcatmatt]

3's & no D, solved the riddle

[@johnwilliamsoniii3936]

I blame Russell Westbrook because he averaged a triple double for a season.

[@marvelultraganghighsociety6415]

"Get back get back get back" is crazy 😂

[@TheWorkerAntColony]

Mid 90s, the best defensive era

[@isaiahbernal4943]

Crazy how nobody ever thinks of the rules putting defenders on their tippy toes with these fouls, can’t blame curry without blaming Harden and Embiid

[@Thatwhiteblackkid]

Bruh what? Wilt’s 100 point game is literally on film. Sage are you okay?

[@demorik6794]

I think its gonna be starting lineups where everyone is 6'4 minimum unless you are super athletic with long limbs and skilled af. You'll see starting lineups where every guy is 6'9 and has the skill to play every position 1 through 5. They will all be able to handle, play make, shoot the 3/mid range, dunk, finish through contact, rebound and block shots run the fast break or slow it down and play half court offense. The talent level will be so high you won't have any idea who is going to win the championship each season. Vegas will be pissed.

[@vincentvega9747]

People don't talk about it enough but hella rule changes fucked the game up like you can't stop a fastbreak anymore and that's a huge disadvantage I think you can't take a foul to stop a fastbreak which was defensive strategy it's hard to stop someone when your running back already now you gotta play basically with your hands behind your back

[@saint198]

Fast break fouls were ruining the game. That’s not a defensive strategy it’s a cop out for turning the ball over.

[@quadavis4]

@@saint198 no it wasn’t,now you can’t even foul someone after the rebound or it’s a “transition foul” wtf is even that??

[@jamalrahmaan9804]

I don't even know why I kept listening to this when they said when they said Luca is the goat you just got a thumbs-down from me on this and I just got it end it.

[@SHAKE-S-PIERRE]

I don’t think the league has ever been as iso based as it is now

[@KolbZ]

Js windmill goes hard fym

[@WhalesWilly]

Solz sound like my 15 year old brother with a cold

[@lunz4880]

Y’all bout to get no revenue bc of that Andrew Tate comment mr solis said 😂😂😂

[@fatherpeesh9611]

Idgaf I’m impressed everytime tbh

[@kevinjohnson-bates9951]

It's crazy you said a one arm cradle dunk over someone is week not even on some you do it, like there are NBA players that can't do that

[@bones3142]

Can’t believe there are people who actually believe LeBron isn’t influential

[@Deon2020]

It's because of rule changes. Most of these guys going to the hole are committing offensive fouls, traveling, and carrying. It is what it is.

[@AnthologistM]

Sage they wont raise the bar because Any thing that will be looked at as great would diminish jordans athletic ability…… they wont let that go

[@ddunhinged9065]

Really Evan Turner! I'm big buckeyes. Str8 from the heart of the city. But Evan Turner? Yeah ok!

[@GigaGorilla348]

I’m convinced Wilt was an industry plan.

[@jaye8348]

Too me 60 games are surprisingly entertaining in a weird way

[@godsleep6129]

There is no defense no hustle no I'm not old I just saw an NBA game live and no these boys these days just don't have that grit to play defense 🤷 hate it or love it it's just not In them

[@josephlopez9899]

I’m sorry but not really sorry Luka is just not the goat

[@TheNamesDitto]

The league is global now so talent is crazy deep. Before stories of international superstars were just Dirk, now we have people from all around. ALSO, the dude forgot that since the past couple of decades had expansions which dilute talent

[@GoldenWind30]

There’s gonna be a bunch of Jokic’s, Sabonis’s and Sengun’s in the league within the next 10 years.

[@IrvingDL506]

Can it be cause the defense and what defenders have allowed has decreased and the emphasis is now on offense? And the fact the guy are more skilled today thank to the old guard paving the way and the increasing with of the 3 pointers, also note aside, the fact that now 4 of the potential 'best player in the world' is international is dope and crazy to think, Luka, Jokic, Embiid, Giannis

[@topcatmatt]

shhhh you'll upset the zoomers

[@cody1390]

Bro the low point year was because it was the strike season lol same as lockout in 2011

[@MrOwens67]

Steph curry and the NBA trying to keep up with his 3 point game is the reason people are scoring like that now

[@LembeckIsStaying]

It's ironic how small guys thought Curry's style would open up the game for smaller players.....but all it did was made big guys adjust so basically soon there will be no need for anyone 6'7" or smaller. 🤣🤣🤣 I admit, even I expanded my game. Now I go to the court, get the rebound, walk it up and either post up or shoot a three my damn self! That Curry era in pickup is over, I ain't passing a damn thang! 🤣🤣🤣

[@deyverhughes8726]

Please tell me that Andrew tate reference was an ironic joke n I don’t gotta stop watching you guys

[@quadavis4]

If your that sensitive just stop watching and make your own content 😑

[@topcatmatt]

@@quadavis4 pleasestfumeme.jpeg

[@GoldMoufP]

Y’all sleep that Dr. J dunk iconic tho 😂 solid 7

[@christ-Revealed]

The only hectic thing about 80s basketball is the fans

[@DarthVador33]

I swear to god me and my brother have been saying wilt is a myth for like 15 years since we found out about him

[@jaymac4448]

The NBA is going to eliminate the off arm "weight room" clear out. It's used way too much and creates far too many unearned free-throw attempts.

[@tvremotefoutainpen3995]

still zero bag

[@Urblacksavior]

Y’all don’t understand the free throws if u shoot every shot in the paint and only get 29 free throws (Ik it’s not every shot😒) vs 35 threes and a lot less basket points… na them dudes was getting hacked

[@The_Fuj]

Context on the dunk Solz.

[@MortanAMrk]

Curry jr is that not already Curry lol?

[@derrikwilliams2718]

The SG position is the only one that’s gonna remain what it’s always been a knock down shooter than can defend will never die

[@JT-km6th]

I agree that in a decade the league will get homogenised in skill. But right after that there will be certain specialisation rosters/tactics employed that trump that shit. The league will make a full circle.

[@LBEEZY_TV]

Almost every player in the current NBA 1-5 can be a threat to score on all 3 levels.(Given the chance)