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Originally Posted by edslunch
I’ve only been paying attention to basketball for a few years, but when did the term ‘long’ become so ubiquitous when describing players? I know how it’s being used and makes sense, but I don’t remember hearing it much even a few years ago. Just curious.
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Definitely a term that is on the rise. Measuring wing span has been around a long time, but I don’t ever remember it being considered such a critical aspect of a player analysis like it has been the last few years.
I love watching the long athletic types try to exploit the slower big guys. The matchups and strategy of creating mismatches is what makes basketball so fun to watch for me. It would be interesting to see a guy like Shaq try to survive in todays game. Teams like the Raptors would try to pick on him and put him in space on every trip down the floor.