Originally Posted by Lightdemon

What I keep hearing is that players from other countries stick to the fundamentals of basketball, like position and occupying the right places. Basketball is more fundamental, like when Magic and Kareem was playing. In the NBA, I think we have stepped a little bit away from the fundamentals, as we see a lot of 1-on-1 action between players, and even players that dominate without setting up the plays. Players like Kobe and Dwane. It's more fun to watch, but it's certainly not fundamentals.