Michael Jordan would’ve struggled in today’s NBA: science

Fans love to argue about the evolution of the game, and whether it was easier in the past. Now science has an answer.

Ross Andersen

Updated Nov 3, 2023 – 3.59pm, first published at Nov 2, 2023 – 10.11am

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Whatever basketball’s blue-collar bona fides, whatever its associations with the barbershop and the neighbourhood blacktop, its culture has proved hostile to at least one category of everyman: the plumber.

A few years ago, fans on YouTube and TikTok began uploading grainy footage of star players from previous decades and zooming in on the defenders, usually white guys with short shorts, long moustaches, and very little muscle definition.

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