It was just a much better game back in the day. With all these rule changes that help out the guards, it becomes much easier for it to be a small mans game. Look at how the center position has deteriorated after all these rule changes, it hinders them from being effective. Allen is definitely right, the league is far softer now, id like to see some of the rule changes fixed to allow more physicality or I dont see LeBron not winning every MVP, especially with the way he (and other stars for everyone assuming this is just more LeBron bashing) get calls from the refs. Its a two way street imo, you give the offensive guy all the breaks for the most part, so defense is generally screwed over.