Were the Good Old Days Really So Good? 1972

[For many “old heads,” today’s NBA needs a reset. There’s too many three-pointers and not enough low-post play. Their argument being, the NBA was a whole lot more balanced and better in the 1970s through the early 2000s. The good old days. Ironically, it’s an argument that today’s old heads sometimes heard leveled against them back in the day. Doing the finger wagging then were from the NBA pioneers from the 1940s and 1950s. They felt overlooked and disrespected by the “modern player” who, according to some old-timers, were too big for their britches and inflated pro salaries. New York-based writer Steve Ende takes up the topic in this article featuring the above headline. Ende published his findings in Sports Reviews’ 1972 Special Playoff Basketball Issue. This article is definitely worth the short read to get a flavor of the NBA’s evolution and mostly unsuccessful resistance to change over the years.] **** Red Holzman (16) They played in places like Waterloo, Iowa; Sheboygan,…