As Barnes noted, "He changed it completely. Not even just the NBA, but the way basketball is played, period". However, this has led to a standardization of the game. Where once there were back-to-the-basket big men like Shaquille O'Neal and Hakeem Olajuwon, there are now centers like Joel Embiid and Nikola Jokic who live on the perimeter. "Are the big men gone? Yeah…There’s no more back-to-the-basket," Barnes lamented.
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