Modern basketball is very different from the basketball of the 2000s, 90s, 80s, etc. With the death of the traditional big man, advent of spacing, positionless small ball, fast pace, it seems like certain types of players are being driven out of the NBA. Ben Wallace could not survive this league.
So is it still possible for someone to maintain a long career in the league without developing a reliable 3 point shot? And what would they have to specialize in to justify their value?
You have to be super good and an insane athlete, Giannis, Prime Westbrook etc. because as soon as you declined a bit, you basically become what John Wall was last year or what Bledsoe has been post Milwaukee