What exactly is the small-ball era?

It's the Steph Curry era, when he started the small-ball era and changed the game of basketball all by himself.

The small-ball era is when guards get taller and heavier and centers get lighter and more flexible. The whole staff evolved toward the size front. Former centers won't be dominant by now, they'll just go with the times and lose weight and increase flexibility.

You are too small or too big to create a mismatch. In the future it is expected that all players will be between 1.93 and 2.11 to be a star. The viability of small and big guys is further compressed. Everyone is an all-around warrior.

The change of era naturally means the disappearance of some types of players. In the slow-paced basketball games of the last century, every team needed a heavy center, a player who could be used as a meat shield, an inside grinder, just grinding it out one by one, arching his butt to put the ball in the basket.

And in the present era, this kind of heavy center is beginning to be gradually eliminated, faster, can grab rebounds, can change the defense of the center is the bread and butter of this era.

In the first ten years, the NBA's mainstream game or tend to choose the position of the war, the rebound down, slowly waiting for teammates to stand position, center stand inside ready to catch the ball attack or grab a rebound, the game seems long and boring. And in the current era we can see, in the era of small ball, the rhythm is getting faster and faster, a variety of offensive battle, three points such as rain, these undoubtedly make the game more exciting.