Tim Legler

Aaron Gordon had a 50-point game.

So, yeah, the shot-making capabilities across the league, the number of guys that have a lot of high-level shot-making in their bag, whether it's off the dribble deep or mid-range or whatever it may be,

There's just more dudes that can check into a game and make shots at a high level than we've ever had in this league.

And when you combine that with what these teams are all trying to replicate with pace and style and spacing and the whistles, which we're going to talk about, I think, at some point today.

When you add all that up, you get what you're looking at now, which is like the league is tailor-made for guys that want to add these types of things to their game and ability to shoot the ball with escapability off the dribble first to create their own, the step back, the side step three, like all of these different shots they can get off.

The runners and floaters and the array of shot making that guys can make now on the move toward the rim.

There's just more guys on the court

that can do all of these things.

And yeah, it's been pretty eye-opening.

It's been like this for a couple years for me, but I don't recall ever in the 25 years I've been at ESPN, this is my 25th year, seeing a week at the start of the season like this in terms of these box scores that are just absolutely popping off the page.

No, I think it is a lot of that.

I think they're sitting there watching the league, some of these guys, and they're seeing this league is now tailor-made for the opportunity that having that kind of offense presents.

And they're jumping all over it.

Now, what you don't know, when these guys come to the league, I also loved, loved Edgecombe.

And I thought it was like really almost divine intervention for Philly.

And look, I like Ace Bailey too.

And Ace Bailey might turn into a really, really high level NBA player.

But it's just funny how that played out for Philly once Ace Bailey's like, well, I'm not even going to come interview.

To me, if I'm running a team, that takes you out of the...

equation for me.