Prof sumed it up well. The bigs of our generation are promising, but a lot of the guys you mentioned up their don't compare to what we used to have. The game for generations was run through big men, down low in the post. Today's NBA is about guard play almost exclusively, and the only team that runs a system through a big man thats doing well is the grizzlies because Marc can pass like a point guard, shoot threes and defend adequately.

And for the record, I didn't make a blanket statement about the state of big men in our league, I just said I can't really tell if the 5 position is watered down in today's NBA compared to the "golden age" I referenced, where so many big men were monsters in the paint. I certainly don't hate what basketball has become, but I think the mid to late 2000s and everything before the spurs dismantled the heat with the most beautiful basketball ever played and Steph curry's 3 point revolution was kinda a transitional period between generations.

This new generation has a boat load of talent everywhere on the court and we have like 10 legit mega stars. It's pretty awesome and honestly way more fun to watch.