If you go back and look at the original thread, 2018 rules were never mentioned. It was just play a 7 game series.
When the draft was nearly over, some conversation came up about what rules apply. There are different schools of thought.
Some posters contended that modern rules apply, or at least that posters will view it that way.
I’m more of the school that you will feel however you feel about the teams and players and vote accordingly. I have no problem with the concept that generational talents would adapt to whatever era they played in.
But no, before we started drafting our teams, there was nothing about 2018 rules applying. The only rule was no Michael Jordan.
Got it. I was going by the first 3 threads I saw. The three point line being in seems obvious, and no one's been advocating otherwise. The big one is whether illegal defense is pre-2004 or post. Pre-2004 was about the low point of the NBA for watchability, so I would think most would say post-2004 (i.e. zone defenses are legal). Everything since has just been the game catching up to the rules: SSOL/PnR heavy offenses, Thibs-style strong side flooding, 4 or more shooters to counteract Thibs-type defenses, then switch-heavy to counteract that, and now maybe increased isolations after switches along with shooters.