It's the style of offense that is boring. The 80's also had the 3-point line, but it was used sparingly. The offenses focused on players moving, the ball moving via the pass and not the dribble and many of the sets went thru the post.
Now, there is very little back-to-the-basket scoring and offenses are started and run by the dribble. Most sets start with a ball screen and the possession is played on the edge of a foul or a turnover. There are two dominant shots - the 3-pointer and the dunk.
Agreed. I hate it. The amount of time the ball spends 25 feet from the basket, the over-dribbling, the offense revolving around dribble penetration all the time.
It is the hand-checking rule changes.
It has made dribble penetration the most efficient type of offense in the league. So it doesn't make sense for coaches to run their teams differently. It's the rule changes that have created this imbalance in the game. And the 3 point shot increase is a direct consequence of this dribble penetration. It is how to best increase efficiency of the dribble penetration threat. To spread the floor out and make help defense too hard for defenses. This creates teams getting open looks from 3 and needing a big increase in amount of 3s taken every night.
I find it ugly to watch. I am watching less and less NBA over last few years.
It is not one team or an individual style. It is the whole league. They all see the imbalance in the rules and how best to exploit them. That dribble penetration is
by far the most efficient type of offense and the offense they must direct the team to play. And that the 3 point shot is imperative to enabling that threat. Every team plays the same style now. Because this is the best way to take advantage of the rules.