No bro, wow how is that possible? Is it because players were more gentlemanly in those days????
Probably because he knew if he went straight up he'd never have a foul called because there was no point in jumping, his reach was 7'9.......the same could be said about Gobert, I think Goberts best attribute is his ability to block shots with out fouling and just going straight up, would be interesting to see how many fouls Gobert accrued on attempted block shots last season.