I've tried to imagine Malone in this league. He averaged 30 against a double team, what would he do against one-on-one matchups with 4 teammates who could all shoot the three ball? His passing was underrated, he might average more assists than Stockton.
Then I think of Hakeem Olajuwon, and Shaq, the current NBA couldn't contain them.
The NBA has always been a copy-cat league, but there have always been a few outliers to make it interesting. It seems like there are no more outliers, everyone is doing basically the same thing. And with familiarity and predictiability comes a loss of interest- at least for me.