The rule was not changed, just enforced more. The league has always been lenient on traveling since so many great players made spectacular plays while traveling. Going back to MJ is not long enough, you need to go back to the Elgin Baylor days to see the looseness of the traveling calls. Too many people on here think the NBA started with their birth.
Its pathetic. Imagine if some of the greats like Dr J could travel like that... Ever since MJ they havent called traveling like they did prior to the MJ era. Everyone in the game today travels compared to the game in the 70s and how I was taught it in high school years ago. The NBA is a Sell out sport