Interesting Question for NBA fans...
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I think the 80s actually. A bunch of creators and shooters. I don’t think AD actually should be listed and that is why I hesitate to take the 10s. I actually think he can be a liability.
Do I have to take their performance over the whole decade or their peak? Dwight Howard was still an absolute monster in 2010 and 2011.
I'd actually consider taking Marc Gasol at C. He can create. He's a phenomenal passer. And I think he was one of the best defending Cs who could at least bother Hakeem or Shaq.
I'd actually consider taking Marc Gasol at C. He can create. He's a phenomenal passer. And I think he was one of the best defending Cs who could at least bother Hakeem or Shaq.
I agree. Who on those other teams can guard either Durant or Davis on the perimeter?
I take the 90s over the 80s. Lots of guys willing to share the ball, better defense, John Stockton would facilitate/frustrate with his defense and the other four are premier scorers.
10's - you have two of the three most talented players ever (KD and Lebron). You also have the best shooter of all time. I'd like the 10's team better with Klay at the 2 rather than Harden. Love the new Harden in Brooklyn being able to create, but Lebron can man the load as far as creating. Give me Steph, Klay, KD on the arc with Lebron and AD running PnR. Game over.
Until you run PnR and get Gasol on the switch. Then he's dead on the perimeter guarding Kobe or Wade. Davis can still hold his own guarding wings.
That's a good point. I was thinking of Gasol's matchup against the early decades. A healthy Davis is a great defender and a problem on the offensive end.
I honestly haven't settled on who I'd pick here. The lazy answer is the 90s because of MJ, but I'm looking hard at that 2010s team. LeBron and Durant are so exceptionally good.
Gasol easily one of the most underrated interior defenders ever. He was a stud. Like you said, a great passer as well. Those Grizzlies teams with Gasol, Conley and Zeebo were very, very good.
90s is the right answer I think. Yes, you've got MJ, but a frontcourt of Barkley, Malone, and Hakeem would be hard to deal with.
I think I'm the only one picking the 2000s team, but I admittedly haven't paid much attention to the NBA for 10 plus years.
It depends on how they call it. If they allow physical play, those pre-00 teams would dominate. Also, they'd play great D. I'm not someone who complains about the current game (though they shoot too many 3s) but I think the early teams grind them into submission.
I hate Curry at point for the 10s team. Honesty just make LeBron your point and out Leonard at SF.
I much prefer LeBron matching up against Magic. And Leonard at his peak is an other worldly defender and very solid offensive force. Plus that team does better if we go by old school rules.
I much prefer LeBron matching up against Magic. And Leonard at his peak is an other worldly defender and very solid offensive force. Plus that team does better if we go by old school rules.
I take the 90s. Best defensive team by FAR. That team's offense would consistently be in transition off the rebound.
For the folks saying 10, that team can't guard anyone. They can score but they can't hit em all.
For the folks saying 10, that team can't guard anyone. They can score but they can't hit em all.
1. 2010s
2. 2000s
3. 90s
4. 80s
5. 70s
6. 60s
Etc
Basketball players keep getting better and better. Try watching a game from the 80s and 90s. A large percentage of those players wouldn't make the NBA today if you just time-machined them into today. Players today are so much more athletic, longer, and can shoot much better.
2. 2000s
3. 90s
4. 80s
5. 70s
6. 60s
Etc
Basketball players keep getting better and better. Try watching a game from the 80s and 90s. A large percentage of those players wouldn't make the NBA today if you just time-machined them into today. Players today are so much more athletic, longer, and can shoot much better.
I guess I might be crazy because it looks like I am the only one that would pick the 2000s, but I think that is the decade I would go with. I feel like that team has five guys that any one of them could singlehandedly deliver you a championship, at least more so in comparison to the five guys from any of the other decades.
I am sorry, for the most part....maybe. But Doctor J is not as athletic as guys today? Dominique? Magic Johnson has only been duplicated or passed by Lebron. No one else. Jabbar? The game is different...but that doesn't mean the players couldn't adjust. I would think Larry Bird's game translates to the NBA even moreso now than then.
2010 is the answer.. I'd love to watch Bird guard KD.. yikes lol
Of course some guys can play in any era but by and large, players in those previous eras were way, way less athletic. Not that this singular thing is great evidence of that but try watching some of those early dunk contests or "top plays." You will cringe.
Usually these hypotheticals are kind of weak because there's a clear exploit answer to choose but this one is the opposite. I think you can make a strong argument for basically all of them.
I'd go:
2010s
1990s
2000s
1980s
I'd go:
2010s
1990s
2000s
1980s
Yeah. The 10s team has two of the three or four greatest scorers ever (KD and Harden) and the first or second greatest player ever on top of that. Gotta hope Jordan goes psycho and carries the 90s squad by himself.
80s. Bird and Magic on the same team, how can you vote against that? Only team better might be a 60s team with Wilt or Russell, the Big O, and West.
Today's players aren't better, the talent is more watered down. Like Russell said to MJ, in our day you would never had passed the ball to Paxson for the winning shot. Because Paxson would have been sitting in the stands watching. And it just keeps getting worse. Better athletes, worse basketball players.
Now get off my lawn.
Today's players aren't better, the talent is more watered down. Like Russell said to MJ, in our day you would never had passed the ball to Paxson for the winning shot. Because Paxson would have been sitting in the stands watching. And it just keeps getting worse. Better athletes, worse basketball players.
Now get off my lawn.
Being a good athlete doesn't mean you're not elite at the sport as well.
Russell didn't need to pass the ball.. he could simply hold it higher than the 6'4" white guy guarding him and lay it in the hoop.
want me to make a list of guys today who "aren't as talented" as those guys?
I have no issue with having an opinion or saying the 80s is the best squad. That's fine - but resting your case on the idea that guys today aren't as talented shows where your level of knowledge is when it comes to the NBA.
90s. Never bet against Jordan and I think Hakeem is the second best player I ever saw on both ends
Wilkins, Jordan and the Doctor were from that era. I have yet to see anyone better than those 3.
ESPN had a handful of guys on last night better than Dr. and Dominique.
Wow, you seem like a fun guy.
I'm not resting my case on anything, I was just joking about how people of different ages see things differently.
Criticize my knowledge of the NBA all you want, it's not going to upset me. It's probably been 5 years since I last watched an entire NBA game.
The way he was able to dominate the other big men of his era (Shaq, Ewing, Robinson) was impressive. And the Dream Shake was a thing of beauty.
I really miss 90s era post play.
Lol no. Worse basketball players today? Da f--- you talking about? Kevin Durant is 6'10" has handles like a guard and is a career 50% shooter from the field. Random nobodies like Aran Baynes shoot 35% from 3. The best 3P shooter in 1985 (Darrell Griffith) shot 35%.
You can always tell who stopped watching basketball 20 years ago because they think basketball peaked in the past. We literally have the best all around basketball skill of all time from top to bottom in the NBA today.
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