Thread: NBA 2008-09 Season

Originally Posted by salsadancer7

LMAO!!! Yeah.....try comparing the teams and players back when Michael was young......then come talk to me.

Bird, Magic, Worthy, Wilkins, Ewing, Thomas, Lambeer, Rodman, Olijuan, Miller, Mutumbo, Mourning, Malone.....

...and that was JUST the 80s....Lebron will NEVER see the amount of talent thrown at him day in day out like what was thrown out at Michael Jordan....

I know it's probably a nostalgia thing and maybe a lot of the current players won't get the respect until their careers are over, but there is A LOT of talent now too...



LeBron, Dwayne Wade, Dwight Howard, Paul Pierce, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Shaq, Carmello, Tim Duncan, Chris Paul, Jason Kidd, Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki, Deron Williams, Tony Parker, etc.

I thought pinnacle of the game was the 80's. I'll take any championship team from that era and a few also-rans against any team from any era. Lakers, Celts, Pistons, 76ers, and even Portland from the 80's. These were all great teams that could compete with any team now and beat them soundly. These were complete teams that understood the "team" concept and had no weaknesses. In retrospect, the only weakness may have been those silly "short" shorts.

Originally Posted by Paul Wozniak

I thought pinnacle of the game was the 80's. I'll take any championship team from that era and a few also-rans against any team from any era. Lakers, Celts, Pistons, 76ers, and even Portland from the 80's. These were all great teams that could compete with any team now and beat them soundly. These were complete teams that understood the "team" concept and had no weaknesses. In retrospect, the only weakness may have been those silly "short" shorts.

I fact, I will take those Cavs team from the 80s with Ehlo, Price, BD, Nance and so forth and favor them over the current Cavs.

Ok, lets not get crazy here! The current Cav's would mop the floor with them.

Originally Posted by Paul Wozniak

I thought pinnacle of the game was the 80's. I'll take any championship team from that era and a few also-rans against any team from any era. Lakers, Celts, Pistons, 76ers, and even Portland from the 80's. These were all great teams that could compete with any team now and beat them soundly. These were complete teams that understood the "team" concept and had no weaknesses. In retrospect, the only weakness may have been those silly "short" shorts.

I agree, but one other team from that era is almost always overlooked: the Milwaukee Bucks.

They had some GREAT teams in the early 80's with Marques Johnson (who I consider the most underrated superstar of that era), Sidney Moncrief, Junior Bridgeman, Brian Winters, Bob Lanier, Alton Lister, Quinn Buckner, Paul Pressey, etc.

Those Bucks teams won 60+ games a few times in the 80's, but could never get over the Boston/Philly hurdle.

That's what I'm saying about that era. Just think about the teams from then that got nowhere near a championship. It took the Piston's more than a few tries to get past Boston. I'll still say it - The greatest decade of the NBA. Etch it in cement.

Originally Posted by salsadancer7

I fact, I will take those Cavs team from the 80s with Ehlo, Price, BD, Nance and so forth and favor them over the current Cavs.

...also, add the Knicks teams that lost to the Bulls in the Eastern conference finals would beat just about any team now.....the teams of the 80' and Bulls of the 90s were TOTATL and COMPLETE teams....I would say the 80's and some of the 90s teams almost had either a HOF or border line HOF......the teams now are no where near that...to me atleast.....

Originally Posted by Paul Wozniak

Ok, lets not get crazy here! The current Cav's would mop the floor with them.

I don't think so....the past Cavs gave the Bulls and the better Pistons fits!

Originally Posted by salsadancer7

I fact, I will take those Cavs team from the 80s with Ehlo, Price, BD, Nance and so forth and favor them over the current Cavs.

Oh hell no!

Just kidding. The dim witted announcers made the same argument during Sunday's game on ABC. That would sure be an interesting matchup.

All around, I'd say that late 80's, early 90's team was a better all around. However... there just is no comparing the biggest X-Factor that is LeBron James. He'd snap Brad and Larry Nance in half. Mark Price had one of the sweetest shots ever, but Mo and Delonte would neutralize them. BD and Big Z are a wash. In the end, I'd take this team, winning a 7 game series in 5 games.