1990s NBA teams vs Current teams.
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Almost Every elite team had their own identity and ran different offenses..I didn't feel like going down the list..
Its all pick and roll based Warriors and Rockets run the same 1 4 Pick and roll..or 1 5 pnr....there are at least 9 teams who run the same variation of the same offense
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ehh. i enjoy the NBA from top-to-bottom more now, but i cant agree with the thread. really, it depends on the matchups. im not gonna sit here and compare them all in general.
some of these current teams either dont have the IT factor or theyre too soft. or both. hell, some of these teams crumbled under pressure amongst their peers.
a team like say the clippers would get washed by the '90s knicks.
and some of those '90s teams actually fit better in todays landscape. the '90s sonics couldve taken the chip this year. and im not even talking about those mid-90s sonics that were always in title contention. im speaking on the early '90s squad when they were still creepin on ah comeup.
some of these current teams either dont have the IT factor or theyre too soft. or both. hell, some of these teams crumbled under pressure amongst their peers.
a team like say the clippers would get washed by the '90s knicks.
and some of those '90s teams actually fit better in todays landscape. the '90s sonics couldve taken the chip this year. and im not even talking about those mid-90s sonics that were always in title contention. im speaking on the early '90s squad when they were still creepin on ah comeup.
I started watching basketball in 1972 and KObe is the best player I ever seen
That cataract surgery came just in time, huh?
90's players were trash for the most part. 80's ball produced way more points. With minimal 3pt shooting.
if we saw how bron beasted when he actually took his ass in the post (which he hates to do)..you don't think patrick ewing woulda feasted?
they also woulda flatlined scrawny ass curry if he dared take his ass in the paint
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the fundamentals are gone. plain and simple.
Nostalgia dudes and Michael Jordan fans are the worst fans in Basketball. Their stupidity goes to great depths. We have adv stats and game tape which pretty much shows how our mind is playing tricks on us in terms of how good actual players were in the 90's. As the Blazer fan mention, the gap from today to 1992 is massive. That's not to say with the training and development we have today, they couldn't be as good but it is to say that they were better or even close in comparison to now.That's right guys, CRAIG HODGES is the best 3-point shooter ever. Not the slew of players since who have put up similar percentages on considerably higher volume.
Now, I know you're going to point to his season where he shot 49% from there (on less than 3 attempts) as the ultimate evidence, but consider the fact that, as Bird himself said, teams didn't even bother defending 3-pointers in the 80s unless it was the last 2 minutes. Kyle Korver has seasons where he's shot 47%, 49%, and 54% (
) from there on 4-7 attempts and this dude talking about Craig Hodges is the best to ever do it. And then you got dudes like Steph Curry and Steve Nash taking dudes off the dribble and still shooting over 40% from there. As the primary ballhandlers! Damn old heads and their nostalgia
Wait for a stupid Michael Jordan hyperbole which is common on this site.
Stupid posting I tell ya
Dudes can dribble from multiple positions better than any time in history. We have the most advanced offensive and defensive schemes today than anytime in NBA history. We know a lot more about the human body than anytime in history. Guys understand the game of Basketball right now than ANYTIME in history and yet you say fundamentals are gone. Have you watched a regular season game from the 80's and 90's recently.
The 80's was built on poor wingspan guys relying on mid range jumpers, pace and fast breaks for offense. Hell look at Denver of the 80's. Them dudes played less than zero defense. The 90's was even worse, less overall talent due to weaken college for whatever reason and expansion of the league caused some of the most physical, less skilled nonsense I've seen in the NBA in it's time. Then the early 2000's was a complete mess due to lack of fundamentals and talent and by the mid to late 2000's, the talent level seriously increase and the league improved for it.
I kid you know, most older fans who just go off of memory are some of the most dumb MF's to talk sports.
Mordith
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DRob was drafted in 1987 and his rookie season was 1989. I know this because I was like the only Spurs fan at my HS at the time....
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His Rookie year was 89-90DRob was drafted in 1987 and his rookie season was 1989. I know this because I was like the only Spurs fan at my HS at the time....
And damn you old!!!!
