NBAtv Open Court: Superstars today would be average players in the 80's

[Infinite_limit]

In the 80's, you had to be a complete player. Today super-stars are only great at a few aspects of the Game

[Malik Hairston]

:lmao most players in the 80s couldn't even dribble a basketball without looking at it, tbh..

Most of them couldn't shoot 3s or play defense, too..

[baseline bum]

Half the league was doing coke in the 80s.

[Seventyniner]

No way. Some of today's stars wouldn't have been as good due to the better medical and nutritional care players get now, but more players bust their ass on defense now.

[Clipper Nation]

I'm calling bullshit.... they don't have NBA TV in Poland.... they have only two channels and everyone still uses rabbit ears :lol

[Thread]

+ 48.5.

tee, hee.

[HarlemHo 37]

Half the league was doing coke in the 80s.


Most players today are on PED's, tbh.

[kobe4life]

If God played during the 80's he would have broken Bill Russel's consecutive title streak.

[Captivus]

Disagree 100%. Not because I think that they will still be superstars, only because theres no way to know.
You can talk about rules changes regarding defense, 3 second, back to the basket, hands, contact...blablabla.

This is like saying: Imagine if Lebron could attack and defend using 100% of his strenght!!! He would be the best player in the 80s!
Kmon...who knows!