Cavs and Dubs be like

[ElNono]

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[illusioNtEk]

I remember the West being so powerful with 6 or 7 elite teams... man wtf happen

[apalisoc_9]

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Damn, would still cum inside Lohan...don't care if Drug Addict. Childhood dreams are important.

[whitemamba]

Worst playoffs in recent memory.

[apalisoc_9]

Worst playoffs in recent memory.

No one would watch an east finals with 2nd tier star player (not superstars)..The East Have argubly Zero top 10 players and 0 superstars. (John wall Iguess)

No cares about John Wall or Isiah Thomas thomas.

Lebron making the finals is still the most entertainig part of the playoffs.

[LkrFan]

Damn, would still cum inside Lohan...don't care if Drug Addict. Childhood dreams are important.

:lol

[lefty]

Parity tbh

[Kyle Orton]

I remember the West being so powerful with 6 or 7 elite teams... man wtf happen

When was that?

[DAF86]

When was that?

When you had to win 50 games just to make the playoffs.

[ambchang]

This is similar to Lakers Celtics in the 60s and 80s, the Bulls by itself in the 90s, and the Lakers / Spurs in the early 00s, and the Heat in the early 10s. The league never really have parity, and if you have the right player (Bird, Magic, Wilt Russell, Jordan, Shaq, Duncan), you dominate.

If anything, parity has shown to be ratings killer for the league (think 70s, mid to late 00s. Jordan retirement years). Casuals want stars, and dominant ones at that.

[Clipper Nation]

I've never bought that parity was the reason for the league's troubles in the '70s. The league had severe financial issues, a cocaine epidemic and was facing stiff competition from the ABA and college basketball for most of the decade. Getting rid of parity didn't save the league; the fall of the UCLA dynasty, the merger with the ABA and more exciting players coming into the NBA is what saved the league.

[DMC]

When you had to win 50 games just to make the playoffs.


When was that?

[DAF86]

'13/'14 season

https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporada_2013-14_de_la_NBA

If you wanna be a literal nitpicking douche and say "8th seed got 49 wins not 50" you can go ahead, tbh.

[lefty]

In the 80s the West was weak as fuck and the Lakers were STACKED.

In the mid 80s the Rockets had the perfect team to beat the Lakers for many years but Stern made sure Hakeem's teammates got cocaine and hookers :lol

The East was tougher than most people think.
76ers, Bucks, Pistons were legit good.

So it's fair to compare today's East to the 80s West but I don't think you can compare today's West to the 80s East

[lefty]

This is similar to Lakers Celtics in the 60s and 80s, the Bulls by itself in the 90s, and the Lakers / Spurs in the early 00s, and the Heat in the early 10s. The league never really have parity, and if you have the right player (Bird, Magic, Wilt Russell, Jordan, Shaq, Duncan), you dominate.

If anything, parity has shown to be ratings killer for the league (think 70s, mid to late 00s. Jordan retirement years). Casuals want stars, and dominant ones at that.
Exactly.
This is a superstar driven league.

[ambchang]

I've never bought that parity was the reason for the league's troubles in the '70s. The league had severe financial issues, a cocaine epidemic and was facing stiff competition from the ABA and college basketball for most of the decade. Getting rid of parity didn't save the league; the fall of the UCLA dynasty, the merger with the ABA and more exciting players coming into the NBA is what saved the league.

Exactly, the league is star driven. UCLA had Kareem, aba had dr J. NBA had Dave Cowens. It's no competition.

But then stars are born when they dominate, they are called dominant when they win lots of games. That's how things are defined.

People say you have to have a top 20 player of all time to win a championship but the fact is people are perceived as top 20 because he won a championship not the other way around.

If Jordan never won he would never be called the goat. If Duncan never won he wouldn't be called the greatest PF of all time. If magic never won he'd be in the same breathe as Stockton.

Parity doesn't give you dominant stars.

[spurtech09]

Cavs and Dubs always have it easy...Whats new?