1990-91 Odds To Win Finals: Spurs +600, Bulls +700

[lefty]

I thought the Blazers were the best team in 91.
They were Stern's nightmare.

They were prone to choking tbh, they had a lot of emotional players; I don't think Stern helped L.A in 91, he had milked that 80s Lakers cash cow dry, his new obsession was DeMar DeJordan.

Interesting fact ; the Blazers would have had the HCA in the Finals that year

[spurs1990]

Blazers definitely were a juggernaut in 1991, from what I recall.
A very raw Payton and Kemp duo took them to five games in the first round which earned heavy national media coverage for Seattle.

Portland went to the Finals in 1990 and again in 1992, so they lived up to their billing from a WC force.
Starters were Porter, Drexler, Buck Williams, Kersey, and Duckworth, with Ainge and Uncle Cliff off the bench. A really potent 7 man unit in their primes.

If you recall, Jerome Kersey and Terry Porter ended their careers in San Antonio, with a mixture of success (1999) and utter humiliation (2001).

[Spurtacular]

They were prone to choking tbh, they had a lot of emotional players; I don't think Stern helped L.A in 91, he had milked that 80s Lakers cash cow dry, his new obsession was DeMar DeJordan.

Interesting fact ; the Blazers would have had the HCA in the Finals that year

I do. Lakers were garbage.

Stern wanted Magic vs. Jordan b/c he had done nothing to market Drexler.