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From 2011's championship Mavs team until now, it has been the most talented era since the 80s, tbh..
The 80s should be taken with a grain of salt, though, as 25% of the players in that era were White Americans..
Everywhere you look, there's at least two star-like player or more, and a bunch of solid secondary guys/veterans.
In no particular order:
- Miami: Wade/Bosh/Kang
- Pacers: PG/West
- Clippers: CP3/Griffin
- Thunder: KD/Westbrook/Ibaka
- Nets: DWill/JJ/Pierce
- Spurs: TD/Manu/Leonard
- Wolves: Love/Rubio
- Dallas: Dirk/Monta
- Blazers: Lillard/Aldrige/Batum
- Memphis: Fat Gasol/Conley
- Wizards: Wall/Beal
- Bobcats: Walker/Jefferson
- Hawks: Teague/Horford/Millsap
I'm sure I'm missing some more... I think modern medicine letting older guys play longer and still be effective is probably a factor, but I can't remember the league being stacked with so much talent in a while, tbh...
From 2011's championship Mavs team until now, it has been the most talented era since the 80s, tbh..
The 80s should be taken with a grain of salt, though, as 25% of the players in that era were White Americans..
Great in' era
Definitely better than the weak eras of 1991-93, 1996-98, 2000-02, and 2009-10....
Half those teams are mediocre to terrible tbh.
Heading into this season, there were 3 teams realistically able to win a championship and those 3 teams made the Conference Finals so I don't think it's any tougher than any other era in history. Maybe there's more mediocre teams but I don't even really buy that argument.
most talented era when guys like Irving, Joe Johnson, and Paul George are getting paid max money.
Great in' era
Definitely better than the weak eras of 1991-93, 1996-98, 2000-02, and 2009-10....
Yet you're still at zero.Great in' era
Definitely better than the weak eras of 1991-93, 1996-98, 2000-02, and 2009-10....
No, OP, have you seen the Eastern COnf?
It's hard to say that when there are very few le contenders. On the contrary, I've thought the NBA has been very diluted in the last few years, with only two or three teams having any chance at winning the le at any given time. I suppose you could argue that that has always been the case, but it just seems even more diluted than usual lately. If I weren't a Spurs fan, I would hate the NBA right now. And when Duncan retires, I might stop watching the NBA for a while.
The NBA has a decent future coming up but the East is terrible, not a single challenge for the Heat. Pacers are a total joke. It's great to see aging talent sustain its peak though... it's not just modern medicine. Mostly intelligence. Take care of your health and play smart and you can have a long career. Derek Fisher is a great example if he ends up retiring.
The East certainly has more talent now than when it was a stacked Celtics team, a Pistons team that was winning with vets and no stars, and basically Lebron trying to win on his own...
Excellent omission of Parker El.
Yet, there is no compe ion for LeBron. With the Celtics, like you said there were the Pistons, Magic, and Cavs. You didn't just pencil one team into the finals before the year started like you do now.
Well, he barely played this season, tbh...Excellent omission of Parker El.
It really was just the Celtics once they went superfriends... eventually those wheels fell off, because from the get go you knew they were old and the window was short.
The Heat was another superfriends reunion on steroids. That doesn't mean the other teams are horrible. Don't forget the West is also stacked as . You have 48 win teams not even making the playoffs right now.
The East is terrible. Miami has a cakewalk to the Finals for the next 2-3 years if they keep the Big 3 together tbh.
80's > 90's > 2010's > 2000's
Didn't they lose to the Magic in the 2nd round in 09'?
No Garnett tbh.
It was the same in 2008-2010 and yet this board is passing it off as a weak era for the West
What happened with the NBA is very similar to what happened with the WWE of all things. It was too hardcore and they had to soften up 'for the kids.' The WWE used to be nasty, and ultimately had to soften up for their younger audience, the same happened with the NBA since about 2004. The league used to actually be very challenging which is why what MJ did unbelievable.
This used to just be a flagrant foul, today this would be a solid 2-3 game suspension and you would be ejected.
Not even a flagrant, also some serious meme potential @0:58. If only the internet was fully running at the time.
That got is a piece of work.
The West was always more compe ive, tbh... but let's not pretend the East was some sort of great conference... The Pistons with zero actual star-talent had no compe ion for a couple of years.
Even in the Celtics days, you could say Orlando... (only really had DHo) and Cavs (only Lebron)...
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