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Y'all do know the 80's Lakers/Celtics would have annihilated both of these teams, right ?
Posted on 6/17/24 at 8:34 pm
Posted on 6/17/24 at 8:34 pm
If not, now you know.
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Posted on 6/17/24 at 8:35 pm to Jose Jiminiz
Parrish coming out to guard Porzingas would be a sight
Posted on 6/17/24 at 8:38 pm to Jose Jiminiz
Hell yea back in the tough days. NBA should take notes from the bad girls of the wnba on how to play tough.
Posted on 6/17/24 at 8:40 pm to Jose Jiminiz
Most of those guys would be over 60 years old, so I doubt it.
Posted on 6/17/24 at 8:45 pm to Jose Jiminiz
I agree with ya since I use to watch them
Most of these millennials have zero idea
Most of these millennials have zero idea
Posted on 6/17/24 at 8:51 pm to Jose Jiminiz
Totally different style of basketball. Those 80s teams were amazing, but they would be confused as hell trying to guard a team with 5 3 point shooters.
Posted on 6/17/24 at 8:53 pm to CatsGoneWild
I was kinda talking about this on the OT
I miss 70s basketball I mean I'm of the age that I watched Calvin Murphy play at Hoffienze [Pavillion pavilion and get into a fight that's the N B A I loved
those were fun days,, the fans were fans of basketball purely for what happened on the floor.. Nike and MJ ruined basketball
I miss 70s basketball I mean I'm of the age that I watched Calvin Murphy play at Hoffienze [Pavillion pavilion and get into a fight that's the N B A I loved
those were fun days,, the fans were fans of basketball purely for what happened on the floor.. Nike and MJ ruined basketball
Posted on 6/17/24 at 8:58 pm to QJenk
People act like this is crazy, Yet Luka is a pudgy white guy that looks straight out of the 80's NBA, and he's tearing up the league.
And Luka is just a poor man's Larry Bird.
People compare him to Bird, but he isn't even close to as good as Bird.
And Luka is just a poor man's Larry Bird.
People compare him to Bird, but he isn't even close to as good as Bird.
This post was edited on 6/17/24 at 9:01 pm
Posted on 6/17/24 at 9:10 pm to Jose Jiminiz
Let them play these guys. Body parts would be on the floor. They could not handle the contact... 
Posted on 6/17/24 at 9:10 pm to Jose Jiminiz
Okay boomer
Posted on 6/17/24 at 9:13 pm to Cell of Awareness
there would be bodies you'd have to dribble over
damn the Piston were a fun throwback
damn the Piston were a fun throwback
Posted on 6/17/24 at 9:28 pm to Jose Jiminiz
quote:
Y'all do know the 80's Lakers/Celtics would have annihilated both of these teams, right ?
Sure pal
Posted on 6/17/24 at 10:55 pm to Cell of Awareness
quote:They'd foul half the team out in the first half or just run off ball screens and hit 3 after 3 after 3 after 3.
Let them play these guys. Body parts would be on the floor. They could not handle the contact...
Posted on 6/17/24 at 11:40 pm to Jose Jiminiz
quote:lol
Y'all do know the 80's Lakers/Celtics would have annihilated both of these teams, right ?
quote:lol
People act like this is crazy, Yet Luka is a pudgy white guy that looks straight out of the 80's NBA, and he's tearing up the league.
And Luka is just a poor man's Larry Bird.
People compare him to Bird, but he isn't even close to as good as Bird.
Posted on 6/17/24 at 11:41 pm to Cell of Awareness
quote:Mark Price and Muggsy Bogues handled it just fine but guys like Lebron had no chance!!!
Let them play these guys. Body parts would be on the floor. They could not handle the contact
Posted on 6/18/24 at 6:35 am to Jose Jiminiz
bit a fair comparison bc all teams are watered down bc of expansion. subtract a few teams and every team left gets a lot better. in today's league, Bird and Mchale wouldn't be on the same team. the lakers would have a least one fewer super star
Posted on 6/18/24 at 6:55 am to Jose Jiminiz
Anyone who believes this has the basketball IQ of a shoe.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 8:47 am to Jose Jiminiz
Nobody claimed Larry couldn't play today lol. Obviously he is great.
But when you try and say a team from 35 years ago would annihilate a team today, you need to use a bit more critical thinking than that. The eras are completely different. The philosophies teams approach the game with are completely different, both offensively and defensively. Personnel is different. Even a lot of rules of the game are different. A key point to this question would be rather you're taking referees from the 80s, or from 2024.
In short, this is stupid.
But when you try and say a team from 35 years ago would annihilate a team today, you need to use a bit more critical thinking than that. The eras are completely different. The philosophies teams approach the game with are completely different, both offensively and defensively. Personnel is different. Even a lot of rules of the game are different. A key point to this question would be rather you're taking referees from the 80s, or from 2024.
In short, this is stupid.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 8:57 am to Jose Jiminiz
The best teams of the 80s (if transported in time, not the “they’re all over 60 years old” trope) would finish near the bottom of the league today. It’d be most pronounced in the NFL, but would also apply to basketball, hockey and baseball.
There have been significant advancements in tons of areas in sport science (nutrition, strength, conditioning, injury prevention/maintenance), optimal strategy, stats/analytics, skill specialization, etc.
Obviously guys like Larry Bird or Magic would still be really good players but they wouldn’t be dominant if you just dropped their 80s versions into today’s NBA. On the flip side, if they were born in the year 2000 with their same genetics, then they would be dominant in today’s game just like they were in the 80s.
There have been significant advancements in tons of areas in sport science (nutrition, strength, conditioning, injury prevention/maintenance), optimal strategy, stats/analytics, skill specialization, etc.
Obviously guys like Larry Bird or Magic would still be really good players but they wouldn’t be dominant if you just dropped their 80s versions into today’s NBA. On the flip side, if they were born in the year 2000 with their same genetics, then they would be dominant in today’s game just like they were in the 80s.
This post was edited on 6/18/24 at 9:30 am
Posted on 6/18/24 at 9:38 am to Buckeye Fan 19
Yeah it’s not as if Bird would be unable to hack it in today’s league. I don’t think anyone says that.
He may actually average more points because he would be practicing his three point shot more and taking many more threes per game.
The median player from 1985 wouldn’t have the same success.
He may actually average more points because he would be practicing his three point shot more and taking many more threes per game.
The median player from 1985 wouldn’t have the same success.
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