re: I was a gigantic NBA fan years ago but the Spurs era killed that.

you're missing the prettiest ball that has been played likely ever. the NBA has literally never had the same sort of movement, passing, and strategy

i used to hate the spurs but what they did last year in the finals is mind-bending. likely the best team ball in NBA history

You obviously didn't come up in the Jordan era, unless it was the very end of it. The Spurs are the only reason I watch basketball because they play the way teams played in the Jordan era...as a team. I would take Celtics, Lakers, Pistons, Bulls, Suns, hell any team from the late 80's thru the mid-late 90's over any of the bullshite put out on the court today other than the Spurs.

All these pussies playing nowadays wouldn't have survived a playoff series against any of the teams I mentioned above since you could actually play defense back then and put your hands on the offensive player. Not to mention what they give out T's for now probably wouldn't even be called hard fouls back then.