re: Original topic, I know, but the injuries to this franchise is beyond absurd. It's obscene

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Congrats on picking out a series of five gifs from a 2-decade span.

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I'll say it again, there's a reason we remember the exact plays from those gifs...because they were the outliers.

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Then go watch the 1989 eastern conference finals.........

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I find it pretty funny that people think because the bad boys existed, that it must mean everyone played physical in the NBA.

Fact of the matter is, in the 80's and 90's the game was less physical, less technical and was played at a much slower pace. People on this board just romanticize it because that was the league when they were a kid and, just like with everything, adults associate nostalgia with "unequivocally better"

Fact of the matter is, sports across the board don't really hit the same as an adult as they did when you were a kid, because once you're an adult you realize that these are just dudes playing games, so the meaning isn't as deep as it was when you were younger. It's why boomers think every sport in the 60's and 70's was better.


It's a powerful drug.

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Fact of the matter is, in the 80's and 90's the game was less physical, less technical and was played at a much slower pace. People on this board just romanticize it because that was the league when they were a kid and, just like with everything, adults associate nostalgia with "unequivocally better"

Fact of the matter is, sports across the board don't really hit the same as an adult as they did when you were a kid, because once you're an adult you realize that these are just dudes playing games, so the meaning isn't as deep as it was when you were younger. It's why boomers think every sport in the 60's and 70's was better.

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Ask any random 40 something year old dude who likes sports but isn't a die hard who made more playoff game winners...Lebron or MJ

Glossing over 1984 I see lol

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It's the one where Kurt Rambis nearly got his head taken off

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So, again, that 1 play that you remember?



Can you quickly tell me about all the other crazy physical plays from that series?

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You can do 1983, or 1987 or 1986...shall I go on?

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I’m not judging anyone on their age here but say you’re 20 years old at this time and watching a lot of regular season and playoff basketball- that would make you around 60 to 70 years old today. They are the only ones who could give a proper analysis of what basketball was back then. The rest of us were either children or weren’t born- our analysis is just based on random highlights or tape recorded games. Its just not an accurate picture of comparison to todays game where as adults we’re watching a lot more of.

To even argue these points are silly unless you around 65 to 70 and watched indepth basketball in the 1980’s (keep in mind there was no new orleans basketball team then either- so you’re actively watching regular season and playoff basketball without any affinity to Louisiana).

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You realize the point you’re making is disastrous to your position right?? What happened to McHale after the Rambis clothesline? He wasn’t even ejected from that game, much less suspended. What happened to Green after choking Gobert? He was ejected and then suspended for five games. Not really a strong point in your favor.

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You're making two different points... at least you are trying to.

I said nothing about the fallout, just saying to act like the NBA plays a soft style of basketball now compared to the 80's is largely false.

Clotheslining someone isn't physical basketball.


Because it isn't basketball

We're trying to talk about physical basketball yet we aren't using examples of physical play