Which NBA era do you prefer?

[theknowledge]

I like the 80’s because Bird, Magic, Micheal and Thomas were amazing. The Celtics, Lakers, Sixers and Pistons were all practically super teams that were somewhat organically grown and because they hadn’t outlawed defense yet they were logger, liberal tough. The three point line was available but it hadn’t been abused by analytics yet. The game hadn’t bogged down into the 90-86 slugfests that the 90’s brought and the action was free flowing on the perimeter yet physical and tough down low. I sit and watch the replays of 80’s games anytime they’re on NBATV. My second choice would be the 70’s. Ncredible skill and extreme violence with few rules standing in the way. Only two referees so it could be a very dirty game behind the play. Kermit Washington ushered in the third ref with a single punch. Wish I could have seen it live. The decade, not the punch. 90’s are my third pick. Great players, but no one could legitimately challenge theBulls which took some intrigue out of the decade.

 

[Fishpo31]

I listened to Bob Blackburn on a little transistor radio beside my pillow to fall asleep. I became a huge Knicks fan (who?) with Willis Reed, Clyde Frazier, Pearl, Bradley and DeBusschere, with Phil Jackson off the bench

 

[DawgOfTheAges]

80's was better basketball but the 70's was more interesting because the flow of the game changed to above the basket for the first time because of the new more wide open and athletic style of the then new ABA.

 

[RaceBannon]

I listened to Bob Blackburn on a little transistor radio beside my pillow to fall asleep. I became a huge Knicks fan (who?) with Willis Reed, Clyde Frazier, Pearl, Bradley and DeBusschere, with Phil Jackson off the bench

I watched a little NBA when it was Russell v Wilt

But 1967 I became a fan because of the Sonics. Also listened to Bob Blackburn. He taught Seattle the pro game

The 76 Warriors were the original great Bay Area champion. Walton in 77

I remember those Knick teams too. And the 72 Lakers finally getting a ring

 

[Doogles]

Surprised @RaceBannon didnt mention the first championship game he attended. I'm hearing the action was intense with deadly consequences.

 

[YellowSnow]

80s and it's not close.

 

[huskyhooligan]

80's

Mostly for the diverse stars and before Jordan seemed to overshadow everyone. Though the lions share of games I watched was in the 90's.

Boston
LA
Houston
Philadelphia
Detroit
Blazers

All contenders and some solid other teams as well.

We? really were blessed in Seattle. I believe the sonics were at least 500 or above and in playoff contention from like 88 to 03.

 

[DawgOfTheAges]

I listened to Bob Blackburn on a little transistor radio beside my pillow to fall asleep. I became a huge Knicks fan (who?) with Willis Reed, Clyde Frazier, Pearl, Bradley and DeBusschere, with Phil Jackson off the bench

That was an amazing season, and the knicks were freaking deadly from the outside… every one of those guys were nails at the baseline and it was cool to watch all 5 guys line up in an array outside and pass it around before throwing it up from downtown. Changed the game because it opened the lane in a new way and was the most interesting finals from that standpoint that I had ever seen. Origins of the rotating triangle offense.

 

[DerekJohnson]

It is a super important point that the analytics optimized version of the game (today) to achieve the desired outcome (winning) is absolutely not the aesthetically optimized version of the game to achieve entertainment.

I like the late 80s and early 90s best, probably because of when I grew up. The Dream Team was peak NBA. Round ball Rock.

Someday the Bullets will win 50 games again.

Damn your Bullets

Game 7 at the Kingdome. Still hurts

I was extremely young but I remember Bobby Dandridge running off our court at the buzzer with a big smile and the pain my dad was in

 

[DerekJohnson]

80's

Mostly for the diverse stars and before Jordan seemed to overshadow everyone. Though the lions share of games I watched was in the 90's.

Boston
LA
Houston
Philadelphia
Detroit
Blazers

All contenders and some solid other teams as well.

We? really were blessed in Seattle. I believe the sonics were at least 500 or above and in playoff contention from like 88 to 03.

I was running our booth at the Seattle Home Show when I heard that Payton got traded.

 

[BleachedAnusDawg]

80's

Mostly for the diverse stars and before Jordan seemed to overshadow everyone. Though the lions share of games I watched was in the 90's.

Boston
LA
Houston
Philadelphia
Detroit
Blazers

All contenders and some solid other teams as well.

We? really were blessed in Seattle. I believe the sonics were at least 500 or above and in playoff contention from like 88 to 03.

I was running our booth at the Seattle Home Show when I heard that Payton got traded.

While that trade kinda sucked, it was the right move to make.

 

[YellowSnow]

80's

Mostly for the diverse stars and before Jordan seemed to overshadow everyone. Though the lions share of games I watched was in the 90's.

Boston
LA
Houston
Philadelphia
Detroit
Blazers

All contenders and some solid other teams as well.

We? really were blessed in Seattle. I believe the sonics were at least 500 or above and in playoff contention from like 88 to 03.

The plethora of 80s NBA stars was something to behold.

 

[PurpleThrobber]

I listened to Bob Blackburn on a little transistor radio beside my pillow to fall asleep. I became a huge Knicks fan (who?) with Willis Reed, Clyde Frazier, Pearl, Bradley and DeBusschere, with Phil Jackson off the bench

I watched a little NBA when it was Russell v Wilt

But 1967 I became a fan because of the Sonics. Also listened to Bob Blackburn. He taught Seattle the pro game

The 76 Warriors were the original great Bay Area champion. Walton in 77

I remember those Knick teams too. And the 72 Lakers finally getting a ring

Young Throbber played hundreds of games of nerf hoop in his bedroom with Bob Blackburn providing play by play on the transistor.

For some reason I liked to pretend to be Dean Tolson.

 

[PurpleThrobber]

80's

Mostly for the diverse stars and before Jordan seemed to overshadow everyone. Though the lions share of games I watched was in the 90's.

Boston
LA
Houston
Philadelphia
Detroit
Blazers

All contenders and some solid other teams as well.

We? really were blessed in Seattle. I believe the sonics were at least 500 or above and in playoff contention from like 88 to 03.

The plethora of 80s NBA stars was something to behold.

The company the Throbber was working for had Sonics tickets 4 rows back from the visiting teams bench circa 87-90

Funny, more times than not forgot to give those tickets to customers.

 

[YellowSnow]

80's

Mostly for the diverse stars and before Jordan seemed to overshadow everyone. Though the lions share of games I watched was in the 90's.

Boston
LA
Houston
Philadelphia
Detroit
Blazers

All contenders and some solid other teams as well.

We? really were blessed in Seattle. I believe the sonics were at least 500 or above and in playoff contention from like 88 to 03.

The plethora of 80s NBA stars was something to behold.

The company the Throbber was working for had Sonics tickets 4 rows back from the visiting teams bench circa 87-90

Funny, more times than not forgot to give those tickets to customers.

I've been to 2 NBA games in my life in person. The first one was the San Diego Clippers vs the LA Lakers at the San Diego Sports Arena. That's 80s as fuck.

 

[PurpleThrobber]

80's

Mostly for the diverse stars and before Jordan seemed to overshadow everyone. Though the lions share of games I watched was in the 90's.

Boston
LA
Houston
Philadelphia
Detroit
Blazers

All contenders and some solid other teams as well.

We? really were blessed in Seattle. I believe the sonics were at least 500 or above and in playoff contention from like 88 to 03.

The plethora of 80s NBA stars was something to behold.

The company the Throbber was working for had Sonics tickets 4 rows back from the visiting teams bench circa 87-90

Funny, more times than not forgot to give those tickets to customers.

I've been to 2 NBA games in my life in person. The first one was the San Diego Clippers vs the LA Lakers at the San Diego Sports Arena. That's 80s as fuck.

Christ - I've been to 2 this year and I don't even live anywhere near an NBA team.

Probably could have hit 5 or 6 more during my travels this year but opted for hookers and blow instead.

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[dannarc]

90's NBA. Sonics, Bulls, Houston with Olijuawann, Utah Stockholm and Malone, Suns with Barkley and that dude that could shoot threes, Atlanta with Augment and Dominick Wilkerson, Pacers with Reggie, Magic with Baby Shaq, Kevin Garnet in Minnesota, Knicks with Ewing and Starks, Spurs with Robinson, the list goes on... I went to bed every night listening to Callabhoe, watched all the games I could. I haven't watched an NBA game in years

 

[Fishpo31]

Reading this thread spurred the memory of seeing a lot of Lakers games in the early 70’s, Friday nights on KSTW, IIRC (@Race may confirm/deny). Wilt, Elgin Baylor, The Logo, Happy Hairston, Gail Goodrich. Jerry West was a beast…

 

[DerekJohnson]

Reading this thread spurred the memory of seeing a lot of Lakers games in the early 70’s, Friday nights on KSTW, IIRC (@Race may confirm/deny). Wilt, Elgin Baylor, The Logo, Happy Hairston, Gail Goodrich. Jerry West was a beast…

My earliest Laker memory was seeing Magic and the Lakers at Hec Ed in 1981 playoffs